# Botticelli - August 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104 "2019-08-03T05:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/101 "2019-08-16T11:11:24Z")
DQ: Scifi? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/102 "2019-08-16T16:02:02Z")
B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. created after 1900 4. created by an American or Americans 5. originally from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with B 7. created after 1960 8. originally from a novel 9. not adapted to TV/streaming 10. not the protagonist 11. adapted to film 12. novel written before 1990 13. an, but not the sole, antagonist 14. not really in the thriller genre, I’d say, although some might disagree 15. novel written before 1980 16. adapted to film before 2000 17. genre fiction (mystery, horror, sci-fi, fantasy) 18. created by a male author 19. kinda sorta in the law enforcement genre 20. did not appear in more than one novel 21. not known from mystery or horror 22. science fiction Please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 6pm EST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/103 "2019-08-16T16:21:10Z")
Fictional male sci-fi antagonist from ONE novel 1960-1979 that was made into a movie but not a TV series. Kinda sorta in the law enforcement genre. Well, it’s not Lije Bailey. Time to think. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/104 "2019-08-16T16:26:54Z")
DQ: Are you Roy Batty? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/105 "2019-08-16T20:30:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Roy Batty? I am not. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/106 "2019-08-17T15:51:13Z")
I’m stuck. My best guess is Jack Barron, but that was never made to film. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/107 "2019-08-17T22:11:56Z")
No, not him either. **Prof. P.** was soooo close - I’m actually Insp. Harry Bryant Rick Deckard’s former and once-again boss in _Blade Runner_: https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Harry\_Bryant ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/108 "2019-08-17T22:25:24Z")
Ah. Well, yep. You got us again. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/109 "2019-08-19T03:55:29Z")
Right, then. Our next letter is G ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/110 "2019-08-19T12:49:52Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a historian who won an award for your biography of Churchill? 2. Are you never early or late? 3. Did you play Casanova Frankenstein in _Mystery Men_? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/111 "2019-08-19T13:05:47Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an actress who is also skilled at archery? 2. Are you a schlubby character actor who co-starred in Teachers? 3. Are you a respected actress who starred in Fatal Attraction? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/112 "2019-08-19T13:10:57Z")
IQ1: Are you head coach of the Dallas Cowboys? IQ2: Are you head coach of the Oakland Raiders? IQ3: Are you head coach of the Washington Redskins? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/113 "2019-08-19T13:59:20Z")
My guess was also Batty (one of the better-known characters from _Androids_/_Blade Runner_). IQs: 1. Did you write _Preacher_ and _The Boys_? 2. Did you never actually say that you invented the thing you’re reputed to have claimed to invent, but rather that you took the initiative in creating it? 3. Are you a four-armed combatant from the _Mortal Kombat_ series? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/114 "2019-08-19T14:28:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a historian who won an award for your biography of Churchill? > 2. Are you never early or late? > 3. Did you play Casanova Frankenstein in _Mystery Men_? Not Sir Martin Gilbert, Gandalf or… oh, jeez, I should know this. The guy from _The King’s Speech_… crap, I’m blanking. Take a DQ. > [@atimnie](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an actress who is also skilled at archery? > 2. Are you a schlubby character actor who co-starred in Teachers? > 3. Are you a respected actress who starred in Fatal Attraction? Not Geena Davis, dunno and not Glenn Close. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Oakland Raiders? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Washington Redskins? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Preacher_ and _The Boys_? > 2. Did you never actually say that you invented the thing you’re reputed to have claimed to invent, but rather that you took the initiative in creating it? > 3. Are you a four-armed combatant from the _Mortal Kombat_ series? Dunno, not Al Gore and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/115 "2019-08-19T14:37:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Geena Davis, dunno and not Glenn Close. 2 was Allen Garfield. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/116 "2019-08-19T16:09:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Al Gore and dunno. 1 was Garth Ennis; 3 was Goro. DQs: 1. real? 2. last name begins with G? IQs: 3. Are you the wisecracking protagonist of a Hollywood-set mystery series by Ron Goulart? 4. Did Paul Mooney claim Wayne Brady made you look like Malcolm X? 5. Do you play Debbie on _GLOW_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/117 "2019-08-19T16:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Oakland Raiders? > IQ3: Are you head coach of the Washington Redskins? > Dunno x3. Jason Garrett, Jon Gruden, Jay Gruden DQ: Male? holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/118 "2019-08-19T18:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a historian who won an award for your biography of Churchill? > 2. Are you never early or late? > 3. Did you play Casanova Frankenstein in Mystery Men? > Not Sir Martin Gilbert, Gandalf or… oh, jeez, I should know this. The guy from The King’s Speech… crap, I’m blanking. Take a DQ. #1 and 2 are correct. Turn in your Battle Jitney, sir. #3 is Geoffrey Rush. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/119 "2019-08-19T20:21:09Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the wisecracking protagonist of a Hollywood-set mystery series by Ron Goulart? > 2. Did Paul Mooney claim Wayne Brady made you look like Malcolm X? > 3. Do you play Debbie on _GLOW_? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 and 2 are correct. Turn in your Battle Jitney, sir. #3 is Geoffrey Rush… _Aiyee…!_ Of course. :: headsmack :: G. 1. real 2. last name begins with G 3. male ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/120 "2019-08-19T20:25:13Z")
DQ: Living? IQs: 1. Have you played a horse doctor, an African explorer and Peter Minuit? 2. Are you an eccentric inventor in Duckburg? 3. Did a neighbor lady tell you that she’d always wanted to tell you just what she thought of you, but, being a Christian woman, she couldn’t say it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=7)