# Botticelli - December 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349 "2019-12-04T05:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 17, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/81 "2019-12-17T19:41:00Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you Dustin Hoffman’s character in Dick Tracy? > 2. Were you Dick Dastardly’s canine assistant? > 3. Are you often credited with creating the first moving pictures? 1. I am not Mumbles. 1. I am not Muttley. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/82 "2019-12-17T19:55:50Z")
3 was Eadweard Muybridge… that’s not a misspelling. Adapted for film? ---
**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 17, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/83 "2019-12-17T20:27:58Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Known from literature 3. Not the hero 4. Male 5. Not American 6. Not a good guy, but trying to make up for it 7. First appeared before 1900 8. European 9. From a story frequently adapted for 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:** [December 17, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/84 "2019-12-17T22:05:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > … > > IQs: > > Were you a fictional gangster with an interest in the occult? > Were you nicknamed “the Vilnius Schoolmaster”? > Were you defeated in the most recent US Senate race in Alabama? Ahem. ---
**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 17, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/85 "2019-12-17T22:10:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Elendil’s Heir View Post > … > > IQs: > > Were you a fictional gangster with an interest in the occult? > Were you nicknamed “the Vilnius Schoolmaster”? > Were you defeated in the most recent US Senate race in Alabama? > Ahem. Oops. 1. I am not Johnny Marcone from the Dresden Files. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Arnold Moony (sp??). ---
**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 18, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/86 "2019-12-18T17:37:50Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a fictional gangster with an interest in the occult? - Not who I was thinking of; I’ll rephrase Were you nicknamed “the Vilnius Schoolmaster”? - Soviet Navy Capt. Marko Ramius in _The Hunt for Red October_ (Sean Connery’s character in the movie) Were you defeated in the most recent US Senate race in Alabama? - Roy Moore DQs: From the British Isles? First appeared before 1800? IQs: In a work by Stephen King, were you a gangster with an interest in the occult? Did you head the Citadel military institute after WWII? Have you played a queen, a witch, a detective and a gangster’s moll, among other roles? ---
**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 18, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/87 "2019-12-18T17:41:51Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Known from literature 3. Not the hero 4. Male 5. Not American 6. Not a good guy, but trying to make up for it 7. First appeared before 1900 8. European 9. From a story frequently adapted for film 10. British 11. First appeared after 1800 ---
**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 18, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/88 "2019-12-18T17:43:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > In a work by Stephen King, were you a gangster with an interest in the occult? > Did you head the Citadel military institute after WWII? > Have you played a queen, a witch, a detective and a gangster’s moll, among other roles? #3. I am not Helen Mirren (just a wild guess). Take 2 or 3 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 18, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/89 "2019-12-18T17:54:40Z")
Previous IQs: In a work by Stephen King, were you a gangster with an interest in the occult? - Hubie Marsden in _'Salem’s Lot_ Did you head the Citadel military institute after WWII? - Gen. Mark Clark Have you played a queen, a witch, a detective and a gangster’s moll, among other roles? - Yes, Helen Mirren, in _The Queen, Excalibur, Prime Suspect_ and _The Long Good Friday_ DQs: Associated with London? From a contemporary story, at the time it was written? IQs: Were you Scrooge’s former business partner? Were you James Bond’s boss? Were you Keiko’s husband? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/90 "2019-12-18T18:15:16Z")
1. In the Voltaire song, When You’re Evil, are you this to the gentlemen? 2. Were you a controversial photographer who featured gay themes and sexuality in your work? 3. Did you play god in the movie, Second Time Lucky? ---
**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 18, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/91 "2019-12-18T18:22:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Scrooge’s former business partner? “In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley!” Well done, EH! ---
**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:** [December 18, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/92 "2019-12-18T19:09:13Z")
_1. In the Voltaire song, When You’re Evil, are you this to the gentlemen? 2. Were you a controversial photographer who featured gay themes and sexuality in your work? 3. Did you play god in the movie, Second Time Lucky?_ Miss Fortune, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Morley ---
**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 18, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/93 "2019-12-18T21:16:25Z")
Good one, **PP** , and appropriate for the season! Thanks. Other previous IQs: Were you James Bond’s boss? - M (Adm. Sir Miles Messervy) Were you Keiko’s husband? - Miles O’Brien, on _ST:TNG_ and _ST: DS9_ Lemme see… our next letter will be E ---
**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 18, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/94 "2019-12-18T21:24:29Z")
IQs: 1. Is Aragorn your heir? 2. Were you Adam’s mate? 3. Was your body possessed by the essence of John Whorfin? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/95 "2019-12-18T21:41:33Z")
1. Were you the first name mentioned in Tim Curry’s, I Do the Rock? 2. Did your character think Ferris Beuller was a righteous dude? 3. Did you play wacky characters on a late night talk show? ---
**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 19, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/96 "2019-12-19T14:29:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is Aragorn your heir? > 2. Were you Adam’s mate? > 3. Was your body possessed by the essence of John Whorfin? Not Elendil the Tall, Eve, or Dr. Emilio Lizardo (a role for which John Lithgow should’ve won an Oscar, dammit!) > [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you the first name mentioned in Tim Curry’s, I Do the Rock? > 2. Did your character think Ferris Beuller was a righteous dude? > 3. Did you play wacky characters on a late night talk show? Dunno x3. ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/97 "2019-12-19T15:02:04Z")
Correct on all three. I agree about Lithgow. IQs: 1. Did you play Penny Priddy in _Buckaroo Banzai…_? 2. Did you crash a wedding and give Zeus a golden apple that brought suffering and tears? 3. Were you the Muse of Lyric Poetry? ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/98 "2019-12-19T15:15:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Penny Priddy in _Buckaroo Banzai…_? > 2. Did you crash a wedding and give Zeus a golden apple that brought suffering and tears? > 3. Were you the Muse of Lyric Poetry? I’m blanking on the actress’s name, although I can see her clearly in my mind; not Eris, and not Euterpe. ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/99 "2019-12-19T15:19:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all three. I agree about Lithgow. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Penny Priddy in _Buckaroo Banzai…_? > 2. Did you crash a wedding and give Zeus a golden apple that brought suffering and tears? > 3. Were you the Muse of Lyric Poetry? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m blanking on the actress’s name, although I can see her clearly in my mind; not Eris, and not Euterpe. #1 was Ellen Burstyn. Correct on the mythology quiz. DQ: Real? ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/100 "2019-12-19T15:57:26Z")
Just checked Wiki, and it was actually Ellen Barkin. But she’s still an E. E. 1. not real [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349.md?page=6)