# Botticelli -- June 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923 "2020-06-02T13:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/1 "2020-06-02T13:53:00Z")
> [@Botticelli - May 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/152): > > I am **C**! > [@Botticelli - May 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/153): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a sea-sick sea serpent who hung around with a kid with a beany-copter cap? > 2. Were you Agamemnon’s unfaithful wife? > 3. Are you a bald-headed Canadian comic on _Who’s Line Is It Anyway?_ Not Cecil. Not … Clytemnestra? Not the amazing Colin Mochrie. > [@Botticelli - May 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/155): > > 1. Are you a bearded dragon on a fictional TV show whose royal owner thinks is a real dragon? > 2. Are you an author probably best known for the book **Woman of the People**? > 3. Did you play Cricket in the TV series _Hawaiian Eye_? Three DQs. ETA: Previous game – [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=895601](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=895601) ---
**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 2, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/2 "2020-06-02T14:31:40Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Are you aka Selina Kyle? 2. Are you a superhero that appeared on _Fairly Oddparents_ who was voiced by Jay Leno? 3. Did you write the Father Brown mysteries? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/3 "2020-06-02T15:17:33Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an artist noted for your mobiles? 2. Are your whereabouts the subject of educational computer games, a kids’ game show, and two animated series? 3. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”? ---
**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 2, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/4 "2020-06-02T23:08:40Z")
IQs: Did you dictate “letters” to your sister back in Boston? Were you a Tory grandee in Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? Did Sam Neill play you in _Restoration_? ---
**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 3, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/5 "2020-06-03T00:17:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Selina Kyle? > 2. Are you a superhero that appeared on _Fairly Oddparents_ who was voiced by Jay Leno? > 3. Did you write the Father Brown mysteries? Not Catwoman. DQ (though I should know this). Not Chesterton. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an artist noted for your mobiles? > 2. Are your whereabouts the subject of educational computer games, a kids’ game show, and two animated series? > 3. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”? DQ. Not Carmen Sandiego. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you dictate “letters” to your sister back in Boston? > Were you a Tory grandee in Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? > Did Sam Neill play you in _Restoration_? Not Charles Emerson Winchester. DQ. 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 3, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/6 "2020-06-03T00:22:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Selina Kyle? > 2. Are you a superhero that appeared on Fairly Oddparents who was voiced by Jay Leno? > 3. Did you write the Father Brown mysteries? > Not Catwoman. > DQ (though I should know this). > Not Chesterton. Correct, The Crimson Chin, correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 3, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/7 "2020-06-03T00:29:43Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a major Bulgarian artist who died this week? 2. Are you a grandmother who is the title character of a Pixar film? 3. Did you encounter Jesus on the Road to Emmaus? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/8 "2020-06-03T02:04:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Carmen Sandiego. > DQ. 1 (mobiles artist) was Alexander Calder; 3 (nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”) was baseball player Ty Cobb. DQs: 1. male? 2. last name start with C? IQs: 3. Do you wait dreaming in R’lyeh? 4. Did you have a chain of electronics stores where the prices were insane? 5. Do you share your stage name with a suburb in Maryland? ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/9 "2020-06-03T02:52:14Z")
Previous IQs: Did you dictate “letters” to your sister back in Boston? - Yes, Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester on _M_A_S_H\* Were you a Tory grandee in Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? - Charles Seymour Did Sam Neill play you in _Restoration_? - King Charles II Charles x3! DQs: American? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you play Galadriel? Were you purposefully made less attractive for your role in _Being John Malcovich_? Are you Harrison Ford’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/10 "2020-06-03T08:43:45Z")
1. Tad Cooper in Galavant 2. Benjamin Capps 3. Connie Stevens DQs: 1. First name starts with C? 2. Best known from politics? 3. Born after 1900? ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/11 "2020-06-03T14:18:01Z")
**C** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with C 4. American 5. First name does not start with C 6. Not best known from politics 7. Not born after 1900 ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/12 "2020-06-03T14:24:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a major Bulgarian artist who died this week? > 2. Are you a grandmother who is the title character of a Pixar film? > 3. Did you encounter Jesus on the Road to Emmaus? DQ. DQ. Obviously not Saul of Tarsus, and I doubt Jesus met himself :D, so DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you wait dreaming in R’lyeh? > 2. Did you have a chain of electronics stores where the prices were insane? > 3. Do you share your stage name with a suburb in Maryland? Not Cthulhu. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Galadriel? > Were you purposefully made less attractive for your role in _Being John Malcovich_? > Are you Harrison Ford’s wife? Three DQs. Well, this is obviously going to be a short game… ---
**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:** [June 3, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/13 "2020-06-03T16:40:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Cthulhu. > DQ. > DQ. 2 (had a chain of electronics stores where the prices were insane) was Crazy Eddie; 3 (shares a stage name with a Maryland suburb) was Chevy Chase. DQs: 1. from prose? 2. main character? ---
**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 3, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/14 "2020-06-03T18:25:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a major Bulgarian artist who died this week? > 2. Are you a grandmother who is the title character of a Pixar film? > 3. Did you encounter Jesus on the Road to Emmaus? > DQ. > DQ. > Obviously not Saul of Tarsus, and I doubt Jesus met himself , so DQ. #1 was Christo. #2 is Coco. #3 was Cleopas. DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 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 3, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/15 "2020-06-03T18:26:59Z")
dupe ---
**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 3, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/16 "2020-06-03T18:29:24Z")
Computer troubles. Please excuse the duplication, and drop the DQs since DLR just asked 'em. ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/17 "2020-06-04T06:06:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Galadriel? - Cate Blanchett, in the _LOTR_ and _Hobbit_ movies Were you purposefully made less attractive for your role in _Being John Malcovich_? - Cameron Diaz Are you Harrison Ford’s wife? - Calista Flockhart (formerly of _Ally McBeal_) DQs: Has appeared in movie(s)? Three DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a hero of Little Round Top? Did a political foe say that you “looked at foreign policy through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe”? Did Meryl Streep play you in a movie which _Seinfeld_ later spoofed? ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/18 "2020-06-04T15:02:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a hero of Little Round Top? > Did a political foe say that you “looked at foreign policy through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe”? > Did Meryl Streep play you in a movie which _Seinfeld_ later spoofed? Not Chamberlain. DQ. DQ. C 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with C 4. American 5. First name does not start with C 6. Not best known from politics 7. Not born after 1900 8. Has appeared in a movie They haven’t fixed the 502/504 problems yet, I see… ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/19 "2020-06-04T15:09:00Z")
Oops… **C** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with C 4. American 5. First name does not start with C 6. Not best known from politics 7. Not born after 1900 8. Not from prose 9. Not originally the main character 10. Has appeared in a movie ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/20 "2020-06-04T18:11:40Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Yes, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, at Gettysburg Did a political foe say that you “looked at foreign policy through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe”? - Churchill said this of Neville Chamberlain, who was a former mayor Did Meryl Streep play you in a movie which _Seinfeld_ later spoofed? - Lindy Chamberlain: [In Australia, do dingoes really eat babies? - The Straight Dope](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2353/in-australia-do-dingoes-really-eat-babies/) Chamberlain x3! DQs: Created by American(s)? First appeared in a movie? Born after 1800? Antagonist of any kind? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? Were you a longtime CBS TV newsman of the same last name? Were you the hapless PM whom FU brought down? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=2)