# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [April 2, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/322 "2021-04-02T11:17:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you one of the founders of the first company to produce automobiles profitably? > > > 2. Was your brother known as Joliet Jake? > > > 3. Are you the son of a beleaguered employee of Spacely Sprockets? > > Not … Ransom E Olds? > DQ. > Not Elroy Jetson. #1 was Elwood Haynes. #2 was Elwood Blues from _The Blues Brothers_ Correct on Elroy. DQ: 1. Originally from a song? 2. Unusual first name? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/323 "2021-04-02T14:18:23Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Miss Honey in _Matilda_? - Embeth Davidtz Were you an early King of Rohan? - Eorl Was Isildur your son? - Yes, Elendil Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did your ship become what we know as Venus? Was your mom Gilraen? Did you build a prominent tower in Minas Tirith? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/324 "2021-04-02T15:31:41Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you play Daniel Sousa in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? > - Are you the slightly odd Medical Examiner on **Prodigal Son**? > - Were you most probably Jim Hutton’s best known role? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your ship become what we know as Venus? > Was your mom Gilraen? > Did you build a prominent tower in Minas Tirith? Not Earendil. DQ. DQ. **E** 1, Not real 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with E 4. Created by an American or Americans 5. Was himself American 6. Could be alive today, if real 7. First name begins with E 8. Created after 1900 9. Not a protagonist 10. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 11. Human 12. Caucasian 13. Possibly created after 1960 14. Not originally from movies or television 15. Not an antagonist 16. Not originally from a song 17. Unusual first name There are enough unasked DQs to bring us almost up to 25, so no more IQs, please. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/325 "2021-04-02T15:55:47Z")
Previous IQs: Did your ship become what we know as Venus? - Yes, Earendil the Mariner, from the writings of JRR Tolkien Was your mom Gilraen? - King Elessar FKA Aragorn, ditto Did you build a prominent tower in Minas Tirith? - Ecthelion, ditto DQ: From comics? Associated with NYC? Two DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/326 "2021-04-02T22:18:03Z")
**E** 1, Not real 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with E 4. Created by an American or Americans 5. Is himself American 6. Could be alive today, if real 7. First name begins with E 8. Created after 1900 9. Not a protagonist 10. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 11. Human 12. Caucasian 13. Creation date uncertain; possibly after 1960 14. Not originally from movies or television 15. Not an antagonist 16. Not originally from a song 17. Unusual first name 18. From comics 19. Not associated with NYC Slight edits to #5 and #13. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/327 "2021-04-02T22:22:26Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play Daniel Sousa in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? > 2. Are you the slightly odd Medical Examiner on **Prodigal Son**? > 3. Were you most probably Jim Hutton’s best known role? Enver Gjokaj, Edrisa, Ellery Queen DQs: 1. From advertising? 2. First name starts with Ea - Eh? 3. Known from one time work? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/328 "2021-04-03T03:53:59Z")
Can’t figure out who this is. I yield my two earned DQs, one per customer. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/329 "2021-04-03T15:06:14Z")
**E** 1, Not real 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with E 4. Created by an American or Americans 5. Is himself American 6. Could be alive today, if real 7. First name begins with E 8. Created after 1900 9. Not a protagonist 10. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 11. Human 12. Caucasian 13. Creation date uncertain; possibly after 1960 14. Not originally from movies or television 15. Not an antagonist 16. Not originally from a song 17. Unusual first name 18. From comics 19. Not associated with NYC 20. Not from advertising 21. First name does not start with Ea - Eh 22. Not known from one time work ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/330 "2021-04-03T17:30:38Z")
One of EH’s DQs: From a comic strip? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/331 "2021-04-03T17:41:25Z")
DQ: sidekick character? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/332 "2021-04-03T19:00:34Z")
**E** 1, Not real 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with E 4. Created by an American or Americans 5. Is himself American 6. Could be alive today, if real 7. First name begins with E 8. Created after 1900 9. Not a protagonist 10. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 11. Human 12. Caucasian 13. Creation date uncertain; possibly after 1960 14. Not originally from movies or television 15. Not an antagonist 16. Not originally from a song 17. Unusual first name 18. From comics 19. Not associated with NYC 20. Not from advertising 21. First name does not start with Ea - Eh 22. Not known from one time work 23. From a comic strip 24. Not a sidekick character Two DQs left, I believe – EH one, DLR one. Please ask them by noon EDT tomorrow (Sat). Those who can’t stand the suspense of waiting for the last two earned DQs may ask their ‘Firstname Lastname’ DQs now. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/333 "2021-04-03T21:13:13Z")
DQ: Are you Elmo, the little neighbor boy from _Blondie_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/334 "2021-04-03T21:34:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Elmo, the little neighbor boy from _Blondie_ ? Yes! I am **E** lmo Tuttle, the five-year-old across the street who comes over to chat with Dagwood while he’s taking a bath. Don’t forget to start a new thread. I had a feeling that was going to be your next question… ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/335 "2021-04-03T21:38:12Z")
Link to new thread: [Botticelli - April 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348) (Actually, I think Elmo was around earlier than 1960, but I’m not certain.) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/336 "2021-04-03T21:52:49Z")
Congrats, Prof.! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/337 "2021-04-04T17:38:43Z")
Yes, well done, **Prof.**! I remember Elmo, even though I haven’t read _Blondie_ for a long time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=16)