# Botticelli - Jan 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120 "2020-12-28T19:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/481 "2021-01-22T02:25:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: In _Pulp Fiction,_ did Bruce Willis’ last line indicate you were dead? > IQ2: Are you a Kryptonian bad guy who escaped from the Phantom Zone? > IQ3: Did you tell your father his guardian angel had earned his wings? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not General Zod. > #3. I am not Zazu of the Petals. Yet another character named Zed. “Zed’s dead, baby, Zed’s dead” Correct on the other two. DQ: Originally from prose fiction? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/482 "2021-01-22T02:26:40Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you rule Ix? > 2. Is your name inevitably followed by “the Greek”? > 3. Was your most famous role in a movie Tangina? Correct, correct, Zelda Rubinstein. DQ: 1. From prose? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/483 "2021-01-22T03:15:24Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.**! I have heard of Cass Gilbert and like his work. Nitpick: It’s Zuzu in _It’s A Wonderful Life_, not Zazu. IQs: Did the same actor who played your husband also play a supervillain and a British Army officer? Were you part of the supporting cast of _T.J. Hooker_? Did you play the TV mom of two doomed daughters? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/484 "2021-01-22T03:52:33Z")
DQs: 1. Last (or Only) name starts with Z 2. Male 3. Fictional 4. Originally from prose fiction. **Kitap** , guess again as **Chock** asked this just before you. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/485 "2021-01-22T03:53:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the same actor who played your husband also play a supervillain and a British Army officer? > Were you part of the supporting cast of _T.J. Hooker_ ? > Did you play the TV mom of two doomed daughters? #2. I am not Adrian Zmed. #3. I am not Zooey Deschanel (??) Take 1 or 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/486 "2021-01-22T11:50:37Z")
IQ1: Are you a pinhead in comics? IQ2: Are you a large nosed bald guy with no pants in a comic strip? IQ3: Are you an overconfident space captain in _Futurama_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/487 "2021-01-22T12:00:11Z")
DQ try #2 Created before 1975? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/488 "2021-01-22T14:01:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a pinhead in comics? > IQ2: Are you a large nosed bald guy with no pants in a comic strip? > IQ3: Are you an overconfident space captain in _Futurama_ ? #1. I am not Zippy. #2. I am not Ziggy. #3. I am not Zapp Branigan. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/489 "2021-01-22T14:05:58Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:484, topic:929120”] DQs: 1. Last (or Only) name starts with Z 2. Male 3. Fictional 4. Originally from prose fiction. 5. Created before 1975 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/490 "2021-01-22T15:40:12Z")
Previous IQs: Did the same actor who played your husband also play a supervillain and a British Army officer? - Zelda Fitzgerald in _Midnight in Paris_; Tom Hiddleston, who played F. Scott Fitzgerald in that movie, also played Loki in the MCU movies, and a British officer in _War Horse_ Were you part of the supporting cast of _T.J. Hooker_? - Yes, Adrian Zmed Did you play the TV mom of two doomed daughters? - Not Zooey Deschanel, but Grace Zabriskie, on _Seinfeld_ (as George’s fiancee Susan’s mom) and _Twin Peaks_ (as Laura Palmer’s) DQs: American? Would be alive today, if he were real? IQs: Were you a much-put-upon alien schlub on _Babylon 5_? Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s ice age? Were you a Mobile Infantry drill sergeant? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/491 "2021-01-22T15:57:20Z")
IQ1: Are you an alien from the planet Irk who repeatedly tries to conquer Earth? IQ2: Are you the legendary protagonist of a series of Nintendo video games? IQ3: Did you write the _Chronicles of Amber_ series? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/492 "2021-01-22T16:01:58Z")
IQ1: Was your uncle a fictional governor of American Samoa? IQ2: Did you start out as an employee of that governor? IQ3: Were you #1’s nephew? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/493 "2021-01-22T16:15:23Z")
DQs: 1. Last (or Only) name starts with Z 2. Male 3. Fictional 4. Originally from prose fiction. 5. Created before 1975 6. Not American, or American only by straining things much too far 7. Wouldn’t be born yet ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/494 "2021-01-22T16:17:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a much-put-upon alien schlub on _Babylon 5_ ? > Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s ice age? > Were you a Mobile Infantry drill sergeant? Take 3 DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an alien from the planet Irk who repeatedly tries to conquer Earth? > IQ2: Are you the legendary protagonist of a series of Nintendo video games? > IQ3: Did you write the _Chronicles of Amber_ series? 1. I am not Invader Zim. 2. I am not Zelda. 3. I am not Roger Zelazny. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your uncle a fictional governor of American Samoa? > IQ2: Did you start out as an employee of that governor? > IQ3: Were you #1’s nephew? 1. I am not Zonker Harris. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Zipper. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/495 "2021-01-22T19:30:25Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a much-put-upon alien schlub on _Babylon 5_? - Zathras Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s ice age? - Zarabeth (Mariette Hartley) on the original _Star Trek_ Were you a Mobile Infantry drill sergeant? - Master Sergeant Zim in Heinlein’s _Starship Troopers_ DQs: Human? Born on Earth? Would be born in the next two hundred years? IQs: Did you write _A People’s History of the United States_? Were you “Old Fuss and Feathers”? Were you a Space Ranger’s long-lost 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:** [January 22, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/496 "2021-01-22T19:48:20Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:493, topic:929120, full:true”] DQs: 1. Last (or Only) name starts with Z 2. Male 3. Fictional 4. Originally from prose fiction. 5. Created before 1975 6. Not American, or American only by straining things much too far 7. Wouldn’t be born yet 8. Not human 9. Born on Earth 10. Would most probably not be born in the next 200 years ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/497 "2021-01-22T19:49:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _A People’s History of the United States_ ? > Were you “Old Fuss and Feathers”? > Were you a Space Ranger’s long-lost dad? #1. I am not Howard Zinn. #2. I am not Zachary Taylor. #3. I am not Emperor Zurg. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/498 "2021-01-23T18:37:08Z")
IQ1: Are you a scientist companion of Flash and Dale? IQ2: Did you found American International Pictures? IQ3: Did you play a character that was a parody of Princess Leia? ---
**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:** [January 23, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/499 "2021-01-23T19:12:35Z")
1. I am not Dr. Zarkov. 2. I am not Darrell F. Zanuck. 3. I am not Daphne Zuniga. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/500 "2021-01-23T20:07:34Z")
Yes Samuel Z. Arkoff - Zanuck was 20th Century Fox Yes DQ: Created before 1950? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=26)