# Botticelli, February 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337 "2014-02-02T06:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/321 "2014-02-17T00:14:46Z")
Wow, that was fast - good job, **fanganga**! Previous IQs: Was Henry Clay a family friend of yours? - Mary Todd Lincoln. Did you write about the BOLO robot tanks? - sf author Keith Laumer. Were you in both _A League of Their Own_ and _Tank Girl_? - Jon Lovitz wasn’t in the latter movie, that I can see. This was Lori Petty. On to E. IQs: Does Cate Blachett hope to play you at intervals throughout the rest of her career? Are you the wife of the centrist Tory MP in _First Among Equals_? Did you appear on the cover of _Time_ magazine at age six? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/322 "2014-02-17T00:32:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Wow. Way to go, fanganga! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the non-SF novel _Invisible Man_? > 2. Is your alter ego Ralph Dibny? > 3. Is your alter ego Jimmy Olsen? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: pass > 2: I am not Elongated Man > 3: I am not Elastic Lad #1 was Ralph Ellison. DQ: Real? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/323 "2014-02-17T00:38:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a magical coin that granted wishes that were wished twice? > IQ2: Did you write about Kimball Kinnison? > IQ3: Did you write about the psammead? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: pass > 2: pass > 3: I am not E. Nesbitt Edward Eager (_Half Magic_ - you had to wish twice because if you only wished once, the coin would only grant half of your wish.) E E “Doc” Smith (the Lensman series). Correct on E Nesbit. DQ1: American? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Were you Kay’s father? IQ2: Was Aethelred your successor? IQ3: When you died, was your country invaded by a foreigner who claimed to be your heir? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/324 "2014-02-17T02:03:20Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the youngest of the Jetson children? 2. Did you write _The Hoosier Schoolmaster_? 3. Were you an influential American poet who was condemned for his support of Fascism, and who was esconced for a time in a mental hospital? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/325 "2014-02-17T04:03:53Z")
DQ:Living? DQ2:Born after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/326 "2014-02-17T08:03:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wow, that was fast - good job, **fanganga**! > > Previous IQs: > > Was Henry Clay a family friend of yours? - Mary Todd Lincoln. > Did you write about the BOLO robot tanks? - sf author Keith Laumer. > Were you in both _A League of Their Own_ and _Tank Girl_? - Jon Lovitz wasn’t in the latter movie, that I can see. This was Lori Petty. > > On to E. > > IQs: > > Does Cate Blachett hope to play you at intervals throughout the rest of her career? > Are you the wife of the centrist Tory MP in _First Among Equals_? > Did you appear on the cover of _Time_ magazine at age six? #I am not Elizabeth I pass I am not … Elizabeth II > [@SCAdian](#): > > Edward Eager (_Half Magic_ - you had to wish twice because if you only wished once, the coin would only grant half of your wish.) > E E “Doc” Smith (the Lensman series). > Correct on E Nesbit. > DQ1: American? > DQ2: Male? > IQ1: Were you Kay’s father? > IQ2: Was Aethelred your successor? > IQ3: When you died, was your country invaded by a foreigner who claimed to be your heir? Pass on all 3 > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the youngest of the Jetson children? > 2. Did you write _The Hoosier Schoolmaster_? > 3. Were you an influential American poet who was condemned for his support of Fascism, and who was esconced for a time in a mental hospital? I am not Elroy Jetson pass pass My initial letter is E and 1: I am not real 2: I am not American 3: I am not male. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/327 "2014-02-17T08:09:29Z")
IQ: Was your lover a deformed bellringer? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/328 "2014-02-17T13:21:39Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post > [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the youngest of the Jetson children? > 2. Did you write The Hoosier Schoolmaster? > 3. Were you an influential American poet who was condemned for his support of Fascism, and who was esconced for a time in a mental hospital? > I am not Elroy Jetson > > pass > pass #2 was Edward Eggleston. #3 was Ezra Pound. DQs: 1. Originally from literature? 2. Protagonist? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/329 "2014-02-17T13:51:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Kay’s father? > IQ2: Was Aethelred your successor? > IQ3: When you died, was your country invaded by a foreigner who claimed to be your heir? > [@fanganga](#): > > Pass on all 3 Sir Ector was Kay’s father (and Arthur’s foster father). Edward the Martyr. Edward the Confessor. DQ1: European? DQ2: If you were real, would you be alive today? DQ3: first appeared after 190? IQ1: Were you an Acadian woman who searched for her lost love? IQ2: Were you a co-star with Rupert and Daniel? IQ3: Were you turned into a dragon? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/330 "2014-02-17T18:58:29Z")
Previous IQs: Does Cate Blachett hope to play you at intervals throughout the rest of her career? - Yes, Queen Elizabeth I, as she’s done twice already. Are you the wife of the centrist Tory MP in _First Among Equals_? - Elizabeth Kerslake. Did you appear on the cover of _Time_ magazine at age six? - Yes, Queen Elizabeth II, then a young princess: [http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1929/1101290429\_400.jpg](http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1929/1101290429_400.jpg) One DQ reserved. By “initial letter” do you mean the first letter of your first name? IQs: Did you play a very nice teacher in _Matilda_? Was Jane your older and prettier sister? Did you often mishear things, and then say “Never mind”? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/331 "2014-02-17T19:03:49Z")
Fictional female, non-American, starting with E… Hmmm. IQs: 1. Were you Sam Gamgee’s daughter? 2. Are you the protagonist of _Sense and Sensibility_? 3. Are you the protagonist of _Pride and Prejudice_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/332 "2014-02-17T19:12:32Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was your lover a deformed bellringer? Miss this ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/333 "2014-02-17T19:26:32Z")
IQ1: Are you a sarcastic telephone switchboard operator? IQ2: Does your husband frequently call you a dingbat? IQ3: Were you the real life inspiration for characters from _Psycho_, _Texas Chainsaw Massacre_ and _Silence of the Lambs_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/334 "2014-02-18T00:06:23Z")
You also missed my DQs ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/335 "2014-02-18T00:23:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was your lover a deformed bellringer? I am not Esmerelda > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an Acadian woman who searched for her lost love? > IQ2: Were you a co-star with Rupert and Daniel? > IQ3: Were you turned into a dragon? Pass on all 3 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play a very nice teacher in _Matilda_? > Was Jane your older and prettier sister? > Did you often mishear things, and then say “Never mind”? I know the character was Miss Honey, but I don’t know the actress. I am not … Emma the eponymous Austen heroine? pass > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Fictional female, non-American, starting with E… Hmmm. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Sam Gamgee’s daughter? > 2. Are you the protagonist of _Sense and Sensibility_? > 3. Are you the protagonist of _Pride and Prejudice_? I am not Elanor Gamgee pass I am not Elizabeth Bennett > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a sarcastic telephone switchboard operator? > IQ2: Does your husband frequently call you a dingbat? > IQ3: Were you the real life inspiration for characters from _Psycho_, _Texas Chainsaw Massacre_ and _Silence of the Lambs_? Pass on all 3 My initial letter is E and 1: I am not real 2: I am not American 3: I am not male. 4: If I was real I would not be alive today 5: My date of birth is indeterminate, but could conceivably have been around 1900. 6: I am not from literature 7: I could be considered a protagonist 8: I am European 9: I first appeared after 190. Because I’m feeling generous, I’ll tell you I also appeared after 1900 10: E is the initial letter of my first name ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/336 "2014-02-18T00:43:59Z")
After 190. Heh. 😉 Previous IQs: Did you play a very nice teacher in _Matilda_? - Yes, Miss Honey was played by Embeth Davidtz. Was Jane your older and prettier sister? - Yes, from Jane Austen, but this was Elizabeth Bennet in _Pride and Prejudice_ (and I see I was just five minutes ahead of **Prof. P**. in asking about her! I’ll yield my DQ to him). Did you often mishear things, and then say “Never mind”? - Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) on SNL. DQs: British? First appeared in a movie? First appeared after 1950? IQs: Did you jokingly warn Noel Coward, “They count them before they put them away at night”? Did soldiers cheer you in _Breaker Morant_? Do some credit you with the introduction of an extra central brake light on American-made cars beginning in the 1980s? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/337 "2014-02-18T00:45:43Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a sarcastic telephone switchboard operator? > IQ2: Does your husband frequently call you a dingbat? > IQ3: Were you the real life inspiration for characters from _Psycho_, _Texas Chainsaw Massacre_ and _Silence of the Lambs_? > [@fanganga](#): > > Pass on all 3 IQ1: Lily Tomlin’s recurring character Ernestine. IQ2: Edith Bunker from _All in the Family_ IQ3: Ed Gein I’ll hold off on my 3 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:** [February 18, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/338 "2014-02-18T00:55:04Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post Fictional female, non-American, starting with E… Hmmm. > [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Sam Gamgee’s daughter? > 2. Are you the protagonist of Sense and Sensibility? > 3. Are you the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice? > > I am not Elanor Gamgee > pass > I am not Elizabeth Bennett #2 was Elinor Dashwood. I’ll hold on to my DQ until other questions are answered. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/339 "2014-02-18T01:28:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > After 190. Heh. 😉 > > Previous IQs: > > Did you play a very nice teacher in _Matilda_? - Yes, Miss Honey was played by Embeth Davidtz. > Was Jane your older and prettier sister? - Yes, from Jane Austen, but this was Elizabeth Bennet in _Pride and Prejudice_ (and I see I was just five minutes ahead of **Prof. P**. in asking about her! I’ll yield my DQ to him). > Did you often mishear things, and then say “Never mind”? - Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) on SNL. > > DQs: > > British? > First appeared in a movie? > First appeared after 1950? > > IQs: > > Did you jokingly warn Noel Coward, “They count them before they put them away at night”? > Did soldiers cheer you in _Breaker Morant_? > Do some credit you with the introduction of an extra central brake light on American-made cars beginning in the 1980s? pass I am not … Dwight Eisenhower? pass My initial letter is E and 1: I am not real 2: I am not American 3: I am not male. 4: If I was real I would not be alive today 5: My date of birth is indeterminate, but could conceivably have been around 1900. 6: I am not from literature 7: I could be considered a protagonist 8: I am European 9: I first appeared after 190. Because I’m feeling generous, I’ll tell you I also appeared after 1900 10: E is the initial letter of my first name 11: I am British 12: I did not first appear in a movie 13: I first appeared after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/340 "2014-02-18T01:30:04Z")
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