# Botticelli - July 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 8, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688 "2019-07-08T00:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 26, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/181 "2019-07-26T17:40:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the very last menace alphabetically in the Marvel Comics Who’s Who guide? > 2. Are you the Flash’s archenemy? > 3. Are you the protagonist in a tale by Boris Pasternak? Not Z-Man, dunno, and not Dr. Zhivago. ---
**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 26, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/182 "2019-07-26T22:58:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the very last menace alphabetically in the Marvel Comics Who’s Who guide? > 2. Are you the Flash’s archenemy? > 3. Are you the protagonist in a tale by Boris Pasternak? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Z-Man, dunno, and not Dr. Zhivago. #1 is Zzzax. #2 is Prof. Zoom. Correct on Zhivago. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 27, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/183 "2019-07-27T19:09:09Z")
IQ1: Did you found a spiritual movement in ancient Persia? IQ2: Are you a character Nietzsche based on IQ1? IQ3: Are you an alien invader from Irk? ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/184 "2019-07-28T03:19:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you found a spiritual movement in ancient Persia? > IQ2: Are you a character Nietzsche based on IQ1? > IQ3: Are you an alien invader from Irk? Not Zoraster, Zarathustra or Zzzzzap. ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/185 "2019-07-28T13:45:17Z")
DQs: 1. Created after 1970? 2. Are you a magic user of some sort? ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/186 "2019-07-28T20:14:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you found a spiritual movement in ancient Persia? > IQ2: Are you a character Nietzsche based on IQ1? > IQ3: Are you an alien invader from Irk? > Not Zoraster, Zarathustra or Zzzzzap. #3 is Invader Zim. DQ: From Tolkien? ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/187 "2019-07-29T02:30:49Z")
Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with Z 4. appeared originally in literature 5. created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not in the mystery genre 8. not adapted to TV 9. created before 1990 10. from fantasy/horror/science fiction genres 11. not the protagonist 12. adapted for film 13. not from science fiction 14. from fantasy 15. an antagonist, sort of 16. human 17. created before 1970 18. not a magic user of any kind 19. not from Tolkien ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/188 "2019-07-29T12:22:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Superman’s uncle? 2. Did you write the novel _Nana_? 3. Were you Miss Hungary of 1936? ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/189 "2019-07-29T12:41:39Z")
IQ1: Did you play MJ in _Spiderman: Far From Home_? IQ2: Are you a supremely overconfident starship captain in _Futurama_? IQ3: Are you a crustaceous doctor from the same series? ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/190 "2019-07-29T15:24:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Superman’s uncle? > 2. Did you write the novel _Nana_? > 3. Were you Miss Hungary of 1936? Not Zal-el, dunno, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play MJ in _Spiderman: Far From Home_? > IQ2: Are you a supremely overconfident starship captain in _Futurama_? > IQ3: Are you a crustaceous doctor from the same series? Dunno, not Zapp Brannigan, and not Dr. Zoidberg. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/191 "2019-07-29T15:34:35Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Previous IQs: > > IQ1: Were you a member of a militant Jewish group, seeking to free Judea from Roman rule, before becoming a disciple of Jesus? - Simon Zealotes. > IQ2: Were you a writer who elevated the dime western into a legitimate literary form? - Correct, still Zane Grey. > IQ3: Were you a hero of the Mexican-American war, who was elected President as member of the Whig party, only to die in office of food poisoning, supposedly from tainted strawberries? - Correct, Zachary Taylor. > > 1 DQ reserved. > > IQ1: Were you the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy? > IQ2: Were you a minor Biblical prophet? > IQ3: Were you the other minor prophet whose name starts with “Z”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Zebulon or Zacharias (another one?) 1. Zeno of Citium. 2. Zephaniah or Zechariah. 3. Zephaniah or Zechariah. (“Zacharias” is close enough, so I’ll give you credit for that.) IQ1: Were you the President of the Galaxy, until you stole an experimental starship to meet the real ruler of the cosmos? IQ2: Were you a philosopher famous for his paradoxes? IQ3: Were you a folk singer who took his performing name from a Welsh poet? DQ1: Adapted to film? DQ2: Bad guy? 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 29, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/192 "2019-07-29T15:38:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Superman’s uncle? > 2. Did you write the novel Nana? > 3. Were you Miss Hungary of 1936? > Not Zal-el, dunno, and dunno. #1 was Zor-El. #2 was Emile Zola. #3 was Zsa Zsa Gabor. 3 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 29, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/193 "2019-07-29T15:44:50Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Were you the President of the Galaxy, until you stole an experimental starship to meet the real ruler of the cosmos? > > IQ2: Were you a philosopher famous for his paradoxes? > > IQ3: Were you a folk singer who took his performing name from a Welsh poet?.. Not Zaphod Beeblebrox, dunno, and not Robert Zimmerman AKA Bob Dylan. **SMV** , see answers 12 and 15, and ask two different DQs, if you wish. No more IQs, but please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Wednesday. ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/194 "2019-07-29T17:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you play MJ in Spiderman: Far From Home? > IQ2: Are you a supremely overconfident starship captain in Futurama? > IQ3: Are you a crustaceous doctor from the same series? > > Dunno, not Zapp Brannigan, and not Dr. Zoidberg. Zendaya DQ: Appeared in more than one book? ---
**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 29, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/195 "2019-07-29T19:14:50Z")
DQs: 1. From children’s literature? 2. From a work by Peter S. Beagle, Ursula K. LeGuin or Ray Bradbury? 3. From a short story? ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/196 "2019-07-29T20:33:05Z")
Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with Z 4. appeared originally in literature 5. created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not in the mystery genre 8. not adapted to TV 9. created before 1990 10. from fantasy/horror/science fiction genres 11. not the protagonist 12. adapted for film 13. not from science fiction 14. from fantasy 15. an antagonist, sort of 16. human 17. created before 1970 18. not a magic user of any kind 19. not from Tolkien 20. did not appear in more than one book 21. from children’s literature 22. not from a work by Peter S. Beagle, Ursula K. LeGuin or Ray Bradbury 23. not from a short story ---
**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 29, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/197 "2019-07-29T21:01:20Z")
Adversarial male character from a children’s book of the 1950’s or 60’s. Maybe from Dr. Seuss? Hmmm… ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/198 "2019-07-30T12:10:19Z")
Would a Dr. Seuss piece be considered a short story? Maybe it’s from something similar to Wrinkle in Time? Stumped for now… ---
**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 30, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/199 "2019-07-30T16:44:18Z")
I’m not coming up with any Dr. Seuss characters that start with a Z anyway. ---
**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 31, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/200 "2019-07-31T23:24:16Z")
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