# 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:** 13
**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, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/241 "2022-07-31T16:09:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did _The Shadow_ borrow your identity? 2. Are you captain of the Swinetrek? 3. Were you an actor who was also a student under Sigmund Freud? ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/242 "2022-07-31T19:55:34Z")
IQs: 1. Hey, you know that guy on the penny–the one with the beard–are you him? 2. Have you had hits with “Poker Face”, “Bad Romance”, and “Born This Way”? 3. Did you host _Jeopardy_ last year after gathering much public support (and a petition)–though we don’t have to take _your_ word for it? I mean, it was in newspaper articles and stuff. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/243 "2022-08-01T03:12:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did _The Shadow_ borrow your identity? > 2. Are you captain of the Swinetrek? > 3. Were you an actor who was also a student under Sigmund Freud? 1. Not Lamont Cranston 2. Not Link Hogthrob 3. DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Hey, you know that guy on the penny–the one with the beard–are you him? > 2. Have you had hits with “Poker Face”, “Bad Romance”, and “Born This Way”? > 3. Did you host _Jeopardy_ last year after gathering much public support (and a petition)–though we don’t have to take _your_ word for it? I mean, it was in newspaper articles and stuff. 1. Not Abraham Lincoln 2. DQ 3. DQ **L** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose 8. Not created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Created before 1980 11. Adapted into film/TV 12. Good guy 13. From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.) 14. Not from SF/fantasy 15. Adult character 16. Created before 1970 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/244 "2022-08-01T12:50:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did _The Shadow_ borrow your identity? > > 2. Are you captain of the Swinetrek? > > 3. Were you an actor who was also a student under Sigmund Freud? > > 1. Not Lamont Cranston > 2. Not Link Hogthrob > 3. DQ Correct, Correct, and Peter Lorre. DQ: From a mystery/detective 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:** [August 1, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/245 "2022-08-01T12:53:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _World of Ptavvs_? 2. Are you a bitch who hangs around with a tramp? 3. Are you a master craftsman among the Tuatha De Denaan? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/246 "2022-08-01T14:10:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Hey, you know that guy on the penny–the one with the beard–are you him? > 2. Have you had hits with “Poker Face”, “Bad Romance”, and “Born This Way”? > 3. Did you host _Jeopardy_ last year after gathering much public support (and a petition)–though we don’t have to take _your_ word for it? I mean, it was in newspaper articles and stuff. > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Not Abraham Lincoln > 2. DQ > 3. DQ 2 was Lady Gaga; 3 was LeVar Burton. DQs: adapted into film? One DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Did you resume your most famous role for a 2009 movie reboot of a TV show (alongside Zachary Quinto playing the same role, which he’d do in the 2013 and 2016 sequels)? 2. Are you the lead writer of _TGS with Tracy Jordan_ on the show _30 Rock_, played by Tina Fey? 3. _L’etat, c’est_ you? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/247 "2022-08-01T17:54:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _World of Ptavvs_? > 2. Are you a bitch who hangs around with a tramp? > 3. Are you a master craftsman among the Tuatha De Denaan? 1. Not Larry Niven. 2. Not Lady. 3. Not Lugh. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you resume your most famous role for a 2009 movie reboot of a TV show (alongside Zachary Quinto playing the same role, which he’d do in the 2013 and 2016 sequels)? > 2. Are you the lead writer of _TGS with Tracy Jordan_ on the show _30 Rock_, played by Tina Fey? > 3. _L’etat, c’est_ you? 1. Not … Leonard Nimoy? 2. DQ. 3. Not Louis XIV. **L** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose 8. Not created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Created before 1980 11. Adapted into film/TV 12. Good guy 13. From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.) 14. Not from SF/fantasy 15. Adult character 16. Created before 1970 17. Not from a mystery/detective story 18. Adapted into film The DQs I just awarded bring us up to well over 20, so no more IQs. Please ask all outstanding DQs by 1500 tomorrow (2 Aug). ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/248 "2022-08-01T18:03:32Z")
Swept me! … ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/249 "2022-08-01T18:16:18Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you resume your most famous role for a 2009 movie reboot of a TV show (alongside Zachary Quinto playing the same role, which he’d do in the 2013 and 2016 sequels)? > 2. Are you the lead writer of _TGS with Tracy Jordan_ on the show _30 Rock_, played by Tina Fey? > 3. _L’etat, c’est_ you? > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Not … Leonard Nimoy? > 2. DQ. > 3. Not Louis XIV. 1 was indeed Leonard Nimoy; 2 was Liz Lemon; 3 was correct. One DQ 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:** [August 1, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/250 "2022-08-01T18:59:51Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have an owl louse named after you? - Yes, Gary Larson: [Strigiphilus garylarsoni - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigiphilus_garylarsoni) Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_? - Glen Larson Was your first tattoo “client” a trussed-up bad guy? - Lisbeth Salander, in _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ DQs: Appeared in only one film? Was a contemporary character when he first appeared? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/251 "2022-08-01T21:12:23Z")
**L** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose 8. Not created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Created before 1980 11. Adapted into film/TV 12. Good guy 13. From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.) 14. Not from SF/fantasy 15. Adult character 16. Created before 1970 17. Not from a mystery/detective story 18. Adapted into film 19. Appeared in only one film 20. Was a contemporary character when I first appeared DLR has two remaining DQs. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/252 "2022-08-02T02:30:17Z")
DQ: created after 1960? 1 DQ 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:** [August 2, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/253 "2022-08-02T14:45:41Z")
**L** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose 8. Not created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Created before 1980 11. Adapted into film/TV 12. Good guy 13. From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.) 14. Not from SF/fantasy 15. Adult character 16. Created before 1970 17. Not from a mystery/detective story 18. Adapted into film 19. Appeared in only one film 20. Was a contemporary character when I first appeared 21. Created after 1960 DLR has one DQ and a little over four hours left. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/254 "2022-08-02T14:54:15Z")
Final DQ: from a prison novel/movie? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/255 "2022-08-02T15:15:55Z")
**L** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose 8. Not created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Created before 1980 11. Adapted into film/TV 12. Good guy 13. From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.) 14. Not from SF/fantasy 15. Adult character 16. Created before 1970 17. Not from a mystery/detective story 18. Adapted into film 19. Appeared in only one film 20. Was a contemporary character when I first appeared 21. Created after 1960 22. Not from a prison novel/movie Please ask your final “Are you X?” DQs no later than 1500 Eastern tomorrow, 3 Aug. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/256 "2022-08-02T17:59:01Z")
Hmm, can’t figure this out. Think think think… ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/257 "2022-08-02T18:00:23Z")
I was thinking _Cool Hand Luke_, but obviously the last DQ answer rules that out. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/258 "2022-08-02T18:08:40Z")
Genre, but not fantasy/sf/mystery/detective/historical. Maybe horror? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/259 "2022-08-02T18:14:19Z")
Or a modern Western. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/260 "2022-08-02T18:15:01Z")
Or since it appeared in the 1960s, cold war espionage thriller [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=14)