# Botticelli - May 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 30, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367 "2023-04-30T13:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/1 "2023-04-30T13:08:18Z")
I am [![](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Tymms-Illuminating/pages/074-medieval-red-blue-initial-letter-n-uncial/074-medieval-red-blue-initial-letter-n-uncial-807x1200.png) ](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Tymms-Illuminating/pages/074-medieval-red-blue-initial-letter-n-uncial/074-medieval-red-blue-initial-letter-n-uncial-807x1200.png) Previous game [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/). ---
**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, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/2 "2023-04-30T13:16:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Are you the host of _The Masked Singer_? 3. Did you invent Basketball? ---
**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, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/3 "2023-04-30T13:28:22Z")
And three DQs right out of the starting gate! ---
**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, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/4 "2023-04-30T15:32:58Z")
1 was Noel Neill. 2 is Nick Cannon. 3 was James Naismith. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with N? ---
**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, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/5 "2023-04-30T15:45:04Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with N ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/6 "2023-04-30T17:40:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you command your footwear to begin perambulating? 2. Did say yes to posing for a photo in Mr. T’s lap? 3. Were you The Science Guy? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/7 "2023-04-30T19:18:45Z")
IQs: 1. are you Frasier’s Brother 2. DId you write a critically acclaimed comic featuring a family of 7 powerful entities whose names all begin with D. 3. DId you write a fictional book centered around the idea of crypto currency that came out about 10 years before bitcoin was introduced. ---
**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, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/8 "2023-04-30T20:48:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you command your footwear to begin perambulating? > 2. Did say yes to posing for a photo in Mr. T’s lap? > 3. Were you The Science Guy? I should know this one, but DQ. DQ Not Bill Nye. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > 1. are you Frasier’s Brother > 2. DId you write a critically acclaimed comic featuring a family of 7 powerful entities whose names all begin with D. > 3. DId you write a fictional book centered around the idea of crypto currency that came out about 10 years before bitcoin was introduced. And three for you. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/9 "2023-04-30T21:05:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I should know this one, but DQ. > DQ > Not Bill Nye. You should, I just used it in the last game. 1 was Nancy Sinatra ([“…Start walkin’!”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/These_Boots_Are_Made_for_Walkin%27)); 2 was [Nancy Reagan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NancyReaganMrTChristmas1983.jpg). DQs: 1. living? 2. American? ---
**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, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/10 "2023-04-30T21:18:17Z")
**N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with N 4. Dead 5. Not American ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/11 "2023-04-30T21:40:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. are you Frasier’s Brother > > 2. DId you write a critically acclaimed comic featuring a family of 7 powerful entities whose names all begin with D. > > 3. DId you write a fictional book centered around the idea of crypto currency that came out about 10 years before bitcoin was introduced. > > And three for you. 1. Niles Crane brother of Fraiser Crane in the sitcom Frasier. 2. Neil Gaiman Author of Sandman which featured the Endless: Dream, Death, Desire, Destiny, Despair, Delerium and Destruction. 3. Neal Stephenson, author of the Cryptonomicon. Edited: didn’t see last post. DQs, 1. Died before 1900? 2DQs reserved for now. ---
**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, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/12 "2023-04-30T22:38:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and Ezra work to restore the nation of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity? 2. Did you need help understanding the words “Mene mene tekel upharsim”? 3. Did you write stories of Known Space? ---
**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, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/13 "2023-05-01T02:15:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and Ezra work to restore the nation of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity? > 2. Did you need help understanding the words “Mene mene tekel upharsim”? > 3. Did you write stories of Known Space? Not Nehemiah. Not Nebuchadnezzar. Not Larry Niven. **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with N 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Died before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/14 "2023-05-01T15:04:08Z")
IQs: 1. 1953-1961, then 1969-1974? 2. Were you one of the four leads of _Sex and the City_? 3. Were you the Hogwarts custodian’s cat? ---
**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, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/15 "2023-05-01T15:32:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. 1953-1961, then 1969-1974? > 2. Were you one of the four leads of _Sex and the City_? > 3. Were you the Hogwarts custodian’s cat? Not Richard Nixon DQ Not Mrs Norris ---
**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, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/16 "2023-05-01T16:39:55Z")
IQs: 1. Were you known for saying either “Pfui” or “Satisfactory”? 2. Were you a Marvel supervillain whose actions prompted the start of the Initiative? 3. Did you write _Lolita_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/17 "2023-05-01T17:03:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Richard Nixon > DQ > Not Mrs Norris 2 (lead on _Sex and the City_) was Cynthia Nixon. DQ: died before 1600? IQs: 1. Did you write _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_? 2. Were you queen of Jordan? 3. Were you Mr. Big on _Sex and the City_? ---
**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, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/18 "2023-05-01T20:01:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you known for saying either “Pfui” or “Satisfactory”? > 2. Were you a Marvel supervillain whose actions prompted the start of the Initiative? > 3. Did you write _Lolita_? Not Nero Wolfe DQ Not Vladimir Nabokov > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_? > 2. Were you queen of Jordan? > 3. Were you Mr. Big on _Sex and the City_? Not Newt Scamander Not Queen Noor DQ **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with N 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Died before 1900 7. Died before 1600 ---
**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, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/19 "2023-05-01T20:28:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Were you known for saying either “Pfui” or “Satisfactory”? > > 2. Were you a Marvel supervillain whose actions prompted the start of the Initiative? > > 3. Did you write _Lolita_? > > Not Nero Wolfe > DQ > Not Vladimir Nabokov #2 was Nitro. Correct on the others. **DQ:** European? IQs: 1. Did you reportedly fiddle while Rome burned? 2. Were you called “an Israelite in whom is no guile”? 3. Did you front Herman’s Hermits? ---
**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, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/20 "2023-05-01T21:31:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you reportedly fiddle while Rome burned? > 2. Were you called “an Israelite in whom is no guile”? > 3. Did you front Herman’s Hermits? Not Nero. Not … Nathaniel? Not Peter Noone. **N** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with N 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Died before 1900 7. Died before 1600 8. Not European [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=2)