# Botticelli July 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885 "2016-07-01T19:49:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/121 "2016-07-14T01:58:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Are you the new President of _Idiocracy_? > Are you Ralph Kramden’s best friend? > Were you Ellen Ripley’s de facto ward? Not President Nacho, Ed Norton, or Newt. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you hang around with Sheen and Carl? > 2. Did you pilot the Nautilus? > 3. Were you the eldest son of Pontus and Gaia? Not Jimmy Neutron, Capt. Nemo or… Narcissus? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/122 "2016-07-14T02:36:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not President Nacho, Ed Norton, or Newt. > Not Jimmy Neutron, Capt. Nemo or… Narcissus? It’s President Not Sure. (His predecessor was Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.) Yes, Ed Norton. And yes, Newt. And I’m thinking Nereus of nereids fame. DQ: Best known in film? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/123 "2016-07-14T15:50:18Z")
N. 1. fictional 2. male 3. American 4. created after 1950 5. not from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with N 7. not best known in television 8. best known in film ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/124 "2016-07-14T17:00:32Z")
IQ’s: Are you the One? Did you kill Marion Crane? Are you the _Highlander_’s alter ego? ---
**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 14, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/125 "2016-07-14T18:02:23Z")
Nereus was correct. DQ: Protagonist? ---
**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 14, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/126 "2016-07-14T18:07:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did Jeff Goldblum play you in _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension_? 2. Did Jeff Goldblum play you on _Law & Order: Criminal Intent_? 3. Did you play Henckels in _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ which also starred Jeff Goldblum? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/127 "2016-07-14T18:35:27Z")
IQ1) Were you the villain in the first James Bond film? IQ2) Did Darth Vader accept your apology as you died? IQ3) Is your law partner a blind man? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/128 "2016-07-15T04:09:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > IQ’s: > > Are you the One? > Did you kill Marion Crane? > Are you the _Highlander_’s alter ego? Dunno x2; not… Nicholas? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Jeff Goldblum play you in _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension_? > 2. Did Jeff Goldblum play you on _Law & Order: Criminal Intent_? > 3. Did you play Henckels in _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ which also starred Jeff Goldblum? Not Dr. Reno Nevada, dunno, and not the real Ed Norton (I love both of those movies!). > [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1) Were you the villain in the first James Bond film? > IQ2) Did Darth Vader accept your apology as you died? > IQ3) Is your law partner a blind man? Not Dr. No, not Captain Needa, and not the _Daredevil_ guy’s law partner played by Jon Favreau in that movie whose character name I now can’t remember. Aaarrrgh! N. 1. fictional 2. male 3. American 4. created after 1950 5. not from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with N 7. not best known in television 8. best known in film 9. protagonist ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/129 "2016-07-15T04:21:25Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > IQ’s: > > Are you the One? > Did you kill Marion Crane? > Are you the _Highlander_’s alter ego? Neo (_The Matrix_). Norman Bates (you know). 🙂 Russell Nash. (I should have been clearer, that was the movie, not the series. I’ll reserve a DQ pending a ruling.) DQ’s: Action hero? Created after 1980? ---
**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 15, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/130 "2016-07-15T13:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Jeff Goldblum play you in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension? > 2. Did Jeff Goldblum play you on Law & Order: Criminal Intent? > 3. Did you play Henckels in The Grand Budapest Hotel which also starred Jeff Goldblum? > Not Dr. Reno Nevada, dunno, and not the real Ed Norton (I love both of those movies!). #1 Jeff didn’t play Reno; he played New Jersey. #2 is Zack Nichols. Correct on Ed. 2 DQs 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:** [July 15, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/131 "2016-07-15T15:09:39Z")
Neo and New Jersey! D’oh - of course. N. 1. fictional 2. male 3. American 4. created after 1950 5. not from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with N 7. not best known in television 8. best known in film 9. protagonist 10. not really an action hero 11. created before 1980 ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/132 "2016-07-15T17:56:16Z")
DQs: 1. Known from one film rather than a series? 2. From a comedy? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/133 "2016-07-15T18:55:58Z")
N. 1. fictional 2. male 3. American 4. created after 1950 5. not from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with N 7. not best known in television 8. best known in film 9. protagonist 10. not really an action hero 11. created before 1980 12. known from one film rather than a series 13. not from a comedy ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/134 "2016-07-15T21:25:19Z")
IQ’s: Did you have a brief fascination with making a particular sculpture in shaving cream, mashed potatoes, and assorted rubbish? Were you an up-and-coming professor of biology (NOT mathematics) with a whiny wife? Were you in charge of building _The Bridge on the River Kwai_? ---
**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 15, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/135 "2016-07-15T22:42:34Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a C&W singer who had a hit with _Brokenheartsville_? 2. Were you Harry Secombe’s character on the highly acclaimed _Goon Show_? 3. Are you a TV director who has also created a documentary on your famous father, the creation of which was featured in an episode of _The Big Bang Theory_? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/136 "2016-07-16T04:14:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > IQ’s: > > Did you have a brief fascination with making a particular sculpture in shaving cream, mashed potatoes, and assorted rubbish?.. Winner winner chicken dinner! Yes, I am Roy Neary Played by Richard Dreyfuss, and protagonist of _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_: [Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind#Cast) Well done, **Johnny**! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/137 "2016-07-16T04:24:45Z")
Wooty toot toot, thank you! Good thing…I was really scraping the bottom of my ‘N’ list… And so we go…on to O ---
**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 16, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/138 "2016-07-16T12:37:11Z")
Very good, Johnny! Great choice, EH! O. IQs: 1. Are you the Moor of Venice? 2. Did you write _The Iceman Cometh_? 3. Did you write _The Art of Love_? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/139 "2016-07-16T13:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=Prof. Pepperwinkle] IQs: 1. Are you the Moor of Venice? 2. Did you write The Iceman Cometh? 3. Did you write The Art of Love? [/QUOTE] Not Othello, DQ, not Ovid. ---
**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 16, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/140 "2016-07-16T13:54:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Very good, Johnny! Great choice, EH! > > O. > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Moor of Venice? > 2. Did you write _The Iceman Cometh_? > 3. Did you write _The Art of Love_? > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Not Othello, DQ, not Ovid. Correct, Eugene O’Neill, correct. DQ: Real? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885.md?page=8)