# 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:** 18
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/341 "2014-02-18T01:38:12Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you known for your lack of diction? I am not … Elmer Fudd? ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/342 "2014-02-18T01:43:33Z")
That’s Eliza Doolittle DQ: From TV? ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/343 "2014-02-18T01:45:13Z")
Kicking myself on that one. 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 14: I am not from TV ---
**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, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/344 "2014-02-18T02:12:48Z")
IQ: Do you keep your face in a jar by the door? ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/345 "2014-02-18T02:17:53Z")
> [@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? > [@fanganga](#): > > Pass on all 3 Evangeline (in the poem by whatshisface). Emma Watson (in the Harry Potter movies). Eustace Scrubb (in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader). Originally from a radio programme? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Were you John Steed’s partner? IQ2: Are you York’s daughter? IQ3: Were you Haman’s nemesis? ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/346 "2014-02-18T02:21:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ3: first appeared after 190? > [@fanganga](#): > > 9: I first appeared after 190. Because I’m feeling generous, I’ll tell you I also appeared after 1900 [Expletive deleted] keyboard… ---
**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, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/347 "2014-02-18T04:45:21Z")
Previous IQs: Did you jokingly warn Noel Coward, “They count them before they put them away at night”? - Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who noticed him eyeing a handsome soldier. Did soldiers cheer you in _Breaker Morant_? - Not Ike, but King Edward VII. Do some credit you with the introduction of an extra central brake light on American-made cars beginning in the 1980s? - Elizabeth Dole, at the time U.S. Secretary of Transportation. DQs: First appeared in musical lyrics? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Do you play Tauriel in a recent movie? Did Mr. Peabody and his boy visit you? Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother? ---
**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, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/348 "2014-02-18T12:46:34Z")
I’m not doing too well on the IQs - passes on all of them, but the DQs are now irrelevant as the Prof has it. I do indeed keep my face in a jar by the door, as I am **Elanor Rigby** from the Beatles song of the same name. Congratulations, Prof. ---
**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, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/349 "2014-02-18T14:00:13Z")
Well, not TV, movie or literature brought song lyrics to mind. And she’s dead and first name start’s with an E, it just clicked. And now, I am P! ---
**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/350 "2014-02-18T14:51:33Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P**.! Nitpick, **fanganga** : It’s “Eleanor” Rigby. I don’t know of any Elanors other than Samwise’s daughter. Previous IQs: Do you play Tauriel in a recent movie? - Evangeline Lilly, in _The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug_. Did Mr. Peabody and his boy visit you? - Edgar Allan Poe. Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother? - Emilio Estevez. New IQs: Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates star of the late Seventies who was often compared to Yosemite Sam? Were you a power hitter of the same team in that era? Were you Brett’s best friend on the USCSS _Nostromo_? ---
**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, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/351 "2014-02-18T14:53:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > New IQs: > > Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates star of the late Seventies who was often compared to Yosemite Sam? > Were you a power hitter of the same team in that era? > Were you Brett’s best friend on the USCSS _Nostromo_? Take DQs for #1 and #2. I’m not Parker. ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/352 "2014-02-18T15:43:20Z")
Phil Garner and Dave Parker. Correct as to Parker, chief engineer of the _Nostromo_. DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Did you play the Customs agent who interrogated Verbal Kint in _The Usual Suspects_? Were you the star of _The Lightning Thief_? Were you that person’s dad? ---
**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, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/353 "2014-02-18T15:52:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/354 "2014-02-18T15:53:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the Customs agent who interrogated Verbal Kint in _The Usual Suspects_? > Were you the star of _The Lightning Thief_? > Were you that person’s dad? Take a DQ for #1. I am not Percy Jackson, and I am not Poseidon. (I’ve been reading the series to my grandson at night for years. He loves the books.) ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/355 "2014-02-18T15:57:18Z")
IQ: Are you bff with Salma Hayek? ---
**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, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/356 "2014-02-18T15:59:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you bff with Salma Hayek? 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:** [February 18, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/357 "2014-02-18T16:11:41Z")
IQs: Did you play the Customs agent who interrogated Verbal Kint in _The Usual Suspects_? - This was Chazz Palminteri (sp?). Were you the star of _The Lightning Thief_? - Yes, Percy Jackson. Were you that person’s dad? - Of course, yes, Poseidon. DQ: Living? IQs: Are you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? Were you Telemachus’s mom? Did you play a vagabond, a florist and a chaffeur/fixer? ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/358 "2014-02-18T16:43:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead ---
**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, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/359 "2014-02-18T16:45:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? > Were you Telemachus’s mom? > Did you play a vagabond, a florist and a chaffeur/fixer? It’s been too long since I read my Asimov, take a DQ for #1. I’m not Penelope. Take a DQ for #3 as well. ---
**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, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/360 "2014-02-18T17:20:20Z")
Previous IQs: Are you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver. Were you Telemachus’s mom? - Yes, Penelope. Did you play a vagabond, a florist and a chaffeur/fixer? - Pete Postelthwaite, in _James and the Giant Peach, The Town_ and _The Usual Suspects_. DQs: American? Last name start with P? IQs: Did Jack Bauer do his best to protect you? Did you flirt with a secretary played by Elizabeth Banks? Did you fight aboard both the _Lawrence_ and the _Niagara_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337.md?page=19)