# Botticelli - July 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 7, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874 "2021-07-07T03:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 21, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/201 "2021-07-21T17:49:03Z")
IQs: 1. Is a 10-ft.-tall statue of you (on a high plinth, to prevent vandalism) eventually going to be unveiled in your hometown of Grantham, England? 2. Are you either 20th-century author with some biographical details in common profiled in a new documentary, _[you] and [you]: An Intimate Conversation_? 3. Spoooooooooooon!? ---
**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 21, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/202 "2021-07-21T18:46:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Didst thou slay Mercutio? > - Doth mother know thou wearest her drapes? > - Are you a 16th century German trickster whose last name is a synonym for the moon? Correct, Correct, and Tyl Eulenspiegel (the last name translate’s to Owlglass, which is a poetic descriptor for the moon, don’tcha know). 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/203 "2021-07-21T18:51:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Is a 10-ft.-tall statue of you (on a high plinth, to prevent vandalism) eventually going to be unveiled in your hometown of Grantham, England? > 2. Are you either 20th-century author with some biographical details in common profiled in a new documentary, _[you] and [you]: An Intimate Conversation_ ? > 3. Spoooooooooooon!? Take 2 DQs Not The Tick ---
**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 21, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/204 "2021-07-21T18:57:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take 2 DQs > Not The Tick 1 was Margaret Thatcher; 2 was Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. 2 DQs 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 21, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/205 "2021-07-21T20:58:30Z")
DQ: From a science-fiction or fantasy genre show? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/206 "2021-07-21T21:34:40Z")
**T** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Not explicitly stated, but most likely American 5. Could be alive today, if real, for certain definitions of “alive” 6. First appeared since 1950 7. From film or TV 8. Not from film 9. First appeared before 1980 10. Appeared on prime time television 11. Live action 12. First appeared before 1970 13. Not human 14. Not considered a beauty 15. Not from a sitcom 16. A main character in her appearance, but not a main character of the overall series. 17. First appeared after 1960 18. Not from a crime-related show (police, private eye, law courts,etc.) 19. From a science-fiction or fantasy genre show ---
**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 21, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/207 "2021-07-21T22:43:53Z")
IQ: Were you Mr. Spock’s intended bride? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/208 "2021-07-21T22:59:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you Mr. Spock’s intended bride Not T’Pring ---
**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 22, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/209 "2021-07-22T00:28:49Z")
Hmm. What’s left. Star Trek only works for the time travel episodes. There’s Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. And Lost in Space. Any more? ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/210 "2021-07-22T01:40:28Z")
The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea… ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/211 "2021-07-22T01:54:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you scare a generation of little girls from owning dolls because of an episode of **The Twilight Zone** starring you? 2. Did you voice Tony the Tiger? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/212 "2021-07-22T05:04:15Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you scare a generation of little girls from owning dolls because of an episode of **The Twilight Zone** starring you? > 2. Did you voice Tony the Tiger? Not Thurl “Mr. Grinch” Ravenscroft But…yes… My name is **Talky Tina** , and you’d better be nice to me! from the [_Living Doll_ episode of _The Twilight Zone_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Doll_(The_Twilight_Zone)) Congratulations, kitap ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/213 "2021-07-22T06:03:19Z")
Thanks! Our next letter is **O**! ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/214 "2021-07-22T13:18:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Ahem. > > Sorry. For some reason people at work think they can just interrupt me while I’m on the Dope The noive! Previous IQs: Are you one of Marge Simpson’s sisters? - Yes, Selma Terwilliger Were you one of the Great Eagles of Middle-earth? - Thorondor Did Jeff Bridges get accidentally drawn into your world? - Yes, Tron Good job, **kitap**! On to O… IQs: Were you Felix’s apartment mate? Are you by far the most unpleasant denizen of Sesame Street? Were you Col. Steve Austin’s boss? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/215 "2021-07-22T15:22:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Felix’s apartment mate? > Are you by far the most unpleasant denizen of Sesame Street? > Were you Col. Steve Austin’s boss? Not Oscars Madison, the Grouch or Goldman. ---
**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 22, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/216 "2021-07-22T15:31:40Z")
Swept me! Oscar x3 indeed. IQs: Were you AKA Mithrandir and Tharkun? Were you the nude organist on _MPFC_? Were you a Russian nobleman of some literary repute? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/217 "2021-07-22T16:45:38Z")
IQs: 1. Were you also known as Tippetarius? 2. Did the title of the book you were introduced in refer to you as “the Unlucky”? 3. Are you a humbug named Diggs? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/218 "2021-07-22T16:47:18Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a famed wand maker? 2. Were you Lord Protector until your death? 3. Did you have a decades long spat with your younger sister, who was in the same business? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/219 "2021-07-22T16:59:50Z")
IQ1: Were you the primary songwriter and one of two vocalists for The Cars? IQ2: Were you the other vocalist for The Cars, who sang their highest charting song _Drive_? IQ3: Did you spill your seed onto the ground? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/220 "2021-07-22T22:12:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept me! Oscar x3 indeed. > > IQs: > > Were you AKA Mithrandir and Tharkun? > Were you the nude organist on _MPFC_? > Were you a Russian nobleman of some literary repute? Not um. Oakheart, Naked Oakheart or Tsar Oakheart. I.e. 3 DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you also known as Tippetarius? > 2. Did the title of the book you were introduced in refer to you as “the Unlucky”? > 3. Are you a humbug named Diggs? Take a DQ, not Oswald?, not The Great Oz? Take the appropriate DQs. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a famed wand maker? > 2. Were you Lord Protector until your death? > 3. Did you have a decades long spat with your younger sister, who was in the same business? Not Ollivander, Oliver Cromwell or Olivia de Havilland. Or take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the primary songwriter and one of two vocalists for The Cars? > IQ2: Were you the other vocalist for The Cars, who sang their highest charting song _Drive_ > IQ3: Did you spill your seed onto the ground? One is Ocasek. Take a DQ for the other. And not Onan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=12)