# Botticelli July 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747 "2020-07-08T16:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/141 "2020-07-16T18:40:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you have your biggest fame playing the lead in the stage play _The Man Who Came To Dinner_ ? > > > 2. Did your band have a hit with _The Mighty Quinn_ ? > > > 3. Could you turn the world on with your smile? > > Dunno, dunno and not Mary Tyler Moore. #1 was Monty Woolley. #2 was Manfred Mann. Correct on Mary. DQs: 1. Last name starts with M? 2. Created by an American author or authors? ---
**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, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/142 "2020-07-16T18:43:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you known as “the Say Hey Kid”? 2. Are you the head of a family of Indianapolis 500 racecar drivers who won the Indy 500 just once in 29 attempts? 3. Are you the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? ---
**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, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/143 "2020-07-16T18:52:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you a cervid known for associating with a sciurid? > IQ2: Are you a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II? > IQ3: Were you Barry and Robin’s brother? Not Bullwinkle Moose, not Lord Mountbatten and not Marty Gibb. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you known as “the Say Hey Kid”? > 2. Are you the head of a family of Indianapolis 500 racecar drivers who won the Indy 500 just once in 29 attempts? > 3. Are you the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? Blanking on this baseball player, dunno and not Mickey Mouse. M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with M 4. created by an American author or authors ---
**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 16, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/144 "2020-07-16T19:14:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a cervid known for associating with a sciurid? > IQ2: Are you a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II? > IQ3: Were you Barry and Robin’s brother? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Bullwinkle Moose, not Lord Mountbatten and not Marty Gibb. Correct. Prince Michael of Kent. (Mountbatten was a second cousin.) Close, but no cigar – Maurice Gibb. . You appear to have missed my DQ in post 140. DQ1: Human? DQ2: Originally from prose fiction? ---
**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 16, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/145 "2020-07-16T19:22:24Z")
IQ: Are you an Afrothere who commonly associates (though originally not by choice) with a xenarthran? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/146 "2020-07-16T20:00:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Marie Curie, dunno and not Mike Wazowksi. 2 was Muggsy Bogues; 3 was Michael Jordan. DQs: 1. main character? 2. created after 1900? IQs: 1. Were you nicknamed “the Iron Lady”? 2. Are you the Animorph who turns into a gorilla? 3. Did you play a (then) modern-day person who meets a time traveler from the past and goes back with him–and 11 years later a person in the past who meets a time traveler from the (then) modern day and briefly goes forward with him to the present? ---
**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, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/147 "2020-07-16T20:18:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you known as “the Say Hey Kid”? > > > 2. Are you the head of a family of Indianapolis 500 racecar drivers who won the Indy 500 just once in 29 attempts? > > > 3. Are you the leader of the club that’s made for you and me? > > Blanking on this baseball player, dunno and not Mickey Mouse. #1 was Willie Mays. #2 is Mario Andretti. Correct on the Mouse. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 16, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/148 "2020-07-16T20:27:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. created after 1900? Wasted DQ if the answer to mine turns out to be “yes”. ---
**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 16, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/149 "2020-07-16T20:30:10Z")
IQ2: Are you a flying cartoon murid? IQ3: Are you the girl I love? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/150 "2020-07-16T22:22:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Wasted DQ if the answer to mine turns out to be “yes”. Aw, you’re right, I didn’t see it. ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/151 "2020-07-17T04:26:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you an Afrothere who commonly associates (though originally not by choice) with a xenarthran? Not Qadgop the Mercotan. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Were you nicknamed “the Iron Lady”? > 2. Are you the Animorph who turns into a gorilla? > 3. Did you play a (then) modern-day person who meets a time traveler from the past and goes back with him–and 11 years later a person in the past who meets a time traveler from the (then) modern day and briefly goes forward with him to the present? Not Margaret Thatcher, dunno and not Marty McFly. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Are you a flying cartoon murid? > IQ3: Are you the girl I love? Dunno and not Maureen McGovern. M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with M 4. created by an American author or authors 5. created before 1950 6. human 7. not originally from prose fiction 8. not main character 9. created after 1900 ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/152 "2020-07-17T12:54:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you an Afrothere who commonly associates (though originally not by choice) with a xenarthran? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Are you a flying cartoon murid? > IQ3: Are you the girl I love? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Qadgop the Mercotan. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno and not Maureen McGovern. Manny, from _Ice Age_. Mighty Mouse. Bloody Mary (“… is the girl I love. Now ain’t that too damn bad!”) . DQ1: Originally from film or television? DQ2: Could be alive today if real? Two DQs reserved. . IQ1: Were you the ruler of Mongo? IQ2: Were you originally Norma Jean Mortenson? IQ3: Were you an Italian ruler called “The Magnificent”? ---
**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 17, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/153 "2020-07-17T14:37:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you the ruler of Mongo? > IQ2: Were you originally Norma Jean Mortenson? > IQ3: Were you an Italian ruler called “The Magnificent”? Not Ming, Marilyn Monroe or Benito Mussolini. M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with M 4. created by an American author or authors 5. created before 1950 6. human 7. not originally from prose fiction 8. not main character 9. created after 1900 10. originally from film or television 11. would almost certainly be dead today if real ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/154 "2020-07-17T14:49:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > 1. Were you nicknamed “the Iron Lady”? > > 2. Are you the Animorph who turns into a gorilla? > > 3. Did you play a (then) modern-day person who meets a time traveler from the past and goes back with him–and 11 years later a person in the past who meets a time traveler from the (then) modern day and briefly goes forward with him to the present? > > Not Margaret Thatcher, dunno and not Marty McFly. 2 was Marco; 3 was Mary Steenburgen (in _Time After Time_ and _Back to the Future Part III_). DQs: 1. originally from film? 2. created after 1930? ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/155 "2020-07-17T15:03:18Z")
M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with M 4. created by an American author or authors 5. created before 1950 6. human 7. not originally from prose fiction 8. not main character 9. created after 1900 10. originally from film or television 11. would almost certainly be dead today if real 12. originally from film 13. created after 1930 ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/156 "2020-07-17T15:09:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the ruler of Mongo? > IQ2: Were you originally Norma Jean Mortenson? > IQ3: Were you an Italian ruler called “The Magnificent”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ming, Marilyn Monroe or Benito Mussolini. Correct. Correct. Lorenzo de Medici. . DQ1: Live-action film? DQ2: Comedy? DQ3: Actor (or voice actor) still living? ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/157 "2020-07-17T15:21:37Z")
IQ1: Were Narda and Lothar your companions? IQ2: Were you a Knight of the Cross? IQ3: Are you #2’s eldest daughter? ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/158 "2020-07-17T16:05:51Z")
Not Lance Hopkins, Launcelot or Laura. M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name starts with M 4. created by an American author or authors 5. created before 1950 6. human 7. not originally from prose fiction 8. not main character 9. created after 1900 10. originally from film or television 11. would almost certainly be dead today if real 12. originally from film 13. created after 1930 14. live-action film 15. not in a comedy, although there were some laughs 16. actor (or voice actor) not still living ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/159 "2020-07-17T16:55:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Live-action film? > DQ2: Comedy? > DQ3: Actor (or voice actor) still living? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Lance Hopkins, Launcelot or Laura. Would you like to try that again, using the right letter, or shall I just take the three 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 17, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/160 "2020-07-17T18:11:33Z")
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