# Botticelli - Dec. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 8, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212 "2016-12-08T16:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/21 "2016-12-11T16:37:42Z")
IQ1: Do you rule Latveria? IQ2: Were you one of Spiderman’s Amazing Friends? IQ3: Did Greyson prevent you from traveling to Tennessee? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/22 "2016-12-12T02:17:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > IQ1: Were you originally an Italian war orphan adopted by an American soldier? > IQ2: Did you write “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”? > IQ3: Were you the first commander of the Army of the Ohio? Not Dondi, Philip K. Dick or… ooo, I should know that, but I don’t. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Do you rule Latveria? > IQ2: Were you one of Spiderman’s Amazing Friends? > IQ3: Did Greyson prevent you from traveling to Tennessee? Not Dr. von Doom, dunno, and dunno. D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. has appeared on TV and in movies 4. last name starts with D 5. first publication (in any medium) before 1990 6. not the protagonist in the work I’m best known for 7. first appearance before 1960 8. kind of neutral, but I guess generally considered a ‘good guy’ ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/23 "2016-12-12T02:36:23Z")
DQ: from a comedy or series of comedies? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/24 "2016-12-12T05:24:27Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Do you rule Latveria? > IQ2: Were you one of Spiderman’s Amazing Friends? > IQ3: Did Greyson prevent you from traveling to Tennessee? Correct, Bobby Drake (a.k.a. Iceman, from the 80s cartoon), and Tom Dooley. DQ: American? Holding two 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:** [December 12, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/25 "2016-12-12T19:16:47Z")
D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. has appeared on TV and in movies 4. last name starts with D 5. first publication (in any medium) before 1990 6. not the protagonist in the work I’m best known for 7. first appearance before 1960 8. kind of neutral, but I guess generally considered a ‘good guy’ 9. not from a comedy or series of comedies 10. 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:** [December 12, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/26 "2016-12-12T19:22:02Z")
DQ: from a mystery or crime drama? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/27 "2016-12-12T19:26:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you “kill” Superman in the comics? 2. Are you a character in the Discworld novels who only speaks in capital letters? 3. Were you the frequent comic foil to the Marx Brothers? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/28 "2016-12-12T20:49:32Z")
Not Deathbringer (a guess), MR. DOESN’T USE LOWER CASE (ditto), and not Margaret Drummond. D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. has appeared on TV and in movies 4. last name starts with D 5. first publication (in any medium) before 1990 6. not the protagonist in the work I’m best known for 7. first appearance before 1960 8. kind of neutral, but I guess generally considered a ‘good guy’ 9. not from a comedy or series of comedies 10. not American 11. not from a mystery or crime drama ---
**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:** [December 12, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/29 "2016-12-12T23:31:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you originally an Italian war orphan adopted by an American soldier? > IQ2: Did you write “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”? > IQ3: Were you the first commander of the Army of the Ohio? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Dondi, Philip K. Dick or… ooo, I should know that, but I don’t. Correct. Correct. Don Carlos Buell. (I figured that was the one you were most likely to get!) DQ: European ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/30 "2016-12-13T01:06:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you “kill” Superman in the comics? > 2. Are you a character in the Discworld novels who only speaks in capital letters? > 3. Were you the frequent comic foil to the Marx Brothers? [quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:28, topic:774212”] Not Deathbringer (a guess), MR. DOESN’T USE LOWER CASE (ditto), and not Margaret Drummond. #1 was Doomsday. #2 is Death. #3 was Margaret Dumont, but close enough. DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 2. From a work of European origin? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/31 "2016-12-13T04:14:02Z")
Buell! Of course. Shoulda got that. Good one, **SCAdian**. Dumont ain’t Drummond, so take another DQ, **Prof. P.** D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. has appeared on TV and in movies 4. last name starts with D 5. first publication (in any medium) before 1990 6. not the protagonist in the work I’m best known for 7. first appearance before 1960 8. kind of neutral, but I guess generally considered a ‘good guy’ 9. not from a comedy or series of comedies 10. not American 11. not from a mystery or crime drama 12. European 13. originally from a work of prose fiction 14. from a work of European origin ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/32 "2016-12-13T05:00:01Z")
IQ1: Were you a pickpocket on the streets of London? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/33 "2016-12-13T15:17:14Z")
Not the Artful Dodger. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/34 "2016-12-13T22:55:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an officer of the watch in _Much Ado About Nothing_? 2. Are you either of a set of twins in _A Comedy Of Errors_? 3. Are you a constable in _Love’s Labour’s Lost_? ---
**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:** [December 14, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/35 "2016-12-14T04:10:31Z")
Ooo, I should know those, but don’t. Take three 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:** [December 14, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/36 "2016-12-14T14:36:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an officer of the watch in _Much Ado About Nothing_? > 2. Are you either of a set of twins in _A Comedy Of Errors_? > 3. Are you a constable in _Love’s Labour’s Lost_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ooo, I should know those, but don’t. Take three DQs. #1 is Dogberry, #2 is Dromio, #3 is Dull. DQ: From a work originally written in English? ---
**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:** [December 14, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/37 "2016-12-14T15:44:54Z")
D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. has appeared on TV and in movies 4. last name starts with D 5. first publication (in any medium) before 1990 6. not the protagonist in the work I’m best known for 7. first appearance before 1960 8. kind of neutral, but I guess generally considered a ‘good guy’ 9. not from a comedy or series of comedies 10. not American 11. not from a mystery or crime drama 12. European 13. originally from a work of prose fiction 14. from a work of European origin 15. not from a work originally written in English ---
**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:** [December 14, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/38 "2016-12-14T22:46:52Z")
DQ: Written before 1900? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/39 "2016-12-15T00:08:55Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a pickpocket on the streets of London? Correct, and I had hopes for that one, it fit the available clues quite nicely. The appeared in both movies and TV DQ sets the notability minimum pretty high… IQ1: Did you agree to three illegal duels on the same day, only to end up fighting alongside your scheduled opponents with the law enforcement who came to stop the dueling? IQ2: Were you the author of the book in which IQ1 appeared? IQ3: Were you the wife of the Elongated Man? DQ: Has at least one each of your movie and TV appearances been performed in English? Holding one 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:** [December 15, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/40 "2016-12-15T05:31:53Z")
**SCMT** , dunno x3. D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. has appeared on TV and in movies 4. last name starts with D 5. first publication (in any medium) before 1990 6. not the protagonist in the work I’m best known for 7. first appearance before 1960 8. kind of neutral, but I guess generally considered a ‘good guy’ 9. not from a comedy or series of comedies 10. not American 11. not from a mystery or crime drama 12. European 13. originally from a work of prose fiction 14. from a work of European origin 15. not from a work originally written in English 16. written before 1900 17. at least one each of my movie and TV appearances has been performed in English [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212.md?page=3)