# Botticelli -- Mar 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991 "2021-03-01T01:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/241 "2021-03-25T19:29:32Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Ulysses S. Grant > Not Underdog > Take a DQ 3 was Tracey Ullman. DQ: first name starts with U? IQs: 1. Are you the mascot of the University of Georgia Bulldogs? 2. Is the Yankee Doodle Boy a real-live nephew of you? 3. Were you an animator who worked with Walt Disney, and later created Flip the Frog? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/242 "2021-03-25T19:50:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with the song _Follow Me_? 2. Did you play the Bride in a couple of back-to-back films? 3. Did you play the lead role in the TV series _Vega$_? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/243 "2021-03-25T20:24:02Z")
DQs: **U** 1. Real 2. Living 3. Female 4. First name does not start with U ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/244 "2021-03-25T20:27:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Ygraine’s illicit lover? > Are you a widely-loathed action movie director? > Did the Grice Patersons have a singular adventure in your island, according to Conan Doyle? Not Uther Pendragon Not Uwe Boll Take a DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you the mascot of the University of Georgia Bulldogs? > 2. Is the Yankee Doodle Boy a real-live nephew of you? > 3. Were you an animator who worked with Walt Disney, and later created Flip the Frog? Take 2 DQs Not Ub Iwerks > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you have a hit with the song _Follow Me_ ? > - Did you play the Bride in a couple of back-to-back films? > - Did you play the lead role in the TV series _Vega$_ ? Take a DQ Not Uma Thurman Not Robert Urich ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/245 "2021-03-25T20:34:33Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you have a hit with the song _Follow Me_ ? > > > > > - Did you play the Bride in a couple of back-to-back films? > > > - Did you play the lead role in the TV series _Vega$_ ? > > Take a DQ > Not Uma Thurman > Not Robert Urich #1 was Uncle Cracker. Correct on the others. DQ: American? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/246 "2021-03-25T22:06:55Z")
DQs: **U** 1. Real 2. Living 3. Female 4. First name does not start with U 5. American ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/247 "2021-03-25T23:43:35Z")
IQs: 1. In Norse myths, were you the ruler of the castle Utgardr? 2. Were you a noted 20th Century painter of Parisian cityscapes? 3. Were you a longtime quarterback for the Baltimore Colts? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/248 "2021-03-26T00:58:59Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take 2 DQs > Not Ub Iwerks 1 was Uga (mascot of the **U** niversity of **GA** ); 2 was Uncle Sam. DQs: 1. last name begins with U? (Might as well confirm it.) 2. known from the arts? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/249 "2021-03-26T02:38:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Ojo’s older male relative in the Oz books? > 2. Were you a notably dimwitted helper of The Saint’s? > 3. Did you have helpers named Flotsam and Jetsam in a movie? Unc Nunkie, Hoppy Uniatz and correct. DQ: 1. Caucasian? One 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:** [March 26, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/250 "2021-03-26T04:49:48Z")
DQs: **U** 1. Real 2. Living 3. Female 4. First name does not start with U 5. American 6. Last name begins with U 7. Known from the arts 8. Not Caucasian ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/251 "2021-03-26T04:50:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. In Norse myths, were you the ruler of the castle Utgardr? > 2. Were you a noted 20th Century painter of Parisian cityscapes? > 3. Were you a longtime quarterback for the Baltimore Colts? Take 3 DQs ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/252 "2021-03-26T12:49:00Z")
#1 was Utgard-Loki. #2 was Maurice Utrillo. #3 was Johnny Unitas. DQs: 1. Known from the performing arts? 2. Born after 1979? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/253 "2021-03-26T15:10:40Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Ygraine’s illicit lover? - Yes, Uther Pendragon Are you a widely-loathed action movie director? - Yes, Uwe Boll Did the Grice Patersons have a singular adventure in your island, according to Conan Doyle? - The ancient Saxon king Uffa DQ: Considered a beauty? IQs: Were you a black actress perhaps best known in the Seventies, who had a repeated and adjoining consonant in her last name? Were you a famous female Method acting coach? Were you arguably the first Bond Girl? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/254 "2021-03-26T17:49:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a black actress perhaps best known in the Seventies, who had a repeated and adjoining consonant in her last name? > Were you a famous female Method acting coach? > Were you arguably the first Bond Girl? Well, that was quick. No, I’m not Ursula Andress, but… Yes, I am Tony Award winning singer and actress **Leslie Uggams**. Best known to earlier generations for playing Kizzie in Roots. Better known to today’s generation as Blind Al in the Deadpool movies. Congrats, EH! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/255 "2021-03-26T18:09:44Z")
Good one, 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:** [March 27, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/256 "2021-03-27T04:18:58Z")
Good one, **CFOHG** , and thanks! An update: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #77 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/77) My other previous IQ: Were you a famous female Method acting coach? - Uta Hagen I think I’ll next go with # **V** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/257 "2021-03-27T05:23:27Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Are you a fictional thief who would only steal worthless things? 2. Are you the character better known as Chef in **Galavant**? 3. Were you the heroine of Agatha Christie’s **They Came to Baghdad**? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/258 "2021-03-27T06:00:54Z")
IQ1: Are you a bespectacled teen who drives around in a van solving mysteries with three friends and a dog? IQ2: Are you a Romanian ruler sometimes cited as the real-life inspiration for Dracula? IQ3: Did you direct the top two movies at the box office in 1939? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/259 "2021-03-27T12:44:16Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 20th Century Italian fashion designer with links to the music world? 2. Did you star opposite Bill Bixby in the PBS-televised version of _Steambath_? 3. Did you and your brother Dino try to coerce the military into paying protection (Not a single armored division will get done over for, say, fifteen bob a week)? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/260 "2021-03-27T14:25:07Z")
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