# Botticelli March 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**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 29, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/541 "2023-03-29T20:54:12Z")
Previous IQs: Was your creator thinking of bees when you were named? - Albus Dumbledore; Rowling thought of him humming as he walked through the halls of Hogwarts (“Dumbledore” is an old word for “bumblebee”) Are you a Biblical woman whose name is now used by a late-night radio host? - Yes, Delilah Did Roy Marsden play you for many years? - The British actor played DCI Adam Dalglish in quite a few TV movies DQ: From the Solar System? Villain? IQs: Did you costar on _Designing Women_? Were you an East Liverpool, Ohio-born painter who helped blaze a trail for the Ashcan School? Did you work for the PHB? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/542 "2023-03-29T21:21:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an ad exec for Sterling Cooper, in _Mad Men_? 2. Were you, in fact, Mark Felt, associate director of the FBI? 3. La la la la la…were you the quintessential deadpan sarcastic 90s MTV teen? ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/543 "2023-03-29T21:41:24Z")
Last held DQ: Animal? ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/544 "2023-03-29T21:45:53Z")
IQ1: Are you the Bumstead’s dog? IQ2: Did Steve McGarrett frequently tell you to “book 'em”? IQ3: Are you the Greek god of wine? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/545 "2023-03-29T21:48:38Z")
1. Are you a founding member of the New Mutants with the code name Sunspot 2. Are you a founding member of the New Mutants with the code name Psyche 3. Are you an extremely popular Marvel character who first appeared as a villain in a New Mutants comic ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/546 "2023-03-29T22:37:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you costar on _Designing Women_? > Were you an East Liverpool, Ohio-born painter who helped blaze a trail for the Ashcan School? > Did you work for the PHB? > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Are you a founding member of the New Mutants with the code name Sunspot > 2. Are you a founding member of the New Mutants with the code name Psyche > 3. Are you an extremely popular Marvel character who first appeared as a villain in a New Mutants comic Dunno x6! > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an ad exec for Sterling Cooper, in _Mad Men_? > 2. Were you, in fact, Mark Felt, associate director of the FBI? > 3. La la la la la…were you the quintessential deadpan sarcastic 90s MTV teen? Dunno Not Deep Throat Dunno > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Bumstead’s dog? > IQ2: Did Steve McGarrett frequently tell you to “book 'em”? > IQ3: Are you the Greek god of wine? I am neither Danno nor Dionysos, but yes, I am **D** aisy! I’ll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out the answers to the last four DQs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/547 "2023-03-29T23:06:12Z")
Congratulations CFHG! As for the cleanups of my IQs: > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Are you a founding member of the New Mutants with the code name Sunspot > 2. Are you a founding member of the New Mutants with the code name Psyche > 3. Are you an extremely popular Marvel character who first appeared as a villain in a New Mutants comic 1. Roberto DeCosta 2. Danielle Moonstar 3. Deadpool ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/548 "2023-03-30T02:50:19Z")
Nicely done, **Chock!** ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/549 "2023-03-30T17:06:20Z")
Next up… **A** [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTr2nnZaeBW1MNijv7Hl2EVl8uzfyC4sGoWuQ&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTr2nnZaeBW1MNijv7Hl2EVl8uzfyC4sGoWuQ&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/550 "2023-03-30T17:24:02Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you play Dean Winchester for 15 seasons? 2. Did you write the book **The Zero Stone**? 3. Dod you write the book **Twisted Tales from Shakespeare**? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/551 "2023-03-30T17:51:58Z")
IQ’s 1. Are you a maid in a children’s book known for taking everything said to you literally? 2. Were you Danny Devito’s twin brother. 3. Were you originally writer for BBC whose novelization of a radio play catapulted you to fame and fortune? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/552 "2023-03-30T18:09:39Z")
Congrats, Chock! IQs: 1. Were you a Swiss patent clerk who went on to other things? 2. Did you also write about Professor Challenger? 3. Were you Diane in _BoJack Horseman_? ---
**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 30, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/553 "2023-03-30T18:51:25Z")
Good on ya, **CFOHG**! My previous IQs: Did you costar on _Designing Women_? - Delta Burke Were you an East Liverpool, Ohio-born painter who helped blaze a trail for the Ashcan School? - This guy: [David Gilmour Blythe - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour_Blythe) Did you work for the PHB? - Dilbert On to A. IQs: Did you found the House of Telcontar? Were you that person’s spouse? Were you the Governor of Massachusetts shown briefly in the movie _Glory_? ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/554 "2023-03-30T19:19:07Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play Dean Winchester for 15 seasons? > 2. Did you write the book **The Zero Stone**? > 3. Dod you write the book **Twisted Tales from Shakespeare**? Take 3 DQs > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Are you a maid in a children’s book known for taking everything said to you literally? > 2. Were you Danny Devito’s twin brother. > 3. Were you originally writer for BBC whose novelization of a radio play catapulted you to fame and fortune? Not Amelia Bedilia Not Arnold Schwarzenegger Not Douglas Adams > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you a Swiss patent clerk who went on to other things? > 2. Did you also write about Professor Challenger? > 3. Were you Diane in _BoJack Horseman_? Take 3 DQs > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you found the House of Telcontar? > Were you that person’s spouse? > Were you the Governor of Massachusetts shown briefly in the movie _Glory_? Not Aragorn Not Arwen DQ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/555 "2023-03-30T19:23:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Amelia Bedilia > Not Arnold Schwarzenegger > Not Douglas Adams All three correct! 🙂 I figured that there was a good chance you would get the last two, but I thought I was the only person who still remembered miss Bedilia : ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/556 "2023-03-30T19:27:25Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a Swiss patent clerk who went on to other things? > 2. Did you also write about Professor Challenger? > 3. Were you Diane in _BoJack Horseman_? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take 3 DQs 1 was Albert Einstein; 2 was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; 3 was Alison Brie. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? 3. first name begins with A? ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/557 "2023-03-30T19:30:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the voice of Marlin in _Finding Nemo_? 2. Were you the original choice to play Delia in the movie _Beetlejuice_? 3. Did Bing Crosby say that American music started and ended with you? ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/558 "2023-03-30T19:41:28Z")
I remember Amelia Bedelia, too (but always found her slightly annoying)! Previous IQs: Did you found the House of Telcontar? - Yes, Aragorn LKA Elessar Were you that person’s spouse? - Yes, Arwen Were you the Governor of Massachusetts shown briefly in the movie _Glory_? - John Andrew DQ: American? IQs: Were you a lunar AI’s alter ego? Were you a Harlem Congressman known for saying “Keep the faith, baby”? Were you a jaded vampire residing in Detroit? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/559 "2023-03-30T19:52:05Z")
IQs 1. Did you have 199 hit points in the first edition Monster Manual? 2. Did you write a series of humorous fantasy books whose titles were all puns off the same word? 3. Did crank callers demand your immediate release? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/560 "2023-03-30T19:56:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write a children’s book about the last of the Really Great Whangdoodles? 2. Did you run through the streets naked, saying (in Greek) “I have found it!”–“it” being a way to test for counterfeit gold crowns via water displacement? 3. Were you George Carlin’s Hippy-Dippy Weatherman? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=29)