# Botticelli - July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465 "2022-07-05T17:40:04Z")\ **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 28, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/201 "2022-07-28T18:35:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the mastermind behind the world’s first topless string quartet, and other hoaxes? 2. Did you explain your most famous concept by saying that when one sits with a pretty girl, an hour feels like a minute–but when one sits on a hot stove, a minute feels like an hour? 3. Have you appeared in _Groundhog Day_, _Multiplicity_, and _Leap Dave Williams_? ---
**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, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/202 "2022-07-28T18:49:04Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with A 5. Not the protagonist 6. Not originally from a filmed dramatic work, but has been in numerous ones. 7. Would be alive today, if real 8. First appeared since 1950 ---
**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, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/203 "2022-07-28T18:51:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the London detective protagonist of Len Deighton’s _SS-GB_? > Are you a hard-drinking, relentlessly-womanizing spy with the codename “Duchess”? > Did you command the USS _Enterprise_, NX-01? #3. I am not Capt. Archer (??). Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the mastermind behind the world’s first topless string quartet, and other hoaxes? > 2. Did you explain your most famous concept by saying that when one sits with a pretty girl, an hour feels like a minute–but when one sits on a hot stove, a minute feels like an hour? > 3. Have you appeared in _Groundhog Day_, _Multiplicity_, and _Leap Dave Williams_? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Albert Einstein. #3. I am not Andie MacDowell. ---
**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, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/204 "2022-07-28T19:42:48Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the London detective protagonist of Len Deighton’s _SS-GB_? - Detective Douglas Archer Are you a hard-drinking, relentlessly-womanizing spy with the codename “Duchess”? - Sterling Archer, on the FX adult cartoon _Archer_ Did you command the USS _Enterprise_, NX-01? - Yes, Capt. Jonathan Archer Archer x3! DQs: From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, detective, Western, etc.)? Bad guy? IQs: Were you actually an AI who was the brains of a lunar rebellion? Were you a rock star who looked nothing like what his last name might lead you to believe? Were you shown to be Mayor of Quahog, R.I.? ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/205 "2022-07-28T20:54:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Albert Einstein. > #3. I am not Andie MacDowell. 1 (hoaxer) was Alan Abel. DQ: originally from prose? IQs: 1. Did you fight crime with math and the Difference Engine in _The Thrilling Adventures of_ you _and Babbage_? 2. Were you played by fellow oddball David Bowie in _Basquiat_? 3. In a 1985 comic strip of yours, do two women discuss going to a movie? ---
**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, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/206 "2022-07-28T22:15:23Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with A 5. Not the protagonist 6. Not originally from a filmed dramatic work, but has been in numerous ones. 7. Would be alive today, if real 8. First appeared since 1950 9. Not originally from prose 10. Given it’s medium, it’s not genre fiction 11. Not a bad guy ---
**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, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/207 "2022-07-28T22:18:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you actually an AI who was the brains of a lunar rebellion? > Were you a rock star who looked nothing like what his last name might lead you to believe? > Were you shown to be Mayor of Quahog, R.I.? #1. Wasn’t that Mike? Take a DQ. Take 2 other DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you fight crime with math and the Difference Engine in _The Thrilling Adventures of_ you _and Babbage_? > 2. Were you played by fellow oddball David Bowie in _Basquiat_? > 3. In a 1985 comic strip of yours, do two women discuss going to a movie? #1. I am not Ada Lovelace. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Al Capp (??) ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/208 "2022-07-28T23:43:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Ada Lovelace. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Al Capp (??) 2 was Andy Warhol; 3 was Allison Bechdel. DQs: 1. first appeared after 1970? 2. from comic books, comic strips, bandes dessinées, etc.? ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/209 "2022-07-28T23:47:19Z")
ZUI post 199. ---
**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, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/210 "2022-07-29T00:10:59Z")
Oops!! Welcome back, SCA!! Take 3 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 29, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/211 "2022-07-29T00:12:32Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with A 5. Not the protagonist 6. Not originally from a filmed dramatic work, but has been in numerous ones. 7. Would be alive today, if real 8. First appeared since 1950 9. Not originally from prose 10. Given it’s medium, it’s not genre fiction 11. Not a bad guy 12. First appeared after 1970 13. From comic books, comic strips, etc. ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/212 "2022-07-29T02:43:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Satan Bug_? > 2. Did you write _The Earth Book of Stormgate_? > 3. Did you write _Quasar, Quasar Burning Bright_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1. Alistair MacLean 2. Poul Anderson 3. Isaac Asimov 3 DQs reserved. IQ1: Do you live with a lasagna-loving cat? ---
**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, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/213 "2022-07-29T13:45:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you live with a lasagna-loving cat? # Yes! I am Jon Arbuckle. Great guess, SCA! ---
**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, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/214 "2022-07-29T15:10:11Z")
Congrats, and welcome back, **SCA**! Previous IQs: Were you actually an AI who was the brains of a lunar rebellion? - Yes, Mike posed as Adam Selene in Heinlein’s _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ Were you a rock star who looked nothing like what his last name might lead you to believe? - Adam Ant Were you shown to be Mayor of Quahog, R.I.? - Adam West, on _Family Guy_ Adam x3! ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/215 "2022-07-29T15:18:41Z")
Thank you, gentlemen (or whatever you claim to be). 😃 Hope this letter hasn’t been used too recently: I am **L**. ---
**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, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/216 "2022-07-29T15:20:53Z")
For your future consultations: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #94 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/94) L it is. IQs: Was your hand cut off but you kept on being a warrior? Did you get killed while you were in the privy? Did you kill him? ---
**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, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/217 "2022-07-29T15:26:31Z")
IQs: 1. Are you “the Beloved Physician”? 2. Are you a sweet cookie of a title character in a work by Richard Blackmore? 3. Did you originally host _Kids Say The Darnedest Things_? ---
**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 29, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/218 "2022-07-29T15:49:35Z")
Congrats, SCAdian! IQs: 1. Have you sung about poisoning pigeons in the park, National Brotherhood Week, and the periodic table? 2. “National Brotherhood Week/National Brotherhood Week”/you “and Sheriff Clark are/Dancing cheek to cheek”? 3. Did you co-found Google? ---
**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 29, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/219 "2022-07-29T17:24:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your hand cut off but you kept on being a warrior? > Did you get killed while you were in the privy? > Did you kill him? 1. Not Luke Skywalker. 2. DQ. 3. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you “the Beloved Physician”? > - Are you a sweet cookie of a title character in a work by Richard Blackmore? > - Did you originally host _Kids Say The Darnedest Things_? 1. Not the apostle Luke. 2. DQ. 3. Not Art Linkletter. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you sung about poisoning pigeons in the park, National Brotherhood Week, and the periodic table? > 2. “National Brotherhood Week/National Brotherhood Week”/you “and Sheriff Clark are/Dancing cheek to cheek”? > 3. Did you co-found Google? 1. Not Tom Lehrer. 2. Not Lena Horne. 3. DQ. ---
**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 29, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/220 "2022-07-29T17:29:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Not Tom Lehrer. > 2. Not Lena Horne. > 3. DQ. 3 was Larry Page. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with L? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=12)