# Botticelli - March 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 27, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978 "2017-02-27T20:47:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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**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 5, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/81 "2017-03-05T15:06:07Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the eponymous hero of a '50s TV western?  
> IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of two movies (original and remake) about a gorilla?  
> IQ3: Were you the eponymous hero of a comedy film about pirates?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Johnny Yuma (??), Mighty Joe Young or Yellowbeard.

Yancy Derringer.  
Correct.  
Correct.  
One DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/82 "2017-03-05T17:33:31Z")

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Heck, may as well use my reserved DQ:

DQ: Protagonist?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/83 "2017-03-05T18:26:16Z")

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Argh. Let me replace my IQ1 rq

IQ1: Are you the dinosaur sidekick of Mario and Luigi?  
IQ2: Were you the Enterprise’s Chief of Security in the first season of TNG?  
IQ3: Are you a tree that connects the nine Norse worlds?

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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 6, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/84 "2017-03-06T04:51:08Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Did Mel Brooks kneel while portraying you?  
> IQ2: Are you the character parodied by IQ1?  
> IQ3: Did you play center for the Houston Rockets?

Dunno x3.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a female teenage wizard in DC’s comic books?
> 2. Did you battle Ant-Man in the Marvel movie of that name?
> 3. Were you an Asian supervillain who had his own Atlas comic book in the 1950’s?

Also dunno x3.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the dinosaur sidekick of Mario and Luigi?  
> IQ2: Were you the Enterprise’s Chief of Security in the first season of TNG?  
> IQ3: Are you a tree that connects the nine Norse worlds?

Dunno, not Tasha Yar, and not Ygdrassil (sp?)(and is that really a character or person)?

Y.

1. fictional
2. male
3. did not first appear in text
4. last name begins with Y
5. created by an American(s)
6. from a movie or movies
7. not a protagonist

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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 6, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/85 "2017-03-06T05:01:06Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a female teenage wizard in DC’s comic books?
> 2. Did you battle Ant-Man in the Marvel movie of that name?
> 3. Were you an Asian supervillain who had his own Atlas comic book in the 1950’s?  
> Also dunno x3.

1 is the Yellow Peri. 2 is Yellowjacket. 3 is the Yellow Claw.

DQs:

1. Created after 1990?
2. From a work set in the present day (for when the movie was made) in the real world?

1 DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/86 "2017-03-06T05:22:30Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Did Mel Brooks kneel while portraying you?  
> IQ2: Are you the character parodied by IQ1?  
> IQ3: Did you play center for the Houston Rockets?

Yogurt, from _[Spaceballs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgRFQJCHcPw)_; Yoda; and Yao Ming.

holding 3 DQ.

IQ1: Are you often referred to as the first American comic strip character?  
IQ2: Did you seduce Jon Snow?  
IQ3: Did you teach martial arts to Bruce Lee?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/87 "2017-03-06T12:09:02Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the dinosaur sidekick of Mario and Luigi?  
> IQ2: Were you the Enterprise’s Chief of Security in the first season of TNG?  
> IQ3: Are you a tree that connects the nine Norse worlds?
> 
> Dunno, not Tasha Yar, and not Ygdrassil (sp?)(and is that really a character or person)?

Yoshi, correct x2 (I couldn’t think of any more fictional Y names and you got it right anyway)

holding 3 DQs

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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 6, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/88 "2017-03-06T12:38:25Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the Mayan god of the dead?
2. Did Chopper (a dog) save you from Fibber Fox?
3. Did you play Weena in _The Time Machine_ (early 1960’s)?

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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 6, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/89 "2017-03-06T21:14:39Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Are you often referred to as the first American comic strip character?  
> IQ2: Did you seduce Jon Snow?  
> IQ3: Did you teach martial arts to Bruce Lee?

Not the Yellow Kid, not the fiery Ygritte, and dunno.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the Mayan god of the dead?
> 2. Did Chopper (a dog) save you from Fibber Fox?
> 3. Did you play Weena in _The Time Machine_ (early 1960’s)?

Not Ycapotetl (sp?), dunno, and not Yvette Mimeux (sp?).

Y.

1. fictional
2. male
3. did not first appear in text
4. last name begins with Y
5. created by an American(s)
6. from a movie or movies
7. not a protagonist
8. created before 1990
9. set in the present day (for when the movie was made) in the real world

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**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 6, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/90 "2017-03-06T21:38:19Z")

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DQ: Created before 1950?

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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 6, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/91 "2017-03-06T21:50:33Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the Mayan god of the dead?
> 2. Did Chopper (a dog) save you from Fibber Fox?
> 3. Did you play Weena in The Time Machine (early 1960’s)?  
> Not Ycapotetl (sp?), dunno, and not Yvette Mimeux (sp?).

#1 was Yum Cimil. Ycapoletl (however spelled) sounds like an Aztec god.  
#2 was Yakky Doodle.  
Correct on #3.  
DQ: From a comedy?

2 DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/92 "2017-03-07T00:07:56Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Are you often referred to as the first American comic strip character?  
> IQ2: Did you seduce Jon Snow?  
> IQ3: Did you teach martial arts to Bruce Lee?

Correct, correct, and Yip Man. He’s also known as Ip Man (which is the name of the fictionalized biographical movies.) For some reason I read the Bruce Lee wiki page recently, where they spell it with the Y. 🙂

DQ: Antagonist?

Holding 3 DQs.

IQ1: Do you often perform in a schoolboy uniform?  
IQ2: Did you play a replicant in Blade Runner?  
IQ3: Did you often throw to Jerry Rice?

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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, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/93 "2017-03-07T05:58:53Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Do you often perform in a schoolboy uniform?  
> IQ2: Did you play a replicant in Blade Runner?  
> IQ3: Did you often throw to Jerry Rice?

Dunno x3 (although it’s obviously not Rutger Hauer or Daryl Hannah, I really should know the _Blade Runner_ question).

Y.

1. fictional
2. male
3. did not first appear in text
4. last name begins with Y
5. created by an American(s)
6. from a movie or movies
7. not a protagonist
8. created before 1990
9. set in the present day (for when the movie was made) in the real world
10. created after 1950
11. movie is partly a comedy
12. kinda sorta the antagonist

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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, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/94 "2017-03-07T14:20:21Z")

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DQs:

1. Set in or after 1970?
2. Is your character American?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/95 "2017-03-07T15:19:53Z")

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DQ: Crime genre?

holding 2 DQs

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/96 "2017-03-07T16:09:25Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Do you often perform in a schoolboy uniform?  
> IQ2: Did you play a replicant in Blade Runner?  
> IQ3: Did you often throw to Jerry Rice?

Angus Young of AC/DC, Sean Young played Rachael, whose lack of awareness of her nature was a plot point, and 49’ers quarterback Steve Young.

Young x3!

Holding enough DQs.

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/97 "2017-03-07T16:18:35Z")

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DQ: Are you middle age or older? (If it’s close, say age 35 or so as the break point)

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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, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/98 "2017-03-07T19:34:42Z")

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Rachael - d’oh! Of course. Was thinking just of Roy’s posse.

Y.

1. fictional
2. male
3. did not first appear in text
4. last name begins with Y
5. created by an American(s)
6. from a movie or movies
7. not a protagonist
8. created before 1990
9. set in the present day (for when the movie was made) in the real world
10. created after 1950
11. movie is partly a comedy
12. kinda sorta the antagonist
13. set before 1970
14. nationality not certain but may be naturalized U.S. citizen
15. not in crime genre
16. middle age or older (actor was 41 when movie came out)

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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, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/99 "2017-03-07T20:11:51Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a Peruvian soprano of the 1950’s?
2. Did you supposedly break up the Beatles?
3. Are you generally considered to have been the first comic strip character?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/100 "2017-03-07T20:21:52Z")

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DQ: War genre?

holding 1 DQ

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