# 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:** 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:** [June 25, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/241 "2019-06-25T22:53:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Y > IQ1: Were you a 1920s canine movie star, or one of the several who were named after said movie star? > IQ2: Did you hang out with a mole? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ3: Are you Lester Dent under a commonly used pseudonym? 1. I am not Rin Tin Tin. 2. I am not Rat. 3. I am not Kenneth Robeson. ---
**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 26, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/242 "2019-06-26T00:46:30Z")
DQ: 12) British creator? ---
**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 26, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/243 "2019-06-26T01:08:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of two historically attested female pirates, who, by odd coincidence, both belonged to the same ship? > > IQ2: Were you the captain of that ship, and one inspiration for the character of Captain Jack Sparrow? > > IQ3: Are you the narrator and protagonist of _Trainspotting_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Mary Read. > 2. I am not Keith Richards (???) > Take 1 or 2 DQs. Correct on Mary Read. Semi correct, but mostly not, on Keith Richards; he _was_ an inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow’s father, but the captain of the pirate crew that included Mary Read and Anne Bonney was Calico Jack Rackham. The protagonist of Irvine Welsh’s book is Mark “Rent Boy” Renton. IQ1: Were you the only character played by the same actor in the original movie, as well as in the long-running TV series it inspired? IQ2: Were you the dreamed-of doom of Chaunticleer? IQ3: Were you the French humanist writer whose name is somewhat synonymous with bawdy humor and fart jokes? DQ1: From nursery rhymes? DQ2: From medieval 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 26, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/244 "2019-06-26T01:20:40Z")
IQ1: Were you Mike and Sean’s father, the eponymous main character of a book by Kjelgaard? IQ2: Were you the narrator of stories by J C Harris? IQ3: Is your last name the participle of a synonym of your first name? ---
**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 26, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/245 "2019-06-26T01:37:21Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. Not by an American author 6. Nonhuman 7. Adapted to film 8. From children’s lit 9. First appeared in English 10. Earth animal 11. First appeared before 1950 12. British creator 13. Not from medieval literature SMV, #4 indicates that he’s originally from a work of prose fiction. Ergo, he cannot be from a nursery rhyme. Take another 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 26, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/246 "2019-06-26T01:38:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Were you the only character played by the same actor in the original movie, as well as in the long-running TV series it inspired? > > IQ2: Were you the dreamed-of doom of Chaunticleer? > > IQ3: Were you the French humanist writer whose name is somewhat synonymous with bawdy humor and fart jokes? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Reynard (Renard) the Fox. 3. I am not Rabelais. ---
**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 26, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/247 "2019-06-26T01:39:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Mike and Sean’s father, the eponymous main character of a book by Kjelgaard? > IQ2: Were you the narrator of stories by J C Harris? > IQ3: Is your last name the participle of a synonym of your first name? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Uncle Remus. 3. That’s a lovely question. Take a DQ. ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/248 "2019-06-26T03:06:32Z")
Previous IQs: IQ1: Were you the only character played by the same actor in the original movie, as well as in the long-running TV series it inspired? - Gary Burghoff played Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly in the movie _MASH_; he was the only actor to reprise his role in the subsequent long-running TV series. IQ2: Were you the dreamed-of doom of Chaunticleer? - Correct on Monsieur Reynaud. IQ3: Were you the French humanist writer whose name is somewhat synonymous with bawdy humor and fart jokes? - Also correct on Francois Rabelais. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Reynard (Renard) the Fox. > 3. I am not Rabelais. IQ1: Are you the Nature Boy? IQ2: Are you a valiant and brave talking mouse, who lost his tail in battle? IQ3: Are you the male protagonist of A.S. Byatt’s _Possession_, who shares his name - probably not coincidentally - with the hero of a medieval epic poem? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > SMV, #4 indicates that he’s originally from a work of prose fiction. Ergo, he cannot be from a nursery rhyme. Take another DQ. Oh, bugger, you’re right. DQ1: Was your book part of a series? DQ2: Is it allegorical? ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/249 "2019-06-26T03:56:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Mike and Sean’s father, the eponymous main character of a book by Kjelgaard? > IQ2: Were you the narrator of stories by J C Harris? > IQ3: Is your last name the participle of a synonym of your first name? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Uncle Remus. > 3. That’s a lovely question. Take a DQ. Red, of _Big Red_. (Mike and Sean were the heroes, respectively, of _Irish Red_ and _Outlaw Red_.) Correct. Rip Torn. 2 DQs 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:** [June 26, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/250 "2019-06-26T04:05:15Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the only child of a fictional kangaroo? - Yes, Roo, from the AA Milne stories (thought I had you!) Did you write the sentence, “‘Shut up,’ he explained”? - Yes, Ring Lardner Did you play a bad guy from the first episode of _Alias_? - Ron Rifkin DQ: First appeared after 1850? IQs: Did your dad play Veruca Salt’s pushover of a dad? Did you never actually marry Min, no matter what an alien scan indicated? Did the men in your Birmingham neighborhood arm themselves against racist attacks? ---
**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 26, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/251 "2019-06-26T12:30:41Z")
There’s another Reynard the Fox, aside from the villain from _The Magicians_? At least I can rule out that you’re from Fillory. IQ1: Did you threaten to take the queen’s child unless she guessed your name? IQ2: Are you the witch queen’s familiar from\* Snow White and the 7 Dwarves\*? IQ3: Are you the cardinal from the Angry Birds game? ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/252 "2019-06-26T14:14:35Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. Not by an American author 6. Nonhuman 7. Adapted to film 8. From children’s lit 9. First appeared in English 10. Earth animal 11. First appeared before 1950 12. British creator 13. Not from medieval literature 14. Not part of a series 15. Not allegorical 16. First appeared after 1850 ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/253 "2019-06-26T14:15:53Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Nature Boy? > > IQ2: Are you a valiant and brave talking mouse, who lost his tail in battle? > > IQ3: Are you the male protagonist of A.S. Byatt’s _Possession_, who shares his name - probably not coincidentally - with the hero of a medieval epic poem? 1. I am not Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 2. I am not Reepicheep (sp?). 3. I am not Roland (??). Take a DQ for #3 if I’m wrong. ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/254 "2019-06-26T14:18:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your dad play Veruca Salt’s pushover of a dad? > Did you never actually marry Min, no matter what an alien scan indicated? > Did the men in your Birmingham neighborhood arm themselves against racist attacks? Take 3 DQs. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > There’s another Reynard the Fox, aside from the villain from _The Magicians_? At least I can rule out that you’re from Fillory. > > IQ1: Did you threaten to take the queen’s child unless she guessed your name? > IQ2: Are you the witch queen’s familiar from\* Snow White and the 7 Dwarves\*? > IQ3: Are you the cardinal from the Angry Birds game? 1. I am not Rumpelstiltskin. 2. I am not Raven (??). Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/255 "2019-06-26T14:37:03Z")
The Angry Bird’s name is Red. DQ: Do you have wings and fly? ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/256 "2019-06-26T14:38:52Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. Not by an American author 6. Nonhuman 7. Adapted to film 8. From children’s lit 9. First appeared in English 10. Earth animal 11. First appeared before 1950 12. British creator 13. Not from medieval literature 14. Not part of a series 15. Not allegorical 16. First appeared after 1850 17. I do not have wings, nor fly. ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/257 "2019-06-26T14:39:33Z")
IQ: Are you a rat with aspirations to be a chef? ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/258 "2019-06-26T14:42:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Are you a rat with aspirations to be a chef? I am not Remy. ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/259 "2019-06-26T14:51:18Z")
Previous IQs: Did your dad play Veruca Salt’s pushover of a dad? - British actor Rory Kinnear, whose father was also an actor Did you never actually marry Min, no matter what an alien scan indicated? - William T. Riker, on _ST:TNG_ Did the men in your Birmingham neighborhood arm themselves against racist attacks? - Condoleeza Rice DQs: Is the lead character of the original work? Work is set in the UK? Is an animal small enough to be held in cupped hands? ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/260 "2019-06-26T15:24:43Z")
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