# 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:** 7
**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, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/121 "2017-01-22T17:03:20Z")
DQ: Love interest? ---
**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, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/122 "2017-01-22T20:17:13Z")
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 17. kinda sorta a love interest ---
**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, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/123 "2017-01-22T20:42:54Z")
IQ1: Were you the first woman intended to be queen of England? IQ2: Were you a queen of Scotland who died at the age of seven? IQ3: Were you the eponymous heroine of a novel written by a British fighter ace? ---
**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, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/124 "2017-01-22T20:43:05Z")
IQ: Did Uma Thurman play you in _Pulp 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:** [January 23, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/125 "2017-01-23T01:01:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first woman intended to be queen of England? > IQ2: Were you a queen of Scotland who died at the age of seven? > IQ3: Were you the eponymous heroine of a novel written by a British fighter ace? Not Margaret, Mary or Maura (all guesses). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did Uma Thurman play you in _Pulp Fiction_? Not… Mary? ---
**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, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/126 "2017-01-23T01:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Did Uma Thurman play you in Pulp Fiction? > Not… Mary? That was Mia Wallace. 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 23, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/127 "2017-01-23T01:08:52Z")
IQ: Were you the pregnant police detective in _Fargo_? ---
**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 23, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/128 "2017-01-23T04:59:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the pregnant police detective in _Fargo_? Not Marge Gunderson (she was chief, not a detective). ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/129 "2017-01-23T13:28:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first woman intended to be queen of England? > IQ2: Were you a queen of Scotland who died at the age of seven? > IQ3: Were you the eponymous heroine of a novel written by a British fighter ace? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Margaret, Mary or Maura (all guesses) The Empress Matilda (aka Empress Maude). Margaret, Maid of Norway. Matilda (by Roald Dahl). Three 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 23, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/130 "2017-01-23T23:18:52Z")
IQ: Did Julianne Moore play you in _The Big Lebowski_? ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/131 "2017-01-24T02:51:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did Julianne Moore play you in _The Big Lebowski_? Yes, I am indeed the _avante garde_ artist and offbeat heiress Maude Lebowski [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Big\_Lebowski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Lebowski) Well done, **Prof. P.**! ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/132 "2017-01-24T03:19:32Z")
I knew it would turn out to be a movie I’ve never seen… ---
**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 24, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/133 "2017-01-24T11:38:04Z")
Well, EH did once start a thread of “Speak To Me in Coen Brothers Quotes”… So now, I am K. ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/134 "2017-01-24T14:22:50Z")
IQs: Have you played characters named Cecilia, Elizabeth and Georgiana? Were you surprised by the ringing of a hidden phone? Did your son Patrick die in infancy? ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/135 "2017-01-24T15:23:31Z")
IQ1: Did you play an architect, a police chief, and a president? IQ2: Were you a WWII Luftwaffe field marshal\*? IQ3: Were you a naval officer killed when a remote-control bomb blew up prematurely? - Semi-interesting fact: Unlike the RAF, which has air marshals, the Luftwaffe had field marshals. ---
**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 24, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/136 "2017-01-24T19:28:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played characters named Cecilia, Elizabeth and Georgiana? > Were you surprised by the ringing of a hidden phone? > Did your son Patrick die in infancy? 1. The obligatory “I am not Keira Knightley”. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 24, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/137 "2017-01-24T19:29:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play an architect, a police chief, and a president? > IQ2: Were you a WWII Luftwaffe field marshal\*? > IQ3: Were you a naval officer killed when a remote-control bomb blew up prematurely? > > - Semi-interesting fact: Unlike the RAF, which has air marshals, the Luftwaffe had field marshals. And take 3 DQs. ---
**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 24, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/138 "2017-01-24T21:21:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play an architect, a police chief, and a president? > IQ2: Were you a WWII Luftwaffe field marshal\*? > IQ3: Were you a naval officer killed when a remote-control bomb blew up prematurely?[/SIZE] > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > And take 3 DQs. Oh, bother (said Pooh). Realised too late that he was an engineer, not an architect… Albert Kesselring. Joe Kennedy Jr. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Did you play a civil engineer, a police chief, and a president? IQ2: Were you the only one of The Seekers who was also one of The New Seekers? IQ3: Are you considered to have been the first king of Scotland? ---
**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 24, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/139 "2017-01-24T21:49:21Z")
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 24, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285/140 "2017-01-24T21:50:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a civil engineer, a police chief, and a president? > IQ2: Were you the only one of The Seekers who was also one of The New Seekers? > IQ3: Are you considered to have been the first king of Scotland? Okay, take 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2017/776285.md?page=8)