# Botticelli - June 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899 "2013-06-01T22:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/281 "2013-06-21T00:01:41Z")
Yes, I’m **Pablo Neruda**! Felicitaciones, Señor **le Ministre**! ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/282 "2013-06-21T01:31:37Z")
Tres bon, Le Ministre! I would NOT have got that one. Congrats! My other #1 was Neville Longbottom, from the Harry Potter series. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/283 "2013-06-21T01:41:43Z")
Many thanks! I’ll think someone up and start another round in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/284 "2013-06-21T11:19:53Z")
Here we go - I am I. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/285 "2013-06-21T11:56:58Z")
(I am I, Don Quixote, the Lord of La Mancha…) IQs: 1. If I cut you, do you not bleed? 2. Were you Fritz’s successor? 3. Did you refuse the role of Dumbledore because you wanted to avoid playing the same kind of roles you had in the past? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/286 "2013-06-21T12:10:52Z")
All I’ve got for #1 is Shylock, which can’t be right… #2 - no idea #3 - No, I’m not Ian McKellan. At least 2 DQs for you… PS. Glad somebody picked up on that; I’ve had that for an earworm ever since I wrote it. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/287 "2013-06-21T12:15:21Z")
Okay, aargh, early, I was thinking it was Iago, but, of course, you are right, it’s Shylock. [Shakes head to wake up. Hopefully two brain cells will collide and we’ll have ignition.] Fritz was Dr. Victor von Frankenstein’s hunchback assistant in the 1931 thriller with Karloff. Since then it’s largely been Igor in that role. DQ1) Real? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/288 "2013-06-21T12:20:48Z")
1. Real ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/289 "2013-06-21T12:25:41Z")
IQ1: Did you mistake a sheepskin for your older son? IQ2: Did John Cleese once refer to you as “the lost Python”? IQ3: Did you serve two years in prison for insider trading? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/290 "2013-06-21T12:26:57Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a long-haired popular classical pianist of Polish heritage? 2. Were you a brick-hurling mouse? 3. Were you Ivan the Terrible’s less terrifying son and successor? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/291 "2013-06-21T13:38:00Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Did you mistake a sheepskin for your older son? > IQ2: Did John Cleese once refer to you as “the lost Python”? > IQ3: Did you serve two years in prison for insider trading? No, I’m not Isaac. Two DQs for you. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a long-haired popular classical pianist of Polish heritage? > 2. Were you a brick-hurling mouse? > 3. Were you Ivan the Terrible’s less terrifying son and successor? No, I’m not Ignatz Paderewski (sp.?). 2 DQs for the mouse and the Tsar. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/292 "2013-06-21T13:50:02Z")
Yep, Ignatz (or Ignaz) Paderewski. Ignatz is the mouse from the old, avant-garde comic strip “Krazy Kat”. Feodor Ivanovich was Ivan the Terrible’s mentally deficient heir. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Living? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/293 "2013-06-21T14:28:45Z")
1. Yes 2. No Summary - 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 2 DQs outstanding to **Enginerd**. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/294 "2013-06-21T17:08:43Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the wife of the Silver Age Flash? 2. Were you “the woman” to Sherlock Holmes? 3. Are you the title character of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/295 "2013-06-21T18:23:10Z")
No, I’m not Irene Adler nor Iolanthe. DQ for The Flash. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/296 "2013-06-21T18:24:30Z")
Barry Allen’s wife Iris. DQ: European? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/297 "2013-06-21T19:27:35Z")
Yes. Summary - 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. European 2 DQs outstanding to **Enginerd**. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/298 "2013-06-21T19:35:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the leading female player on _Your Show of Shows_? 2. Are you the Urban Spaceman? 3. Will you go to extraordinarily lengths to retrieve your hat? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/299 "2013-06-21T20:55:41Z")
#3 must be Indiana Jones. The other two I feel like I should know, but I’ll have to give you a pair of DQs… ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899/300 "2013-06-21T21:57:14Z")
IQ1: Did you use the pen name “Paul French” for writing kids’ SF? IQ2: Are you the US’s top-scoring fighter ace? IQ3: Did Johnny Cash sing a song about you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2013/659899.md?page=16)