# 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:** 9
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/161 "2022-06-23T21:14:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Heh. Not Tami, Clarence Thomas or Sheriff (Andy?) Taylor Correct on Tami. Unless my memory is worse than I thought, #2 was Thurgood Marshall. Correct on Andy Taylor. 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 23, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/162 "2022-06-23T21:17:55Z")
IQ1: Do you want to work up the nerve to call 867-5309? IQ2: Did a copy of your speech in your jacket pocket save you from an assassination attempt? IQ3: Did you travel with your cousin Merry? ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/163 "2022-06-24T18:40:51Z")
Oh, of course - obviously I’m thinking _’way_ too much about Justice Thomas lately. Not Tommy Tutone, Theodore Roosevelt or Peregrin “Fool of a” Took. ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/164 "2022-06-24T21:23:07Z")
DQ: From a book that won a major literary prize? ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/165 "2022-06-24T23:39:33Z")
Sweep! IQ1: Are you an unintelligible superhero whose weapon is the belt yo daddy gave you on his deathbed? IQ2: Did one of your creations declare he wanted more life, fucker? IQ3: Were you a US Vice President who ascended to the presidency after a mere 30 days ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/166 "2022-06-25T20:55:45Z")
Not the Tick, Dr. Eldon Tyrell or John Tyler. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/167 "2022-06-25T20:57:26Z")
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 14. not from a book that won a major literary prize ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/168 "2022-06-25T22:17:35Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played a one-legged pirate, a butler and the head of an odd but aristocratic family? 2. Did you have a hit with _Private Dancer_? 3. Were you known as “the Bard of Bengal”? ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/169 "2022-06-26T15:59:33Z")
Dunno, not Tina Turner 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 26, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/170 "2022-06-26T17:30:59Z")
#1 was Tim Curry (Muppet Treasure Island, Clue and a movie remake of The Addams Family that bombed). #2 is correct. #3 is Nobel-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore. DQs: 1. Created after 1970? 2. From a work by a male author? ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/171 "2022-06-26T22:47:42Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you an unintelligible superhero whose weapon is the belt yo daddy gave you on his deathbed? > IQ2: Did one of your creations declare he wanted more life, fucker? > IQ3: Were you a US Vice President who ascended to the presidency after a mere 30 days > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not the Tick, Dr. Eldon Tyrell or John Tyler. No belt in the Tick’s origin story. #1 was Pootie Tang, which on second thought, you should be proud you don’t know that. Correct Correct DQ: From a work in the science fiction or fantasy genre? ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/172 "2022-06-27T14:03:18Z")
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 14. not from a book that won a major literary prize 15. created after 1970 16. from a work by a male author 17. from a work arguably in the science fiction or fantasy genre ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/173 "2022-06-27T16:10:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Lurch on the original _The Addams Family_? 2. Did you win a Tony for starring in _The Unsinkable Molly Brown_? 3. Were you the protagonist of the last Discworld novel? ---
**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 27, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/174 "2022-06-27T18:43:53Z")
Not Ted Cassidy, not Thelma Ritter 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 28, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/175 "2022-06-28T14:51:37Z")
Correct on Ted. #2 was Tammy Grimes. #3 is Tiffany Aching. DQ: From a work of science fiction? 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 28, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/176 "2022-06-28T18:05:08Z")
IQ1: Did no one get around to finding you after being trapped in a mine that had caved in? IQ2: Are you a stop-motion expert who recently released your own project, after having worked on _Empire Strikes Back_, _Robocop_, and _Jurassic Park_? IQ3: Did you invent a shocking mainstay of science museums? ---
**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 28, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/177 "2022-06-28T21:50:45Z")
Not Timmy, dunno, and not Tsiolkovsky. 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 14. not from a book that won a major literary prize 15. created after 1970 16. from a work by a male author 17. from a work arguably in the science fiction or fantasy genre 18. kinda sorta from a work of science fiction No more IQs, please. Please ask any earned DQs by noon EST Thursday. ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/178 "2022-06-28T22:16:22Z")
DQ: Human? ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/179 "2022-06-29T00:28:21Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did no one get around to finding you after being trapped in a mine that had caved in? > IQ2: Are you a stop-motion expert who recently released your own project, after having worked on _Empire Strikes Back_, _Robocop_, and _Jurassic Park_? > IQ3: Did you invent a shocking mainstay of science museums? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Timmy, dunno, and not Tsiolkovsky. I was thinking Timothy from the Buoys’ hit song about cannibalism , but Lassie’s friend works just as well. Phil Tippett Nikola Tesla Holding 2 DQs ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380/180 "2022-06-29T13:47:38Z")
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 14. not from a book that won a major literary prize 15. created after 1970 16. from a work by a male author 17. from a work arguably in the science fiction or fantasy genre 18. kinda sorta from a work of science fiction 19. human [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2022/965380.md?page=10)