# Botticelli - December 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 5, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224 "2024-12-05T22:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/201 "2024-12-29T04:11:21Z")
Thanks **kitap**! (The third IQ was Gerald Burlingame from _Gerald’s Game_.) The next letter is… **Z** ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/202 "2024-12-29T04:17:36Z")
Good job, **knoodler**! On to Z. IQs: Did Antonio Banderas play you in several movies? Did you resist a Greek military junta? Did you play the mom of doomed young women on two different TV shows? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/203 "2024-12-29T15:48:55Z")
Good going **knoodler** , and watch out for that tree! IQs: 1. Are you a princess of the kingdom of Hyrule? 2. Did you play a ghost-sensing medium in _Poltergeist_? 3. Were you a pet vulture on _The Addams Family_? ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/204 "2024-12-29T18:07:51Z")
Well done, indeed! IQs: 1. Are you the title character of a novel by Max Beerbohm? 2. Did you created Esperanto? 3. Are you the ultimate monster in the Marvel Universe’s A-to-Z guide? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/205 "2024-12-29T18:52:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Antonio Banderas play you in several movies? > Did you resist a Greek military junta? > Did you play the mom of doomed young women on two different TV shows? 1. I am not Zorro 2. I am not Zorba the Greek 3. Take a DQ > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a princess of the kingdom of Hyrule? > 2. Did you play a ghost-sensing medium in _Poltergeist_? > 3. Were you a pet vulture on _The Addams Family_? 1. I am not Zelda 2. Take a DQ (I know the person you’re inquiring about, but I don’t recall her name.) 3. Take a DQ (I don’t remember a vulture) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of a novel by Max Beerbohm? > 2. Did you created Esperanto? > 3. Are you the ultimate monster in the Marvel Universe’s A-to-Z guide? Take 2 DQs 3. I am not Monster Zero ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/206 "2024-12-29T20:09:56Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Are you a princess of the kingdom of Hyrule? > > 2. Did you play a ghost-sensing medium in _Poltergeist_? > > 3. Were you a pet vulture on _The Addams Family_? > > 1. I am not Zelda > 2. Take a DQ (I know the person you’re inquiring about, but I don’t recall her name.) > 3. Take a DQ (I don’t remember a vulture) Correct on #1. #2 was Zelda Rubenstein. #3 was Zelda. Zelda x3 ! DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/207 "2024-12-30T00:48:34Z")
**Z** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**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:** [December 30, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/208 "2024-12-30T02:54:57Z")
Congrats, **knoodler**! IQs: 1. Did you write _White Teeth_? 2. Were you king of Albania? 3. Were you in the Mothers of Invention? ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/209 "2024-12-30T03:27:47Z")
Previous IQs: Did Antonio Banderas play you in several movies? - Yes, Zorro Did you resist a Greek military junta? - Not Zorba the Greek, but the title character in the 1969 political thriller _Z_ Did you play the mom of doomed young women on two different TV shows? - Grace Zabriskie, who played Laura Palmer’s mom on _Twin Peaks_ and George’s fiancee Susan’s mom on _Seinfeld_ DQs: American? First appeared since 1945? IQs: Did a tune about you appear several times in a 1968 movie? Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_? Did you carry a flag which showed an American eagle holding a peace pipe? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/210 "2024-12-30T04:16:13Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Congrats, **knoodler**! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _White Teeth_? > 2. Were you king of Albania? > 3. Were you in the Mothers of Invention? Thanks! I am not Frank Zappa and take 2 DQs > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a tune about you appear several times in a 1968 movie? > Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_? > Did you carry a flag which showed an American eagle holding a peace pipe? 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:** [December 30, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/211 "2024-12-30T04:17:52Z")
**Z** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. First appeared after 1945 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/212 "2024-12-30T04:42:15Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Frank Zappa and take 2 DQs 1 was Zadie Smith; 2 was King Zog. DQs: 1. main character? 2. first name begins with Z? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/213 "2024-12-30T05:12:03Z")
**Z** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. First appeared after 1945 5. Main character 6. First name starts with Z ---
**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 31, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/214 "2024-12-31T12:58:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Are you the title character of a novel by Max Beerbohm? > > 2. Did you created Esperanto? > > 3. Are you the ultimate monster in the Marvel Universe’s A-to-Z guide? > > Take 2 DQs > 3. I am not Monster Zero #1 was Zuleika Dobson. #2 was Ludwig Zamenhof. #3 is Zzzax. ---
**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 31, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/215 "2024-12-31T19:01:36Z")
DQs: 1. Originally from TV or movies? 2. Created after 1970? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/216 "2024-12-31T19:03:00Z")
**Z** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. First appeared after 1945 5. Main character 6. First name starts with Z 7. Not from TV or movies 8. Created after 1970 ---
**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 31, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/217 "2024-12-31T19:06:10Z")
Previous IQs: Did a tune about you appear several times in a 1968 movie? - Zarathustra, in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_? - Zathras Did you carry a flag which showed an American eagle holding a peace pipe? - Strike that; I was thinking of someone else; it was actually [John C. Fremont](https://www.ebay.com/itm/134344569244) DQs: First appeared in print? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Did you have a mountain named after you? Did a movie director wordlessly put a book on your desk to let you know he wanted you to write some music for him? Were you a credentialed alien character on an animated show? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/218 "2024-12-31T19:17:52Z")
IQs: 1. Were you F. Scott’s wife? 2. Did you attempt to assassinate FDR? 3. Did Bert Lahr play you in _The Wizard of Oz_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/219 "2024-12-31T19:39:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a mountain named after you? > Did a movie director wordlessly put a book on your desk to let you know he wanted you to write some music for him? > Were you a credentialed alien character on an animated show? 1. Take a DQ 2. Take a DG 3. I am not Zim > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you F. Scott’s wife? > 2. Did you attempt to assassinate FDR? > 3. Did Bert Lahr play you in _The Wizard of Oz_? 1. I am not Zelda Scott Fitzgerald 2. I am not Guiseppe Zagra? Zagara? (May be a DQ) 3. I am not the Cowardly Lion? Take a DQ if he has another name. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/220 "2024-12-31T19:41:20Z")
**Z** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. First appeared after 1945 5. Main character 6. First name starts with Z 7. Not from TV or movies 8. Created after 1970 9. First appeared in print 10. Considered a “good guy” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=12)