# 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:** 8
**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, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/141 "2022-06-21T17:58:14Z")
IQ1: Were you the demon barber of Fleet Street? IQ2: Were you a member of Nazz and Utopia? IQ3: Did a telephone poll determine that the Joker would kill 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 21, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/142 "2022-06-21T19:10:07Z")
Not Sweeney Todd, Terence Trent D’arby or Inspector T. Gordon. 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 6. created by an American author or authors 7. created after 1949 ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/143 "2022-06-21T20:01:29Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the demon barber of Fleet Street? > IQ2: Were you a member of Nazz and Utopia? > IQ3: Did a telephone poll determine that the Joker would kill you? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Sweeney Todd, Terence Trent D’arby or Inspector T. Gordon. Correct Todd Rundgren Jason Todd (the replacement Robin who DC killed off after a reader poll voted to do so (Like almost all comics characters, he got better) Toddx3 DQs: Main character? Would be alive today, if 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 21, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/144 "2022-06-21T20:47:07Z")
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 6. created by an American author or authors 7. created after 1949 8. main character 9. might still be alive today, if 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 21, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/145 "2022-06-21T21:01:59Z")
IQs: 1. Are you known for starting sentences with “I pity the fool…”? 2. Were you a blind seer who had been both male and female during various parts of his life? 3. Did you play Jesus at a bowling alley? ---
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/146 "2022-06-21T22:44:20Z")
IQ1: Are you half of a fictional flatulent Canadian comedy team? IQ2: Can you shine with Dick Hallorann? IQ3: Are you IQ2’s alcoholic father? ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/147 "2022-06-22T18:29:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you known for starting sentences with “I pity the fool…”? > 2. Were you a blind seer who had been both male and female during various parts of his life? > 3. Did you play Jesus at a bowling alley? Not Mr. T, dunno, and not John “Don’t fuck with The Jesus” Turturro > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you half of a fictional flatulent Canadian comedy team? > IQ2: Can you shine with Dick Hallorann? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s alcoholic father? Not Toot, not the Torrance boy, and not Jack Torrance ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/148 "2022-06-22T18:55:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you known for starting sentences with “I pity the fool…”? > > 2. Were you a blind seer who had been both male and female during various parts of his life? > > 3. Did you play Jesus at a bowling alley? > > Not Mr. T, dunno, and not John “Don’t fuck with The Jesus” Turturro Correct, Tiresias, and correct. DQ: Also 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 22, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/149 "2022-06-22T18:58:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an American painter/photographer often mentioned alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg? 2. Did Roo ask you to bounce him? 3. Were you stuck on Gilligan’s Island? ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/150 "2022-06-22T19:39:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you half of a fictional flatulent Canadian comedy team? > > IQ2: Can you shine with Dick Hallorann? > > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s alcoholic father? > > Not Toot, not the Torrance boy, and not Jack Torrance Terrance of \*South Park’\*s Terrance and Phillip Correct on both Torrances (the boy is Danny) DQ: Created after 1985? ---
**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 22, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/151 "2022-06-22T20:04:35Z")
IQ2: Did you document your life and opinions in a cock and bull story? IQ2: Did you come between Augustus and Caligula? IQ3: Was Jerry Falwell convinced you were a gay role model because you were purple and carried a handbag? ---
**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 22, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/152 "2022-06-22T21:58:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an American painter/photographer often mentioned alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg? > 2. Did Roo ask you to bounce him? > 3. Were you stuck on Gilligan’s Island? Dunno, not Tigger, and neither The Professor nor Tina Louise. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ2: Did you document your life and opinions in a cock and bull story? > IQ2: Did you come between Augustus and Caligula? > IQ3: Was Jerry Falwell convinced you were a gay role model because you were purple and carried a handbag? Dunno, not Tiberius, and not Tinky Winky. 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 6. created by an American author or authors 7. created after 1949 8. main character 9. might still be alive today, if real 10. not also from a movie 11. created before 1985 ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/153 "2022-06-22T22:43:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you an American painter/photographer often mentioned alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg? > > 2. Did Roo ask you to bounce him? > > 3. Were you stuck on Gilligan’s Island? > > Dunno, not Tigger, and neither The Professor nor Tina Louise. #1 was Cy Twombly. #2 is correct. #3 is Thurston Howell III. I wouldn’t count “The” unless there was no better alternative, and Tina wasn’t trapped on the island, her character Ginger was. DQ: From a mystery/detective novel? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/154 "2022-06-22T23:09:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ2: Did you document your life and opinions in a cock and bull story? > > IQ2: Did you come between Augustus and Caligula? > > IQ3: Was Jerry Falwell convinced you were a gay role model because you were purple and carried a handbag? > > Dunno, not Tiberius, and not Tinky Winky Tristram Shandy, title character of the 18th-century novel Yes, Yes DQ: From a single work? (As opposed to a series) ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/155 "2022-06-23T12:18:52Z")
The Professor was given no other name officially, IIRC. I think it’s a valid answer, but I will accept the vote of the players. ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/156 "2022-06-23T12:20:19Z")
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 6. created by an American author or authors 7. created after 1949 8. main character 9. might still be alive today, if real 10. not also from a movie 11. created before 1985 12. not from a mystery/detective novel 13. from a single 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 23, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/157 "2022-06-23T16:12:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Professor was given no other name officially, IIRC. I think it’s a valid answer, but I will accept the vote of the players. IMDB lists that character as Professor Roy Hinckley. ---
**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 23, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/158 "2022-06-23T19:44:47Z")
My vote is a split decision. I would say “The” in “The Professor” is a definitive article and not part of his name, but I would have accepted Tina Louise, and rephrased by calling out character specifically. Do with that what you will. ---
**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 23, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/159 "2022-06-23T20:18:35Z")
I’ll drop it. IQs: 1. Are you (ostensibly) a musical artist frequently mentioned in the Made-Up Band Name thread here at the SDMB? 2. Were you the first Black Supreme Court Justice? 3. Did Andy Griffith play you on _The Andy Griffith Show_? ---
**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 23, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/160 "2022-06-23T21:05:39Z")
Heh. Not Tami, Clarence Thomas or Sheriff (Andy?) Taylor [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=9)