# Botticelli February 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224 "2021-02-04T23:51:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 23, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/241 "2021-02-23T11:30:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you a Librarian of Congress who wrote _The Discoverers_ ? > > > 2. Did you write _Language on Vacation_ ? > > > 3. Were you the best known character Catherine Bach played on TV? > > Dunno, dunno, and not Daisy Duke. #1 was Daniel Boorstin. #2 was Dmitri A. Boorgman. Correct on Daisy Duke. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/242 "2021-02-23T15:40:23Z")
D. 1. fictional 2. only name starts with D 3. sex unknown 4. not from the US ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/243 "2021-02-23T15:53:08Z")
DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 2. Created after 1900? ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/244 "2021-02-23T15:56:28Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the legendary first queen of Carthage? 2. Have you played a zoologist, a superhero and a silent film star? 3. Were you upbraided for weeping at the news of your son’s death? ---
**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 23, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/245 "2021-02-23T16:20:00Z")
Not Dido, dunno, and dunno. D. 1. fictional 2. only name starts with D 3. sex unknown 4. not from the US 5. not originally from a work of prose fiction 6. created before 1900 ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/246 "2021-02-23T16:26:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did your daughter recently make her debut as a fashion designer, creating a long knit dress, a half-striped pair of shorts, and a bag with Tweety Bird on it? 2. Are you a male model known for your “Blue Steel” look? 3. Did you re-record a song of yours for a Super Bowl ad? ---
**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 23, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/247 "2021-02-23T18:02:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you the last ruling steward of Gondor? > > > IQ2: Did Steve McGarrett frequently direct you to book 'em? > > > IQ3: Did you run a joke campaign for president in 2016, at one point polling at 10% nationwide? > > Not Denethor, not Dan-o, and dunno. Yes, Yes, Deez Nuts DQ: From oral tradition or mythology? ---
**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 23, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/248 "2021-02-23T18:50:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the legendary first queen of Carthage? > 2. Have you played a zoologist, a superhero and a silent film star? > 3. Were you upbraided for weeping at the news of your son’s death? Correct on Dido. #2 was Robert Downey, Jr. (_Dr. Doolittle, Iron Man, Chaplin_) #3 was King David, who mourned the death of his son Absalom and was upbraided by the chief of his army who pointed out Absalom was attempting to usurp David’s throne, and that many of David’s army had already died fighting Absalom, so publicly weeping over him was bad for morale. DQs: 1. From a work of European origin? 2. Human? ---
**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 23, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/249 "2021-02-23T18:56:38Z")
IQ1: Were you often accompanied by maenads? IQ2: Were the lot of you a sports team that ended up moving to a new home at the other end of the country? IQ3: Were you the last of the Mercury Seven to go into space? ---
**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 23, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/250 "2021-02-23T22:39:08Z")
IQ1: Did you sing with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and your own eponymous band? IQ2: Did you sing _Runaround Sue_? IQ3: Did the Romans call you Bacchus? ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/251 "2021-02-24T04:10:22Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did your daughter recently make her debut as a fashion designer, creating a long knit dress, a half-striped pair of shorts, and a bag with Tweety Bird on it? > 2. Are you a male model known for your “Blue Steel” look? > 3. Did you re-record a song of yours for a Super Bowl ad? Dunno, not Derek Zoolander, and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you often accompanied by maenads? > IQ2: Were the lot of you a sports team that ended up moving to a new home at the other end of the country? > IQ3: Were you the last of the Mercury Seven to go into space? Not Dionysus, dunno (but is this an individual?) and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and your own eponymous band? > IQ2: Did you sing _Runaround Sue_? > IQ3: Did the Romans call you Bacchus? Dunno, dunno and not Dionysus. D. 1. fictional 2. only name starts with D 3. sex unknown 4. not from the US 5. not originally from a work of prose fiction 6. created before 1900 7. kinda sorta from oral tradition or mythology 8. not from a work of European origin 9. not human ---
**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:** [February 24, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/252 "2021-02-24T04:48:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Derek Zoolander, and dunno. 1 (daughter debuted as fashion designer) is Doug Emhoff; 3 (re-recorded song for a Super Bowl ad) is Dolly Parton. DQs: 1. created before 1700? 2. from a work of Asian origin? IQs: 1. Did you wear a blue-and-white baseball cap with a pine tree on it during the summer? 2. Did you play Janet, Bad Janet, Neutral Janet, and Disco Janet? 3. Did you say in 2004, “Not only are we going to New Hampshire…we’re going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we’re going to California and Texas and New York. … And we’re going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we’re going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House!” and finish with–to put it mildly–“Yeah!”? ---
**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 24, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/253 "2021-02-24T06:39:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you sing with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and your own eponymous band? > > > IQ2: Did you sing _Runaround Sue_ ? > > > IQ3: Did the Romans call you Bacchus? > > Dunno, dunno and not Dionysus. Ronnie James Dio Dion Yes, Dionysus DQ: Animal? Holding one DQ ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/254 "2021-02-24T11:51:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did Allan Sherman write a song about how you distressed Queen Victoria? 2. Are you the best known Drow Elf in D&D fiction? 3. Did you play Maynard G. Krebs? ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/255 "2021-02-24T20:28:48Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Did you wear a blue-and-white baseball cap with a pine tree on it during the summer? > 2. Did you play Janet, Bad Janet, Neutral Janet, and Disco Janet? > 3. Did you say in 2004, “Not only are we going to New Hampshire…we’re going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we’re going to California and Texas and New York. … And we’re going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we’re going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House!” and finish with–to put it mildly–“Yeah!”? Dunno, dunno and not poor Howard Dean, who deserved better. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Allan Sherman write a song about how you distressed Queen Victoria? > 2. Are you the best known Drow Elf in D&D fiction? > 3. Did you play Maynard G. Krebs? Not Disraeli, not Drrrjjt (sp?) and not Bob Denver. D. 1. fictional 2. only name starts with D 3. sex unknown 4. not from the US 5. not originally from a work of prose fiction 6. created before 1900 7. kinda sorta from oral tradition or mythology 8. not from a work of European origin 9. not human 10. created after 1700 11. not from a work of Asian origin 12. animal ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/256 "2021-02-24T20:37:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did Allan Sherman write a song about how you distressed Queen Victoria? > > > 2. Are you the best known Drow Elf in D&D fiction? > > > 3. Did you play Maynard G. Krebs? > > Not Disraeli, not Drrrjjt (sp?) and not Bob Denver. Correct on Disraeli, Drizzt and Denver. Ya swept me. ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/257 "2021-02-24T20:39:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the lead in the TV series _The Sword of Justice_? 2. Are you a British detective who believes in the interconnectedness of all things? 3. Did you play Face on _The A-Team_? ---
**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:** [February 24, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/258 "2021-02-24T21:26:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not poor Howard Dean, who deserved better. 1 was Dipper Pines, on _Gravity Falls_; 2 was D’Arcy Carden. DQs: 1. from a work of Canadian origin? 2. created after 1800? IQs: 1. Are you the frontman of Limp Bizkit? 2. Did your car have a big 3 on it? 3. Are you one of the Endless? ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/259 "2021-02-24T21:54:15Z")
Outstanding DQ: From a folk tale or fairy tale? ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/260 "2021-02-24T21:58:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lead in the TV series _The Sword of Justice_? > 2. Are you a British detective who believes in the interconnectedness of all things? > 3. Did you play Face on _The A-Team_? Not Dirk Lastnameunknown, not Dirk Gently and not Dirk Benedict. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Are you the frontman of Limp Bizkit? > 2. Did your car have a big 3 on it? > 3. Are you one of the Endless? Not Fred Durst, dunno and dunno. D. 1. fictional 2. only name starts with D 3. sex unknown 4. not from the US 5. not originally from a work of prose fiction 6. created before 1900 7. kinda sorta from oral tradition or mythology 8. not from a work of European origin 9. not human 10. created after 1700 11. not from a work of Asian origin 12. animal 13. not from a work of Canadian origin 14. created after 1800 15. kinda sorta from a folk tale or fairy tale To clarify: DQ 4, as I understood it, is about the character, regardless of source; DQs 8, 11 and 13 are about the character’s creator. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=14)