# Botticelli - June 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 30, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380 "2022-05-30T19:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/41 "2022-06-02T23:31:11Z")
DQ: From _The Life of Brian_? ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/42 "2022-06-02T23:33:12Z")
**B** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name begins with B 4. From a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) 5. Not created by American(s) 6. First appeared after 1970 7. Not a main character 8. Created by Europeans 9. From film 10. First appeared before 1999 11. First appeared before 1985 12. Created by English people 13. From a comedy 14. Appeared in only a single movie 15. Considered a beauty? - unknown - does not appear on-screen; nobody refers to her appearance 16. From a Monty Python film 17. From _The Life of Brian_ ---
**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, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/43 "2022-06-03T00:04:09Z")
Aha! I have… no idea. Brian’s last name was Cohen, wasn’t it? So it couldn’t be his Mum. IQs: 1. Did you play the Penguin on the 1960s TV show _Batman_? 2. Are you the ancient Egyptian cat goddess? 3. Was _Dave’s World_ based on your life? ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/44 "2022-06-03T00:55:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Brian’s last name was Cohen, wasn’t it? So it couldn’t be his Mum. Plus his Mum appeared onscreen (DQ #15) played by Terry Jones > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you play the Penguin on the 1960s TV show _Batman_ ? > 2. Are you the ancient Egyptian cat goddess? > 3. Was _Dave’s World_ based on your life? Not Burgess Meredith DQ Not Dave Barry? ---
**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, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/45 "2022-06-03T17:00:20Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you play the Penguin on the 1960s TV show _Batman_ ? > > > > > 1. Are you the ancient Egyptian cat goddess? > > > 2. Was _Dave’s World_ based on your life? > > Not Burgess Meredith > DQ > Not Dave Barry? Correct, Bast (or Bastet), correct. 1 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:** [June 3, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/46 "2022-06-03T17:15:56Z")
Previous IQs: Did your future wife first see you walking down the street munching on a loaf of bread? - Benjamin Franklin Did you costar in the original _Westworld_? - Yes, Yul Brynner did, although I was thinking of Richard Benjamin Were you depicted in a cartoon wearing your grandfather’s hat, which was much too big for you? - Benjamin Harrison; William Henry Harrison was his grandfather, and the political cartoon was intended to show that he wasn’t up to job as President Benjamin x3! Two DQs reserved. IQ: Were you the wife of Pontius Pilate’s “vewy gweat fwiend in Wome,” Biggus Dickus? ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/47 "2022-06-03T17:24:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the wife of Pontius Pilate’s “vewy gweat fwiend in Wome,” Biggus Dickus? **Yes!!** You know what she’s called? She’s called Incontinentia… **Incontinentia Buttocks!!** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RDVir432pgM/maxresdefault.jpg "She is called Incontinentia Buttocks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVir432pgM) Great job, EH! ---
**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, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/48 "2022-06-03T17:38:44Z")
Classic Python - thanks, **CFOHG**! Next letter to follow later today. ---
**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, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/49 "2022-06-03T18:11:36Z")
An update: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #93 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/93) And our next letter is [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f-iL7k5jhCI/maxresdefault.jpg "Phonics Letter- Z | The Alphabet Songs For Toddlers | ABC Songs For Children by Kids Tv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-iL7k5jhCI) ---
**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, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/50 "2022-06-03T20:13:30Z")
Good job, EH IQs: 1. Were you the only 1st season guest on _The Muppet Show_ to die before the episode was broadcast? 2. Are you part of The Electric Mayhem? 3. Are you a brilliant 17th Century Spanish painter known for your portraits of nuns and martyrs? ---
**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, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/51 "2022-06-04T20:06:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct one of the trailers between the two films of _Grindhouse_ (the one with werewolves in it)? 2. Do you appear in that trailer? 3. Are big floaty things named after you? ---
**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, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/52 "2022-06-04T20:53:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the only 1st season guest on _The Muppet Show_ to die before the episode was broadcast? > 2. Are you part of The Electric Mayhem? > 3. Are you a brilliant 17th Century Spanish painter known for your portraits of nuns and martyrs? Dunno, not Zoot and not Zalasquez. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you direct one of the trailers between the two films of _Grindhouse_ (the one with werewolves in it)? > 2. Do you appear in that trailer? > 3. Are big floaty things named after you? Dunno, dunno and not the Graf von Zeppelin. ---
**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, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/53 "2022-06-04T22:16:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not the Graf von Zeppelin. 1 was Rob Zombie; 2 was Sherri Moon Zombie. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with Z? ---
**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, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/54 "2022-06-06T12:59:13Z")
Z. 1. fictional 2. first name begins with Z ---
**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, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/55 "2022-06-06T14:42:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the only 1st season guest on _The Muppet Show_ to die before the episode was broadcast? > 2. Are you part of The Electric Mayhem? > 3. Are you a brilliant 17th Century Spanish painter known for your portraits of nuns and martyrs? #1 was Zero Mostel. #2 is correct. #3 is Francesco Zurbaran. DQs: 1. Known from film or TV? 2. Male? ---
**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, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/56 "2022-06-06T14:44:27Z")
IQs: 1. Are you, alphabetically speaking, the last menace in the Marvel comic book universe? 2. Are you Ka-Zar’s pet sabretooth tiger? 3. Did Frank Sinatra steal your wife away from you? ---
**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, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/57 "2022-06-06T14:47:40Z")
Not Zedman, Zazzy or Ziggy Winkelbaum. Z. 1. fictional 2. first name begins with Z 3. known from film or TV 4. male ---
**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, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/58 "2022-06-06T14:52:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you, alphabetically speaking, the last menace in the Marvel comic book universe? > 2. Are you Ka-Zar’s pet sabretooth tiger? > 3. Did Frank Sinatra steal your wife away from you? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Zedman, Zazzy or Ziggy Winkelbaum. #1 is Zzzax! #2 is Zabu. #3 was Zeppo Marx. DQs: 1. Created by an American or Americans? 2. Created after 1979? 3. Good guy? ---
**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, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/59 "2022-06-06T15:11:04Z")
Z. 1. fictional 2. first name begins with Z 3. known from film or TV 4. male 5. created by an American or Americans 6. created before 1979 7. good guy ---
**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 6, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/60 "2022-06-06T15:38:24Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a _Blade Runner_ character? 2. Did you create Marijuanaman? 3. Do you get a mention in “Something Ricked This Way Comes” (“Aaah! You’re \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ing me?” “I was \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ing people before \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_’s balls dropped. I’m the devil, beeyotch!”)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=4)