# Botticelli - July, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768 "2014-07-10T14:38:55Z")\ **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:** [July 20, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/121 "2014-07-20T02:57:32Z")
DQ: from folklore or mythology? 1 DQ 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:** [July 20, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/122 "2014-07-20T02:58:55Z")
IQs: 1. Are you also known as Reep Daggle? 2. Are you also known as Rokk Krinn? 3. Were you the first Holy Roman Emperor? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/123 "2014-07-20T13:16:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you also known as Reep Daggle? > 2. Are you also known as Rokk Krinn? > 3. Were you the first Holy Roman Emperor? Not … Chameleon Boy? DQ. Not Charlemagne. (Though I’m playing him in my current game of Civ IV.) **C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C 3. Female 4. Not from the movies 5. Not from literature 6. Not from the comics 7. Might be alive today, if real, but unlikely 8. American 9. First appeared after 1900 10. Not from TV 11. Not from a song 12. Not from the stage 13. Not from an expression 14. Not from folklore or mythology ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/124 "2014-07-20T14:08:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you also known as Reep Daggle? > 2. Are you also known as Rokk Krinn? > 3. Were you the first Holy Roman Emperor? > > Not … Chameleon Boy? > DQ. > Not Charlemagne. (Though I’m playing him in my current game of Civ IV.) Wow, you knew Chameleon Boy, but not Cosmic Boy. DQ: from the Internet? 1 DQ still reserved. IQs: 1. Are you a frowning feline who has become an Internet meme? 2. Did Jane Fonda play you in a western musical? 3. Did your TV series spinoff from _The Daily Show_? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/125 "2014-07-20T16:57:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Wow, you knew Chameleon Boy, but not Cosmic Boy. > > DQ: from the Internet? > > 1 DQ still reserved. > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a frowning feline who has become an Internet meme? > 2. Did Jane Fonda play you in a western musical? > 3. Did your TV series spinoff from _The Daily Show_? Not Grumpy Cat. Not Calamity Jane. DQ. I suspected those were another pair of comic-book heroes, but I really have no idea why Chameleon Boy popped into my mind. **C** 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with C 3. Female 4. Not from the movies 5. Not from literature 6. Not from the comics 7. Might be alive today, if real, but unlikely 8. American 9. First appeared after 1900 10. Not from TV 11. Not from a song 12. Not from the stage 13. Not from an expression 14. Not from folklore or mythology 15. Not from the internet Only five DQs left - perhaps you should give up on her origin and try to figure out _why_\*\*\*\*\* she’s famous… - “Why” in italics for emphasis, not as a subtle clue. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/126 "2014-07-20T17:09:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a frowning feline who has become an Internet meme? > 2. Did Jane Fonda play you in a western musical? > 3. Did your TV series spinoff from The Daily Show? > > Not Grumpy Cat. > Not Calamity Jane. > DQ. Correct on #1. #2 was Cat Ballou. #3 is Stephen Colbert of _The Colbert Report_. DQ: Villainess? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/127 "2014-07-20T17:09:49Z")
IQ: Are you famous for your cake mix? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/128 "2014-07-20T17:28:08Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you famous for your cake mix? Even if you are wrong, this is a great guess. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/129 "2014-07-20T19:19:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > DQ. > Not Julius Caesar. (At least, he’s the obvious male role in a movie about Cleopatra…) Cecil B. Demille, Claudette Colbert, correct reserving 2 DQs, or readying for **etv78** ’s letter, whichever applies ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/130 "2014-07-20T20:05:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Villainess? Definitely not. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you famous for your cake mix? Yes -originally created in 1921 “as a way to give a personalized response to consumer product questions” (per [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Crocker)), I am Betty Crocker. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/131 "2014-07-20T20:21:09Z")
Glad I joined this round! Your letter is V ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/132 "2014-07-20T20:38:40Z")
IQ1: Did your grandfather invented baking powder? IQ2: Were you the oldest son of Edward VII? IQ3: Are you an American poet who was once the subject of one of these games? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/133 "2014-07-20T20:40:45Z")
Way to go, etv78! (and: Good choice, SCAdian!) IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist in _Stranger In A Strange Land_? 2. Did you open your show by saying “Heigh-Ho, Everybody!”? 3. Was one of your movie roles the inspiration for the Joker? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/134 "2014-07-20T21:17:16Z")
Sca: Not Edna St Vincent Millay 2 DQs Prof: Not Victor Mature?, at least 2 DQs ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/135 "2014-07-20T21:30:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist in _Stranger In A Strange Land_? > 2. Did you open your show by saying “Heigh-Ho, Everybody!”? > 3. Was one of your movie roles the inspiration for the Joker? #1 is Valentine Michael Smith. #2 is Rudy Vallee. #3 was Conrad Veidt, in _The Man Who Laughs_. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name begin with V? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/136 "2014-07-20T22:25:19Z")
1.Real 2.Male 3.1st initial “V” ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/137 "2014-07-20T23:14:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invented baking powder? > IQ2: Were you the oldest son of Edward VII? > IQ3: Are you an American poet who was once the subject of one of these games? > [@etv78](#): > > Sca: Not Edna St Vincent Millay 2 DQs Vincent Price. (Improper grammar due to rewording the question and then not proofreading.) Prince Albert Victor. He died before his father did, so his younger brother became King George V. Correct on Edna St Vincent Millay. DQ1: American? DQ2: Living? IQ1: Are you the leader of a Gaulish village? IQ2: Were you the leader of a Gaulish revolt against Julius Caesar? IQ3: Are you the guitarist in a group which bears your name? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/138 "2014-07-20T23:18:25Z")
Not Eddie Van Halen 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/139 "2014-07-20T23:21:02Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1.Real > 2.Male > 3.1st initial “V” > 4.Not American > 5.Dead More DQ information ---
**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:** [July 20, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/140 "2014-07-20T23:57:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the leader of a Gaulish village? > IQ2: Were you the leader of a Gaulish revolt against Julius Caesar? > IQ3: Are you the guitarist in a group which bears your name? > [@etv78](#): > > Not Eddie Van Halen 2 DQs Chief Vitalstatistix, in the English translation of the Asterix and Obelix comics. Vercingetorix. Correct on Eddie Van Halen. DQ1: European? DQ2: Died after 1700? IQ1: Was your name originally Ulyanov? IQ2: Were you the first woman in space? IQ3: Were some of Bugs Moran’s men killed on your day? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768.md?page=8)