# Botticelli June 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-06-01T14:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/221 "2023-06-22T17:22:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you write _Metamorphoses_? > > 2. Did you play Will Turner in a series of movies? > > 3. Did you play Sabrina opposite Harrison Ford? > > Not Ovid > Not Orlando Bloom > Take a DQ Correct, correct, and Julia Ormond. DQ: Last name starts with O? ---
**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, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/222 "2023-06-22T17:28:45Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/223 "2023-06-22T17:45:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Are you the protagonist of a 1954 French erotic novel, and later film, inspired by de Sade? > > 2. Are you a U.K.-based comedian, often called “Britain’s most beloved Irishman”? > > 3. Were you a pharmacist, bank clerk, and convicted embezzler, famous for your short stories that usually featured surprise endings? > > Not O, from _The Story of O_ > DQ > Not O. Henry Correct for O and O. Henry. No. 2 was [Dara Ó Briain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_%C3%93_Briain). D.Q.: From a literary work? I.Q.s: 1. Were you a Church Father, a hugely influential theologian of early Christianity, author of more than 2,000 treatises? 2. Did you co-star in a film with an actor who had stayed up for 72 hours to replicate his character doing that, and suggest to him, “My dear boy, why don’t you try _acting_?” 3. Were you the second son of the Earl of Airlie, famous for marrying Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent? ---
**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, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/224 "2023-06-22T17:48:18Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work ---
**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, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/225 "2023-06-22T17:49:12Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Were you a Church Father, a hugely influential theologian of early Christianity, author of more than 2,000 treatises? > 2. Did you co-star in a film with an actor who had stayed up for 72 hours to replicate his character doing that, and suggest to him, “My dear boy, why don’t you try _acting_?” > 3. Were you the second son of the Earl of Airlie, famous for marrying Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent? Take a DQ Not Laurence Olivier, to Dustin Hoffman while filming _Marathon Man_ Another DQ ---
**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, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/226 "2023-06-22T19:18:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Olive Oyl’s mom? 2. Are you Olive Oyl’s brother? 3. Are you Olive Oyl’s dad? Obviously, just answering “Oyl” with no first name is right out. ---
**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, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/227 "2023-06-22T19:29:53Z")
As is the number five. Previous IQs: Was a college named after you, an Alsatian pastor and peacemaker? - Yes, Johann Friedrich Oberlin Were you a nude organist? - Onan, played by, yes, Terry Jones, on _Monty Python_ Were you the brave little hero of _The Point_ ? - Oblio/Obie DQs: American? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony? Does Maurice LaMarche often do your voice? Have you become a SDMB meme, especially in the Made-Up Band Name thread? ---
**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, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/228 "2023-06-22T19:43:08Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work 5. Not American 6. Would be alive today, if real ---
**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, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/229 "2023-06-22T19:44:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you Olive Oyl’s mom? > 2. Are you Olive Oyl’s brother? > 3. Are you Olive Oyl’s dad? 3 Oyly DQ for you > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony? > Does Maurice LaMarche often do your voice? > Have you become a SDMB meme, especially in the Made-Up Band Name thread? Take 2 DQs Not (Hi) Opal ---
**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, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/230 "2023-06-22T20:00:59Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you Olive Oyl’s mom? > > 2. Are you Olive Oyl’s brother? > > 3. Are you Olive Oyl’s dad? > > 3 Oyly DQ for you Mom is Nana Oyl; Brother is Castor Oyl; Dad is Cole Oil. DQs: DQs: 1. Written after 1900? 2. European author? 3. Protagonist? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/231 "2023-06-22T20:02:10Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Were you a Church Father, a hugely influential theologian of early Christianity, author of more than 2,000 treatises? > > 2. Did you co-star in a film with an actor who had stayed up for 72 hours to replicate his character doing that, and suggest to him, “My dear boy, why don’t you try _acting_?” > > 3. Were you the second son of the Earl of Airlie, famous for marrying Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent? > > Take a DQ > Not Laurence Olivier, to Dustin Hoffman while filming _Marathon Man_ > Another DQ 1. was the second century C.E. theologian [Origen of Alexandria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origen). 2. was indeed Lawrence Olivier, speaking to Dustin Hoffman (who apparently later said that his method acting in that instance was a result of an epic partying binge). 3. was Sir Angus Ogilvy, banker and businessman. D.Q.s 1. Protagonist of his work? 2. From genre fiction? I.Q.s: 1. Are you the eponymous hero of an iconic novel of Russian literature by Alexsandr Pushkin? 2. Were you the villain of the first vampire movie, and the first vampire to die from exposure to the sun, rather than simply be weakened by it? 3. Do you want some more? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/232 "2023-06-22T21:27:18Z")
IQs 1. Did you found the colony of Georgia? 2. Were you the subject of the memoir “Naked came I”? 3. Can you transform into a big rig? ---
**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, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/233 "2023-06-22T21:54:50Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work 5. Not American 6. Would be alive today, if real 7. Written after 1900 8. European author 9. Protagonist 10. From genre fiction @Slow_Moving_Vehicle, your first DQ is a repeat. Go ahead and ask another ---
**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, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/234 "2023-06-22T21:58:01Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Are you the eponymous hero of an iconic novel of Russian literature by Alexsandr Pushkin? > 2. Were you the villain of the first vampire movie, and the first vampire to die from exposure to the sun, rather than simply be weakened by it? > 3. Do you want some more? Take a DQ Not Count Orlock, from _Nosferatu_ Not Oliver Twist > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Did you found the colony of Georgia? > 2. Were you the subject of the memoir “Naked came I”? > 3. Can you transform into a big rig? 2 DQs for you Not Optimus Prime ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/235 "2023-06-22T22:17:09Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Did you found the colony of Georgia? > > 2. Were you the subject of the memoir “Naked came I”? > > 3. Can you transform into a big rig? > > 2 DQs for you > Not Optimus Prime 1. James Oglethorpe 2. Opus the Penguin (titled by Milo Bloom) DQ: 1. From Science fiction of fantasy 2. From book originally written in English language ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/236 "2023-06-22T22:49:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Are you the eponymous hero of an iconic novel of Russian literature by Alexsandr Pushkin? > > 2. Were you the villain of the first vampire movie, and the first vampire to die from exposure to the sun, rather than simply be weakened by it? > > 3. Do you want some more? > > Take a DQ > Not Count Orlock, from _Nosferatu_ > Not Oliver Twist Correct on Count Orlok and Oliver Twist. No. 1 was Eugene Onegin. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > @Slow_Moving_Vehicle, your first DQ is a repeat. Go ahead and ask another Thanks. I got ninja’d by the Prof. DQs reserved until the answer to **Buck** ’s last DQs. IQs: 1. Are you the most famous motherfucker in literature? 2. Were you a Nobel Prize-winning playwright who was one of the first to use vernacular American speech in your works? 3. Were you a Medal of Honor-winning Union general, who headed the Freedman’s Bureau during Reconstruction, and founder of one of the oldest and most prestigious HBCUs? ---
**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, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/237 "2023-06-22T22:54:21Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work 5. Not American 6. Would be alive today, if real 7. Written after 1900 8. European author 9. Protagonist 10. From genre fiction 11. From Science fiction or fantasy 12. From book originally written in English language ---
**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, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/238 "2023-06-22T22:55:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Are you the most famous motherfucker in literature? > 2. Were you a Nobel Prize-winning playwright who was one of the first to use vernacular American speech in your works? > 3. Were you a Medal of Honor-winning Union general, who headed the Freedman’s Bureau during Reconstruction, and founder of one of the oldest and most prestigious HBCUs? Not Oedipus Not Eugene O’Neill DQ ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/239 "2023-06-22T23:07:53Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Are you the most famous motherfucker in literature? > > 2. Were you a Nobel Prize-winning playwright who was one of the first to use vernacular American speech in your works? > > 3. Were you a Medal of Honor-winning Union general who headed the Freedman’s Bureau during Reconstruction, and founder of one of the oldest and most prestigious HBCUs? > > Not Oedipus > Not Eugene O’Neill > DQ Correct, correct, and the last was O.O. Howard, the namesake of Howard University. DQs: 1. Comic character? 2. Urban fantasy? 3. 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 22, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/240 "2023-06-22T23:15:18Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work 5. Not American 6. Would be alive today, if real 7. Written after 1900 8. European author 9. Protagonist 10. From genre fiction 11. From Science fiction or fantasy 12. From book originally written in English language 13. Not a comic character 14. Urban fantasy 15. Male author [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=13)