# Botticelli - May 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 5, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186 "2020-05-05T15:47:49Z")\ **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 21, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/81 "2020-05-21T13:48:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played a candidate, a soldier and a President, and also been an insurance pitchman? > Were you Samwise’s dad AKA “the Gaffer”? > Were you the scrappy boy hero of _The Iron Giant_? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Hamfast. #3. I am not Hogarth Hughes. ---
**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 21, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/82 "2020-05-21T20:31:18Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a candidate, a soldier and a President, and also been an insurance pitchman? - Dennis Haysbert, in _24, The Unit, 24_ again, and for Allstate Were you Samwise’s dad AKA “the Gaffer”? - Yes, Hamfast Gamgee Were you the scrappy boy hero of _The Iron Giant_? - Yes, Hogarth Hughes I’m stumped, too. I suspect I won’t recognize this singer’s name. **Kitap** , wanna use one of my two reserved DQs? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/83 "2020-05-22T02:51:17Z")
Um, sure? DQ: Is she award-winning? Is it Holivia Newton-John? ---
**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 22, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/84 "2020-05-22T11:24:44Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name starts with H 4. Born after 1900 5. Living 6. Not American 7. Best known for the Arts 8. Born before 1950 9. Not European 10. Born in the Southern Hemisphere 11. Not best known for the visual arts, though she has acted in films 12. Caucasian 13. Considered a beauty 14. Best known for her music 15. Singer 16. Best known as a soloist 17. Born in the Eastern Hemisphere 18. Best known for rock/pop music 19. Won a Grammy No, not Holivia, and not Kylie Hinogue, either. 😃 ---
**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 22, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/85 "2020-05-22T17:03:12Z")
Ooo, I think I may have it. IQ: Were you an Australian pop singer known for such hits as “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar”? ---
**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 23, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/86 "2020-05-23T11:15:26Z")
Yes, I am Helen Reddy. Good job, EH! ---
**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 23, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/87 "2020-05-23T15:21:46Z")
Thanks! Good one, **Prof. P.** Just listened to some of her stuff on YouTube to mark the occasion. [Helen Reddy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Reddy) [Angie Baby- Helen Reddy - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQKyGt_I5L4) Lemme see… guess it’s been awhile since we did Z ---
**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 23, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/88 "2020-05-23T15:33:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you lead the way in the restoration of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity? 2. Did you play a major character in the movie _The Front_? 3. Did George Hamilton play you as two separate characters in the same movie? ---
**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 23, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/89 "2020-05-23T17:35:26Z")
IQ1: Were you a Greek fisherman? IQ2: Were you a Greek philosopher? IQ3: Were you a queen of Palmyra? ---
**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 23, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/90 "2020-05-23T17:38:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Greek fisherman? Correction: Were you a Greek peasant? ---
**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 23, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/91 "2020-05-23T19:49:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you lead the way in the restoration of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity? > 2. Did you play a major character in the movie _The Front_? > 3. Did George Hamilton play you as two separate characters in the same movie? Not Zacharias, Zero Mostel or Zorro. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Greek [peasant]? > IQ2: Were you a Greek philosopher? > IQ3: Were you a queen of Palmyra? Not Zorba, Zebulon or Zazu. ---
**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 23, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/92 "2020-05-23T22:22:37Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post IQs: 1. Did you lead the way in the restoration of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity? 2. Did you play a major character in the movie The Front? 3. Did George Hamilton play you as two separate characters in the same movie? Not Zacharias, Zero Mostel or Zorro. #1. Zechariah predicted the restoration, but Zerubbabel lead the way. (See Ezra.) Correct on the others. DQ: Real? ---
**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 23, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/93 "2020-05-23T22:24:38Z")
IQs: 1. In the novels of L. Frank Baum, are you the Queen of Ix? 2. Did you star in _Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patc_h? 3. Did you play the female lead in _Remington Steele_? ---
**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 24, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/94 "2020-05-24T01:33:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Greek fisherman? > IQ2: Were you a Greek philosopher? > IQ3: Were you a queen of Palmyra? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Correction: Were you a Greek peasant? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Zorba, Zebulon or Zazu. Correct. Zeno. Zenobia. DQ: Male? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you explore the American West in the early 19th century? IQ2: Was your hood permanently affixed to your face? IQ3: Are you a DC Comics magician? ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/95 "2020-05-24T05:34:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In the novels of L. Frank Baum, are you the Queen of Ix? > 2. Did you star in _Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patc_h? > 3. Did you play the female lead in _Remington Steele_? Not Zazu, Grace Zabriskie or Stephanie Zimbalist. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > IQ1: Did you explore the American West in the early 19th century? > IQ2: Was your hood permanently affixed to your face? > IQ3: Are you a DC Comics magician? Not Zebulon Pike, Zorro after a tragic ironing accident, or The Amazing Zappo. Z. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/96 "2020-05-24T09:32:15Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a monkey who showed up in several Dilbert strips? 2. Are you a young adult author who is perhaps best known for her book **The Egypt Game**? 3. We’re you an author best known for her stories about The People? I’m sensing a pattern with Zazu. ---
**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 24, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/97 "2020-05-24T11:09:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you explore the American West in the early 19th century? > IQ2: Was your hood permanently affixed to your face? > IQ3: Are you a DC Comics magician? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Zebulon Pike, Zorro after a tragic ironing accident, or The Amazing Zappo. Correct. Baron Zemo. Zatanna. DQ1: Originally from prose fiction? DQ2: American creator(s)? 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 24, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/98 "2020-05-24T13:41:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In the novels of L. Frank Baum, are you the Queen of Ix? > 2. Did you star in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch? > 3. Did you play the female lead in Remington Steele? > Not Zazu, Grace Zabriskie or Stephanie Zimbalist. #1 was Queen Zixi of Ix. #2 was Zasu Pitts. correct on #3 DQ: Created after 1899? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/99 "2020-05-24T14:00:01Z")
I didn’t think anyone else remembered Queen Zixi! ---
**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 24, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/100 "2020-05-24T17:37:47Z")
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