# 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:** 4
**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 5, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/61 "2021-03-05T02:19:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Living 3. Female 4. Known for the Arts 5. First name starts with E 6. Musician 7. American 8. Songwriter 9. Not known for playing an instrument 10. Best known as a singer ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/62 "2021-03-05T02:47:19Z")
Nitpick: Anthony Edwards did not play a pilot in _Top Gun_, but a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO). E it is. IQs: Was your ship transformed into what we know as Venus? Did you wield Narsil until slain? Were you the first to wield Anduril? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/63 "2021-03-05T04:10:08Z")
IQs 1. Did you write mysteries under the pen name of Ellis Peters? 2. Did you write the Amelia Peabody mysteries? 3. Are you the author of the classic mystery short story “The Specialty of the House”? ---
**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 5, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/64 "2021-03-05T13:44:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your ship transformed into what we know as Venus? > Did you wield Narsil until slain? > Were you the first to wield Anduril? Take 2 DQs. #3. I am not Aragorn Elessar. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write mysteries under the pen name of Ellis Peters? > 2. Did you write the Amelia Peabody mysteries? > 3. Are you the author of the classic mystery short story “The Specialty of the House”? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/65 "2021-03-05T14:39:21Z")
Previous IQs: Was your ship transformed into what we know as Venus? - Earendil the Mariner, in the works of JRR Tolkien Did you wield Narsil until slain? - Elendil the Tall, High King of Gondor and Arnor, ditto Were you the first to wield Anduril? - Yes, King Elessar FKA Aragorn, ditto DQs: Best known as a member of a group? Born since 1950? IQs: Are you a black American female singer with the initials “EB”? Have you played a secretary, a prisoner and an image consultant? Early in your marriage, did you live on Malta? ---
**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 5, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/66 "2021-03-05T15:23:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a black American female singer with the initials “EB”? Yes! I am **Erykah Badu**. Good job, EH. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Erykah_Badu_in_Nation19_Magazine.jpg/220px-Erykah_Badu_in_Nation19_Magazine.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Erykah_Badu_in_Nation19_Magazine.jpg/220px-Erykah_Badu_in_Nation19_Magazine.jpg) ---
**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 5, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/67 "2021-03-05T18:05:29Z")
Thanks! Good one, **Prof. P.** I couldn’t formulate a question about her any other way - not even sure what genre she considers herself in, without looking it up. My other IQs: Have you played a secretary, a prisoner and an image consultant? - Elizabeth Banks, in _Spider-Man, The Next Three Days_ and _The Hunger Games_ Early in your marriage, did you live on Malta? - Then-Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain Our next letter to follow soon… ---
**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 5, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/68 "2021-03-05T18:19:52Z")
Link: > **[Erykah Badu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (/ˈɛrɪkə bɑːˈduː/), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by R&B, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut album Baduizm (1997), placed her at the forefront of the neo soul movement, earning her the honorific nickname "Queen of Neo Soul" by music critics. > Badu's career began after she opened a sho... She’s known as the Queen of Neo-Soul. ---
**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 5, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/69 "2021-03-05T18:24:31Z")
Thanks again. An update: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #76 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/76) Our next letter is # **Z** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/70 "2021-03-05T19:23:27Z")
Congrats! > [@kitap](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write mysteries under the pen name of Ellis Peters? > 2. Did you write the Amelia Peabody mysteries? > 3. Are you the author of the classic mystery short story “The Specialty of the House”? Edith Pargeter, Elizabeth Peters, Stanley Ellin. IQs: 1. Are you the ruler of Ix? 2. Were you a female science fiction writer who was both born and died in Tucson, Arizona? 3. Are you an factory who played an IT worker turned secret agent on a TV show? ---
**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 5, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/71 "2021-03-05T19:26:03Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _A Night In The Lonesome October_? 2. Were you Dorothy Gale’s cousin who appeared in _Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz_? 3. Did you star in the movie _The Phantom_? ---
**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 5, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/72 "2021-03-05T19:49:19Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you the ruler of Ix? > 2. Were you a female science fiction writer who was both born and died in Tucson, Arizona? > 3. Are you an factory who played an IT worker turned secret agent on a TV show? Not Zeena and dunno. Do you want to rephrase your third question? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _A Night In The Lonesome October_? > 2. Were you Dorothy Gale’s cousin who appeared in _Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz_? > 3. Did you star in the movie _The Phantom_? Dunno, dunno and not Billy Zane. ---
**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 5, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/73 "2021-03-05T21:37:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you write _A Night In The Lonesome October_ ? > > > 2. Were you Dorothy Gale’s cousin who appeared in _Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz_ ? > > > 3. Did you star in the movie _The Phantom_ ? > > Dunno, dunno and not Billy Zane. #1 was Roger Zelazny. #2 was Zeb. Correct on Billy Zane. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 5, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/74 "2021-03-05T21:43:59Z")
Z. 1. fictional 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:** [March 5, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/75 "2021-03-05T22:15:41Z")
IQs: 1. Are you play Mary Jane Watson in the current Spider-Man movies? 2. Did you help restore the Temple at the end of the Babylonian Captivity? 3. Were you an accordion player from Louisiana who achieved some mainstream fame? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/76 "2021-03-05T22:17:42Z")
1. “Are we having fun yet?” 2. Are you a shapeless, large nosed kindly comic strip character? 3. Have you been portrayed by Douglas Fairbanks and the ever-leathered George Hamilton? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/77 "2021-03-06T03:27:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the ruler of Ix? > 2. Were you a female science fiction writer who was both born and died in Tucson, Arizona? > 3. Are you an factory who played an IT worker turned secret agent on a TV show? Stupid autocorrect! Let’s try #3 again: Are you an actor who played an IT worker turned secret agent on a TV show? #1 was Queen Zixi, #2 was Zenna Henderson. DQs: From prose? Created after 1900? ---
**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 6, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/78 "2021-03-06T21:04:35Z")
IQ1: Are you a reggae singer son of an even more famous reggae singer? IQ2: Are you the artificial intelligence system running the Quantum Leap project? IQ3: Did you play guitar with the Spiders From Mars? ---
**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 6, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/79 "2021-03-06T22:37:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you play Mary Jane Watson in the current Spider-Man movies? > 2. Did you help restore the Temple at the end of the Babylonian Captivity? > 3. Were you an accordion player from Louisiana who achieved some mainstream fame? Not Zaniyah (sp?), Zacharias or Zydeco Bob. > [@MissTake](#): > > 1. “Are we having fun yet?” > 2. Are you a shapeless, large nosed kindly comic strip character? > 3. Have you been portrayed by Douglas Fairbanks and the ever-leathered George Hamilton? Not Zippy the Pinhead, not Zippy and not Zorro. > [@kitap](#): > > Stupid autocorrect! > > Let’s try #3 again: Are you an actor who played an IT worker turned secret agent on a TV show? Dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a reggae singer son of an even more famous reggae singer? > IQ2: Are you the artificial intelligence system running the Quantum Leap project? > IQ3: Did you play guitar with the Spiders From Mars? Not Ziggy Marley, dunno and dunno. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. from prose 4. created after 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:** [March 7, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/80 "2021-03-07T00:11:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you play Mary Jane Watson in the current Spider-Man movies? > > > 2. Did you help restore the Temple at the end of the Babylonian Captivity? > > > 3. Were you an accordion player from Louisiana who achieved some mainstream fame? > > Not Zaniyah (sp?), Zacharias or Zydeco Bob. #1 was Zendaya. Close 'nuff. #2 was Zerubbabel. #3 was Buckwheet Zydeco. DQs: 1. By American author or authors? 2. Last name starts with Z? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991.md?page=5)