# Botticelli - January 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 5, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055 "2015-01-05T19:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 10, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/61 "2015-01-10T13:25:40Z")
Haven’t heard from astorian yet. I’ll give him(?) until noon, or thereabouts, then reveal. ---
**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 10, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/62 "2015-01-10T18:56:45Z")
No? Well, then: I am novelist Youngblood Hawke, eponymous protagonist of Herman Wouk’s novel (1962), portrayed on screen (1964) by James Franciscus. ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/63 "2015-01-10T20:24:30Z")
Heard of the book, never read it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/64 "2015-01-10T23:02:03Z")
I’ve read several Wouk novels, but never heard of that one. Oh well. ---
**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 11, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/65 "2015-01-11T19:15:11Z")
I was waiting to see if anyone would object that Youngblood Hawke was too obscure, but it’s been 24 hours and no one has, so… I am **Z**. ---
**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 11, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/66 "2015-01-11T21:39:09Z")
No, I’ve heard of the book/him, and he was a good choice. IQs: 1. Are you the chief of the Greek pantheon? 2. Are you a highly delusional Gotham city villain? 3. Are you a homicidal and masochistic Gotham city villain? ---
**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 11, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/67 "2015-01-11T22:57:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the chief of the Greek pantheon? > 2. Are you a highly delusional Gotham city villain? > 3. Are you a homicidal and masochistic Gotham city villain? Not Zeus. DQ. 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:** [January 12, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/68 "2015-01-12T01:18:14Z")
Also never heard of Mr. Hawke. So it goes. IQs: Did you discover a prominent Western U.S. mountain? Did you show your dad parts of your flower? Did Strauss write a notable tone poem about 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 12, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/69 "2015-01-12T01:45:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > No, I’ve heard of the book/him, and he was a good choice. > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the chief of the Greek pantheon? > 2. Are you a highly delusional Gotham city villain? > 3. Are you a homicidal and masochistic Gotham city villain? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Zeus. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Zeus. #2 is Maxie Zeus. #3 is Mr. Zsasz. DQs: 1. Real? 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:** [January 12, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/70 "2015-01-12T01:46:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did your 60-some-year-old daughter pass away recently? 2. Did you invent Esperanto? 3. Are you considered by many to be the “father of television”? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/71 "2015-01-12T03:42:28Z")
Ah, well, I’d never heard of Y, but as Prof P had all is fair. IQ1: Did you perform in “Valley Girl”? IQ2: Did you also perform in “Valley Girl”? IQ3: Did you win a Nobel Prize for your work on femtosecond chemistry? ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/72 "2015-01-12T13:20:27Z")
I’d never heard of Y, but some players have never heard of my mystery guests either, even though I was sure they were famous enough. IQ1: Is your mother Denise Kendall on _The Cosby Show_, and is your father a four-time Grammy winner? IQ2: Did you play Lt. Uhura in the\* Star Trek\* remakes? IQ3: Did you portray Petty Officer Jennifer Coates on _JAG_? ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/73 "2015-01-12T13:27:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your 60-some-year-old daughter pass away recently? > 2. Did you invent Esperanto? > 3. Are you considered by many to be the “father of television”? DQ. Not Ludwig Zamenhof. DQ. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you perform in “Valley Girl”? > IQ2: Did you also perform in “Valley Girl”? > IQ3: Did you win a Nobel Prize for your work on femtosecond chemistry? Three DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is your mother Denise Kendall on _The Cosby Show_, and is your father a four-time Grammy winner? > IQ2: Did you play Lt. Uhura in the\* Star Trek\* remakes? > IQ3: Did you portray Petty Officer Jennifer Coates on _JAG_? Three DQs. **Z**. [/QUOTE] 1. Real\* 2. Male - In that he was claimed to have been real, and there is no solid proof either way, so… ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/74 "2015-01-12T14:28:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your 60-some-year-old daughter pass away recently? > 2. Did you invent Esperanto? > 3. Are you considered by many to be the “father of television”? > > DQ. > Not Ludwig Zamenhof. > DQ. #1 is Zsa Zsa Gabor. Correct on Zamenhof. #3 was Zworykin, inventor of the cathode ray tube. DQs: 1. Last name starts with Z? 2. European? ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/75 "2015-01-12T14:30:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you “the Human Chameleon”? 2. Did you speak thus? [I know you were waiting for this one.] 3. Are you an energy monster who is the ultimate foe in the Marvel Universe? ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/76 "2015-01-12T15:34:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is your mother Denise Kendall on The Cosby Show, and is your father a four-time Grammy winner? > IQ2: Did you play Lt. Uhura in the Star Trek remakes? > IQ3: Did you portray Petty Officer Jennifer Coates on JAG? > > Three DQs. Zoe Kravitz (daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet), Zoe Saldana, Zoe McLellan Zoe x3! DQ: Alive? holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/77 "2015-01-12T15:34:42Z")
IQ1) Are you the drummer of a popular British rock band and the son of the drummer of an even MORE popular British rock band? IQ2) Did you sing “Anatevka” and “To Life” in the original Broadway production of a very popular musical? IQ3) Were you a dentist in New York before becoming a very successful novelist? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/78 "2015-01-12T16:19:14Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you perform in “Valley Girl”? > IQ2: Did you also perform in “Valley Girl”? > IQ3: Did you win a Nobel Prize for your work on femtosecond chemistry? Frank and a teenaged Moon Unit Zappa performed in “Valley Girl”, and Ahmed Zewail was the chemist. Holding 3 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:** [January 12, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/79 "2015-01-12T16:31:43Z")
:: coughs :: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Also never heard of Mr. Hawke. So it goes. > > IQs: > > Did you discover a prominent Western U.S. mountain? > Did you show your dad parts of your flower? > Did Strauss write a notable tone poem about you? ---
**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 12, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055/80 "2015-01-12T18:18:33Z")
IQ1: Are you credited with the authorship of the Yasna Haptanghaiti as well as the Gathas? IQ2: Are you the creation of New York–based pulp writer Johnston McCulley? IQ3: Are you the eponymous character in a book by Nikos Kazantzakis? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2015/709055.md?page=5)