# Botticelli - January 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 4, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285 "2017-01-04T00:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 17, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/101 "2017-01-17T20:11:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a leading contributor to early fractal geometry who taught at Yale? 2. Are you the love interest in the musical _Of Thee I Sing_? 3. Did you star in the movie _Journey To The Center Of The Earth_ along with Pat Boone? ---
**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 18, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/102 "2017-01-18T18:48:19Z")
Dunno any of those, **Prof. P.** M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 6. not from a science-fiction or fantasy genre film 7. considered a “good” person, I suppose - certainly not an outright villain 8. not from an Academy-Award winning movie 9. created before 1999 10. from a comedy ---
**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 18, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/103 "2017-01-18T19:13:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a leading contributor to early fractal geometry who taught at Yale? > 2. Are you the love interest in the musical Of Thee I Sing? > 3. Did you star in the movie Journey To The Center Of The Earth along with Pat Boone? #1 was Benoit Mandelbrot. #2 is Mary Wintergreen. #3 was James Mason. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 18, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/104 "2017-01-18T23:17:52Z")
DQs: 1. Live action film? 2. First name a common name? 1 DQ 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:** [January 19, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/105 "2017-01-19T05:30:17Z")
M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 6. not from a science-fiction or fantasy genre film 7. considered a “good” person, I suppose - certainly not an outright villain 8. not from an Academy-Award winning movie 9. created before 1999 10. from a comedy 11. Live-action film 12. not an especially common first name ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/106 "2017-01-19T14:41:03Z")
DQ: Created before 1990? IQs: 1. Do you haunt a bathroom at Hogwarts? 2. Do your dogs protect your mushrooms? 3. Can you only be banished by getting you to say your own name backwards? ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/107 "2017-01-19T14:52:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Do you haunt a bathroom at Hogwarts? > 2. Do your dogs protect your mushrooms? > 3. Can you only be banished by getting you to say your own name backwards? Not Moaning Myrtle, not Farmer Maggot, and dunno (Beetlejuice and Rumpelstiltskin spring to mind, but I know they’re not right). M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 6. not from a science-fiction or fantasy genre film 7. considered a “good” person, I suppose - certainly not an outright villain 8. not from an Academy-Award winning movie 9. created before 1999 10. from a comedy 11. Live-action film 12. not an especially common first name 13. created after 1990 ---
**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 19, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/108 "2017-01-19T16:43:32Z")
> [@](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Do you haunt a bathroom at Hogwarts? > 2. Do your dogs protect your mushrooms? > 3. Can you only be banished by getting you to say your own name backwards? > Not Moaning Myrtle, not Farmer Maggot, and dunno (Beetlejuice and Rumpelstiltskin spring to mind, but I know they’re not right). Correct x2. #3 is Superman foe, Mr. Mxyzptlk. DQ: Protagonist? ---
**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 19, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/109 "2017-01-19T17:31:47Z")
M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 6. not from a science-fiction or fantasy genre film 7. considered a “good” person, I suppose - certainly not an outright villain 8. not from an Academy-Award winning movie 9. created before 1999 10. from a comedy 11. Live-action film 12. not an especially common first name 13. created after 1990 14. not the protagonist ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/110 "2017-01-19T18:30:19Z")
IQ1: Is there something about you? IQ2: Did you write _Der Freischütz_? IQ3: Would you have been proud of the way I was moving when I passed that crowd? ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/111 "2017-01-20T04:36:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is there something about you? > IQ2: Did you write _Der Freischütz_? > IQ3: Would you have been proud of the way I was moving when I passed that crowd? Not Mary (with or without jism in her hair), not Manfred (?), and dunno. ---
**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 20, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/112 "2017-01-20T13:25:50Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the mother in _The Addams Family_? 2. Did Meryl Streep play you in _Death Becomes Her_? 3. Did Madonna play you in _A League Of Their Own_? ---
**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 20, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/113 "2017-01-20T16:16:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is there something about you? > IQ2: Did you write _Der Freischütz_? > IQ3: Would you have been proud of the way I was moving when I passed that crowd? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mary (with or without jism in her hair), not Manfred (?), and dunno. Correct. Carl Maria von Weber (another person whose middle name is always used). Mario Andretti (“Uneasy Rider,” by Charlie Daniels). I don’t even want to know what the jism comment means… IQ1: Were you a dog flying in a biplane? IQ2: Were you really J’onn J’onzz? IQ3: Were you 86? ---
**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 20, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/114 "2017-01-20T17:07:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the mother in _The Addams Family_? > 2. Did Meryl Streep play you in _Death Becomes Her_? > 3. Did Madonna play you in _A League Of Their Own_? Not Morticia Addams, dunno, and not Mary LNU. > [@SCAdian](#): > > …I don’t even want to know what the jism comment means… Time for you to see the movie again: [http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol\_images/Entire\_Site/2014520/rs\_1024x759-140620112429-rs\_1024x759-131104124556-1024.theres-something-about-mary-hair-gel-diaz.jpg](http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2014520/rs_1024x759-140620112429-rs_1024x759-131104124556-1024.theres-something-about-mary-hair-gel-diaz.jpg) > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > IQ1: Were you a dog flying in a biplane? > IQ2: Were you really J’onn J’onzz? > IQ3: Were you 86? Neither Snoopy nor Manfred von Richthofen, not the Martian Manhunter, and dunno. ---
**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 20, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/115 "2017-01-20T17:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the mother in The Addams Family? > 2. Did Meryl Streep play you in Death Becomes Her? > 3. Did Madonna play you in A League Of Their Own? > Not Morticia Addams, dunno, and not Mary LNU. Correct on Morticia. #2 is Madeline Ashton. #3 is Mae Mordabito. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 20, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/116 "2017-01-20T18:46:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a dog flying in a biplane? > IQ2: Were you really J’onn J’onzz? > IQ3: Were you 86? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Neither Snoopy nor Manfred von Richthofen, not the Martian Manhunter, and dunno. Muttley (_Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines_). Correct. Maxwell Smart. DQ1: Blonde? DQ2: In more than one film? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Time for you to see the movie again: [http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol\_images/Entire\_Site/2014520/rs\_1024x759-140620112429-rs\_1024x759-131104124556-1024.theres-something-about-mary-hair-gel-diaz.jpg](http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2014520/rs_1024x759-140620112429-rs_1024x759-131104124556-1024.theres-something-about-mary-hair-gel-diaz.jpg) I’d have to have seen it before I could see it again. 😃 ---
**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 20, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/117 "2017-01-20T18:53:07Z")
Well, you should! Gross but funny. M. 1. created after 1900 2. best known from a film or films 3. might be alive today if real, but unknown 4. first name starts with M 5. created after 1975 6. not from a science-fiction or fantasy genre film 7. considered a “good” person, I suppose - certainly not an outright villain 8. not from an Academy-Award winning movie 9. created before 1999 10. from a comedy 11. Live-action film 12. not an especially common first name 13. created after 1990 14. not the protagonist 15. not blonde 16. not in more than one film ---
**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 20, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/118 "2017-01-20T22:04:43Z")
IQ: Were you played by Sally Field in _Mrs. Doubtfire_? ---
**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 21, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/119 "2017-01-21T05:43:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you played by Sally Field in _Mrs. Doubtfire_? Not… Mom? ---
**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 21, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/120 "2017-01-21T13:52:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you played by Sally Field in _Mrs. Doubtfire_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not… Mom? That was Miranda Hillard. 3 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285.md?page=7)