# 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:** 7
**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 17, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/121 "2022-06-17T18:06:22Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with N ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/122 "2022-06-17T18:06:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you known for your poetry anthologies? > Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go, but knew it was for the best? > Were you Sluggo’s pal in the comics? DQ Not Norbert Not Nancy ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/123 "2022-06-17T18:15:01Z")
Norton, yes and yes. DQ: Living? IQs: Did Jane Fonda play you, oddly enough, in _The Butler_? Early in his career, did Gary Oldman play your abusive boyfriend? Have you been played most recently by a member of a well-known family of actresses? ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/124 "2022-06-17T18:20:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Early in his career, did Gary Oldman play your abusive boyfriend? That was quick. **Yes** , I am **Nancy Spungen** , girlfriend and likely stabbing victim of former Sex Pistol Sid Vicious. (he probably did it accidentally, and the cops didn’t give a shit about pursuing the case after he ODed, but there’s enough reasons to believe it could have been one of their dealers) ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/125 "2022-06-17T18:24:57Z")
Excellent - thanks, **CFOHG**! My other IQs: Did Jane Fonda play you, oddly enough, in _The Butler_? - Nancy Reagan, who was poles apart from her politically Have you been played most recently by a member of a well-known family of actresses? - Nancy Drew, played by Emma Roberts Nancy x3! Our next letter will be, lemme see, how about a # T ---
**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 17, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/126 "2022-06-17T22:08:17Z")
Wow! Well done, EH! IQs: 1. Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor who leered his way through any number of movies in the 1960s? 2. Did C. S. Lewis write you into his Narnia stories as a helpful wizard? 3. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/127 "2022-06-18T04:35:20Z")
Not Terry-Thomas, Tolkien or that actor whose name I always forget. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/128 "2022-06-18T17:52:47Z")
Correct, Correct, and Phil Tead. DQ: Real? And Happy Cake Day! ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/129 "2022-06-19T02:19:46Z")
You, too! T. 1. fictional ---
**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 19, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/130 "2022-06-19T16:00:49Z")
[“Cake Day” refers to the date you joined the board. Discord shows this by putting a piece of cake by your ID. I say that yesterday, so I assumed it was your Cake Day since your birthday’s in September. My Cake Day was in March. FYI.] IQs: 1. Did you run away and join a circus in a Disney movie? 2. Are you a mouse who advised an elephant in a Disney movie? 3. Are you a Buddhist goddess also known as Jetsun Dolma? ---
**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 19, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/131 "2022-06-19T19:34:27Z")
Ah, thanks. Didn’t know that about Cake Day. Not Tom Thumb, not Tiny Tim and dunno. ---
**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 19, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/132 "2022-06-19T20:19:43Z")
#1 was Toby Tyler. #2 was Timothy in _Dumbo_. #3 is Tara. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with T? 3. Originally from a film or TV? ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/133 "2022-06-20T17:17:07Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not originally from a film or TV ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/134 "2022-06-20T21:14:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you lead one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in American history? 2. Didst thou slay Mercutio? 3. Did you write _Venus on the Half-Shell_? ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/135 "2022-06-21T00:31:35Z")
IQ1: Are you a cat that believes it can drive? IQ2: Were you featured as a heavy in several Ed Wood films? IQ3: Did you write _The Joy Luck Club_? ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/136 "2022-06-21T16:42:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you lead one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in American history? > 2. Didst thou slay Mercutio? > 3. Did you write _Venus on the Half-Shell_? Not Nat Turner, not Tybalt and not Jim Thompson. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a cat that believes it can drive? > IQ2: Were you featured as a heavy in several Ed Wood films? > IQ3: Did you write _The Joy Luck Club_? Not Toonces (he _can_ drive, just, uh, not very well), Tor Johnson or Amy Tan. ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/137 "2022-06-21T16:48:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you lead one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in American history? > > 2. Didst thou slay Mercutio? > > 3. Did you write _Venus on the Half-Shell_? > > Not Nat Turner, not Tybalt and not Jim Thompson. Correct, Correct and Kilgore Trout. DQ: Originally from a work of prose fiction? ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/138 "2022-06-21T16:51:38Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Monkee? 2. Were you the dirty old man on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? 3. Did you write a 12-volume _Story of History_? ---
**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 21, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/139 "2022-06-21T16:58:24Z")
Not Peter Torg, Thomas or A.J.P. Taylor. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. not originally from a film or TV 5. originally from a work of prose fiction ---
**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 21, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/140 "2022-06-21T17:35:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Monkee? > 2. Were you the dirty old man on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? > 3. Did you write a 12-volume _Story of History_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Peter Torg, Thomas or A.J.P. Taylor. #1. Correct on Peter Tork. #2. was Tyrone F. Horneigh (played by Arte Johnson). #3. was Arnold Toynbee. DQs: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. Created after 1949? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=8)