# Botticelli, July 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-07-01T15:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/381 "2023-07-23T18:54:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you kill Osiris? 2. Are you the chief of the Fire Giants in Norse mythology? 3. Did you demand restitution for not getting your Trick-or-Treat candy? ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/382 "2023-07-23T18:59:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a prominent early 20th century evangelist? 2. Did you write the essay “Notes on ‘Camp’”? 3. Are you the protagonist’s animal companion in the novel _Time Storm_? ---
**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 23, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/383 "2023-07-23T19:30:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a popular singer before being murdered by a crazed fan? 2. Are you a similarly-named former Disney kid actress and singer? 3. Are you a fictional soccer player and restauranteur whose greatest dream is to play for the Nigerian national team? ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/384 "2023-07-23T20:54:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill Osiris? > 2. Are you the chief of the Fire Giants in Norse mythology? > 3. Did you demand restitution for not getting your Trick-or-Treat candy? Not Set, not Snufir and not S. Charlie Brown. ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/385 "2023-07-23T20:56:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a prominent early 20th century evangelist? > 2. Did you write the essay “Notes on ‘Camp’”? > 3. Are you the protagonist’s animal companion in the novel _Time Storm_? Not Aimee Semple McPherson (there’s a character very much like her in the first season of HBO’s _Perry Mason_) and dunno x2. ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/386 "2023-07-23T20:59:01Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a popular singer before being murdered by a crazed fan? > > 2. Are you a similarly-named former Disney kid actress and singer? > > 3. Are you a fictional soccer player and restauranteur [sic] whose greatest dream is to play for the Nigerian national team? Not Serena, not Selena Gomez and not Sam Obasanjo (sp?) from _Ted Lasso._ ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/387 "2023-07-23T21:03:40Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with S 3. probably dead now 4. male 5. not the main character 6. not originally from prose 7. American among other creators 8. not originally from TV or movies ---
**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, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/388 "2023-07-23T21:25:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you kill Osiris? > > 2. Are you the chief of the Fire Giants in Norse mythology? > > 3. Did you demand restitution for not getting your Trick-or-Treat candy? > > Not Set, not Snufir and not S. Charlie Brown. Correct, Surtr, and Sally Brown. DQs: 1. Created after 1950? 2. Antagonist? ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/389 "2023-07-23T21:30:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Aimee Semple McPherson (there’s a character very much like her in the first season of HBO’s _Perry Mason_) and dunno x2. 2 was Susan Sonntag; 3 was Sunday the leopard. DQs: 1. actually appears in story, isn’t an unseen character or an assumed identity or something like that? 2. originally from theater? IQs: 1. Were you a baseball player-turned-evangelist? 2. Were you the coach at Tech U who courts basketball prospect Jesus Shuttlesworth in _He Got Game_? 3. Were you Ronald McDonald’s dog? ---
**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, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/390 "2023-07-24T13:43:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a popular singer before being murdered by a crazed fan? > > > > 2. Are you a similarly-named former Disney kid actress and singer? > > > > 3. Are you a fictional soccer player and restauranteur [sic] whose greatest dream is to play for the Nigerian national team? > > Not Serena, not Selena Gomez and not Sam Obasanjo (sp?) from _Ted Lasso._ IQ1 was Selena, not Serena, but I’m inclined to give it to you, since you clearly knew the answer. Correct on Selena Gomez and Sam Obisanya. IQs: 1. Were you a playwright and actor, married to Jessica Lange? 2. Did you make yourself a vow to the moon and stars, that you’d search the honky-tonks and bars, to kill your father? 3. Did you write the lyrics of the song referenced in IQ2? ---
**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, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/391 "2023-07-24T15:11:25Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a baseball player-turned-evangelist? > 2. Were you the coach at Tech U who courts basketball prospect Jesus Shuttlesworth in _He Got Game_? > 3. Were you Ronald McDonald’s dog? Dunno, dunno and not Ronaldopup. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a playwright and actor, married to Jessica Lange? > 2. Did you make yourself a vow to the moon and stars, that you’d search the honky-tonks and bars, to kill your father? > 3. Did you write the lyrics of the song referenced in IQ2? Not Sam Shepherd, not a boy named Sue, and dunno. S. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with S 3. probably dead now 4. male 5. not the main character 6. not originally from prose 7. American among other creators 8. not originally from TV or movies 9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950 10. an antagonist, of sorts 11. an unseen character 12. not originally from theater ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/392 "2023-07-24T15:15:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Did a riot break out at the premiere of your ballet. > > 2. Although a fictional character are you the subject of a “Great Game” to work out everything they can about your life as though you were a real person? > > 3. Are you a stand-up comedian who recently published a book from the perspective of the mind of a 3rd grader? > > Not Stravinsky, not Sherlock Holmes and dunno. First two correct, last one was Stephen Wright. DQ Originally from comics? IQ: Are you Moomintroll’s girlfriend? Are you an 80’s video game boss who “Hungers”? Are you the leader of an galactic organization of villians who are powered by fear? ---
**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, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/393 "2023-07-24T15:16:35Z")
Dunno, dunno and not Sinestro. S. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with S 3. probably dead now 4. male 5. not the main character 6. not originally from prose 7. American among other creators 8. not originally from TV or movies 9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950 10. an antagonist, of sorts 11. an unseen character 12. not originally from theater 13. not originally from comics ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/394 "2023-07-24T15:20:08Z")
DQs: 1. From ads? 2. Human? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/395 "2023-07-24T15:21:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a baseball player-turned-evangelist? > 2. Were you the coach at Tech U who courts basketball prospect Jesus Shuttlesworth in _He Got Game_? > 3. Were you Ronald McDonald’s dog? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Ronaldopup. 1 was Billy Sunday; 2 was Coach Billy Sunday; 3 was Sundae. DQ: created after 1985? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/396 "2023-07-24T15:22:03Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > Are you Moomintroll’s girlfriend? > Are you an 80’s video game boss who “Hungers”? > Are you the leader of an galactic organization of villians who are powered by fear? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Sinestro. 1.The Snork maiden 2. [Sinistar](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwicg7aq0qeAAxWykWoFHY40DGAQwqsBegQIDhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQv5Oo0BwQw8&usg=AOvVaw0xy_quRPY8dmn4S1V_3MnP&opi=89978449) 3. Correct DQ Are you an urban legend? 1 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:** [July 24, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/397 "2023-07-24T15:23:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > DQs: > > 1. From ads? > 2. Human? What were the answers to your IQs, please, **kitap**? S. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with S 3. probably dead now 4. male 5. not the main character 6. not originally from prose 7. American among other creators 8. not originally from TV or movies 9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950 10. an antagonist, of sorts 11. an unseen character 12. not originally from theater 13. not originally from comics 14. created before 1985 15. not an urban legend We’re at or just over 20 earned DQs, so no more IQs, please. ---
**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, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/398 "2023-07-24T16:11:23Z")
Could be from a song or a poem… ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/399 "2023-07-24T16:57:01Z")
DQ From a children’s song or poem? ---
**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, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/400 "2023-07-24T17:37:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a playwright and actor, married to Jessica Lange? > > 2. Did you make yourself a vow to the moon and stars, that you’d search the honky-tonks and bars, to kill your father? > > 3. Did you write the lyrics of the song referenced in IQ2? > > Not Sam Shepherd, not a boy named Sue, and dunno. Correct, correct, and Shel Silverstein. DQ: From an epic poem? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=21)