# 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:** 2
**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/21 "2024-06-03T17:06:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? 1. I am not Vasco da Gama. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Giuseppe Verdi. > [@SunUp](#): > > 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_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Valentino. 3. I am not…Jon Voight? ---
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/22 "2024-06-03T17:41:37Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 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_? > > 1. I am not Vasco da Gama. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Giuseppe Verdi. Correct, Venus, correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 4, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/23 "2024-06-04T02:23:40Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a giant dragon in a movie? - Vermithrax Pejorative in _Dragonslayer_ Were you a Roman emperor with a nine-letter-long name in English? - Vespasian _does_ have nine letters, and that’s who I was thinking of Did you violently escape from the Larkhill Resettlement Camp? - V, in _V for Vendetta_ DQs: European? Born after 1900? One DQ reserved. IQs: Have you played an Amish romantic rival, a Russian gangster and one of a pair of gunslingers? Did you have a shipmate nicknamed “Stinky”? Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand? ---
**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 4, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/24 "2024-06-04T15:41:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played an Amish romantic rival, a Russian gangster and one of a pair of gunslingers? > Did you have a shipmate nicknamed “Stinky? > Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand? 1. I am not Viggo Mortensen. 2. I am not Valentine Michael Smith, water brother of Stinky Dr. Mahmoud. 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 4, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/25 "2024-06-04T15:43:35Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Only known name starts with “V”. 4. Not American. 5. Dead. 6. Born after 1 C.E. 7. Not known for the arts. 8. European. 9. Born before 1900. ---
**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 4, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/26 "2024-06-04T15:47:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Aeneid_? 2. Did you write _Candide_? 3. Did Prince Humperdinck hire you to kill his bride? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/27 "2024-06-04T17:35:40Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 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_? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Valentino. > 3. I am not…Jon Voight? #1 was Tannis Vallely. Correct on #2. #3 was Victor Garber, also the sleazy law professor in _Legally Blonde_. DQ1: Known for politics / military? DQ2: Born before 1600? ---
**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 4, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/28 "2024-06-04T18:55:48Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played an Amish romantic rival, a Russian gangster and one of a pair of gunslingers? - Yes, Viggo Mortensen, in _Witness, Eastern Promises_ and _Appaloosa_. Did you have a shipmate nicknamed “Stinky"? - Yes, Valentine Michael Smith in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_ Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand? - Vargo Hoat, in the _Game of Thrones_ books (but not the TV series, where someone else did it) DQ: From the British Isles? IQs: Did your mom not believe it when a TV variety show host called, asking for you? Were you one of the directors of _The Wizard of Oz_? Did you give your name to a major northern waterway? ---
**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 4, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/29 "2024-06-04T21:16:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Aeneid_? > 2. Did you write _Candide_? > 3. Did Prince Humperdinck hire you to kill his bride? 1. I am not Virgil. 2. I am not Jean Arouêt, known as Voltaire. 3. I am not Vizzinni, as inconceivable as that might seem. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your mom not believe it when a TV variety show host called, asking for you? > Were you one of the directors of _The Wizard of Oz_? > Did you give your name to a major northern waterway? 1. I am not Vanna White. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I feel like I should know this, but I’m blanking. 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 4, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/30 "2024-06-04T21:18:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Only known name starts with “V”. 4. Not American. 5. Dead. 6. Born after 1 C.E. 7. Not known for the arts. 8. European. 9. Born before 1900. 10. Not known for politics/military. 11. Born before 1600. 12. Not from the British Isles (nor Ireland). ---
**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 4, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/31 "2024-06-04T21:20:33Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Were you the Pie’s female jockey? 2. Did you get a part on a TV series because you could look and act like the star of the show? 3. Did you compose _Chariots of Fire’s_ theme song? ---
**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 4, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/32 "2024-06-04T23:20:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Pie’s female jockey? > 2. Did you get a part on a TV series because you could look and act like the star of the show? > 3. Did you compose _Chariots of Fire’s_ theme song? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Vangelis. ---
**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 5, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/33 "2024-06-05T13:14:56Z")
#1 was Velvet Brown, from _National Velvet_. #2 was Vicki Lawrence, who won a Carol Burnett look-alike contest. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Royalty? 2. Born before 1000 CE? ---
**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 6, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/34 "2024-06-06T01:10:39Z")
Previous IQs: Did your mom not believe it when a TV variety show host called, asking for you? - Not Vanna White, but Vicki Lawrence, when Carol Burnett called to invite her to join the cast of Burnett’s show Were you one of the directors of _The Wizard of Oz_? - Victor Fleming Did you give your name to a major northern waterway? - Vitas Bering DQs: Born before 1000? Born in or to the east of Vienna? Born in or the north of Vienna? IQs: Were you a bishop who became associated with a semi-major holiday? Were you the female lead in _Ex Machina_? Were you the first Anglo baby born in what is now North Carolina? ---
**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 6, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/35 "2024-06-06T03:25:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a bishop who became associated with a semi-major holiday? > Were you the female lead in _Ex Machina_? > Were you the first Anglo baby born in what is now North Carolina? I am not Alicia Vikander nor am I Virginia Dare, but yes, I am indeed Saint Valentine, patron saint of beekeepers, epileptics, and Terni, Italy. And, of course, lurrrvvveee. Weird how variations of his name kept cropping up in the thread - Valentino, Valentine Michael Smith, Juan Valentin, Valentinian. I assumed it wouldn’t be long for one of y’all to nail it. Congratulations, @Elendil_s_Heir - you’re up! ---
**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 6, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/36 "2024-06-06T14:13:07Z")
Good job, **EH!** ---
**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 6, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/37 "2024-06-06T18:48:40Z")
Thanks! Our next letter will be # W Updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #121 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/121) ---
**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 6, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/38 "2024-06-06T19:29:10Z")
**W** , eh? 1. Were you six foot four and could shoot fireballs out your arse; at least, according to your propaganda? 2. Were you a singer who caused scandal with an album cover showing you pressing a microphone cord into your (clothed) vulva? 3. Are you the alliteratively-named alter ego of a superhero, played by an alliteratively-named actor? ---
**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 6, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/39 "2024-06-06T19:33:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the author of _One World_? 2. Did you write the hymn _Joy To The World_? 3. Were you Cliff Arquette’s stage persona? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/40 "2024-06-06T20:02:04Z")
Congratulations, **E\_H**! IQs: 1. Did you steal over 600 bases as an outfielder, mostly with the Kansas City Royals? 2. Are you the alter ego of the Phantom? 3. Were you the orthographer who dropped the letter U from many spellings in your dictionary? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278.md?page=3)