# Botticelli - February 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983 "2018-02-01T20:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 3, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/41 "2018-02-03T18:41:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you figure largely in the Epic of Gilgamesh? > 2. Are you the “Lord of the Outyards” in Norse myth? > 3. Did you have hits with _My Boo_ and _You Make Me Wanna_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Utnapishtim, DQ, DQ Correct, Utgard-Loki and Usher. DQs: 1. Animal? 2. From a work of science fiction? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/42 "2018-02-03T22:24:02Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Only name starts with U 4. Not created by an American author or authors 5. Created after 1900 6. Created by a European author or authors 7. Originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Created after 1950 9. Not a protagonist 10. Created by a UK author or authors 11. Not human 12. Not a mere animal 13. Not from science fiction ---
**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 3, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/43 "2018-02-03T22:29:02Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the heroine of Kate Atkinson’s novel _Life After Life_? - Ursula Todd Were you the villain of Disney’s _The Little Mermaid_? - Yes, Ursula Did your white bikini in a movie make a, er, big splash? - Yes, Ursula Andress Ursula x3! DQs: Has appeared in a movie? IQs: Were you a terrible giant spider who ate light? Did Frodo use this as a traveling name to avoid attracting attention? Was Elizabeth your wife and Stamper your right-hand man? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/44 "2018-02-03T22:37:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a terrible giant spider who ate light? Yes, I am Ungoliant from Tolkien’s _The Simarillion_! Of course somebody who names himself after a Tolkien character would get it. Grats EH! ---
**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:** [February 3, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/45 "2018-02-03T22:39:29Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the narrator in some of Shel Silverstein’s works? > IQ2: Did you play the love interest in _Gattaca_? > IQ3: Do you appear on the television show _Lucifer_? Uncle Shelby (whose book of ABZ’s I remember fondly from childhood, and I understand Silverstein went on to publish actual children’s books bearing his name), Uma Thurman, and of course you are correct about Uriel. I strongly suspected Tolkien after the UK and non-human non-SF, but lacked the Silmarillion knowledge - Congrats EH! ---
**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 3, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/46 "2018-02-03T23:56:33Z")
Great job, EH! ---
**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 4, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/47 "2018-02-04T05:13:12Z")
Thanks, all, and good one, **KO**! Not your average cute little house spider, to say the least. Her name just popped into my head, and she fit all the clues, so I thought I’d take a guess. For more: [Ungoliant | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom](http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Ungoliant) My other IQs: Did Frodo use this as a traveling name to avoid attracting attention? - Mr. Underhill Was Elizabeth your wife and Stamper your right-hand man? - Francis Urquhart, in the original British _House of Cards_ Our next letter is naturally V ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/48 "2018-02-04T13:51:10Z")
IQ1: Are you one of Archie Andrews’s girlfriends? IQ2: Did you have a hit with “Moondance”? IQ3: Were you a pitch man for milk who talked to Vern? ---
**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 4, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/49 "2018-02-04T17:44:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you currently being portrayed by Jenna Coleman in a TV series? 2. Did you unite the Gauls against the Romans in Julius Caesar’s time? 3. Did you play Napoleon Solo in TV’s _The Man From U.N.C.L.E._? ---
**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 5, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/50 "2018-02-05T03:14:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of Archie Andrews’s girlfriends? > IQ2: Did you have a hit with “Moondance”? > IQ3: Were you a pitch man for milk who talked to Vern? Not Veronica Lodge, Van Morrison or… dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you currently being portrayed by Jenna Coleman in a TV series? > 2. Did you unite the Gauls against the Romans in Julius Caesar’s time? > 3. Did you play Napoleon Solo in TV’s _The Man From U.N.C.L.E._? Dunno, not Vercingetorix (sp?) or Robert Vaughn. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/51 "2018-02-05T13:24:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of Archie Andrews’s girlfriends? > IQ2: Did you have a hit with “Moondance”? > IQ3: Were you a pitch man for milk who talked to Vern? > > Not Veronica Lodge, Van Morrison or… dunno. Jim “Know what I mean Vern?” Varney DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/52 "2018-02-05T13:28:11Z")
IQ1: Are you one of the parents of the current bass guitarist that plays in a band with David Lee Roth? IQ2: Are you the other parent? IQ3: Are you the hockey mask-wearing psycho from the \*Halloween \*movies? ---
**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 5, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/53 "2018-02-05T13:57:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you currently being portrayed by Jenna Coleman in a TV series? > 2. Did you unite the Gauls against the Romans in Julius Caesar’s time? > 3. Did you play Napoleon Solo in TV’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E.? > Dunno, not Vercingetorix (sp?) or Robert Vaughn. #1 is Queen Victoria in _Victoria_. Correct on the others. DQ: Male? ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/54 "2018-02-05T14:02:05Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an android created by a robot in order to attack the robot’s maker, but who decides to become the robot maker’s teammate instead? 2. Is encountering your generator often a hair-raising experience? 3. Did Brian Blessed play you in the 1980’s version of _Flash Gordon_? ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/55 "2018-02-05T14:05:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of the parents of the current bass guitarist that plays in a band with David Lee Roth? > IQ2: Are you the other parent? > IQ3: Are you the hockey mask-wearing psycho from the \*Halloween \*movies? Not Valerie Bertinelli or Eddie Van Halen; not Jason Vorhees. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an android created by a robot in order to attack the robot’s maker, but who decides to become the robot maker’s teammate instead? > 2. Is encountering your generator often a hair-raising experience? > 3. Did Brian Blessed play you in the 1980’s version of _Flash Gordon_? Not Vincent, Van de Graaff or… dunno. V. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/56 "2018-02-05T14:07:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an android created by a robot in order to attack the robot’s maker, but who decides to become the robot maker’s teammate instead? > 2. Is encountering your generator often a hair-raising experience? > 3. Did Brian Blessed play you in the 1980’s version of Flash Gordon? > Not Vincent, Van de Graaff or… dunno. #1. I will re-ask. (I’m not coming up with a Vincent android, though.) #2 is correct. #3 is Prince Vultan. DQ: Created by an American author or authors? ---
**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 5, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/57 "2018-02-05T14:12:11Z")
IQs: 1. In the Marvel Universe, are you an android created by a robot in order to attack the robot’s maker, but who decides to become the robot maker’s teammate instead? 2. Did Paul Henreid play you in _Casablanca_? 3. Were you the French author who wrote _A Philosophical Dictionary_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/58 "2018-02-05T15:22:29Z")
Swept… IQ1: Did Ryan Reynolds play you in a 2002 film? IQ2: Are you a blacksmithing god in the Roman pantheon? IQ3: Are Rama and Krishna incarnations of you? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/59 "2018-02-05T15:30:30Z")
IQ: Are you a world-famous Russian concert pianist? IQ: Are you the current president of Hungary? IQ: Were you the first president of Czechoslovakia? ---
**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 5, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/60 "2018-02-05T18:40:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In the Marvel Universe, are you an android created by a robot in order to attack the robot’s maker, but who decides to become the robot maker’s teammate instead? > 2. Did Paul Henreid play you in _Casablanca_? > 3. Were you the French author who wrote _A Philosophical Dictionary_? “Vincent” was just a guess; go ahead and take a DQ. Not Victor Laszlo, and not Voltaire. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Swept… > > IQ1: Did Ryan Reynolds play you in a 2002 film? > IQ2: Are you a blacksmithing god in the Roman pantheon? > IQ3: Are Rama and Krishna incarnations of you? Dunno, not Vulcan, and not Vishnu. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Are you a world-famous Russian concert pianist? > IQ: Are you the current president of Hungary? > IQ: Were you the first president of Czechoslovakia? Not Vladimir Ashkenazy, dunno, and not Vaclav Havel. V. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not created by an American author or authors [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983.md?page=4)