# Botticelli - January 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514 "2024-01-02T20:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 7, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/61 "2024-01-07T18:47:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs; > > 1. Are you a German movie director whose movies are considered sone of the worst ever created? > 2. Are you the fictional scheming, villainous protagonist of the original _House of Cards_, who eventually becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? > 3. Are you #2’s counterpart in the American version of the show? Not Uwe Boll, Francis Urquhart or Frank Underwood. ---
**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 7, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/62 "2024-01-07T18:47:49Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a comic foil to Carl Winslow? > 2. Did you lead a division-sized assault on the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania? > 3. Did George Brett bat you in on his “pine tar” home run in 1983? Dunno x3. ---
**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 7, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/63 "2024-01-07T18:49:20Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U ---
**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 7, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/64 "2024-01-07T18:55:55Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Sheen’s favorite superhero? 2. Did your best known work just enter public domain? 3. Were you Bathsheba’s husband? ---
**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 7, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/65 "2024-01-07T18:58:37Z")
Not the totally awesome and amazing Ultralord, dunno, and not Uriah the Hittite. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/66 "2024-01-07T18:58:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a comic foil to Carl Winslow? > > 2. Did you lead a division-sized assault on the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania? > > 3. Did George Brett bat you in on his “pine tar” home run in 1983? > > Dunno x3. Who are Steve Urkel, Emory Upton and U.L. Washington? (Note that U.L. was his given name, not an abbreviation.) DQ: Alive? Reserving two DQs. ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/67 "2024-01-07T19:00:05Z")
D’oh! Shoulda known Upton, at least. U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/68 "2024-01-07T19:03:38Z")
Correct, Ub Iwerks, who hand-drew every cel of _Steamboat Willie_, and correct. DQ: Died before 1950? ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/69 "2024-01-07T19:05:28Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/70 "2024-01-07T19:08:05Z")
DQ: Died after 1985? One more 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 7, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/71 "2024-01-07T19:11:54Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/72 "2024-01-08T02:28:39Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! I know who she was, but have never read her. > > 1. Did Robert Wisdom play you on **Supernatural**? > 2. Did you play Honey Ryder? > 3. Did you write The Earthsea series? Uriel, correct, correct. DQ: American? ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/73 "2024-01-08T18:42:15Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/74 "2024-01-08T18:53:38Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Dickens character noted for your 'umility? 2. Were you a French 20th Century painter noted for your cityscapes of Paris? 3. Did you successfully market deviled ham? ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/75 "2024-01-08T18:58:57Z")
Not Uriah Heep, dunno and not Underwood. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/76 "2024-01-08T19:10:40Z")
DQ: Known for the arts? IQs: 1. Did you play a prenatal geneticist in Gattaca? 2. Did you get separated from your lead battalions during the Battle of Arnhem? 3. Did you testify to a Senate committee about music file sharing? ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/77 "2024-01-08T19:37:31Z")
Not Uma Thurman, not British Army Col. Robert Urquhart and dunno. U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts ---
**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 8, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/78 "2024-01-08T20:47:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Dickens character noted for your 'umility? > 2. Were you a French 20th Century painter noted for your cityscapes of Paris? > 3. Did you successfully market deviled ham? Correct on Uriah Heep. #2 was Maurice Utrillo. #3 was William Underwood. DQ: Known for politics? 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 8, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/79 "2024-01-08T21:55:38Z")
U. 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with U 4. dead 5. died after 1950 6. died after 1985 7. naturalized American 8. not known for the arts 9. not known for politics ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/80 "2024-01-08T22:38:44Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a prenatal geneticist in Gattaca? > 2. Did you get separated from your lead battalions during the Battle of Arnhem? > 3. Did you testify to a Senate committee about music file sharing? #1 was Blair Underwood, #2 Major General Roy Urquhart (Col. Robert is close enough) and #3 Lars Ulrich. DQ1: Known for sports? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514.md?page=5)