# Botticelli -- Mar 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991>\
**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\
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**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 7, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/81 "2021-03-07T02:06:52Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Zippy the Pinhead, not Zippy and not Zorro.

Yes, Ziggy, yes.

Created after 1960?

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**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 7, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/82 "2021-03-07T03:14:06Z")

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Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. from prose
4. created after 1900
5. by American creator or creators
6. first name starts with Z
7. created after 1960

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/83 "2021-03-07T10:29:08Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Let’s try #3 again: Are you an actor who played an IT worker turned secret agent on a TV show?

Zachary Levy on **Chuck**.

DQ:

1. From a genre?

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**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 7, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/84 "2021-03-07T15:52:22Z")

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Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. from prose
4. created after 1900
5. by American creator or creators
6. first name starts with Z
7. created after 1960
8. not, I’d say, from a genre

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**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/85 "2021-03-07T16:51:56Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a title character from a book by J. D . Salinger?
2. Were you the Martian Manhunter’s alien pet sidekick in the Silver Age?
3. Do you play the saxophone for The Electric Mayhem?

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**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 7, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/86 "2021-03-07T16:52:33Z")

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I am not Zooey, dunno and not Zoot.

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**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/87 "2021-03-07T16:53:15Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a title character from a book by J. D . Salinger?
> 2. Were you the Martian Manhunter’s alien pet sidekick in the Silver Age?
> 3. Do you play the saxophone for The Electric Mayhem?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I am not Zooey, dunno and not Zoot.

Correct, Zook, and Correct.

DQs: Created after 1990?

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**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 7, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/88 "2021-03-07T16:59:16Z")

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Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. from prose
4. created after 1900
5. by American creator or creators
6. first name starts with Z
7. created after 1960
8. not, I’d say, from a genre
9. created after 1990

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**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 8, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/89 "2021-03-08T01:30:41Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > 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.

Correct on Ziggy Marley  
Ziggy  
Ziggy Stardust

DQ: Appeared in a dramatic adaptation?

Holding second DQ

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/90 "2021-03-08T02:07:13Z")

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1. Are you the title character of a post-apocalyptic book by Robert C. O’Brien?
2. Are you a comic strip character with a famous Uncle Duke?
3. Are you one of the Gabor sisters?

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**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 8, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/91 "2021-03-08T02:35:57Z")

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Not Zardoz, Zonker Harris or Zsa Zsa.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. not from prose
4. created after 1900
5. by American creator or creators
6. first name starts with Z
7. created after 1960
8. not, I’d say, from a genre
9. created after 1990  
9a. appeared in a comedy-drama

Upon further research, I’m revising my answer to DQ #3. As **CFOHG** ’s latest DQ may have been based on my erroneous earlier answer, I will not count it against the typical 20-DQ limit.

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**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 8, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/92 "2021-03-08T03:25:00Z")

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IQs:

1. Who was the Little Bad Wolves’s father in Disney comics?
2. Did you invent Esperanto?
3. Were you called “the Father of Television”?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/93 "2021-03-08T04:10:10Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Are you the title character of a post-apocalyptic book by Robert C. O’Brien?
> 2. Are you a comic strip character with a famous Uncle Duke?
> 3. Are you one of the Gabor sisters?

Zachariah in **Z is for Zachariah** , correct, correct.

DQ:  
Created after 2000?

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**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 8, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/94 "2021-03-08T18:17:04Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Who was the Little Bad Wolves’s father in Disney comics?
> 2. Did you invent Esperanto?
> 3. Were you called “the Father of Television”?

Dunno x3.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. not from prose
4. created after 1900
5. by American creator or creators
6. first name starts with Z
7. created after 1960
8. not, I’d say, from a genre
9. created after 1990  
9a. appeared in a comedy-drama
10. created after 2000

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**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 8, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/95 "2021-03-08T18:19:32Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Who was the Little Bad Wolves’s father in Disney comics?
> > > 2. Did you invent Esperanto?
> > > 3. Were you called “the Father of Television”?
> 
> Dunno x3.

#1 was Zeke Bad Wolf.  
#2 was Ludwig Zamenhov.  
#3 was Vladimir Zworykin.

DQ: Best known from film or TV?

2 DQs reserved.

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**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 8, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/96 "2021-03-08T18:21:43Z")

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Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. not from prose
4. created after 1900
5. by American creator or creators
6. first name starts with Z
7. created after 1960
8. not, I’d say, from a genre
9. created after 1990  
9a. appeared in a comedy-drama
10. created after 2000
11. best known from film or TV

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**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 8, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/97 "2021-03-08T18:23:25Z")

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DQs:

1. Protagonist?
2. Story set in the present day for its time?

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**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 9, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/98 "2021-03-09T01:58:49Z")

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Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. not from prose
4. created after 1900
5. by American creator or creators
6. first name starts with Z
7. created after 1960
8. not, I’d say, from a genre
9. created after 1990  
9a. appeared in a comedy-drama
10. created after 2000
11. best known from film or TV
12. a protagonist
13. story not set in the present day for its time

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**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 9, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/99 "2021-03-09T18:42:28Z")

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DQ: Story set after 1980?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/100 "2021-03-09T20:00:50Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play the son of the character Robert McCall on a TV show?
2. Are you the Master Weaver of Pern?
3. Were you the evil Emperor in the _Toy Story_ movies?

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