# Botticelli - May 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 3, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407 "2019-05-03T03:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 9, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/81 "2019-05-09T21:18:03Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with I 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Not the protagonist in the first book in the series, but the protagonist in the second. 6. From American fiction (I’m not sure I’d actually call it “Literature”). 7. Science fiction/fantasy genre 8. Transitioned to movies ---
**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 9, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/82 "2019-05-09T21:19:11Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1 was Jason Isaacs; 2 and 3 are correct. > > IQ1: Are you the villain of a drama of which it is said that if the protagonists of your play and _Hamlet_ were switched, neither work would be a tragedy, as your protagonist would kill Claudius without hesitation, while Hamlet would see through you instantly? > IQ2: Are you _the woman_ to a famous detective? > IQ3: Are you a world-renowned Russian Jewish violinist? > > DQ: Transitioned to movies? 1. I am not Iago. 2. I am not Irene Adler. 3. I am not Itzschak Perlman. (sp?) ---
**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 9, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/83 "2019-05-09T21:20:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you looking for a six-fingered man? > IQ2: Are you the slothful protagonist of _A Confederacy of Dunces_? > IQ3: Are you the Mesopotamian goddess of war and sex? 1. Hello, my name is not Indigo Montoya. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ishtar. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/84 "2019-05-10T01:11:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Iago. > 2. I am not Irene Adler. > 3. I am not Itzschak Perlman. (sp?) Swept me. IQ1: Are you a medieval writer from Arab Spain, known in Christian Europe as Avicenna, the Latinized version of your Arabic name? IQ2: Were you probably the most famous CEO of an auto company before Elon Musk? IQ3: Are you a magical realist writer, and cousin to the illegally deposed President of your native country? ---
**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 10, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/85 "2019-05-10T01:49:22Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Swept me. > > IQ1: Are you a medieval writer from Arab Spain, known in Christian Europe as Avicenna, the Latinized version of your Arabic name? > > IQ2: Were you probably the most famous CEO of an auto company before Elon Musk? > > IQ3: Are you a magical realist writer, and cousin to the illegally deposed President of your native country? 1. I am not Lee Iacocca. Take 2 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:** [May 10, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/86 "2019-05-10T03:52:54Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Clinton White House policy advisor on healthcare? - Ira Magaziner Were you the protagonist of _Moby-Dick_? - Yes, Ishmael Were you a noted Scandinavian playwright? - Yes, Ibsen DQ: Considered a good guy? IQs: Did you design the Banqueting House in Whitehall? Were you part of the _Beverly Hills 90210_ cast? Were you a senior Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/87 "2019-05-10T14:02:47Z")
Previous IQs. IQ1: Are you a medieval writer from Arab Spain, known in Christian Europe as Avicenna, the Latinized version of your Arabic name? - Ibn Sina, who wrote on medicine. I was incorrect, though, about him being a Spanish Arab; he was Persian (albeit with an Arabic name). I confused him with Ibn Rashid, or Averroes. IQ2: Were you probably the most famous CEO of an auto company before Elon Musk? - Yes, Lee Iacocca. IQ3: Are you a magical realist writer, and cousin to the illegally deposed President of your native country? - novelist Isabelle Allende, author of _Eva Luna_, and cousin to deposed Chilean president Salvador Allende. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Lee Iacocca. > Take 2 DQs. IQ1: Are you a Romanian tennis player, number one in the world in the 1970’s, who earned the nickname “Nasty” for your shenanigans? IQ2: Are you an equally skilled Czechoslovakian tennis player whose career overlapped IQ1? IQ3: Did you play John Cusak’s girlfriend in\* Say Anything\*, the recipient of the famous “In Your Eyes” serenade? DQ1: Created after 1970? DQ2: More than one movie made from your series? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/88 "2019-05-10T14:20:48Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you looking for a six-fingered man? > IQ2: Are you the slothful protagonist of A Confederacy of Dunces? > IQ3: Are you the Mesopotamian goddess of war and sex? > > 1. Hello, my name is not Indigo Montoya. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Ishtar. Inigo, not the color, but close enough - Ignacious J. Reilly, correct holding a DQ ---
**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 10, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/89 "2019-05-10T14:58:09Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with I 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Not the protagonist in the first book in the series, but the protagonist in the second. 6. From American fiction (I’m not sure I’d actually call it “Literature”). 7. Science fiction/fantasy genre 8. Transitioned to movies 9. Good guy 10. Created after 1970 11. More than one movie made from the series ---
**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 10, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/90 "2019-05-10T14:59:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you design the Banqueting House in Whitehall? > Were you part of the _Beverly Hills 90210_ cast? > Were you a senior Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet? Take 3 DQs. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Romanian tennis player, number one in the world in the 1970’s, who earned the nickname “Nasty” for your shenanigans? > > IQ2: Are you an equally skilled Czechoslovakian tennis player whose career overlapped IQ1? > > IQ3: Did you play John Cusak’s girlfriend in\* Say Anything\*, the recipient of the famous “In Your Eyes” serenade? 1. I am not Ilie Nastase. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/91 "2019-05-10T21:31:34Z")
Previous IQs. IQ1: Are you a Romanian tennis player, number one in the world in the 1970’s, who earned the nickname “Nasty” for your shenanigans? - Correct, Ilie Nastase. IQ2: Are you an equally skilled Czechoslovakian tennis player whose career overlapped IQ1? - Ivan Lendl. IQ3: Did you play John Cusak’s girlfriend in\* Say Anything\*, the recipient of the famous “In Your Eyes” serenade? - Ione Skye. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ilie Nastase. > > Take 2 DQs. IQ1: Are you the sister of writer A.S. Byatt, and yourself a well-known and critically lauded author? IQ2: Are you the Greek goddess of the rainbow? IQ3: In Greek mythology, are you the father of Atlas, thus the reason geologists named the proto-Atlantic Ocean after you? DQ1: Were you in the first book of your series? DQ2: Created in the 21st century? ---
**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 10, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/92 "2019-05-10T21:39:35Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with I 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Not the protagonist in the first book in the series, but the protagonist in the second. 6. From American fiction (I’m not sure I’d actually call it “Literature”). 7. Science fiction/fantasy genre 8. Transitioned to movies 9. Good guy 10. Created after 1970 11. More than one movie made from the series 12. There were two books. He was in both. 13. Created before the 21st Century. ---
**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 10, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/93 "2019-05-10T21:40:40Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you the sister of writer A.S. Byatt, and yourself a well-known and critically lauded author? > > IQ2: Are you the Greek goddess of the rainbow? > > IQ3: In Greek mythology, are you the father of Atlas, thus the reason geologists named the proto-Atlantic Ocean after you? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Iris. #3. I am not Iapetus (or Iapetos). ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/94 "2019-05-10T22:01:44Z")
Previous IQs. IQ1: Are you the sister of writer A.S. Byatt, and yourself a well-known and critically lauded author? - Iris Murdoch. IQ2: Are you the Greek goddess of the rainbow? - Correct, Iris. IQ3: In Greek mythology, are you the father of Atlas, thus the reason geologists named the proto-Atlantic Ocean after you? - Correct, Iapetus. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Iris. > #3. I am not Iapetus (or Iapetos). IQ1: Did you ruin a former employee’s dinner party with an ill-timed question to a landscape designer, about a marriage proposal? IQ2: Did you, at the climactic scene in the book of which you were the protagonist, say, “Welcome to _my_ gates, Joen of Jokona; I am the Mouth of Hell”? IQ3: Are you the seneschal and lover of IQ2? One DQ 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:** [May 10, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/95 "2019-05-10T22:27:57Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Did you ruin a former employee’s dinner party with an ill-timed question to a landscape designer, about a marriage proposal? > > IQ2: Did you, at the climactic scene in the book of which you were the protagonist, say, “Welcome to _my_ gates, Joen of Jokona; I am the Mouth of Hell”? > > IQ3: Are you the seneschal and lover of IQ2? > > One DQ reserved. Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/96 "2019-05-11T19:21:13Z")
Previous IQs. IQ1: Did you ruin a former employee’s dinner party with an ill-timed question to a landscape designer, about a marriage proposal? - Simon Illyan, in Bujold’s _A Civil Campaign_. IQ2: Did you, at the climactic scene in the book of which you were the protagonist, say, “Welcome to _my_ gates, Joen of Jokona; I am the Mouth of Hell”? - Ista dy Chalion, in _Paladin of Souls_, also by Bujold. IQ3: Are you the seneschal and lover of IQ2? - Illvan dy Arbanos, in the same. One DQ reserved. [/QUOTE] > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Sorry, **Prof. P** - I figured that since you knew Ivan Vorpatril, you must be a Bujold fan. IQ1: Are you a former soldier turned monk, who founded an order devoted to the Pope, _ad maiorem Dei gloriam_? IQ2: Are you the sweet-but-feckless protagonist of _Axis Powers Hetalia_? IQ3: Do you owe your life to your dad finding a ram entangled in thornbushes? DQ1: Is your book series complete? DQ2: Do you have any special powers? DQ3: Human? DQ4: African-American? ---
**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 11, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/97 "2019-05-11T22:52:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Previous IQs. > > IQ1: Did you ruin a former employee’s dinner party with an ill-timed question to a landscape designer, about a marriage proposal? - Simon Illyan, in Bujold’s _A Civil Campaign_. > > IQ2: Did you, at the climactic scene in the book of which you were the protagonist, say, “Welcome to _my_ gates, Joen of Jokona; I am the Mouth of Hell”? - Ista dy Chalion, in _Paladin of Souls_, also by Bujold. > > IQ3: Are you the seneschal and lover of IQ2? - Illvan dy Arbanos, in the same. > > One DQ reserved. Sorry, **Prof. P** - I figured that since you knew Ivan Vorpatril, you must be a Bujold fan. IQ1: Are you a former soldier turned monk, who founded an order devoted to the Pope, _ad maiorem Dei gloriam_? IQ2: Are you the sweet-but-feckless protagonist of _Axis Powers Hetalia_? IQ3: Do you owe your life to your dad finding a ram entangled in thornbushes? DQ1: Is your book series complete? DQ2: Do you have any special powers? DQ3: Human? DQ4: African-American? [/QUOTE] Oh, I am a Bujold fan and have read those books, but they just didn’t come to mind. 1. I am not St. Ignatius of Loyola. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Isaac. ---
**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 11, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/98 "2019-05-11T22:53:07Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with I 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Not the protagonist in the first book in the series, but the protagonist in the second. 6. From American fiction (I’m not sure I’d actually call it “Literature”). 7. Science fiction/fantasy genre 8. Transitioned to movies 9. Good guy 10. Created after 1970 11. More than one movie made from the series 12. There were two books. He was in both. 13. Created before the 21st Century. 14. Book series is complete at two volumes. 15. No special powers. 16. Human. 17. Not African-American. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/99 "2019-05-12T21:35:58Z")
IQ1: Are you Master of the Royal Mint, as well as passionately interested in alchemy, but dabble in mathematics on the side? IQ2: Are you a Jewish writer of \*shtetl-\*themed novels and short stories? IQ3: Are you the putative father of all Arabs? DQ1: Were the movies of your books made in the 20th century? ---
**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 12, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/100 "2019-05-12T21:59:35Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you Master of the Royal Mint, as well as passionately interested in alchemy, but dabble in mathematics on the side? > > IQ2: Are you a Jewish writer of \*shtetl-\*themed novels and short stories? > > IQ3: Are you the putative father of all Arabs? > DQ1: Were the movies of your books made in the 20th century? 1. I am not Isaac Newton. 2. I am not Isaac B. Singer. 3. I am not Ishmael. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=6)