# 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:** 7
**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 27, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/121 "2020-05-27T13:10:12Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? #1 was Pia Zadora. #2 was Mao Zedong. Correct on Zed. DQs: 1. Last name starts with Z? 2. Antagonist? ---
**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, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/122 "2020-05-27T13:45:57Z")
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 19. last name starts with Z 20. not an antagonist Tawk amongst yourselves, and ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Friday, please. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/123 "2020-05-27T14:46:34Z")
Are you George Zipp from **Airplane**? “Go out there and win one for The Zipper”. ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/124 "2020-05-27T16:33:52Z")
As much as I know EH loves **Airplane!** , that’s a really good guess. ---
**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 27, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/125 "2020-05-27T18:47:38Z")
Hadn’t realised _Airplane!_ came out that late. I have no idea, so if kitap’s idea is incorrect, I pass. ---
**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 27, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/126 "2020-05-27T19:19:56Z")
In case\*\* kitap\*\* is wrong: Are you Russell Zinsky from _Stripes_? ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/127 "2020-05-27T20:27:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Are you George Zipp from **Airplane**? “Go out there and win one for The Zipper”. Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed George Zipp from the movie _Airplane!_: [Airplane! - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!) Good job, **kitap**! ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/128 "2020-05-27T20:29:12Z")
The Botticelli letters we’ve used to date, and when: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/129 "2020-05-28T08:50:14Z")
With the usual caveats that my internet access is limited, I am N! Ask away! ---
**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 28, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/130 "2020-05-28T11:32:40Z")
Good one, kitap! IQs: 1. Did you write _Mad Dogs and Englishmen_? 2. Did Oscar Wilde say of you: “It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of…”? 3. Was your mission to save the world and get to school on time? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/131 "2020-05-28T12:04:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good one, kitap! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Mad Dogs and Englishmen_? > 2. Did Oscar Wilde say of you: “It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of…”? > 3. Was your mission to save the world and get to school on time? I really thought there would be a “there was someone named George Zipp in Airplane!?!?!!” response . 1. I am not Noel Coward 2. I am not Little Nell? 3. No idea; take 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 28, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/132 "2020-05-28T14:25:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good one, kitap! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Mad Dogs and Englishmen_? > 2. Did Oscar Wilde say of you: “It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of…”? > 3. Was your mission to save the world and get to school on time? > [@kitap](#): > > I really thought there would be a “there was someone named George Zipp in Airplane!?!?!!” response . > > 1. I am not Noel Coward > 2. I am not Little Nell? > 3. No idea; take a DQ. Correct, Correct and Jimmy Neutron. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/133 "2020-05-28T14:40:27Z")
I am N: 1. Not real ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/134 "2020-05-28T15:09:58Z")
IQ1: Did you and a New Zealander succeed where George Mallory failed? IQ2: Did you die aboard your ship, which was hidden at Lincoln Island? IQ3: Are you the best-known Norwegian Ridgeback? ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/135 "2020-05-28T19:11:44Z")
IQs: Was your father Martin and your wife Daphne? Were you an officious Federation bureaucrat once on Deep Space Station K7? Were you a supernatural very bad guy in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft? ---
**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 28, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/136 "2020-05-28T23:33:43Z")
IQs: 1. Was Archie Goodwin in your employ? 2. Did you play Xander on _Buffy: the Vampire Slayer_? 3. Did you play Alfred on the 1960’s _Batman_ TV series? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/137 "2020-05-29T01:04:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you and a New Zealander succeed where George Mallory failed? > IQ2: Did you die aboard your ship, which was hidden at Lincoln Island? > IQ3: Are you the best-known Norwegian Ridgeback? 1. Not Tenzing Norgay 2. Not Lord Nelson 3. Not Norbert Take a DQ if #2 is wrong > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your father Martin and your wife Daphne? > Were you an officious Federation bureaucrat once on Deep Space Station K7? > Were you a supernatural very bad guy in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft? 1. Not Niles Crane 2. Take a DQ 3. Take a DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Archie Goodwin in your employ? > 2. Did you play Xander on _Buffy: the Vampire Slayer_? > 3. Did you play Alfred on the 1960’s _Batman_ TV series? I 1. Not Nero Wolfe 2. Not Nicholas Brendan 3. Not Alan Napier Take a DQ if #2 is wrong ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/138 "2020-05-29T04:35:32Z")
Previous IQs: Was your father Martin and your wife Daphne? - Yes, Dr. Niles Crane Were you an officious Federation bureaucrat once on Deep Space Station K7? - Nils Baris, in ST:TOS “The Trouble with Tribbles” Were you a supernatural very bad guy in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft? - Nyarlathotep DQs: Male? Last name starts with N? IQs: Did JFK wish you a happy birthday by phone just hours before he was slain? Are you executive director of the Planetary Society? Were you (probably erroneously) quoted as having said, “Get there fustest with the mostest”? ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/139 "2020-05-29T12:20:40Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did you have a property dispute with Gottfried Leibniz? 2. Were you a singer whose birth name was Eunica Waymon? 3. Were you onstage at the Oscars when a nude man streaked the stage? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186/140 "2020-05-29T20:56:11Z")
I am N: 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. First name starts with N. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did JFK wish you a happy birthday by phone just hours before he was slain? > Are you executive director of the Planetary Society? > Were you (probably erroneously) quoted as having said, “Get there fustest with the mostest”? Take 3 DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a property dispute with Gottfried Leibniz? > 2. Were you a singer whose birth name was Eunica Waymon? > 3. Were you onstage at the Oscars when a nude man streaked the stage? I 1. Take a DQ 2. Not Nelson Eddy? 3. Not David Niven Take a DQ for #2, probably [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2020/853186.md?page=8)