# Botticelli, August 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698 "2025-08-04T18:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 18, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/161 "2025-08-18T19:12:14Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. The original creator was not American. The revised, named version of the character had American creators. 4. Created before 1950 5. Only name starts with I. 6. Not originally from prose fiction. 7. Created after 1850 8. Character is not American ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/162 "2025-08-18T19:13:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the host of NPR’s _This American Life_? > Were you a top Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform? > Did your first initial, and that of your husband, appear on an explorer’s flag? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a German cook on _Benson_? > 2. Did you narrate David Lynch’s _Dune_? > 3. Did you consider yourself to be the king of Scotland? Take 3 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > s: > > 1. Did you and your wife split up, with her going on to a bigger singing career? > 2. Did your brother punt you like a football? > 3. Are you a writer with a name similar to a regular on _Rowans & Martin’s Laugh-In_? 1. I am not Ike Turner. 2. I am not South Park’s Ike. 3. I am not Henrik Ibsen. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/163 "2025-08-19T00:35:56Z")
Swept again! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/164 "2025-08-19T05:23:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play a German cook on _Benson_? > > 2. Did you narrate David Lynch’s _Dune_? > > 3. Did you consider yourself to be the king of Scotland? > > Take 3 DQs. Inga Swenson. Princess Irulan. Idi Amin. DQs: Created before 1900? Character is human? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/165 "2025-08-19T14:41:52Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:161, topic:1021698, full:true”] # DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. The original creator was not American. The revised, named version of the character had American creators. 4. Created before 1950 5. Only name starts with I. 6. Not originally from prose fiction. 7. Created after 1850 8. Character is not American 9. Created after 1900 10. Not human ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/166 "2025-08-19T14:47:19Z")
IQs: 1. Do you host a long-running show on NPR? 2. Are you the “Master of Disaster” for you work in the disaster genre of film? 3. Did your cult of personality rival that of Hitler within the Nazi party? ---
**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, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/167 "2025-08-19T15:00:46Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/168 "2025-08-19T15:05:16Z")
I finally stumped you! 😉 > [@knoodler](#): > > - Do you host a long-running show on NPR? > - Are you the “Master of Disaster” for you work in the disaster genre of film? > - Did your cult of personality rival that of Hitler within the Nazi party? Ira Glass (_This American Life_) Irwin Allen Irwin Rommel DQs: Animal? Has appeared in film or TV series? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/169 "2025-08-19T15:22:57Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:165, topic:1021698”] # DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. The original creator was not American. The revised, named version of the character had American creators. 4. Created before 1950 5. Only name starts with I. 6. Not originally from prose fiction. 7. Created after 1850 8. Character is not American 9. Created after 1900 10. Not human 11. Animal 12. Has appeared in film or TV Series ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/170 "2025-08-19T16:03:51Z")
IQ: Are you a brick-throwing mouse? ---
**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, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/171 "2025-08-19T16:36:23Z")
I amnot Ignatz. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/172 "2025-08-19T18:28:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you a brick-throwing mouse? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I amnot Ignatz. Correct (Drat!) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/173 "2025-08-19T19:09:58Z")
I was about to ask the same question! ---
**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, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/174 "2025-08-19T19:35:21Z")
But Ignatz is a citizen of Coconino County, Arizona, and, thusly, an American. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/175 "2025-08-20T00:16:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your father escape from a prison your father designed? 2. Did you win the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1972? 3. Were you portrayed by Benny Hill in the sketch “Mr. TV Times Contest”? ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/176 "2025-08-20T00:52:07Z")
1. I am not Icarus. 2. I am not Irving Berlin (?) 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/177 "2025-08-20T02:51:33Z")
IQs: Are you the host of NPR’s _This American Life_? - Ira Glass (I see **knoodler** asked about him after me) Were you a top Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform? - Ira Magaziner Did your first initial, and that of your husband, appear on an explorer’s flag? - Queen Isabella of Spain (although it was the old-fashioned Spanish “Y”): [Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus#/media/File:Flag_of_Christopher_Columbus.svg) DQs: European original creator? European character? Featured in a Disney or Pixar movie? IQs: Were you Miss Trixie Delight’s maid? Were you Elendil’s eldest son? Were you a former Borg drone who ended up joining Starfleet? ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/178 "2025-08-20T03:01:54Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. The original creator was not American. The revised, named version of the character had American creators. 4. Created before 1950 5. Only name starts with I. 6. Not originally from prose fiction. 7. Created after 1850 8. Character is not American 9. Created after 1900 10. Not human 11. Animal 12. Has appeared in film or TV Series 13. European original creator 14. European character 15. In a Disney or Pixar movie ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/179 "2025-08-20T03:02:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Miss Trixie Delight’s maid? > Were you Elendil’s eldest son? > Were you a former Borg drone who ended up joining Starfleet? #2. I am not Isildur. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/180 "2025-08-20T03:28:05Z")
Imogene (in _Paper Moon_), correct, and Icheb, on _ST:VGR_ and later iterations. DQ: Main character in his original portrayal? Would have been English-speaking in his original portrayal? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=10)