# 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:** 11
**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 17, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/201 "2023-05-17T13:13:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a Norwegian war-time leader who turned traitor? > > 2. When you first appeared, were you promoting your breakfast cereal over that of rival cartoon mascot Quake? > > 3. Are you a rapper whose stage name was inspired by a Johnson & Johnson product? > > Not Vidkun Quisling, not Quix and dunno. #1 is correct. #2 was Quisp. #3 is Q-Tip. DQs: 1. From a work of science fiction/fantasy/horror? 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 17, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/202 "2023-05-17T13:29:27Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > **Buck** , I already answered that this person was male (DQ #3). Ask another DQ, if you wish. > > My question was whether the creator/author was male, not the character, although my question 13 was already answered in question 10, so perhaps I get a replacement for that. > > IQ: > > 1. Are you an omniptoent being who takes perverse pleasure interfering in the lives of a particular captain and his crew. > 2. Were you a female medical doctor in an 19th century western town. > 3. Are you one of the founding members of the brotherhood of evil mutants. Ah, right you are, **Buck**. Thanks. I’m not Q, not Dr. Quinn and dunno. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/203 "2023-05-17T13:29:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Is your sudden prominence likely the reason the name of the main character in _Total Recall_ was changed from short story to movie? > 2. Start…the reactor…Are you that main character? > 3. Are you an artist who has illustrated many works of a certain children’s author, like here, for example? > [https://www.roalddahlfans.com/wp-content/uploads/treasury5.jpg](https://www.roalddahlfans.com/wp-content/uploads/treasury5.jpg) I’m not Dan Quayle and dunno x2. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/204 "2023-05-17T13:33:09Z")
Q. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with Q 3. male 4. not originally from TV or movies 5. created after 1950 6. not an American creator or creators 7. created before 1980 8. originally from prose 9. created by European(s) 10. created by someone from the U.K. or Ireland 11. created after 1960 12. not a protagonist 13. creator from the British Isles 14. creator male 15. created after 1970 16. adapted into film, but not including this character 17. from a work of science fiction/fantasy/horror 18. not an antagonist ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/205 "2023-05-17T14:01:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Dan Quayle and dunno x2. 2 was Douglas Quaid; 3 was Quentin Blake. 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:** [May 17, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/206 "2023-05-17T14:20:44Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist in _10,000 Years To Earth_? 2. Did playing you in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ cause Sean Connery to decide to retire from acting? 3. Were you one of _Marvel’s Agents of Shield_ also named Daisy? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/207 "2023-05-17T14:50:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Are you an omniptoent being who takes perverse pleasure interfering in the lives of a particular captain and his crew. > > 2. Were you a female medical doctor in an 19th century western town. > > 3. Are you one of the founding members of the brotherhood of evil mutants. > > Ah, right you are, **Buck**. Thanks. > > I’m not Q, not Dr. Quinn and dunno. 1 and 2 correct 1. Quicksilver 1 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 17, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/208 "2023-05-17T14:52:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist in _10,000 Years To Earth_? > 2. Did playing you in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ cause Sean Connery to decide to retire from acting? > 3. Were you one of _Marvel’s Agents of Shield_ also named Daisy? Not Quatermass, not Quartermain and dunno. As that will take us over 20 DQs, please ask no more IQs. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/209 "2023-05-17T15:10:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the protagonist in _10,000 Years To Earth_? > > 2. Did playing you in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ cause Sean Connery to decide to retire from acting? > > 3. Were you one of _Marvel’s Agents of Shield_ also named Daisy? > > Not Quatermass, not Quartermain and dunno. Correct, correct and Quake. 1 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 17, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/210 "2023-05-17T15:11:58Z")
DQ: From a work of science fiction? ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/211 "2023-05-17T16:37:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the protagonist in _10,000 Years To Earth_? > > 2. Did playing you in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ cause Sean Connery to decide to retire from acting? > > 3. Were you one of _Marvel’s Agents of Shield_ also named Daisy? > > Not Quatermass, not Quartermain and dunno. Hear me out: John Hurt should have played Quartermain. DQ: left out of movie adaption, but adapted into TV? 1 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 17, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/212 "2023-05-17T17:05:20Z")
Q. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with Q 3. male 4. not originally from TV or movies 5. created after 1950 6. not an American creator or creators 7. created before 1980 8. originally from prose 9. created by European(s) 10. created by someone from the U.K. or Ireland 11. created after 1960 12. not a protagonist 13. creator from the British Isles 14. creator male 15. created after 1970 16. adapted into film, but not including this character 17. from a work of science fiction/fantasy/horror 18. not an antagonist 19. from a work of science fiction 20. left out of movie adaption, but adapted into 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 17, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/213 "2023-05-17T17:51:00Z")
I’m gonna go ahead and guess my FirstName LastName final question: Are you Max Quordlepleen (sp?), entertainer/host at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe in _The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy_ series? ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/214 "2023-05-17T18:08:43Z")
_Damn_, you’re good! Yes, indeedy, I am none other than the beloved if unctuous # Max Quordlepleen For more: [Max Quordlepleen | Hitchhikers | Fandom](https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Max_Quordlepleen?so=search) Well done, **Prof. P.**! For your consideration: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #102 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/102) ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/215 "2023-05-17T18:42:51Z")
I’m very surprised, to say the least. I wouldn’t have come up with him but I do re-read the series every few years, and read _Restaurant_ this last February. On to # B! ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/216 "2023-05-17T19:26:15Z")
IQ1: Were you the hero of a book written by a governor of the New Mexico Territory? IQ2: Did you call your brother Mart your “almost-twin” because he was less than a year older than you? IQ3: Do you have me rockin’ and a -reelin"? ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/217 "2023-05-17T19:52:42Z")
Congrats, Prof.! 1. Were you a 19th century body snatcher? 2. Were you Zelda on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_? 3. Have you written _Ultimate Spider-man_, Miles Morales, _Powers_, and Superman, and are known for your distinctive back-and-forth dialogue? Back-and-forth dialogue? Yeah, the characters just keep talking to each other. They keep talking? They keep talking. Lotta repetitive dialogue. (Letterers must hate him.) Repetition. Huh. Yeah. Repetition. Like he _really_ wants to be David Mamet. Exactly. ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/218 "2023-05-17T19:59:16Z")
B it is. B, you say? Yes, B! OK, got it. Thought you would. Yeah, B. So… are you gonna guess? What, like I’m playing the game? Botticelli, I mean? Exactly. Sure, why not? OK, go ahead. … What, now? _Yes._ What’s the damn problem? Would you just _go_ already? Sheesh, OK, OK! Here goes. IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Waterloo? Did you force the surrender of Ft. Sumter? Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/219 "2023-05-17T20:53:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the hero of a book written by a governor of the New Mexico Territory? > IQ2: Did you call your brother Mart your “almost-twin” because he was less than a year older than you? > IQ3: Do you have me rockin’ and a -reelin"? #3. I am not Bobby Darin (??) Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you a 19th century body snatcher? > 2. Were you Zelda on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_? > 3. Have you written _Ultimate Spider-man_, Miles Morales, _Powers_, and Superman, and are known for your distinctive back-and-forth dialogue? > Back-and-forth dialogue? > Yeah, the characters just keep talking to each other. > They keep talking? > They keep talking. Lotta repetitive dialogue. (Letterers must hate him.) > Repetition. Huh. > Yeah. Repetition. > Like he _really_ wants to be David Mamet. > Exactly. 1. I am not Burke. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Michael Bendis. (?) > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you lose the Battle of Waterloo? > Did you force the surrender of Ft. Sumter? > Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? 1. I am not Napoleon Bonaparte. 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 17, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/220 "2023-05-17T21:53:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the hero of a book written by a governor of the New Mexico Territory? > > IQ2: Did you call your brother Mart your “almost-twin” because he was less than a year older than you? > > IQ3: Do you have me rockin’ and a -reelin"? > > #3. I am not Bobby Darin (??) > Take 2 DQs. Ben-Hur Trixie Belden Barbara Ann DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you write _Beyond Thirty_ (aka _The Lost Continent_)? IQ2: Were you the head of a family of cave-dwelling Scottish cannibals? IQ3: Did you write and narrate _Connections_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=12)