# Botticelli - May, 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330 "2013-05-02T17:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/1 "2013-05-02T17:37:29Z")
The list made by Elendil’s Heir shows that ‘U’ has only been used once, so: I am U I really can’t think of many people that fit, so I suspect this will be either ridiculously easy or fiendishly difficult… ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/2 "2013-05-02T17:44:50Z")
IQs 1. Were you an actor/playwright who starred in _Viva Max_? 2. Were you one of the original Bond girls? 3. Were you King Arthur’s dad? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/3 "2013-05-02T18:15:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you an actor/playwright who starred in _Viva Max_? > 2. Were you one of the original Bond girls? > 3. Were you King Arthur’s dad? Not Peter Ustinov (love that movie!), Ursula Andress or Uther Pendragon. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/4 "2013-05-02T18:24:28Z")
more IQs 1. Were you a tenant or owner of a notable E. A. Poe house? 2. Are you a currently active singer/dancer/reality TV show judge? 3. Were you a French post-Impressionist known for his cityscapes? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/5 "2013-05-02T19:06:26Z")
IQ: Were you the main character in two acient epics? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/6 "2013-05-02T19:57:53Z")
IQs: Did Sean Connery star in the best-known adaptation of one of your works? Are you a CMU grad who played a hotshot young lawyer in a popular TV show? Were you a noteworthy black actress of the Seventies? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/7 "2013-05-02T20:44:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > more IQs > > 1. Were you a tenant or owner of a notable E. A. Poe house? > 2. Are you a currently active singer/dancer/reality TV show judge? > 3. Were you a French post-Impressionist known for his cityscapes? Not Usher. Two DQs. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the main character in two acient epics? Not Ulysses. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Sean Connery star in the best-known adaptation of one of your works? > Are you a CMU grad who played a hotshot young lawyer in a popular TV show? > Were you a noteworthy black actress of the Seventies? Three DQs. * * * As an aside, I had considered using Joseph Brant - does that name ring any bells at all with any of you? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/8 "2013-05-02T20:50:58Z")
Brant? No, not a clue. My #1 was Roderick Usher from the House of Usher; #2 is Usher (so you either got #1 or #2), and the painter is Maurice Utrillo. DQs: 1. Are you alive? 2. Does your first name start with U? 3. Are you male? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/9 "2013-05-02T21:38:07Z")
IQs 1. Are you Benjamin Krupp’s alter-ego? 2. Were you part of the biggest selling musical act from a non-English speaking country? 3. Did you start a company that was one of the most famous manufacturers of a product that is now considered obsolete? PS: I haven’t heard of Joseph Brant either. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/10 "2013-05-02T21:39:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Brant? No, not a clue. > My #1 was Roderick Usher from the House of Usher; #2 is Usher (so you either got #1 or #2), and the painter is Maurice Utrillo. > > DQs: > > 1. Are you alive? > 2. Does your first name start with U? > 3. Are you male? #1 was the one I answered. But you’re asking three DQs? **U** 1. Alive 2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/11 "2013-05-02T21:41:56Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you Benjamin Krupp’s alter-ego? > 2. Were you part of the biggest selling musical act from a non-English speaking country? > 3. Did you start a company that was one of the most famous manufacturers of a product that is now considered obsolete? > > PS: I haven’t heard of Joseph Brant either. Hmmm - is there a von Trapp whose name starts with ‘U’? Not Underwood of typewriter fame. DQs for the first two. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/12 "2013-05-02T23:06:33Z")
Yeah, I fouled up. IQ’s: 1. Are you Jimmy Durante’s marionette nemesis? 2. Were you an American publisher roundly criticized for including your own poems in anthologies you edited? 3. Are you Jimmy Neutron’s idiot friend’s idol? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/13 "2013-05-02T23:21:44Z")
IQ1: Are you a musician who’s alienated many fans in an effort to maintain copyright in the electronic age? IQ2: Did you inspire a furor about a century ago that resulted in new food governing food handling? IQ3: Were you half of the first inter-racial kiss on American network TV? ETA: Don’t recognize the name Joseph Brant either ---
**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:** [May 3, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/14 "2013-05-03T00:04:06Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you Benjamin Krupp’s alter-ego? > 2. Were you part of the biggest selling musical act from a non-English speaking country? > 3. Did you start a company that was one of the most famous manufacturers of a product that is now considered obsolete? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Underwood of typewriter fame. DQs for the first two. 1. Captain Underpants - title character of a popular kids lit series 2. Bjorn Ulvaues of ABBA fame 3. Correct about John Underwood DQ1: Male? I’ll hold on to my second one for now. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/15 "2013-05-03T01:06:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ’s: > > 1. Are you Jimmy Durante’s marionette nemesis? > 2. Were you an American publisher roundly criticized for including your own poems in anthologies you edited? > 3. Are you Jimmy Neutron’s idiot friend’s idol? My girls used to watch Jimmy Neutron all the time, but that was too many years ago. Three DQs. > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you a musician who’s alienated many fans in an effort to maintain copyright in the electronic age? > IQ2: Did you inspire a furor about a century ago that resulted in new food governing food handling? > IQ3: Were you half of the first inter-racial kiss on American network TV? > > ETA: Don’t recognize the name Joseph Brant either No idea. Assuming that IQ2 should read “new regulations,” I’m not Upton Sinclair. I’m going to take a guess and say: Not Lt Uhura. DQs as appropriate. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1. Captain Underpants - title character of a popular kids lit series > 2. Bjorn Ulvaues of ABBA fame > 3. Correct about John Underwood > > DQ1: Male? > > I’ll hold on to my second one for now. **U** 1. Dead 2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’ 3. Male ZOJ1 😃 How do you do a strike-out in this forum? I thought it was /S… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/16 "2013-05-03T01:08:48Z")
IQ: Is your autobiography, finished days before your death, a classic of American writing? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/17 "2013-05-03T01:16:13Z")
The puppet was Umbriago, the publisher Louis Untermeyer, and Sheen idolized Ultra-Lord! DQs: 1. Were you a fictional character? 2. Were you a religious figure? 3. Were you European? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/18 "2013-05-03T02:01:37Z")
Joseph Brant was an Indian chief around the time of the American Revolution, IIRC. **Prof. P.** , I love Sheen and Ultra-Lord! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Sean Connery star in the best-known adaptation of one of your works? > Are you a CMU grad who played a hotshot young lawyer in a popular TV show? > Were you a noteworthy black actress of the Seventies? Connery starred in _The Name of the Rose_, based on Umberto Eco’s book. Blair Underwood was on _L.A. Law_. Leslie Uggams. Three DQs reserved, to see the answers to **Prof. P.**'s. IQs: Did an Oscar-broadcast joke about you and another celebrity flop? Were you born in Point Pleasant but grew up in Georgetown? Did _The Simpsons_ start on your show? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/19 "2013-05-03T03:08:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is your autobiography, finished days before your death, a classic of American writing? Not Ulysses S Grant. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Three DQs reserved, to see the answers to **Prof. P.**'s. > > IQs: > > Did an Oscar-broadcast joke about you and another celebrity flop? > Were you born in Point Pleasant but grew up in Georgetown? > Did _The Simpsons_ start on your show? Three DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Were you a fictional character? > 2. Were you a religious figure? > 3. Were you European? **U** 1. Dead 2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’ 3. Male 4. Real 5. Not a religious figure 6. European ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330/20 "2013-05-03T03:16:19Z")
What was he before, and after, he was in the bathroom? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2013/657330.md?page=2)