# 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:** 5
**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 10, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/81 "2022-06-10T11:45:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@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. #1 was Queen Zixi of Ix. #2 was Roger Zelany. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. From a series of movies? 2. From a comedy? ---
**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 10, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/82 "2022-06-10T16:35:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did Bert Lahr play you in _The Wizard of Oz_ besides playing the Lion? 2. Did you lead the return of the Jewish people to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity? 3. Did you play Laura Holt in _Remington Steele_? ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/83 "2022-06-10T20:00:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Bert Lahr play you in _The Wizard of Oz_ besides playing the Lion? Dingdingding! Yes, I am # Zeke the Kansas farmhand from _The Wizard of Oz_ and (as I just learned) _Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz_ (2011): [https://poohadventures.fandom.com/wiki/Hunk,\_Hickory,\_and\_Zeke](https://poohadventures.fandom.com/wiki/Hunk,_Hickory,_and_Zeke) Well done, **Prof. P.**! ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/84 "2022-06-10T20:02:59Z")
Thanks. Our next letter (having consulted EH’s useful chart) is [![](https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.IKrQ6HSKDn2MKMobJ3-Q7gHaN6?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.IKrQ6HSKDn2MKMobJ3-Q7gHaN6?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/85 "2022-06-13T17:05:40Z")
IQ1: Are you King Arthur’s father? IQ2: Did you write _The Name of the Rose_? IQ3: Were you the first cinematic “Bond girl”? ---
**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 13, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/86 "2022-06-13T17:34:39Z")
1. I am not Uther Pendragon. 2. I am not Umberto Eco. 3. I am not Ursula Undress, er, Andress. ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/87 "2022-06-13T21:47:52Z")
Sweep! IQ1: Are you a German exchange student at Springfield Elementary? IQ2: Was your catchphrase “Did I do that?” IQ3: Are you Shoeshine Boy’s alter-ego? ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/88 "2022-06-13T22:32:43Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a German exchange student at Springfield Elementary? > IQ2: Was your catchphrase “Did I do that?” > IQ3: Are you Shoeshine Boy’s alter-ego? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Urkel. #3. I am not Underdog. ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/89 "2022-06-13T22:59:52Z")
Üter Zörker from _The Simpsons_ Correct on the other two. 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 13, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/90 "2022-06-13T23:01:09Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/91 "2022-06-14T16:09:53Z")
U it is. IQs: Were you a scheming British Prime Minister? Were you a scheming U.S. President? Did you sing “Scream” and “More”? ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/92 "2022-06-14T17:28:57Z")
IQ1: Were you name checked in a Fall Out Boy song that also sampled The Munsters theme? IQ2: Are you Principal Krupp’s alter-ego? IQ3: Are you notorious for directing terrible film adaptations of video games? ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/93 "2022-06-14T20:46:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a scheming British Prime Minister? > Were you a scheming U.S. President? > Did you sing “Scream” and “More”? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Ulysses S. Grant. #3. I am not Leslie Uggams (??) > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you name checked in a Fall Out Boy song that also sampled The Munsters theme? > IQ2: Are you Principal Krupp’s alter-ego? > IQ3: Are you notorious for directing terrible film adaptations of video games? #1. I am not Uncle Fester (??) #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Uwe Boll. ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/94 "2022-06-14T21:42:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you name checked in a Fall Out Boy song that also sampled The Munsters theme? > > IQ2: Are you Principal Krupp’s alter-ego? > > IQ3: Are you notorious for directing terrible film adaptations of video games? > > #1. I am not Uncle Fester (??) > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Uwe Boll. Uma Thurman, from the song of the same name Captain Underpants - apparently you didn’t have elementary school-age children in the 00s Correct DQs Female? Last name starts with U? ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/95 "2022-06-14T21:50:16Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a scheming British Prime Minister? - Francis Urquhart, in the British _House of Cards_ Were you a scheming U.S. President? - For all his many faults, I don’t think I’ve ever heard Grant described as “scheming” - this was Frank Underwood, in the American _House of Cards_ Did you sing “Scream” and “More”? - The R&B singer Usher DQs: Living? Best known for the Arts? American? IQs: Were you an early UN Secretary-General? Were you a top Kennedy Administration diplomat? Did the Alan Parsons Project have a song about you on their first album? ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/96 "2022-06-14T21:50:51Z")
IQ1: Do you fiddle about? IQ2: Have you played a Roman Emporer, a Belgian detective, and a pirate’s ghost? IQ3: Were you the other guy who organized Live Aid - not Bob Geldolf, the other one? ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/97 "2022-06-15T01:01:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with U 4. Dead 5. Best known for the Arts 6. 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:** [June 15, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/98 "2022-06-15T01:02:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an early UN Secretary-General? > Were you a top Kennedy Administration diplomat? > Did the Alan Parsons Project have a song about you on their first album? #1. I am not U Thant. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Roderick Usher. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do you fiddle about? > IQ2: Have you played a Roman Emporer, a Belgian detective, and a pirate’s ghost? > IQ3: Were you the other guy who organized Live Aid - not Bob Geldolf, the other one? #1. I am not Uncle Ernie. #2. I am not Peter Ustinov. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/99 "2022-06-15T01:25:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Do you fiddle about? > > IQ2: Have you played a Roman Emporer, a Belgian detective, and a pirate’s ghost? > > IQ3: Were you the other guy who organized Live Aid - not Bob Geldolf, the other one? > > #1. I am not Uncle Ernie. > #2. I am not Peter Ustinov. > #3. Take a DQ. Yes, Yes, Midge Ure DQ: Died before 1950? ---
**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 15, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/100 "2022-06-15T04:45:45Z")
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