Botticelli June 2023

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

Okay, new IQs:

1. Did you find it impossible to out run a tortoise, if you gave it a head start?
2. Are you a now-banned Doper who famously considered an uninvited handshake equivalent to rape?
3. In the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, did you urge Jesus to “keep them yelling their devotion/ but add a touch of hate at Rome”?

1. I am not Zeno.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Simon Zelotes

Correct on Zeno and Simon Zealotes; No. 2 was the late ZPG Zealot.

DQ:

1. Protagonist of the work in which he appears?

IQs:

1. Did you rescue John McClane when a terrorist forced him to parade through Harlem wearing a racist sign?

2. Were you the straight man to your brothers, though occasionally filling in for your more famous comic elder brother?

3. Were you the original Max Bialystock in the theatrical run of The Producers and Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, as well as originating a more famous role?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with Z
5. Did not originally appear in a prose work.
6. Would be alive today, if real
7. Supporting character to the protagonists

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did you rescue John McClane when a terrorist forced him to parade through Harlem wearing a racist sign?
2. Were you the straight man to your brothers, though occasionally filling in for your more famous comic elder brother?
3. Were you the original Max Bialystock in the theatrical run of The Producers and Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, as well as originating a more famous role?

1. I am not Zeus.
2. I am not Zeppo Marx.
3. I am not Zero Mostel.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did you rescue John McClane when a terrorist forced him to parade through Harlem wearing a racist sign?
2. Were you the straight man to your brothers, though occasionally filling in for your more famous comic elder brother?
3. Were you the original Max Bialystock in the theatrical run of The Producers and Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, as well as originating a more famous role?

1. I am not Zeus.
2. I am not Zeppo Marx.
3. I am not Zero Mostel

Swept again.

IQs:

1. Are some of your followers called Parsees?

2. Is another transliteration of your name now inescapably associated with bone-wielding murderous apes and a enigmatic monolith?

3. Were you the poet and speculative fiction novelist that Neil Gaiman claims as his biggest influence?

[Buck_Godot]

@Buck_Godot

• Are you burnt in effigy each year at the end of the Santa Fe Fiesta.
• Are you a Jewish Comedian who was named Time magazine’s person of the year.
• Did you injure yourself when you tried to take off your underwear without removing your pants.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

#2. I am not Zelenskyy.
Take 2 DQs.

1. Zozobra
2. Correct
3. Derek Zoolander

DQ:
First appeared before 2000?
First appeared in movies?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with Z
5. Did not originally appear in a prose work.
6. Would be alive today, if real
7. Supporting character to the protagonists
8. First appeared before 2000
9. First appeared in movies

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Are some of your followers called Parsees?
2. Is another transliteration of your name now inescapably associated with bone-wielding murderous apes and a enigmatic monolith?
3. Were you the poet and speculative fiction novelist that Neil Gaiman claims as his biggest influence?

1-2. I am not Zarathustra/Zoroaster.
3. I am not Roger Zelazny (??)

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Are some of your followers called Parsees?
2. Is another transliteration of your name now inescapably associated with bone-wielding murderous apes and a enigmatic monolith?
3. Were you the poet and speculative fiction novelist that Neil Gaiman claims as his biggest influence?

1-2. I am not Zarathustra/Zoroaster
3. I am not Roger Zelazny (??)

Correct on all three again! Let us try once again to stump the fiendishly clever Professor…

IQs:

1. Did your ill-considered missive help convince the U.S. government to enter World War I on the Allies’ side?

2. Were you one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures, and the producer of The Prisoner of Zelda?

3. Were you a diplomat who first and last name included the letters z and b (and whose full first, middle, and surname contained a whopping five z’s)?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

You are a pre-1950 movie character. Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville? - Zuzu Bailey, she of the flower petals, in It’s a Wonderful Life
Were you a much-put-upon alien on Babylon 5? - Zathras
Was a Secret Service agent killed during your kidnapping? - Zoey Bartlet, on The West Wing

DQs:

First appeared before 1960?
Good guy?
In a genre film (Western, detective, spies, sf, fantasy, etc.)?

IQs:

Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women on TV?
Were you lobby boy at the Grand Budapest Hotel?
Were you a prominent Ohio social activist?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did your ill-considered missive help convince the U.S. government to enter World War I on the Allies’ side?
2. Were you one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures, and the producer of The Prisoner of Zelda?
3. Were you a diplomat who first and last name included the letters z and b (and whose full first, middle, and surname contained a whopping five z’s)?

1. I am not Zimmerman.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Zbigniew Brzezinky (sp?)

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women on TV?
Were you lobby boy at the Grand Budapest Hotel?
Were you a prominent Ohio social activist?

Take 3 DQs.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with Z
5. Did not originally appear in a prose work.
6. Would be alive today, if real
7. Supporting character to the protagonists
8. First appeared before 2000
9. First appeared in movies
10. First appeared after 1960
11. Good guy
12. In genre films

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women on TV? - Grace Zabriskie, on Twin Peaks (Laura Palmer) and Seinfeld (Susan, George’s fiancee)
Were you lobby boy at the Grand Budapest Hotel? - Zero, in the Wes Anderson movie
Were you a prominent Ohio social activist? - Zelma George

DQs:

Sf/fantasy film?
Films were part of a franchise?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a Mobile Infantry drill instructor?
Did POTUS kneel before you?
Were you prominent Swiss Protestant reformer?

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did your ill-considered missive help convince the U.S. government to enter World War I on the Allies’ side?
2. Were you one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures, and the producer of The Prisoner of Zelda?
3. Were you a diplomat who first and last name included the letters z and b (and whose full first, middle, and surname contained a whopping five z’s)?

1. I am not Zimmerman.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Zbigniew Brzezinky (sp?)

Correct on German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmerman, and the majestically-named Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski.

1 DQ reserved.

IQs:

1. Are you one of the two minor prophets who would qualify for this round of Botticelli?

2. Are you the other?

3. Did you play a medical intern who was tormented by a janitor?

[Buck_Godot]

IQs:

1. Are you a sabre toothed tiger
2. Are you an African warlord who was the subject of a TV miniseries in the 80’s
3. Are you a fantasy and science fiction writer who was accused of abetting child molestation.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with Z
5. Did not originally appear in a prose work.
6. Would be alive today, if real
7. Supporting character to the protagonists
8. First appeared before 2000
9. First appeared in movies
10. First appeared after 1960
11. Good guy
12. In genre films
13. SciFi/Fantasy genre
14. Films are part of a franchise

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Were you a Mobile Infantry drill instructor?
Did POTUS kneel before you?
Were you prominent Swiss Protestant reformer?

#1. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not General Zod.
#3. I am not Ulrich Zwingli.

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Are you one of the two minor prophets who would qualify for this round of Botticelli?
2. Are you the other?
3. Did you play a medical intern who was tormented by a janitor?

1. I am not Zechariah.
2. I am not Zephaniah.
3. Take a DQ.

@Buck_Godot

IQs:

1. Are you a sabre toothed tiger
2. Are you an African warlord who was the subject of a TV miniseries in the 80’s
3. Are you a fantasy and science fiction writer who was accused of abetting child molestation.

1. I am not Zabu.
2. Take a DQ.
3. That was Anne McCaffrey’s writer-husband, if I remember correctly. But no name, so take a DQ.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

I just realized I never gave the answer about the producer of Prisoner of Zenda, and co-founder of Paramount: it was the Hungarian-American Adolf Zukor.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Are you one of the two minor prophets who would qualify for this round of Botticelli?
2. Are you the other?
3. Did you play a medical intern who was tormented by a janitor?

1. I am not Zechariah.
2. I am not Zephaniah.
3. Take a DQ.

Correct and correct. Zach Braff played Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian on [scrubs]; his character was frequently tormented by Neil Flynn’s Janitor.

DQ: Science fiction/fantasy films?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

1. Were you an American theatrical impresario famous for your elaborate revues featuring dancing chorus girls?

2. Were you a silent film actress who successfully made the transition to talkies, and whose fluttery voice was supposedly the inspiration for Olive Oyl’s voice actress?

3. Were you a hard-partying exemplar of the Jazz Age, who died in a mental health facility after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, which modern scholars now believe to have been most likely bipolar disorder?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

DQ: Science fiction/fantasy films?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

1. Were you an American theatrical impresario famous for your elaborate revues featuring dancing chorus girls?
2. Were you a silent film actress who successfully made the transition to talkies, and whose fluttery voice was supposedly the inspiration for Olive Oyl’s voice actress?
3. Were you a hard-partying exemplar of the Jazz Age, who died in a mental health facility after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, which modern scholars now believe to have been most likely bipolar disorder?

See DQ #13 above. Try another DQ.

1. I am not Florenz Ziegfeld.
2. I am not Zasu Pitts (??)
3. I am not Zelda Fitzgerald.

[Buck_Godot]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

• I am not Zabu.
• Take a DQ.
• That was Anne McCaffrey’s writer-husband, if I remember correctly. But no name, so take a DQ.

1. Correct
2. Shaka Zulu
3. I think you’re mixing up McCaffrey with Marion Zimmer Bradley whose husband was a child molester. You can read the dragon rider novels guilt-free.

2 DQ’s reserved