# Botticelli - March 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774 "2013-03-01T22:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [March 25, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/241 "2013-03-25T00:33:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Have you tried to blow up the earth several times, to improve the view? > IQ2: Was your code name “Eric”? > IQ3: Was your code name “Agent 86”? > [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Marvin the Martian or Maxwell Smart. Eric gets a DQ. Correct on Marvin and Max. Eric is Matt Helm, from a series of mostly excellent novels by Donald Hamilton (some of which were turned into abysmal movies starring Dean Martin). DQ: Born after 1960? IQ1: Are you the current queen of Denmark? IQ2: Did your father sing about his “achy breaky heart”? IQ3: Did Michael Landon play your character’s father on TV? ---
**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 25, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/242 "2013-03-25T01:58:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write about an albino with a sword called Stormbringer? > Are you perhaps best known for your unusual headgear? > Did the same actor play you, a U.S. Army officer and a British war criminal? Michael Moorcock wrote about Elric and his evil sword. Yes, Camen Miranda. Yes, Lucius Malfoy - actor Jason Isaacs played him, an Army infantry officer in _Black Hawk Down_, and Col. Tavington in _The Patriot_. DQ: British? IQs: Did you once unexpectedly, on a bridge in Venice, bump into an actor who played the same role as you? Did the same actress play you, a legislator and the wife of a powerful man? Did a fake version of you and a pantomime horse make an unlikely team? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/243 "2013-03-25T02:05:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. First name starts with M. 4. Living. 5. Not American. 6. Born after 1960. 7. Not British. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/244 "2013-03-25T02:12:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the current queen of Denmark? > IQ2: Did your father sing about his “achy breaky heart”? > IQ3: Did Michael Landon play your character’s father on TV? I want to say #1 is Marguerite, but I have no idea whether that’s right or not. I’m not Miley Cyrus or Melissa Gilbert. Take a DQ if the queen is wrong. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you once unexpectedly, on a bridge in Venice, bump into an actor who played the same role as you? > Did the same actress play you, a legislator and the wife of a powerful man? > Did a fake version of you and a pantomime horse make an unlikely team? Not Roger Moore, but I don’t know the other two - take a couple more 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 25, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/245 "2013-03-25T04:37:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once unexpectedly, on a bridge in Venice, bump into an actor who played the same role as you? > Did the same actress play you, a legislator and the wife of a powerful man? > Did a fake version of you and a pantomime horse make an unlikely team? Yes, Roger Moore and Sean Connery once bumped into each other in Venice. Narcissa Malfoy, an MP in _Skyfall_ and Cherie Blair, wife of Tony in _The Queen_ and _The Special Relationship_, were all played by actress Helen McCrory. Princess Margaret, starting at 1:46 here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkLsdQhZsw0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkLsdQhZsw0) DQs: European? Involved in the creative arts, broadly defined? IQs: Are you the hero of Les Roberts’s detective novel series set in Cleveland, Ohio? Did you play a villain opposite your spouse, playing a good guy, on a TV series? Did you appear only in the first and last movies of a popular film series? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/246 "2013-03-25T05:10:05Z")
IQ: Are you a Russian tennis player who is known for her height and good looks? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/247 "2013-03-25T12:56:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, Roger Moore and Sean Connery once bumped into each other in Venice. > Narcissa Malfoy, an MP in _Skyfall_ and Cherie Blair, wife of Tony in _The Queen_ and _The Special Relationship_, were all played by actress Helen McCrory. > Princess Margaret, starting at 1:46 here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkLsdQhZsw0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkLsdQhZsw0) > > DQs: > > European? > Involved in the creative arts, broadly defined? > > IQs: > > Are you the hero of Les Roberts’s detective novel series set in Cleveland, Ohio? > Did you play a villain opposite your spouse, playing a good guy, on a TV series? > Did you appear only in the first and last movies of a popular film series? I’m not Miriam from the Indiana Jones franchise. I’m not either of the other two, either, but that doesn’t really matter, because… > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a Russian tennis player who is known for her height and good looks? Yes, I am **Maria Sharapova**! Congrats, **etv**! ---
**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 25, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/248 "2013-03-25T13:23:52Z")
Congrats, **etv**! From the last round: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Are you the hero of Les Roberts’s detective novel series set in Cleveland, Ohio? > Did you play a villain opposite your spouse, playing a good guy, on a TV series? > Did you appear only in the first and last movies of a popular film series? Milan Jakovich. Melissa Gilbert and her then-husband Bruce Boxleitner, on _Babylon 5_. Yes, kinda - Marion (not Miriam) Ravenwood, played by Karen Allen in the first and last Indiana Jones movies. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/249 "2013-03-25T15:05:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the current queen of Denmark? > IQ2: Did your father sing about his “achy breaky heart”? > IQ3: Did Michael Landon play your character’s father on TV? > [@Enginerd](#): > > I want to say #1 is Marguerite, but I have no idea whether that’s right or not. I’m not Miley Cyrus or Melissa Gilbert. Take a DQ if the queen is wrong. Margrethe II - close enough. Correct on Miley and Melissa. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/250 "2013-03-25T15:30:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a Russian tennis player who is known for her height and good looks? > [@Enginerd](#): > > Yes, I am **Maria Sharapova**! I see we’re back to using people I never heard of… Good job, etv78. Next? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/251 "2013-03-25T17:12:42Z")
Your letter is K P.S. that guess from the last round was LUCKY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/252 "2013-03-25T17:31:17Z")
Well done, **etv**! > [@Enginerd](#): > > Not Kate Micucci or Mandy Peppridge. Also not the girl whose… ahem… vocalizations Boone recognized (“you’re gonna pork [augh! can’t remember!]”) - you get a double-secret DQ. Correct on Kate Micucci and Mandy Pepperidge. I cannot remember whom you’re thinking of either, but I was looking for Marion Wormer, the Dean’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/253 "2013-03-26T22:13:30Z")
Did people forget about this, or are you thinking up good IQs? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/254 "2013-03-26T23:12:43Z")
IQ1: Are you a Red Wings defenseman with a penchant for big hits? IQ2: Did you wake up Sunday morning with no way to hold your head that didn’t hurt? IQ3: Are you one of the five professional boxers who beat Ali? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/255 "2013-03-26T23:34:35Z")
I’m not Viktor Kozlov or Ken Norton Sr. DQ for #2 (at least) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/256 "2013-03-26T23:46:46Z")
Kozlov never played for Detroit - that was Niklas Kronwall. The other two were Kris Kristofferson (#2 was the opening lines from [Sunday Morning Coming Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-axr23-WP0E)) and boxer Ken Norton. DQ: Real? DQ: Male? DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/257 "2013-03-26T23:55:48Z")
I am: 1.Real 2.Male 3.American ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/258 "2013-03-26T23:59:38Z")
**nerd** -I gave a DQ answer you didn’t earn (Ken Norton). ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/259 "2013-03-27T01:03:45Z")
:smack: Doh! Sorry - not sure how I missed that. I’ll forego the next one I earn. IQ: Did you hatch a plot with a former slave to buy his wife? IQ: Was your handling of public issues often at odds with your supervisor’s expectation? IQ: Is your mom a big fat stupid bitch? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/260 "2013-03-27T01:49:32Z")
**nerd** -2 DQs everyone else 1 DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=14)