# 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:** 2
**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, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/21 "2023-05-01T21:40:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Newt Scamander > Not Queen Noor > DQ 3 (Mr. Big) was Chris Noth. DQ: Asian? ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/22 "2023-05-01T21:42:38Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Are you one of the presenters on The Great British Bake Off? 2. Did Harry Secombe portray you in nearly every consecrated episode of the highly esteemed windmill-bespoken 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Are you Fritzi Ritz’s niece? ---
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/23 "2023-05-01T21:52:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you visit the filming of the movie _Can-Can_ while in the US, and later denounce it as immoral? 2. Did you create Minecraft? 3. Are you the caretaker of the Muppet Babies? ---
**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, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/24 "2023-05-01T22:09:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me. > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the presenters on The Great British Bake Off? > 2. Did Harry Secombe portray you in nearly every consecrated episode of the highly esteemed windmill-bespoken 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Are you Fritzi Ritz’s niece? DQ Not … Neddie Seagoon? Not Nancy > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you visit the filming of the movie _Can-Can_ while in the US, and later denounce it as immoral? > 2. Did you create Minecraft? > 3. Are you the caretaker of the Muppet Babies? Three DQs. **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 9. Not Asian ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/25 "2023-05-01T22:14:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you one of the presenters on The Great British Bake Off? > > 2. Did Harry Secombe portray you in nearly every consecrated episode of the highly esteemed windmill-bespoken 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 3. Are you Fritzi Ritz’s niece? > > DQ > Not … Neddie Seagoon? > Not Nancy #1 is Noel Fielding. #2 is indeed our boy Neddie! Well remembered! #3 is Nancy, correct. DQ: African? ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/26 "2023-05-01T22:21:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you visit the filming of the movie _Can-Can_ while in the US, and later denounce it as immoral? > 2. Did you create Minecraft? > 3. Are you the caretaker of the Muppet Babies? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs. 1 was Nikita Khrushchev; 2 was Notch; 3 was Nanny. DQs: 1. died after 500 AD? 2. known for politics? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 2, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/27 "2023-05-02T13:24:01Z")
**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 9. Not Asian 10. African 11. Did not die after AD 500 12. Involved in politics, no doubt, but not best known as a politician ---
**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 2, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/28 "2023-05-02T14:35:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a number of roles as a deadpan, monotone, cigar-chewing, sarcastic comic character in the '20s and '30s? 2. Were you the subject of a silent movie documentary taking place in the Arctic? 3. Were you the Egyptian cow-goddess of the sky? ---
**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 2, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/29 "2023-05-02T14:49:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a number of roles as a deadpan, monotone, cigar-chewing, sarcastic comic character in the '20s and '30s? > 2. Were you the subject of a silent movie documentary taking place in the Arctic? > 3. Were you the Egyptian cow-goddess of the sky? Not Groucho Narx? DQ. Not Nanook. Not … Nut? ---
**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 2, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/30 "2023-05-02T14:55:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you play a number of roles as a deadpan, monotone, cigar-chewing, sarcastic comic character in the '20s and '30s? > > 2. Were you the subject of a silent movie documentary taking place in the Arctic? > > 3. Were you the Egyptian cow-goddess of the sky? > > Not Groucho Narx? DQ. > Not Nanook. > Not … Nut? #1 was Ned Sparks. Correct on the others. DQ: Egyptian? ---
**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 2, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/31 "2023-05-02T15:09:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have “twelve cabins, twelve vacancies”? 2. In 2004’s _National Treasure_, does your character steal the Declaration of Independence? 3. Were you the Greek goddess of victory, and continue to be associated (in a way) with victory? ---
**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 2, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/32 "2023-05-02T16:45:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you have “twelve cabins, twelve vacancies”? > 2. In 2004’s _National Treasure_, does your character steal the Declaration of Independence? > 3. Were you the Greek goddess of victory, and continue to be associated (in a way) with victory? Not … Norman Bates? DQ Not Nike **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 9. Not Asian 10. African 11. Did not die after AD 500 12. Involved in politics, no doubt, but not best known as a politician 13. Egyptian ---
**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 2, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/33 "2023-05-02T17:06:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an Egyptian Pharaoh queen? 2. Did you write the poem _Custard The Dragon_? 3. Did you write the poem _The Highwayman_? ---
**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 2, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/34 "2023-05-02T18:18:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Norman Bates? > DQ > Not Nike 1 was correct; 2 (_National Treasure_) was Nicolas Cage; 3 was correct. DQ: died before 1000AD? IQs: 1. Did you found the politics analysis and election prediction website Five Thirty Eight? 2. Are you a character on _Stranger Things_? 3. “God is dead.” —[you] “No, [you] is dead.” —God (according to graffiti)? ---
**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 2, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/35 "2023-05-02T21:38:31Z")
First reseverved DQ 1. Were you a Pharaoh? IQs 1. Were you highly proficient in Herbology but not much else. 2. Did your whirlwind childhood romance end with the phrase “Smell you later” 3. Of Terry Pratchett’s three witches were you the middle one? ---
**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 2, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/36 "2023-05-02T23:01:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an Egyptian Pharaoh queen? > 2. Did you write the poem _Custard The Dragon_? > 3. Did you write the poem _The Highwayman_? Not Nefertiti DQ DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you found the politics analysis and election prediction website Five Thirty Eight? > 2. Are you a character on _Stranger Things_? > 3. “God is dead.” > —[you] > > “No, [you] is dead.” > —God > (according to graffiti)? DQ DQ Not Friedrich Nietzsche > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you highly proficient in Herbology but not much else. > 2. Did your whirlwind childhood romance end with the phrase “Smell you later” > 3. Of Terry Pratchett’s three witches were you the middle one? Not Neville Longbottom DQ Not Nanny Ogg **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 9. Not Asian 10. African 11. Did not die after AD 500 12. Involved in politics, no doubt, but not best known as a politician 13. Egyptian 14. Died before AD 1000 15. A Pharaoh And that’s enough new DQs (never mind the reserved ones) to bring us up to 20, so no more IQs, please. ---
**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 2, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/37 "2023-05-02T23:13:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Were you highly proficient in Herbology but not much else. > > 2. Did your whirlwind childhood romance end with the phrase “Smell you later” > > 3. Of Terry Pratchett’s three witches were you the middle one? > > Not Neville Longbottom > DQ > Not Nanny Ogg 1 and 3 correct 2. Nelson Mutz’s brief (one episode) fling with Lisa Simpson. 1 more (for a total of 2) DQs reserved. Anybody know any Pharaoh’s beginning with N? ---
**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 3, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/38 "2023-05-03T00:07:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you an Egyptian Pharaoh queen? > > 2. Did you write the poem _Custard The Dragon_? > > 3. Did you write the poem _The Highwayman_? > > Not Nefertiti > DQ > DQ Correct on Nefertiti. #2 was Ogden Nash. #3 was Alfred Noyes. DQ: Also known as a movie character? _The Mummy, Gods of Egypt, Stargate, Night at the Museum,_ etc. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 3, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/39 "2023-05-03T03:49:38Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you found the politics analysis and election prediction website Five Thirty Eight? > 2. Are you a character on _Stranger Things_? > 3. “God is dead.” > —[you] > > “No, [you] is dead.” > —God > (according to graffiti)? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not Friedrich Nietzsche 1 was Nate Silver; 2 was Nancy. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 3, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/40 "2023-05-03T13:47:13Z")
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