# Botticelli - January 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993 "2018-12-31T17:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 19, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/161 "2019-01-19T02:09:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? > Did you play a wizard in a movie opposite your ex-girlfriend, whom you hated? > Did MLK encourage you to remain in a TV role? DQ, not Nigel Terry?, not Nichelle Nichols ---
**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, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/162 "2019-01-19T03:15:49Z")
Previous IQs: Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks during the Civil War, when Confederate troops captured a _lot_ of supplies from him Did you play a wizard in a movie opposite your ex-girlfriend, whom you hated? - Nicol Williamson in _Excalibur_, opposite Helen Mirren as Morgana le Fay Did MLK encourage you to remain in a TV role? - Yes, Nichelle Nichols, Uhura on _ST:TOS_ (appropriate for this weekend) DQs: First appeared on a screen? Associated with London? IQs: Were you Rom’s son? Were you chef of the USS _Voyager_? Were you an officer of the Bajoran Militia? ---
**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, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/163 "2019-01-19T13:13:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you invent dynamite? > 2. Are you aka The Tin Woodman of Oz? > 3. Does Archie Goodwin work for you? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Alfred Nobel, DQ, DQ (The Archie Goodwin I know was a writer/editor for Marvel comics) Correct on Alfred Nobel. #2 is Nick Chopper. #3 is detective Nero Wolfe. DQs: 1. Unusual first name? 2. First appeared in 2000 or later? ---
**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 19, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/164 "2019-01-19T13:14:11Z")
DQ Prospectus 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with N 4. Not American 5. Would be alive today if real 6. Hard to label as “good” or “bad” - story didn’t really have such roles 7. European 8. Did not first appear in print 9. First appeared since 1975 10. British 11. First appeared on a screen 12. Born in London ---
**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 19, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/165 "2019-01-19T13:16:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Rom’s son? > Were you chef of the USS _Voyager_? > Were you an officer of the Bajoran Militia? not Nom, not Neelix, not Kira Nareese ---
**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 19, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/166 "2019-01-19T13:18:33Z")
DQ Prospectus 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with N 4. Not American 5. Would be alive today if real 6. Hard to label as “good” or “bad” - story didn’t really have such roles 7. European 8. Did not first appear in print 9. First appeared since 1975 10. British 11. First appeared on a screen 12. Born in London 13. Not an unusual name for Brits, but arguably unusual name for Americans 14. First appeared before 2000 ---
**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, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/167 "2019-01-19T13:35:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of the _Three Amigos_? 2. Did you play Dr. Watson opposite Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock? 3. Are you the lead guitarist for Spinal Tap? ---
**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 19, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/168 "2019-01-19T18:08:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the lead guitarist for Spinal Tap? Yes, I am Nigel Tufnel! Had the volume turned up to 11 on that one Prof! Congrats! ---
**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, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/169 "2019-01-19T19:36:30Z")
and so on to O. ---
**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, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/170 "2019-01-19T21:04:14Z")
:: headsmack :: Should’ve asked earlier about ol’ Nigel - he actually crossed my mind a day or so ago. Well done, **PP.** Previous IQs: Were you Rom’s son? = Close; it was Nog Were you chef of the USS _Voyager_? - Yes, Neelix Were you an officer of the Bajoran Militia? - Yes, Kira Nerys On to O… IQs: Are you an actor who has become something of a Doper meme? Were you Mork’s boss? Did you jackhammer the floor to get the low POV movie shot you wanted? ---
**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, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/171 "2019-01-19T22:21:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an actor who has become something of a Doper meme? > Were you Mork’s boss? > Did you jackhammer the floor to get the low POV movie shot you wanted? 1. I am not Orson Bean. 2. I am not Orson. 3. I am not Orson Welles. ---
**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 20, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/172 "2019-01-20T00:33:36Z")
IQ1; Are you consort for Titania? IQ2: Are you a gymnast called “the sparrow of Minsk”? IQ3: Do you play Saul Goodman? ---
**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, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/173 "2019-01-20T05:39:06Z")
Swept me! IQs: Were you beloved by Harriet the Spy? Did you and Clark Kent work together? Did you, to your credit, refuse to abide by segregation laws in New Orleans? ---
**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, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/174 "2019-01-20T14:40:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1; Are you consort for Titania? > IQ2: Are you a gymnast called “the sparrow of Minsk”? > IQ3: Do you play Saul Goodman? 1. I am not Oberon. 2. I am not Olga Korbut. 3. Take a 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:** [January 20, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/175 "2019-01-20T14:41:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept me! > > IQs: > > Were you beloved by Harriet the Spy? > Did you and Clark Kent work together? > Did you, to your credit, refuse to abide by segregation laws in New Orleans? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Jimmy Olsen. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 20, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/176 "2019-01-20T15:59:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Oberon. > 2. I am not Olga Korbut. > 3. Take a DQ. Bob Odenkirk DQ: Real? ---
**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 20, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/177 "2019-01-20T16:08:10Z")
IQ1: Are you a blond-highlighted wide receiver for the NY Giants? IQ2: Are you head coach of the Houston Texans IQ3: Does Rosalind Chao play you in ST:TNG and ST:DS9? ---
**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, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/178 "2019-01-20T19:49:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a blond-highlighted wide receiver for the NY Giants? > IQ2: Are you head coach of the Houston Texans > IQ3: Does Rosalind Chao play you in ST:TNG and ST:DS9? Take 3 DQs. DQ: 1. Fictional ---
**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 20, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/179 "2019-01-20T22:22:09Z")
Odell Beckham, Bill O’Brien, Keiko O’Brien DQ: Last name start with O? DQ: Male? DQ: First appear in print? ---
**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 20, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/180 "2019-01-20T22:32:52Z")
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