# 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:** 4
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/61 "2022-06-06T15:44:55Z")
I’m not Zora, dunno and dunno (although I _should_ know the _RAM_ reference). ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/62 "2022-06-06T16:21:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Zora, dunno and dunno (although I _should_ know the _RAM_ reference). Correct on Zhora; 2 was Ziggy Marley; 3 was Mark Zuckerberg. DQs: 1. from TV? 2. first appeared after 1965? ---
**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, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/63 "2022-06-06T17:00:25Z")
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 8. not from TV 9. first appeared before 1965 ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/64 "2022-06-06T19:19:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you first appear in the serialized novel _The Curse of Capistrano_? 2. Have you been portrayed by both Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in the same movie? 3. Are you a recently deceased accordion player who was one of the leading successful artists in your genre? ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/65 "2022-06-06T19:28:43Z")
IQs: 1. Were you in _The Phantom_? 2. Were you told to listen to your friend the above person, he’s a cool dude? 3. Did you play Tess in the short-lived 1990 sitcom _Normal Life_, a show loosely inspired by your real-life family–and more conventional than one would expect, given who your father was? ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/66 "2022-06-07T18:03:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you first appear in the serialized novel _The Curse of Capistrano_? > 2. Have you been portrayed by both Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in the same movie? > 3. Are you a recently deceased accordion player who was one of the leading successful artists in your genre? Dunno, not Zed and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you in _The Phantom_? > 2. Were you told to listen to your friend the above person, he’s a cool dude? > 3. Did you play Tess in the short-lived 1990 sitcom _Normal Life_, a show loosely inspired by your real-life family–and more conventional than one would expect, given who your father was? Not Billy Zane, and Derek Zoolander and dunno. ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/67 "2022-06-07T18:19:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Billy Zane, and Derek Zoolander and dunno. 1 and 2 were correct; 3 was Moon Unit Zappa. DQ: first appeared before 1940? ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/68 "2022-06-07T18:38:30Z")
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 8. not from TV 9. first appeared before 1965 10. first appeared before 1940 ---
**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 7, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/69 "2022-06-07T21:40:46Z")
IQ1: Did Richard Strauss compose a tone poem based on Nietzsche’s novel about you? IQ2: Are you a comic strip title character’s ex-wife’s new husband, also known as Uncle Stupidhead? IQ3: Are you a Lasat member of the _Ghost’s_ crew? ---
**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 7, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/70 "2022-06-07T21:56:05Z")
Not Zarathustra (love that piece - more people should listen beyond the _2001_-familiar opening!), Zippy or Zeb. ---
**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 7, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/71 "2022-06-07T22:32:45Z")
Yes Zeke - JJ’s ex-boyfriend, then boyfriend, now husband in _Doonesbury_ Yes DQ: From the silent film era? ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/72 "2022-06-08T01:02:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you first appear in the serialized novel _The Curse of Capistrano_ ? > > > 2. Have you been portrayed by both Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in the same movie? > > > 3. Are you a recently deceased accordion player who was one of the leading successful artists in your genre? > > Dunno, not Zed and dunno. #1 was Zorro. #2 is Zed, correct. #3 was Buckwheat Zydeco. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/73 "2022-06-08T01:23:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 2. Have you been portrayed by both Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in the same movie? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Zed and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2 is Zed, correct. This _isn’t_ correct–Zed was played by Rip Torn, in _Men in Black_. Jones and Brolin (in _Men in Black III_) played K. ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/74 "2022-06-08T13:19:48Z")
Ah, thanks. We both knew what we were talking about! 😉 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 8. not from TV 9. first appeared before 1965 10. first appeared before 1940 11. not from the silent film era ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/75 "2022-06-08T15:00:07Z")
Yep, I was wrong. DQ: Originally from 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 9, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/76 "2022-06-09T16:54:00Z")
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 8. not from TV 9. first appeared before 1965 10. first appeared before 1940 11. not from the silent film era 12. originally from a movie ---
**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 9, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/77 "2022-06-09T18:13:47Z")
DQ: Main character? IQs: 1. Did you rule Ix in books by L. Frank Baum? 2. Did you write _A Night in the Lonesome October_? 3. Did Woody Allen play you, “the Human Chameleon”? ---
**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 9, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/78 "2022-06-09T18:27:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did Woody Allen play you, an ant? 2. Are you a bad, wicked, naughty resident of Castle Anthrax? 3. Did you write _A People’s History of the United States_? ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/79 "2022-06-09T22:06:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you rule Ix in books by L. Frank Baum? > 2. Did you write _A Night in the Lonesome October_? > 3. Did Woody Allen play you, “the Human Chameleon”? Not Zara, Zane Grey or Zelig. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Woody Allen play you, an ant? > 2. Are you a bad, wicked, naughty resident of Castle Anthrax? > 3. Did you write _A People’s History of the United States_? Not Zed, Zoot or Zinn! 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 8. not from TV 9. first appeared before 1965 10. first appeared before 1940 11. not from the silent film era 12. originally from a movie 13. not the main character ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/80 "2022-06-09T23:52:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Zed, Zoot or Zinn! 1 was Z (in _Antz_); correct on 2; correct on Howard Zinn. DQ: minor character associated with protagonist? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=5)