# Botticelli, March 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297 "2014-03-09T21:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 21, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/141 "2014-03-21T22:03:16Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Two DQs reserved, pending an answer to **etv** ’s. I’ll bring these forward now. DQ: Published before 1950? DQ: Male author? ---
**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 21, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/142 "2014-03-21T22:24:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you married to Loweezy and are the father of Tater? > 2. Is your catchphrase “Bazinga!”? > 3. Were you the Chief of the Fire Giants in Norse Mythology? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first, not Dr. Sheldon Cooper, and not… Shem? #1 is Snuffy Smith from the comic strip. #3 is Surtr. DQ: Antagonist? I’ll wait again on the other 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 22, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/143 "2014-03-22T05:19:23Z")
S. 1. not real 2. male 3. not from the movies 4. last name starts with S 5. not protagonist 6. from literature 7. published after 1950 8. male author 9. antagonist But not the only one. ---
**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 22, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/144 "2014-03-22T12:55:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the hero of a long-running strip that began in the 1940s? > IQ2: Were you a friend of Fritzi’s niece? > IQ3: Were you lost during an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno these three. The other Steve - Steve Canyon. Fritzi Ritz was the original star of the strip which was taken over by her niece Nancy - whose friend is Sluggo. Salomon Andree. DQ: By an American author? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 22, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/145 "2014-03-22T13:52:40Z")
DQ: from a work of Sci-Fi or fantasy? ---
**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 22, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/146 "2014-03-22T19:06:26Z")
S. 1. not real 2. male 3. not from the movies 4. last name starts with S 5. not protagonist 6. from literature 7. published after 1950 8. male author 9. antagonist 10. not by an American author 11. from a work of sci-fi or fantasy ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/147 "2014-03-23T02:57:40Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a white wizard who went bad? 2. Are you a dragon who has it in for Humans, Elves and Hobbits? 3. Did you have a number of magic rings made, but kept the big one for yourself? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/148 "2014-03-23T04:50:39Z")
Not Saruman, Smaug or Sauron. ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/149 "2014-03-23T15:34:05Z")
DQs: 1. By a British author? 2. Published after 1980? 2 DQs 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 23, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/150 "2014-03-23T19:16:00Z")
S. 1. not real 2. male 3. not from the movies 4. last name starts with S 5. not protagonist 6. from literature 7. published after 1950 8. male author 9. antagonist 10. not by an American author 11. from a work of sci-fi or fantasy 12. by a British author 13. published before 1980 ---
**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 23, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/151 "2014-03-23T19:51:18Z")
DQ: Human? ---
**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 23, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/152 "2014-03-23T21:43:41Z")
IQ1: Are you a diminutive hero who when parodied was given the name of a canned meat product? IQ2: Did your catch phrases include “isn’t that special” and a reference to Satan? IQ3: Was your name substituted for that of the Maharishi? ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/153 "2014-03-24T03:30:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Human? Wasn’t the previous DQ the end of your accumulated DQs? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a diminutive hero who when parodied was given the name of a canned meat product? > IQ2: Did your catch phrases include “isn’t that special” and a reference to Satan? > IQ3: Was your name substituted for that of the Maharishi? Not Spam-Man, the Church Lady (what “S” did you have in mind), or… Swami? S. 1. not real 2. male 3. not from the movies 4. last name starts with S 5. not protagonist 6. from literature 7. published after 1950 8. male author 9. antagonist 10. not by an American author 11. from a work of sci-fi or fantasy 12. by a British author 13. published before 1980 ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/154 "2014-03-24T12:37:30Z")
Ah, maybe I miscounted. IQs: 1. Did you play Bob Newhart’s wife on _The Bob Newhart Show_? 2. Did Freddie Mercury ask if you would do the fandango? 3. Is an appearance on your show a big event in _Bye Bye Birdie_? ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/155 "2014-03-24T14:14:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you play Bob Newhart’s wife on _The Bob Newhart Show_? > 2. Did Freddie Mercury ask if you would do the fandango? > 3. Is an appearance on your show a big event in _Bye Bye Birdie_? Not Suzanne Pleshette, Scaramouche or Ed Sullivan. ---
**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 24, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/156 "2014-03-24T16:24:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Gitarzan_? 2. Is your brother Warren Beatty? 3. Were you married to James Taylor for awhile? ---
**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 24, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/157 "2014-03-24T16:47:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a diminutive hero who when parodied was given the name of a canned meat product? > IQ2: Did your catch phrases include “isn’t that special” and a reference to Satan? > IQ3: Was your name substituted for that of the Maharishi? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Spam-Man, the Church Lady (what “S” did you have in mind), or… Swami? 1. Wow. Google shows there actually was a Spam-Man character. Who knew? I’ll rephrase. 2. Yes, Dana Carvey’s Church Lady character Enid Strict. 3. George Harrison convinced John Lennon to change the song title and lyrics from “Maharishi” to “Sexy Sadie” before recording it for the White Album. DQ: Has the literary work in which you appeared been adapted to any other media, such as radio play, television, or graphic novel? (You ruled out a movie in IQ3) ---
**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 24, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/158 "2014-03-24T18:18:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Gitarzan_? > 2. Is your brother Warren Beatty? > 3. Were you married to James Taylor for awhile? Not Ray Stevens, Shirley MacLaine or Carly Simon. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1. Wow. Google shows there actually was a Spam-Man character. Who knew? I’ll rephrase. > 2. Yes, Dana Carvey’s Church Lady character Enid Strict. > 3. George Harrison convinced John Lennon to change the song title and lyrics from “Maharishi” to “Sexy Sadie” before recording it for the White Album. > > DQ: Has the literary work in which you appeared been adapted to any other media, such as radio play, television, or graphic novel? (You ruled out a movie in IQ3) I did nothing of the kind; I just answered the DQ as asked. This person is indeed “not from the movies.” S. 1. not real 2. male 3. not from the movies 4. last name starts with S 5. not protagonist 6. from literature 7. published after 1950 8. male author 9. antagonist 10. not by an American author 11. from a work of sci-fi or fantasy 12. by a British author 13. published before 1980 14. literary work has been adapted to any other media, such as radio play, television, or graphic novel ---
**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 24, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/159 "2014-03-24T21:42:41Z")
IQs: 1. Do you memorably shout for Stella? 2. Were you christened on Tuesday? 3. Were you one of the Rutles? ---
**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, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297/160 "2014-03-25T20:42:52Z")
IQ1: Are you known for your award-winning work on fjords? IQ2: Have you been portrayed by Julianne Moore, Tina Fey, and Lisa Ann? IQ3: Did the sheriff of Rock Ridge invoke your name to get 24 hours to come up with a brilliant idea to save the town? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2014/683297.md?page=9)