# 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:** 6
**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 13, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/101 "2019-05-13T12:34:04Z")
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. 18. Both movies were made in the 20th Century. Another movie featuring this character (briefly) was made in the 21st Century. ---
**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 13, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/102 "2019-05-13T15:54:24Z")
I’m stuck… I can’t think of a 2-book series that was made into movies. ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/103 "2019-05-13T16:45:45Z")
Neither can I. I’m grasping at straws here, with my last few DQs. I noticed I never came back to one of my IQs; the protagonist of _Axis Powers Hetalia_ was Italia. ---
**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 13, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/104 "2019-05-13T17:33:33Z")
Hint: there were two books, but more than two movies. ---
**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 14, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/105 "2019-05-14T01:55:15Z")
IQ1: Are you a Czech model who Berke Breathed once gave the rhyming appellation “The [Surname] Frump”? IQ2: Are you her daughter? IQ3: Were you nicknamed for the dog? ---
**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 14, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/106 "2019-05-14T02:59:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Czech model who Berke Breathed once gave the rhyming appellation “The [Surname] Frump”? > > IQ2: Are you her daughter? > > IQ3: Were you nicknamed for the dog? 1. I am not Ivanka Trump. 2. I am not Ivana Trump. 3. I am not Indiana Jones. ---
**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 14, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/107 "2019-05-14T13:08:09Z")
Swept again! IQ1: Are you an American R&B singer-songwriter named after a country? IQ2: Are you the host of a popular NPR show, who’s often dragooned into recording discursive pledge drive promos? IQ3: Could you be fancifully called “The Thin White Duchess”; ironic, as you are a Somali-born mononymic supermodel? ---
**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 14, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/108 "2019-05-14T14:55:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Swept again! > > IQ1: Are you an American R&B singer-songwriter named after a country? > > IQ2: Are you the host of a popular NPR show, who’s often dragooned into recording discursive pledge drive promos? > > IQ3: Could you be fancifully called “The Thin White Duchess”; ironic, as you are a Somali-born mononymic supermodel? #3: I am not Iman. 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 14, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/109 "2019-05-14T15:37:55Z")
Previous IQs: Did you design the Banqueting House in Whitehall? - Inigo Jones Were you part of the _Beverly Hills 90210_ cast? - Ian Ziering Were you a senior Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet? - Harold Ickes DQs: US citizen? Character would be alive today, if real? Known for crimefighting? ---
**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 14, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/110 "2019-05-14T16:54:01Z")
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. 18. Both movies were made in the 20th Century. Another movie featuring this character (briefly) was made in the 21st Century. 19. Assumed to be a U.S. citizen 20. Character would be alive today, if real 21. Not known for crimefighting. We are now past 20. Please ask all remaining DQs by 8 pm EST today. I didn’t think it would be this tough, really. ---
**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 14, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/111 "2019-05-14T17:53:56Z")
Sigh… Sometimes I run into a mental block. DQ: Created after 1985? ---
**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 14, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/112 "2019-05-14T18:06:20Z")
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. 18. Both movies were made in the 20th Century. Another movie featuring this character (briefly) was made in the 21st Century. 19. Assumed to be a U.S. citizen 20. Character would be alive today, if real 21. Not known for crimefighting. 22. Created after 1985 ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/113 "2019-05-15T01:48:41Z")
Please ask your “Are you FirstName LastName?” questions by 8 pm EST tomorrow. ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/114 "2019-05-15T02:47:16Z")
Man, I got nuttin’. The last two IQs you didn’t get, by the way - the R&B singer is India.Arie, and the NPR host known for storytelling is Ira Glass, host of _This American Life_. ---
**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 15, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/115 "2019-05-15T04:30:01Z")
I’m stumped, too. I suspect I haven’t read the books or seen the movies. ---
**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 15, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/116 "2019-05-15T18:58:31Z")
If you get too tired kicking yourself after you find out the answer, I’ll be happy to assist… 😃 ---
**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 15, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/117 "2019-05-15T19:14:19Z")
Welcome back, SCA! Long time, no see. ---
**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 16, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/118 "2019-05-16T00:02:48Z")
Okay! From the pages of Michael Crichton’s bestsellers _Jurassic Park_ and _The Lost World_, and as played by Jeff Goldblum in those movies as well as in _Jurassic World 2_, I am chaos scientist Ian Malcolm! Since I seriously doubt that no one has seen those films or read those books, I’m-a gonna go on to… I am J. ---
**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 16, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/119 "2019-05-16T00:34:07Z")
IQ1. Did you write about a boating trip you and friends took on the Thames? IQ2. Were you the Swedish Nightingale? IQ3. Were you the Britich commander at the Battle of Jutland? ---
**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 16, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407/120 "2019-05-16T01:23:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1. Did you write about a boating trip you and friends took on the Thames? > IQ2. Were you the Swedish Nightingale? > IQ3. Were you the Britich commander at the Battle of Jutland? 1. I am not Jerome K. Jerome. 2. I am not Jenny Lind. 3. Take a DQ. (I assume you meant British.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2019/833407.md?page=7)