# 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:** 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:** [July 3, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/241 "2020-07-03T23:10:45Z")
Does that include or exclude the 3 IQs I asked before you stated this? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/242 "2020-07-04T03:06:53Z")
Exclude, **PP** , because I answered those. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Given that a character in it is based on you, is _The Idle Warriors_ in a way the only book about you written _before_ the event you’re associated with? > 2. Was a joke around 1920s Hollywood “Don’t step on it—it might be” you? > 3. Did you play Khadijah on _Living Single_? Dunno, not Lon Chaney, and not Martin Lawrence. No more IQs, please. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/243 "2020-07-04T17:54:26Z")
IQ: From an HBO series? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/244 "2020-07-04T18:25:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Given that a character in it is based on you, is _The Idle Warriors_ in a way the only book about you written _before_ the event you’re associated with? > > > 2. Was a joke around 1920s Hollywood “Don’t step on it—it might be” you? > > > 3. Did you play Khadijah on _Living Single_? > > Dunno, not Lon Chaney, and not Martin Lawrence. 1 was Lee Harvey Oswald; 3 was Queen Latifah. DQ: show has a contemporary setting? One DQ 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:** [July 5, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/245 "2020-07-05T03:49:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does a statue of you and your sons being attacked by a giant snake appear in the Vatican? > 2. Are you a warrior-king of the Tuatha De Denaan? > 3. Did you write _Solaris_? Did I answer two of these correctly? L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. created after 1954 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American author or authors 6. created after 1989 7. originally from film or TV 8. main character 9. created, in part, by an Irish/Scottish/British/Welsh author or authors 10. not originally from a film 11. first name starts with L 12. created, in part, by an English author or authors (as I assume you meant) 13. created after 2000 14. originally from TV 15. first appeared after 2010 16. protagonist 17. kinda sorta from a genre (SF, cop, &c) TV show 18. would not be alive today if real 19. appeared originally on Cable rather than Network 20. from an HBO series 21. show has a contemporary setting ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/246 "2020-07-05T18:01:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > > 1. Does a statue of you and your sons being attacked by a giant snake appear in the Vatican? > > > 2. Are you a warrior-king of the Tuatha De Denaan? > > > 3. Did you write _Solaris_ ? > > Did I answer two of these correctly? Somethin’ screwy’s goin’ on here. I post answers and they don’t show up. Ah, well. Correct on Laocoon. #2 was Lugh, from Celtic mythology. Correct on Lem. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/247 "2020-07-05T19:14:53Z")
Thanks. Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/248 "2020-07-06T03:32:10Z")
Final DQ: character (not necessarily the actor) is American? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/249 "2020-07-06T03:39:58Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. male 3. created after 1954 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American author or authors 6. created after 1989 7. originally from film or TV 8. main character 9. created, in part, by an Irish/Scottish/British/Welsh author or authors 10. not originally from a film 11. first name starts with L 12. created, in part, by an English author or authors (as I assume you meant) 13. created after 2000 14. originally from TV 15. first appeared after 2010 16. protagonist 17. kinda sorta from a genre (SF, cop, &c) TV show 18. would not be alive today if real 19. appeared originally on Cable rather than Network 20. from an HBO series 21. show has a contemporary setting 22. character (not necessarily the actor) is American ---
**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:** [July 6, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/250 "2020-07-06T22:09:38Z")
I don’t watch that much HBO. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/251 "2020-07-07T00:27:56Z")
I watch veeeery little TV of any kind. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/252 "2020-07-07T20:16:48Z")
Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/253 "2020-07-07T21:03:40Z")
DQ: Are you Lee Sizemore from _Westworld_? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/254 "2020-07-07T21:58:50Z")
Are you Lenny Belardo, AKA Pope Pius XIII from _The Young Pope_? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/255 "2020-07-07T22:18:24Z")
Pass. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/256 "2020-07-08T13:49:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you Lenny Belardo, AKA Pope Pius XIII from _The Young Pope_? Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed **Lenny Belardo** Played by Jude Law in an Emmy-nominated role. > **[The Young Pope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Pope)** > > The Young Pope is a satirical drama television series created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino for Sky Atlantic, HBO, and Canal+. The series stars Jude Law as the disruptive Pope Pius XIII and Diane Keaton as his confidante, Sister Mary, in a Vatican full of intrigues. The series was co-produced by the European production companies Wildside, Haut et Court TV, and Mediapro. > The world premiere of The Young Pope was on 3 September 2016 at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, where the fi... Good job, **DLR**! Please start a new thread for July. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/257 "2020-07-08T14:41:27Z")
Well done, DLR! I’ve heard of _The Young Pope_ but haven’t watched it. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/258 "2020-07-08T14:47:57Z")
Never heard of it. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/259 "2020-07-08T14:52:26Z")
It’s worth a look, as is its sequel series, _The New Pope_. Funny, quirky, sometimes rather surreal, with a great cast and high production values. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923/260 "2020-07-08T16:06:25Z")
I was thrown off a bit by answer 12 (“created, in part, by an English author or authors”), but went for Lenny anyway. Is that a reference to Jude Law’s being English? New thread here: [Botticelli July 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2020/854923.md?page=14)