# Botticelli - June 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 30, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278 "2024-05-30T15:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/1 "2024-05-30T15:51:37Z")
Since it’s the penultimate day of May, I’ll start a new thread for June. I am **V**! ---
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/2 "2024-05-30T15:58:30Z")
Link to last month’s thread: [Botticelli - May 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159) And to the updated letters used thread: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #120 by Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/120) ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/3 "2024-05-31T15:25:18Z")
Congrats, **SMV**! IQs: Were you an early king in Middle-earth? Did you once play an official on Risa? Did Picard meet you while taking shore leave on Risa? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/4 "2024-05-31T15:30:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? 2. Were you the Father of Op Art? 3. Is there a museum in downtown Indianapolis devoted exclusively to you and your writings? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/5 "2024-05-31T16:38:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you escape a Nazi concentration camp and later fly to Portugal with the help of letters of transit? 2. Did you play the character who was looking for those letters of transit? 3. Were you the flight engineer on Trans American Flight 209? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/6 "2024-05-31T20:32:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an early king in Middle-earth? > Did you once play an official on Risa? > Did Picard meet you while taking shore leave on Risa? IQs: 1. I am not…Valarian V. Violet. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not…Vash? Remember the episode – Riker set Picard up with the Risan “Hey, I’m horny!” statue - but not the character’s name. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? > 2. Were you the Father of Op Art? > 3. Is there a museum in downtown Indianapolis devoted exclusively to you and your writings? 1. I am not Vermeer. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Kurt Vonnegut > [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you escape a Nazi concentration camp and later fly to Portugal with the help of letters of transit? > 2. Did you play the character who was looking for those letters of transit? > 3. Were you the flight engineer on Trans American Flight 209? 1. I am not Victor Laszlo. 2. I am not … Victor Mature. 3. I am not Victor von Confusing-Finale. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/7 "2024-05-31T20:53:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you escape a Nazi concentration camp and later fly to Portugal with the help of letters of transit? > > 2. Did you play the character who was looking for those letters of transit? > > 3. Were you the flight engineer on Trans American Flight 209? > > 1. I am not Victor Laszlo. > 2. I am not … Victor Mature. > 3. I am not Victor von Confusing-Finale. Correct on #1. #2 was Conrad Veidt, who played Major Strasser. #3 was Victor Basta, occupying the third seat in the cockpit in _Airplane!_. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/8 "2024-05-31T23:51:40Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? > > 2. Were you the Father of Op Art? > > 3. Is there a museum in downtown Indianapolis devoted exclusively to you and your writings? > > 1. I am not Vermeer. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Kurt Vonnegut Correct, Victor Vasarely, correct. DQ: Last name starts with V? ---
**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 1, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/9 "2024-06-01T21:49:52Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Only known name starts with “V”. ---
**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 2, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/10 "2024-06-02T01:52:48Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an early king in Middle-earth? - Valandil Did you once play an official on Risa? - Vanessa Williams, in an episode of _ST:DS9_ Did Picard meet you while taking shore leave on Risa? - Yes, Vash, on _ST:TNG_ DQs: American? Living? IQs: Did you inspire the character of Dracula? Did you lead the Gauls against the Roman Empire? Did you and the Ed Harris character in _The Abyss_ have the same name? ---
**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 2, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/11 "2024-06-02T04:11:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you inspire the character of Dracula? > Did you lead the Gauls against the Roman Empire? > Did you and the Ed Harris character in _The Abyss_ have the same name? 1. I am not Vlad “the Impaler” Dracula, _voivode_ of Wallachia. 2. I am not Vercingetorix. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 2, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/12 "2024-06-02T20:04:14Z")
Yes, Vlad the Impaler and Vecingetorix; Ed Harris’s character’s first name was Virgil (although he went by “Bud”). One DQ reserved; please see my earlier two. IQs: Were you a giant dragon in a movie? Were you a Roman emperor with a nine-letter-long name in English? Did you violently escape from the Larkhill Resettlement Camp? ---
**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 2, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/13 "2024-06-02T20:32:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a giant dragon in a movie? > Were you a Roman emperor with a nine-letter-long name in English? > Did you violently escape from the Larkhill Resettlement Camp? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not…hmm, “Vespasian” only has eight letters, and “Valentinian” has eleven. Can’t think of another emperor that fits, so take a DQ. 3. Take a 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 2, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/14 "2024-06-02T20:33:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Only known name starts with “V”. 4. Not American. 5. Dead. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/15 "2024-06-03T01:27:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a waitress in a diner along with Flo and Alice? 2. Did you play the owner and cook of the diner in #1? 3. Did you get shifted off of shortstop in favor of Nomar Garciaparra by the Boston Red Sox? ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/16 "2024-06-03T01:33:52Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a waitress in a diner along with Flo and Alice? > 2. Did you play the owner and cook of the diner in #1? > 3. Did you get shifted off of shortstop in favor of Nomar Garciaparra by the Boston Red Sox 1. I am not Vera. 2. I am not Vic Taybach, and I have no idea how the _hell_ I remembered his name… 3. I am not…Bobby Valentine? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/17 "2024-06-03T03:41:32Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you a waitress in a diner along with Flo and Alice? > > 2. Did you play the owner and cook of the diner in #1? > > 3. Did you get shifted off of shortstop in favor of Nomar Garciaparra by the Boston Red Sox > > 1. I am not Vera. > 2. I am not Vic Taybach, and I have no idea how the _hell_ I remembered his name… > 3. I am not…Bobby Valentine? Correct on #s 1 & 2. #3 was John Valentin. DQ: Born before 1 C.E.? ---
**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 3, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/18 "2024-06-03T11:58:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Only known name starts with “V”. 4. Not American. 5. Dead. 6. Born after 1 C.E. ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/19 "2024-06-03T14:08:38Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first European explorer to actually reach India by sea? 2. Were you the female Supermarionette character in _Fireball XL-5_? 3. Did you compose _Rigoletto_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/20 "2024-06-03T15:24:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the youngest IHP student on _Head of the Class_? 2. Were you the “Latin Lover” of the silent film era in Hollywood? 3. Are you a musical theater star who played the father of the protagonist on _Alias_? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278.md?page=2)