# Botticelli - June 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880 "2019-06-01T15:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 19, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/181 "2019-06-19T15:01:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …EH, go ahead and take the DQ for Porter, if you wish – I did award it to you… No, thanks, you answered correctly before I came back to the thread, fair and square. ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/182 "2019-06-19T15:37:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Does Clark Gregg play you in MARVEL Agents of SHIELD? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ3: Are you QB for the LA Chargers? > > Three DQs. Phil Coulson, Dak Prescott, Phillip Rivers DQ: Adapted to film? DQ: Mystery genre? holding a DQ ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/183 "2019-06-19T16:04:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the lawyer in _Miracle on 34th Street_? 2. Is Tom Holland portraying you in the movies currently? 3. Did you star with Steve Martin in _Pennies From Heaven_? ---
**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, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/184 "2019-06-20T02:42:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lady Jessica’s only son? > Were you a top economist who declined a Federal appointment by JFK? > Did you do metalwork on the frigate USS _Constitution_? Three DQs. (I suppose #1 is another Baratheon…) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lawyer in _Miracle on 34th Street_? > 2. Is Tom Holland portraying you in the movies currently? > 3. Did you star with Steve Martin in _Pennies From Heaven_? DQ. Not … Peter Parker? DQ. P 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American author (or authors) 4. First appeared in print 5. Did not first appear after 1950 6. From a work of prose fiction 7. First appeared in 1900 or later 8. Last name starts with P 9. Considered a good guy 10. Adapted to film 11. Not the mystery genre ---
**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, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/185 "2019-06-20T05:37:12Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lady Jessica’s only son? - Not a Baratheon, but Paul Atreides, in _Dune_ Were you a top economist who declined a Federal appointment by JFK? - Paul Samuelson Did you do metalwork on the frigate USS _Constitution_? - Paul Revere Paul x3! DQs: Main character of the work in his first appearance? Usually uses or carries a weapon? Associated with NYC? IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg to US Grant? Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide_? Were you Harry S Truman’s political patron? ---
**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, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/186 "2019-06-20T15:07:10Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lawyer in Miracle on 34th Street? > 2. Is Tom Holland portraying you in the movies currently? > 3. Did you star with Steve Martin in Pennies From Heaven? > DQ. > Not … Peter Parker? > DQ. #1 was John Payne. #2 is correct. #3 was Bernadette Peters. 2 DQs 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:** [June 20, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/187 "2019-06-20T15:38:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you surrender Vicksburg to US Grant? > Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide_? > Were you Harry S Truman’s political patron? Not Pemberton. DQ. DQ. P 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American author (or authors) 4. First appeared in print 5. Did not first appear after 1950 6. From a work of prose fiction 7. First appeared in 1900 or later 8. Last name starts with P 9. Considered a good guy 10. Adapted to film 11. Not the mystery genre 12. Not the main character of the work in my first appearance 13. Do not usually use or carry a weapon 14. Not associated with NYC ---
**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, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/188 "2019-06-20T15:40:02Z")
DQs: 1. From fantasy/horror/science fiction? 2. From a single work of fiction (rather than a series)? ---
**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, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/189 "2019-06-20T20:06:54Z")
IQ1: Did Mary Shelly write \*Frankenstein \*while staying at your house? IQ2: Are you a punk rocker whose real name is James Newell Osterberg Jr.? IQ3: Are you a character from _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ named after a British car? ---
**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, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/190 "2019-06-20T23:18:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Mary Shelly write \*Frankenstein \*while staying at your house? > IQ2: Are you a punk rocker whose real name is James Newell Osterberg Jr.? > IQ3: Are you a character from _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ named after a British car? I thought that was Lord Byron, who is definitely not a ‘P’… DQ. Not Ford Prefect. P 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American author (or authors) 4. First appeared in print 5. Did not first appear after 1950 6. From a work of prose fiction 7. First appeared in 1900 or later 8. Last name starts with P 9. Considered a good guy 10. Adapted to film 11. Not the mystery genre 12. Not the main character of the work in my first appearance 13. Do not usually use or carry a weapon 14. Not associated with NYC 15. Stories include elements of at least one of fantasy/horror/science fiction 16. Not from a single work of fiction (rather than a series) ---
**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, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/191 "2019-06-21T12:15:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Mary Shelly write Frankenstein while staying at your house? > IQ2: Are you a punk rocker whose real name is James Newell Osterberg Jr.? > IQ3: Are you a character from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy named after a British car? > > I thought that was Lord Byron, who is definitely not a ‘P’… > DQ. > Not Ford Prefect. Byron was one of the guests at John Polidori’s house, along with Mary and Pierce Shelley, when they all wrote ghost stories together. Iggy Pop, correct. DQ: War genre? holding 2 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, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/192 "2019-06-21T12:30:22Z")
P 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American author (or authors) 4. First appeared in print 5. Did not first appear after 1950 6. From a work of prose fiction 7. First appeared in 1900 or later 8. Last name starts with P 9. Considered a good guy 10. Adapted to film 11. Not the mystery genre 12. Not the main character of the work in my first appearance 13. Do not usually use or carry a weapon 14. Not associated with NYC 15. Stories include elements of at least one of fantasy/horror/science fiction 16. Not from a single work of fiction (rather than a series) [/QUOTE] 17. Not war genre, though war (in which I do not take part) is featured in three of the books ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/193 "2019-06-21T13:42:35Z")
Answers to previous IQs: IQ1: Were you the assistant to the man who unexpectedly made you CEO of his fictional arms and technology manufacturer? - Pepper Potts, Tony Stark’s assistant whom he promotes in _Iron Man II_. IQ2: Were you the actress who played IQ1? - Gwyneth Paltrow. IQ3: Are you an American downhill skier, whose name makes you sound like a character on _Sesame Street_? - Picabo (pronounced “Peek-a-boo”) Street. DQ1: Is the war in your books the Civil War? DQ2: Is your author male? Reserving one DQ. ---
**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, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/194 "2019-06-21T17:36:55Z")
Previous IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg to US Grant? - Yes, Gen. Pemberton Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide_? - Det. Pembleton Were you Harry S Truman’s political patron? - Boss Pendergast DQs: Science fiction character? Has appeared in more than one film? ---
**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, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/195 "2019-06-21T19:04:40Z")
P 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Created by an American author (or authors) 4. First appeared in print 5. Did not first appear after 1950 6. From a work of prose fiction 7. First appeared in 1900 or later 8. Last name starts with P 9. Considered a good guy 10. Adapted to film 11. Not the mystery genre 12. Not the main character of the work in my first appearance 13. Do not usually use or carry a weapon 14. Not associated with NYC 15. Stories include elements of at least one of fantasy/horror/science fiction 16. Not from a single work of fiction (rather than a series) 17. Not war genre, though war (in which I do not take part) is featured in three of the books 18. The war in my books is not the Civil War 19. My author is male 20. Not a science fiction character 21. I have appeared in more than one film And that’s 20. KO has two DQs left, and SMV has one. Please ask all remaining DQs no later than noon Eastern tomorrow (Sat 22 Jun). ---
**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, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/196 "2019-06-21T19:32:48Z")
Lovecraft and L. Frank Baum come to mind. ---
**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, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/197 "2019-06-21T23:30:51Z")
“What-you-may-call-um!” or “What-was-his-name!” But especially “Thing-um-a-jig!” 😃 ---
**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, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/198 "2019-06-22T01:17:03Z")
It’s a BOOJUM!!! ---
**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, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/199 "2019-06-22T04:33:10Z")
Could be from Dr. Seuss, too… ---
**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, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/200 "2019-06-22T18:32:55Z")
DQ: Is the time period of the story current with respect to the author’s time? DQ: First appeared in 1935 or later? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880.md?page=11)