# Botticelli - June 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330 "2021-06-01T03:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/81 "2021-06-04T13:41:30Z")
See DQ8. ---
**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 4, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/82 "2021-06-04T13:45:35Z")
Ah. Misread it. DQ: Originally from prose fiction? ---
**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, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/83 "2021-06-04T13:48:26Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with L 3. male 4. would not be alive today, if real 5. not created by an American author or authors 6. created after 1950 7. main character 8. not originally from movies/TV 9. originally from prose fiction ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/84 "2021-06-04T19:00:01Z")
IQs 1. Was your high school nickname Moony? 2. Did you end up in St. Mungo’s due to a wand incident? 3. Were you the publisher of a fantastical magazine? ---
**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, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/85 "2021-06-04T19:05:18Z")
Not Prof. Laupin (sp?), not Luna Lovegood, and not her dad Xenophilius Lovegood. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/86 "2021-06-04T19:09:32Z")
> Not Prof. Laupin (sp?), not Luna Lovegood, and not her dad Xenophilius Lovegood. Yes (Lupin), Gilderoy Lockhart, Yes DQ: British creator? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/87 "2021-06-04T22:06:24Z")
IQ1: Were you a teenage werewolf in the 1950s? IQ2: Have you sung with members of Queen in the last decade? IQ3: Were you a long-haired bespectacled member of the Lone Gunmen? ---
**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 4, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/88 "2021-06-04T22:14:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I never saw that movie, **DLR** - what was the Lincoln reference, please? “Hey, Blinkin!” “Did you say Abe Lincoln?..” IQs: IQ1: Is a mathematical Rule named after you? IQ2: Were you a holographic iguana who only spoke off-camera? IQ3: Were you the L in TLC? ---
**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 5, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/89 "2021-06-05T00:08:38Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you a teenage werewolf in the 1950s? > IQ2: Have you sung with members of Queen in the last decade? > IQ3: Were you a long-haired bespectacled member of the Lone Gunmen? Not Michael Landon, dunno, and not Langley. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > …“Hey, Blinkin!” > “Did you say Abe Lincoln?..” > > IQs: > IQ1: Is a mathematical Rule named after you? > IQ2: Were you a holographic iguana who only spoke off-camera? > IQ3: Were you the L in TLC? Ah, thanks for the Blinkin explanation. Not LaGrange, dunno and not Loving. L. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with L 3. male 4. would not be alive today, if real 5. not created by an American author or authors 6. created after 1950 7. main character 8. not originally from movies/TV 9. originally from prose fiction 10. British creator ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/90 "2021-06-05T00:28:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you a teenage werewolf in the 1950s? > > > IQ2: Have you sung with members of Queen in the last decade? > > > IQ3: Were you a long-haired bespectacled member of the Lone Gunmen? > > Not Michael Landon, dunno, and not Langley. Correct, Adam Lambert, correct DQ: Created after 1980? Previously held DQ: Appeared in screen adaptation of prose work? ---
**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 5, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/91 "2021-06-05T03:21:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not LaGrange, dunno and not Loving. 1: Well, I found references to something called the “LaGrange rule”, so I _guess_ that counts. 2 was Leonard, from a _Star Trek: Voyager_ episode. 3 was Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. 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 5, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/92 "2021-06-05T04:35:11Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with L 3. male 4. would not be alive today, if real 5. not created by an American author or authors 6. created after 1950 7. main character 8. not originally from movies/TV 9. originally from prose fiction 10. British creator 11. created before 1980 12. appeared in a screen adaptation of prose work ---
**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 5, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/93 "2021-06-05T11:50:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you discover Pluto? 2. Did you appear onstage with Elton John under the name Winston O’Boogie? 3. Were Hush Puppy and Charley Horse your friends? ---
**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 5, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/94 "2021-06-05T16:00:42Z")
IQs: 1. Were you able to play piano and sing along while playing and write songs AND write satire AND teach mathematics, though you’re now retired? 2. Soon to appear in the entirely unneeded _Space Jam_ sequel, are you a former Cleveland Cavalier and current LA Laker who plays the position of small forward (ironic, given that you’re 6’9’’)? 3. Are you well-known in the world of image processing, given that a cropped pinup photo of you has been used as a test image since 1973? DQs: 1. from an obviously-identifiable genre (e.g. mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, western, etc.)? 2. created after 1970? ---
**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 5, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/95 "2021-06-05T18:39:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you discover Pluto? > 2. Did you appear onstage with Elton John under the name Winston O’Boogie? > 3. Were Hush Puppy and Charley Horse your friends? Not Percival Lowell, John Lennon (was that onstage, or just in the studio, I thought?) and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you able to play piano and sing along while playing and write songs AND write satire AND teach mathematics, though you’re now retired? > 2. Soon to appear in the entirely unneeded _Space Jam_ sequel, are you a former Cleveland Cavalier and current LA Laker who plays the position of small forward (ironic, given that you’re 6’9’')? > 3. Are you well-known in the world of image processing, given that a cropped pinup photo of you has been used as a test image since 1973? Not the great Tom Lehrer or LeBron James and dunno. L. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with L 3. male 4. would not be alive today, if real 5. not created by an American author or authors 6. created after 1950 7. main character 8. not originally from movies/TV 9. originally from prose fiction 10. British creator 11. created before 1980 12. appeared in a screen adaptation of prose work 13. from an obviously-identifiable genre (e.g. mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, western, etc.) 14. created before 1970 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/96 "2021-06-05T23:11:16Z")
IQ1: Are you James Bond’s frequent CIA contact? IQ2: Are you the spy who came in from the cold? ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/97 "2021-06-06T04:26:34Z")
I’m not the CIA’s own Felix Leiter, but I am indeed # Alec Leamas The title character from John le Carre’s famous 1963 book, and the later movie based on it: [The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spy_Who_Came_in_from_the_Cold) Well done, **CFOHG**! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/98 "2021-06-06T16:51:46Z")
Congratulations @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness! ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/99 "2021-06-06T19:41:28Z")
Good job, **Chock**! It’s been too long since I read it; I’d never have come up with the name. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/100 "2021-06-06T21:53:49Z")
Watched the Richard Burton film about a year ago. My brain went from Leiter to Bond to Smiley to le Carre to Burton to Leamas. Would not remembered the first name. Next up. I am **Y** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=6)