# Botticelli - June, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766 "2014-06-01T13:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 20, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/201 "2014-06-20T13:11:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Richard Strauss compose a work inspired by your sayings? > 2. Did you record Valley Girl with your dad? > 3. Are you the last character in any list of Marvel supervillains? > > Not Zoraster/Zarathustra, Moon Unit Zappa, or… Zzz? Correct on Zarathustra and Moon Unit. #3 is close, as it’s Zzzax. DQ: From literature? ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/202 "2014-06-20T14:17:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you wear a red hood that is permanently attached to your face? > IQ2: Did you speak thusly? > IQ3: Are you famous for a home movie you made? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two; not Abraham Zapruder. Captain America’s enemy, Baron Zemo. Zarathustra. Correct on Zapruder. DQ1: From a work by an American? DQ2: Still alive when last heard from? IQ1: Was your uncle a founding member of Walden Commune? IQ2: Are you that uncle? ---
**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:** [June 20, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/203 "2014-06-20T15:28:40Z")
**SCAdian** asked about Zarathustra before **Prof. P.** , but I didn’t get his question as asked, so I’ll allow the DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > …IQ1: Was your uncle a founding member of Walden Commune? > IQ2: Are you that uncle? Dunno either of these. Take two DQs. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with Z 4. not from literature 5. from a work by an American 6. still alive when last heard from ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/204 "2014-06-20T15:33:46Z")
IQs: 1. Was your final album titled _The Wind_? 2. Did you have sisters named Eva and Magda? 3. Are you a Batman villain with delusions of godhood? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/205 "2014-06-20T17:23:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ2: Did you recently star in the remake of Rosemary’s Baby? Zoe Saldana DQ1: From the comics? Reserving a DQ ---
**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 20, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/206 "2014-06-20T19:53:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your uncle a founding member of Walden Commune? > IQ2: Are you that uncle? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno either of these. Take two DQs. Zipper Harris and his uncle Zonker, from _Doonesbury_. IQ1: Does a mountain in Colorado bear your name? IQ2: Are you JJ’s husband and Alex’s stepfather? IQ3: Were you and another man workin’ for a penny? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/207 "2014-06-21T04:57:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your final album titled _The Wind_? > 2. Did you have sisters named Eva and Magda? > 3. Are you a Batman villain with delusions of godhood? Not Frank Zappa, Zoe Braun or Zeus the demigod. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Does a mountain in Colorado bear your name? > IQ2: Are you JJ’s husband and Alex’s stepfather? > IQ3: Were you and another man workin’ for a penny? Not Zebulon Pike, dunno (another _Doonesbury_ character?) and dunno. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with Z 4. not from literature 5. from a work by an American 6. still alive when last heard from 7. not from the comics ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/208 "2014-06-21T14:06:31Z")
DQ: From a cartoon? IQ1: Are you a Johnston McCulley creation that goes by another word for fox? IQ2: Were you exiled to Foodcourtia for botching up _Operation Impending Doom I_? IQ3: Are you the US Nationary Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/209 "2014-06-21T14:11:58Z")
Whoops, strike IQ1, as Zorro has already been used. new IQ1: Are you a Romanian pan flute musician? ---
**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, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/210 "2014-06-21T14:17:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your final album titled The Wind? > 2. Did you have sisters named Eva and Magda? > 3. Are you a Batman villain with delusions of godhood? > > Not Frank Zappa, Zoe Braun or Zeus the demigod. Warren Zevon’s last album was _The Wind_. Zsa Zsa Gabor’s sisters are Eva and Magda. Delusional human Maxie Zeus is the Batman villain. DQs: 1. From the movies? 2. Protagonist? 1 DQ 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:** [June 21, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/211 "2014-06-21T14:19:41Z")
IQs: 1. Are you “the father of television”? 2. Were you the Martian Manhunter’s sidekick in _Mystery in Space_? 3. Were you a dog possessed by the spirit of Dracula? ---
**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, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/212 "2014-06-21T18:44:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Does a mountain in Colorado bear your name? > IQ2: Are you JJ’s husband and Alex’s stepfather? > IQ3: Were you and another man workin’ for a penny? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Zebulon Pike, dunno (another _Doonesbury_ character?) and dunno. Correct on Pike Zeke. (Yes - Mike Doonesbury was JJ’s first husband and is Alex’s father.) Zal Yanovsky, of the Lovin’ Spoonful, according to the first verse of “Creeque Alley.” (_Zal and Denny workin’ for a penny, tryin’ to get a fish on the line._) DQ1: Appeared in more than one story? DQ2: Appeared in more than one medium (TV/film/theatre/radio)? IQ1: Are you a Greek fisherman who danced on the beach? IQ2: Are you the son of Cronus? IQ3: Were you a high-ranking Soviet army officer? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/213 "2014-06-21T21:04:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > IQ2: Were you exiled to Foodcourtia for botching up _Operation Impending Doom I_? > IQ3: Are you the US Nationa[l] Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > new IQ1: Are you a Romanian pan flute musician? Dunno, still not Zbiginiew Brzhenski, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “the father of television”? > 2. Were you the Martian Manhunter’s sidekick in _Mystery in Space_? > 3. Were you a dog possessed by the spirit of Dracula? Dunno any of these. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you a Greek fisherman who danced on the beach? > IQ2: Are you the son of Cronus? > IQ3: Were you a high-ranking Soviet army officer? Not Zorba the Greek peasant, not Zeus the Greek god, and not the great Georgi Zhukov. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with Z 4. not from literature 5. from a work by an American 6. still alive when last heard from 7. not from the comics 8. from the movies 9. a protagonist 10. appeared in one movie 11. did not appear in more than one medium ---
**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, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/214 "2014-06-21T21:16:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you “the father of television”? > 2. Were you the Martian Manhunter’s sidekick in Mystery in Space? > 3. Were you a dog possessed by the spirit of Dracula? > > Dunno any of these. 1. Vladimir Zworykin, inventor of transmissions using cathode ray tubes. 2. Zoot. 3. Zoltan, Hound of Dracula. DQs: 1. Science Fiction? 2. Created after 1990? 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:** [June 21, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/215 "2014-06-21T21:18:57Z")
IQ: Did you kill the immortal Zardoz? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/216 "2014-06-22T02:29:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you kill the immortal Zardoz? Sheer guess: Zardoz himself? Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with Z 4. not from literature 5. from a work by an American 6. still alive when last heard from 7. not from the comics 8. from the movies 9. a protagonist 10. appeared in one movie 11. did not appear in more than one medium 12. not science fiction 13. created after 1990 ---
**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 22, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/217 "2014-06-22T02:35:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Did you kill the immortal Zardoz? > > Sheer guess: Zardoz himself? Nope, Sean Connery as Zed. If you ever get the chance to see _Zardoz_, miss it. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/218 "2014-06-22T03:19:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, still not Zbiginiew Brzhenski, and dunno. Invader Zim, correct, Zamfir You missed my DQ: Cartoon? DQ2: human? DQ3: from a video game? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/219 "2014-06-22T04:10:33Z")
Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with Z 4. not from literature 5. from a work by an American 6. still alive when last heard from 7. not from the comics 8. from the movies 9. a protagonist 10. appeared in one movie 11. did not appear in more than one medium 12. not science fiction 13. created after 1990 14. not from a cartoon 15. human 16. not from a videogame ---
**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 22, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/220 "2014-06-22T13:26:26Z")
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