# 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:** 9
**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 23, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/161 "2019-07-23T20:47:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a bird who is the royal advisor in The Lion King? > 2. Did you climb up in a sycamore tree to see Jesus? > 3. Did you send a telegram to Mexico that proved to be injurious to your country? > Not Zazu, Zacharias or Zimmerman. Correct, Zacchaeus, and correct. DQ: Created after 1990? ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/162 "2019-07-24T03:31:15Z")
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 ---
**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 24, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/163 "2019-07-24T11:33:27Z")
IQs: 1. Are you “a bold renegade who marks a Z with his blade”? 2. Are you part of the duo who had a hit with _In The Year 2525_? 3. Were you born Robert B. Cummings? ---
**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 24, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/164 "2019-07-24T12:07:52Z")
IQ1: Were you a motivational speaker for salesmen and conducted seminars across the country for 5 decades until retiring in 2010? IQ2: Are you a WWE wrestler whose theme song is “I’m here to tell the world”? IQ3: Are you a Doonesbury character who competes in tanning competitions? ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/165 "2019-07-24T13:44:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “a bold renegade who marks a Z with his blade”? > 2. Are you part of the duo who had a hit with _In The Year 2525_? > 3. Were you born Robert B. Cummings? Not Zorro, dunno and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a motivational speaker for salesmen and conducted seminars across the country for 5 decades until retiring in 2010? > IQ2: Are you a WWE wrestler whose theme song is “I’m here to tell the world”? > IQ3: Are you a Doonesbury character who competes in tanning competitions? Dunno, dunno and not Zonker Harris. ---
**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 24, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/166 "2019-07-24T14:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “a bold renegade who marks a Z with his blade”? > 2. Are you part of the duo who had a hit with In The Year 2525? > 3. Were you born Robert B. Cummings? > Not Zorro, dunno and dunno. Correct on #1. #2 was Zager of Zager & Evans. #3 is Rob Zombie. DQs: 1. From fantasy/horror/science fiction genres? 2. Protagonist? ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/167 "2019-07-24T16:27:33Z")
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”? ---
**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 24, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/168 "2019-07-24T17:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a motivational speaker for salesmen and conducted seminars across the country for 5 decades until retiring in 2010? > IQ2: Are you a WWE wrestler whose theme song is “I’m here to tell the world”? > IQ3: Are you a Doonesbury character who competes in tanning competitions? > > Dunno, dunno and not Zonker Harris. Zig Ziglar, Dolph Ziggler, correct DQ: Adapted for film? holding a DQ ---
**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 25, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/169 "2019-07-25T03:19:29Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > 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”? Dunno, not Zebulon or Zacharias (another one?) 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 ---
**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 25, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/170 "2019-07-25T12:29:28Z")
IQ1: Do you host a mock cable access show called “Between Two Ferns”? IQ2: Are you an Italian director whose 1960’s Shakespeare movies are considered classics? IQ3: Were you acquitted in the shooting of Treyvon Martin? ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/171 "2019-07-25T13:18:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 17th Century Spanish painter known for religious subjects? 2. Have you been called “the Father of Television”? 3. Did you invent Esperanto? ---
**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 25, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/172 "2019-07-25T15:48:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you host a mock cable access show called “Between Two Ferns”? > IQ2: Are you an Italian director whose 1960’s Shakespeare movies are considered classics? > IQ3: Were you acquitted in the shooting of Treyvon Martin? Not Zach Gaillifinakis (sp?), Zeferelli or Zimmerman > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 17th Century Spanish painter known for religious subjects? > 2. Have you been called “the Father of Television”? > 3. Did you invent Esperanto? Dunno x3 ---
**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 25, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/173 "2019-07-25T17:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 17th Century Spanish painter known for religious subjects? > 2. Have you been called “the Father of Television”? > 3. Did you invent Esperanto? > Dunno x3 #1 was Francesco de Zurbaran. #2 was Vladimir Zworykin, inventor of the cathode ray tube. #3 was Ludwig Zamenhof. DQ: From science fiction? 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 25, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/174 "2019-07-25T18:21:04Z")
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 ---
**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 25, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/175 "2019-07-25T23:35:28Z")
DQ: From fantasy? ---
**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, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/176 "2019-07-26T02:43:08Z")
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 ---
**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, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/177 "2019-07-26T11:47:34Z")
DQ: Antagonist? IQs: 1. Were you a female Olympic track star of the 1930’s? 2. Were you a major voice in the Protestant Reformation who lived in Zurich? 3. Did you play a rookie training under William Shatner’s title character in _T. J. Hooker_? ---
**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 26, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/178 "2019-07-26T12:00:56Z")
DQ: human? ---
**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, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/179 "2019-07-26T15:34:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a female Olympic track star of the 1930’s? > 2. Were you a major voice in the Protestant Reformation who lived in Zurich? > 3. Did you play a rookie training under William Shatner’s title character in _T. J. Hooker_? Not Babe Didrickson Zacharias (sp?), Zwingli or Adrian Zmed. 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 ---
**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, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/180 "2019-07-26T15:46:35Z")
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? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688.md?page=10)