# Botticelli - May 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098 "2021-04-30T14:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/1 "2021-04-30T14:06:18Z")
I am [![](https://www.shareicon.net/data/2016/10/20/846391_alphabet-f-letter-letters-red_512x512.png) ](https://www.shareicon.net/data/2016/10/20/846391_alphabet-f-letter-letters-red_512x512.png) Link to April thread: [Botticelli - April 2021 - #408 by Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/408) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/2 "2021-04-30T20:25:45Z")
IQ1: Were you a fictional pool hustler? IQ2: Were you a real pool player with the same name? IQ3: Were you the eponymous protagonist of Clint Eastwood’s first movie? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/3 "2021-04-30T20:29:03Z")
What’s the letter for this round, again? 😉 IQs: Were you a former newspaperman photographed in front of a giant picture of yourself? Did Churchill joke about your name? Have you played a housewife, a prosecutor, a cop and a scientist? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/4 "2021-04-30T20:29:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > What’s the letter for this round, again? Pick a letter – any letter. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/5 "2021-04-30T20:38:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a fictional pool hustler? > IQ2: Were you a real pool player with the same name? > IQ3: Were you the eponymous protagonist of Clint Eastwood’s first movie? 1. I am not Minnesota Fats. 2. I am not Minnesota Fats. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a former newspaperman photographed in front of a giant picture of yourself? > Did Churchill joke about your name? > Have you played a housewife, a prosecutor, a cop and a scientist? 1. I am not Charles Foster Kane (??). 2. I am not F.D.R. (??) 3. I am not Sally Fields (??) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/6 "2021-04-30T20:52:13Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a former newspaperman photographed in front of a giant picture of yourself? - Yes, Charles Foster Kane, in _Citizen Kane_: [Making Sense of Citizen Kane | The New Republic](https://newrepublic.com/article/133154/making-sense-citizen-kane) Did Churchill joke about your name? - The PM was not a fan of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, saying, “Dull, Duller, Dulles.” Have you played a housewife, a prosecutor, a cop and a scientist? - Not Sally Field, but Jodie Foster, in _A Very Long Engagement, The Accused, The Silence of the Lambs_ and _Contact_. Foster x3! DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Were you RNC Chairman in the Reagan years? Did you command Hill Street Station? Did your coworkers watch and mock the home movies from your wedding? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/7 "2021-04-30T20:57:34Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Did you own Wilbur? 2. Were you Maxwell Smart’s canine partner? 3. Were you the male protagonist of **Dragonflight**? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/8 "2021-04-30T22:19:58Z")
IQ1: Did your father disapprove of your hanging around with a wizard? IQ2: Are you the owner and founder of the Planet Express delivery service? IQ3: Are you IQ2’s great-(times 30)-uncle? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/9 "2021-04-30T23:15:54Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/10 "2021-04-30T23:18:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you RNC Chairman in the Reagan years? > Did you command Hill Street Station? > Did your coworkers watch and mock the home movies from your wedding? Take 3 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you own Wilbur? > 2. Were you Maxwell Smart’s canine partner? > 3. Were you the male protagonist of **Dragonflight**? I don’t remember Max having a dog. Take 3 DQs. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did your father disapprove of your hanging around with a wizard? > IQ2: Are you the owner and founder of the Planet Express delivery service? > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s great-(times 30)-uncle? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/11 "2021-04-30T23:29:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you own Wilbur? > 2. Were you Maxwell Smart’s canine partner? > 3. Were you the male protagonist of **Dragonflight**? Fern, Fang and F’lar. DQs: 1. From the arts? Two DQs 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:** [April 30, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/12 "2021-04-30T23:32:36Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known for the Arts ---
**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 1, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/13 "2021-05-01T00:29:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a fictional pool hustler? > > > > > IQ2: Were you a real pool player with the same name? > > > IQ3: Were you the eponymous protagonist of Clint Eastwood’s first movie? > > 1. I am not Minnesota Fats. > 2. I am not Minnesota Fats. > 3. Take a DQ. ✅ ✅ Francis the talking mule (_Francis in the Navy_). DQ: American creator(s)? ---
**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 1, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/14 "2021-05-01T00:35:18Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known for the Arts 4. American creators ---
**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 1, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/15 "2021-05-01T00:36:35Z")
IQ1: Were you a Marvel dragon? IQ2: Were you a Presbyterian minister who hosted a popular TV show? IQ3: Were you king of Aragon in 1480? ---
**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 1, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/16 "2021-05-01T00:38:27Z")
1. I am not Fin Fang Foom. 2. I am not Fred Rogers. 3. I am not Ferdinand I (???) ---
**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 1, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/17 "2021-05-01T00:46:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Marvel dragon? > IQ2: Were you a Presbyterian minister who hosted a popular TV show? > IQ3: Were you king of Aragon in 1480? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Fin Fang Foom. > 2. I am not Fred Rogers. > 3. I am not Ferdinand I (???) ✅ ✅ II, but close enough. IQ1: Were you Dingus’s brother? IQ2: Did you write _Angela’s Ashes_? IQ3: Were you Munro Leaf’s best-known creation? ---
**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 1, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/18 "2021-05-01T01:08:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Dingus’s brother? > IQ2: Did you write _Angela’s Ashes_ ? > IQ3: Were you Munro Leaf’s best-known creation? #3. I am not Ferdinand the Bull. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 1, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/19 "2021-05-01T01:13:06Z")
Frank James. Frank McCourt. ✅ DQ1: Originally from prose fiction? DQ2: Created after 1980? ---
**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 1, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/20 "2021-05-01T01:51:40Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Known for the Arts 4. American creators 5. Not originally from prose fiction 6. Created before 1980 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098.md?page=2)