# 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:** 6
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/101 "2020-05-24T21:03:17Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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?.. Dunno x3. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from prose fiction 4. American creator(s) 5. created after 1899 ---
**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, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/102 "2020-05-24T21:40:13Z")
DQ: Originally from movies or TV? ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/103 "2020-05-24T21:41:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are you George Bailey’s youngest daughter in _It’s A Wonderful Life_? 2. Did you invent Esperanto? 3. Are you remembered as “the Father of Television”? ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/104 "2020-05-25T00:22:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you George Bailey’s youngest daughter in _It’s A Wonderful Life_? > 2. Did you invent Esperanto? > 3. Are you remembered as “the Father of Television”? Not Zuzu, she of the petals; dunno and dunno. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from prose fiction 4. American creator(s) 5. created after 1899 6. originally from movies or TV ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/105 "2020-05-25T00:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you George Bailey’s youngest daughter in It’s A Wonderful Life? > 2. Did you invent Esperanto? > 3. Are you remembered as “the Father of Television”? > Not Zuzu, she of the petals; dunno and dunno. Correct on Zuzu. #2 was Ludwig Zamenhof. #3 was Vladimir Zworykin, inventor of the cathode ray tube. DQs: 1. Originally from TV? 2. Created after 1979? ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/106 "2020-05-25T00:59:50Z")
Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from prose fiction 4. American creator(s) 5. created after 1899 6. originally from movies or TV 7. not originally from TV 8. created after 1979 ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/107 "2020-05-25T01:31:54Z")
IQ1: Were you the heroine of a siege in what later became West Virginia? IQ2: Were you #1’s g’g’nephew? IQ3: [Was going to ask a ZaSu Pitts question, but the Prof beat me to it…] DQ: Realistic movie (ie, not fantasy, SF or other)? ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/108 "2020-05-25T01:36:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the leader of the Reformation in Switzerland? 2. Did you play the lead in the film _The Phantom_? 3. Did you write _A Night in the Lonesome October_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/109 "2020-05-25T01:40:22Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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. 1. Zimbu 2. Zilpha Keatly Snyder 3. Zenna Henderson DQs: 1. In a series of movies? 2. Created by one person? One DQ reserved ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/110 "2020-05-25T04:55:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the heroine of a siege in what later became West Virginia? > IQ2: Were you #1’s g’g’nephew? > IQ3: [Was going to ask a ZaSu Pitts question, but the Prof beat me to it…] Dunno x2. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the leader of the Reformation in Switzerland? > 2. Did you play the lead in the film _The Phantom_? > 3. Did you write _A Night in the Lonesome October_? Not Zwingli, dunno and not Zelda Fitzgerald. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from prose fiction 4. American creator(s) 5. created after 1899 6. originally from movies or TV 7. not originally from TV 8. created after 1979 9. in a semi-realistic movie (but not fantasy or SF) 10. not in a series of movies 11. not created by one person ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/111 "2020-05-25T10:32:42Z")
1. Were you the titular character of a fictional documentary movie and who was played by Woody Allen? 2. Were you a South African World-class runner who moved to and got UK citizenship in a some said suspiciously fast amount of time so that you could represent the UK in the 1984 Summer Olympics? 3. Were you an actress who was best known for playing a character named Tangina? ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/112 "2020-05-25T11:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the leader of the Reformation in Switzerland? > 2. Did you play the lead in the film The Phantom? > 3. Did you write A Night in the Lonesome October? > Not Zwingli, dunno and not Zelda Fitzgerald. #1. Correct. #2 was Billy Zane. #3 was Roger Zelazny. DQs: 1. Protagoniist? 2. Created after 1999? ---
**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 25, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/113 "2020-05-25T14:53:40Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you the titular character of a fictional documentary movie and who was played by Woody Allen? > 2. Were you a South African World-class runner who moved to and got UK citizenship in a some said suspiciously fast amount of time so that you could represent the UK in the 1984 Summer Olympics? > 3. Were you an actress who was best known for playing a character named Tangina? Not Zelig, should know this but I forget, and dunno. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from prose fiction 4. American creator(s) 5. created after 1899 6. originally from movies or TV 7. not originally from TV 8. created after 1979 9. in a semi-realistic movie (but not fantasy or SF) 10. not in a series of movies 11. not created by one person 12. not the protagonist 13. created before 1999 ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/114 "2020-05-25T15:56:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Gamora and Uhura? 2. Did your sister star on\* Bones\*? 3. Are you a title character in a novel by J. D. Salinger? ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/115 "2020-05-25T17:54:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the heroine of a siege in what later became West Virginia? > IQ2: Were you #1’s g’g’nephew? > IQ3: [Was going to ask a ZaSu Pitts question, but the Prof beat me to it…] > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x2. Betty Zane. Zane Grey (whose first published work was the historical novel _Betty Zane_). ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/116 "2020-05-25T17:56:30Z")
DQ1: American character? DQ2: Could be alive now, if real? ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/117 "2020-05-26T03:41:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Gamora and Uhura? > 2. Did your sister star on\* Bones\*? > 3. Are you a title character in a novel by J. D. Salinger? Not Zoe Saldana, Zoe Deschanel or Zoe (or Franny). Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from prose fiction 4. American creator(s) 5. created after 1899 6. originally from movies or TV 7. not originally from TV 8. created after 1979 9. in a semi-realistic movie (but not fantasy or SF) 10. not in a series of movies 11. not created by one person 12. not the protagonist 13. created before 1999 14. American 15. would not be alive now, if real ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/118 "2020-05-26T10:01:11Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you the titular character of a fictional documentary movie and who was played by Woody Allen? > 2. Were you a South African World-class runner who moved to and got UK citizenship in a some said suspiciously fast amount of time so that you could represent the UK in the 1984 Summer Olympics? > 3. Were you an actress who was best known for playing a character named Tangina? 1. Correct 2. Zola Budd 3. Zelda Rubinstein. (Tangina was the psychic in **Poltergeist**.) DQs including the reserved DQ: 1. In a comedy? 2. In a Western? 3. Created after 1989? ---
**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 26, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/119 "2020-05-26T11:09:11Z")
Correct on my last three (except the last 2 were Zooey rather than Zoe, but, hey…) I just realized we haven’t asked about whether it’s first name or last. IQs: 1. Did you win a Golden Globe Award and a Golden Raspberry Award the same year? 2. Were you a librarian who became leader of a major nation? 3. Did Rip Torn play you in _Men In Black_? ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/120 "2020-05-27T04:16:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you win a Golden Globe Award and a Golden Raspberry Award the same year? > 2. Were you a librarian who became leader of a major nation? > 3. Did Rip Torn play you in _Men In Black_? Dunno, not Mr. Zaldakis, and not Zed. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from prose fiction 4. American creator(s) 5. created after 1899 6. originally from movies or TV 7. not originally from TV 8. created after 1979 9. in a semi-realistic movie (but not fantasy or SF) 10. not in a series of movies 11. not created by one person 12. not the protagonist 13. created before 1999 14. American 15. would not be alive now, if real 16. in a comedy 17. not in a Western 18. created before 1989 As I suspect **Prof. P.** will round out our 20 DQs, no more IQs, please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186.md?page=7)