# 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:** 21
**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 29, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/401 "2023-05-29T00:36:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Children of Men_? 2. In the early seasons of _The Venture Bros._, was Dr. Girlfriend’s outfit clearly inspired by you (though she has no idea who you are)? 3. Are you a former president of Brazil? ---
**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 29, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/402 "2023-05-29T01:25:30Z")
IQ: 1. Are you known for literally being two-faced 2. Do you kill Thor at Ragnarok 3. Did you lead and all-star team of Greek heroes on a heroic quest? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/403 "2023-05-29T01:35:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hmm. Maybe a singer, a comic or a model?} > > IQs > > 1. Did you play Morticia on the original _The Addams Family_ TV series? > 2. Did you play Wednesday on the Netflix series _Wednesday_? > 3. Did you play Gomez in the movie _Addams Family Values_? 1. I can picture her, but can’t think of her mind. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Jenna Ortega. 3. I am not Raul Julia. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Children of Men_? > 2. In the early seasons of _The Venture Bros._, was Dr. Girlfriend’s outfit clearly inspired by you (though she has no idea who you are)? > 3. Are you a former president of Brazil? 1. Take a DQ. 2. And one more. 3. I am not Javier Bolsonaro. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Are you known for literally being two-faced > 2. Do you kill Thor at Ragnarok > 3. Did you lead and all-star team of Greek heroes on a heroic quest? 1. I am not Janus. 2. I am not…a Jotun? Take a DQ. 3. I am not Jason. ---
**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 29, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/404 "2023-05-29T01:46:42Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Are you known for literally being two-faced > > 2. Do you kill Thor at Ragnarok > > 3. Did you lead and all-star team of Greek heroes on a heroic quest? > > 1. I am not Janus. > 2. I am not…a Jotun? Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Jason. 1. Jormungandr AKA the midguard Serpent. 1 and 3. correct DQ: Known for Music? 2 DQ still held ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/405 "2023-05-29T01:50:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Living. 4. Not famous before 2000. 5. Known for the arts. 6. American. 7. Surname begins with _J._ 8. Not known for acting. 9. Not known for music. ---
**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 29, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/406 "2023-05-29T01:56:17Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. And one more. > 3. I am not Javier Bolsonaro. 1 was P.D. James; 2 was Jackie Kennedy; 3 is **Jair** Bolsonaro. I’ll be nice and let you have it. DQs: 1. born after 1980? 2. known for filmmaking? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/407 "2023-05-29T02:15:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Take a DQ. > > 2. And one more. > > 3. I am not Javier Bolsonaro. > > 1 was P.D. James; 2 was Jackie Kennedy; 3 is **Jair** Bolsonaro. I’ll be nice and let you have it > > DQs: > 1. born after 1980? > 2. known for filmmaking? Clever; I see what you did with the P.D. James question. 😁 DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Living. 4. Not famous before 2000. 5. Known for the arts. 6. American. 7. Surname begins with _J._ 8. Not known for acting. 9. Not known for music. 10. Born before 1980. 11. Not known for filmmaking. ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/408 "2023-05-29T03:10:51Z")
DQ: Known for writing ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/409 "2023-05-29T03:16:18Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > DQ > Known for writing DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Living. 4. Not famous before 2000. 5. Known for the arts. 6. American. 7. Surname begins with _J._ 8. Not known for acting. 9. Not known for music. 10. Born before 1980. 11. Not known for filmmaking. 12. Known for writing. ---
**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, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/410 "2023-05-29T11:44:16Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Did you play Morticia on the original _The Addams Family_ TV series? > > 2. Did you play Wednesday on the Netflix series _Wednesday_? > > 3. Did you play Gomez in the movie _Addams Family Values_? > > 1. I can picture her, but can’t think of her mind. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Jenna Ortega. > 3. I am not Raul Julia. #1 was Carolyn Jones. Correct on Jenna and Julia. DQ: Known for writing fiction? ---
**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, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/411 "2023-05-29T11:46:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Don’t Know Why_? 2. Did you have a hit with _Call Me Maybe_? 3. Did you compose _Wolverine Blues_? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/412 "2023-05-29T12:46:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 was Carolyn Jones. Correct on Jenna and Julia. > > DQ: Known for writing fiction? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Don’t Know Why_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Call Me Maybe_? > 3. Did you compose _Wolverine Blues_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Carly Rae Jepsen. 3. Take another DQ. DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Living. 4. Not famous before 2000. 5. Known for the arts. 6. American. 7. Surname begins with _J._ 8. Not known for acting. 9. Not known for music. 10. Born before 1980. 11. Not known for filmmaking. 12. Known for writing. 13. Known for writing fiction. ---
**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, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/413 "2023-05-29T13:54:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Don’t Know Why_? > > 2. Did you have a hit with _Call Me Maybe_? > > 3. Did you compose _Wolverine Blues_? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Carly Rae Jepsen. > 3. Take another DQ. #1 was Norah Jones. #2 is correct. #3 was Jelly Roll Morton. DQs: 1. Known for best-sellers? 2. Known for genre fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, horror, westerns, &c.)? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/414 "2023-05-29T14:02:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > > > IQs: > > > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Don’t Know Why_? > > > 2. Did you have a hit with _Call Me Maybe_? > > > 3. Did you compose _Wolverine Blues_? > > > > 1. Take a DQ. > > 2. I am not Carly Rae Jepsen. > > 3. Take another DQ. > > #1 was Norah Jones. > #2 is correct. > #3 was Jelly Roll Morton. > > DQs > > 1. Known for best-sellers? > 2. Known for genre fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, horror, westerns, &c.)? I should have gotten the Norah Jones question; I had that album. DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Living. 4. Not famous before 2000. 5. Known for the arts. 6. American. 7. Surname begins with _J._ 8. Not known for acting. 9. Not known for music. 10. Born before 1980. 11. Not known for filmmaking. 12. Known for writing. 13. Known for writing fiction. 14. Not known for best sellers out of her genre, but well-known within it. 15. Known for speculative fiction. ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/415 "2023-05-29T22:38:51Z")
IQ: 1. When we run errands does everyone always shout your (and my) name. 2. is your name the title of a movie staring Whoopie Goldberg 3. Back when classified ads were a thing did people often thank you in them. ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/416 "2023-05-29T23:44:32Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the patron saint of libraries? 2. Does Hanukah commemorate your revolt against Antiochus? 3. In a film based on one of your books, does a character say “Looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys!”…raising the question of how someone of that species knows what a menu is, not to mention things being taken off or put back on one? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/417 "2023-05-30T00:39:10Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > > 1. When we run errands does everyone always shout your (and my) name. > 2. is your name the title of a movie staring Whoopie Goldberg > 3. Back when classified ads were a thing did people often thank you in them. 1. Holy moly, that’s a stumper; I never shout anyone’s name when I’m running errands. DQ. 2. I am not Jumpin’ Jack Flash. 3. I am not Jesus. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you the patron saint of libraries? > 2. Does Hanukah commemorate your revolt against Antiochus? > 3. In a film based on one of your books, does a character say “Looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys!”…raising the question of how someone of that species knows what a menu is, not to mention things being taken off or put back on one? 1. I am not Jeremiah. 2. I am not Judah Maccabeus. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/418 "2023-05-30T00:59:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Jeremiah. > 2. I am not Judah Maccabeus. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was St. Jerome; 3 was J.R.R. Tolkien. 2 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 30, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/419 "2023-05-30T11:35:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the Trillium series? 2. Did you write _Clan of the Cave Bear_? 3. Are you the title character of a song by the Hollies? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/420 "2023-05-30T13:00:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write the Trillium series? > 2. Did you write _Clan of the Cave Bear_? > 3. Are you the title character of a song by the Hollies? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Jean Auel. 3. One more DQ. And that takes us over 20 DQs - @De_La_Rue and @Buck_Godot each have two reserved, and @Elendil_s_Heir _might_ have one - he’s not yet returned to confirm if my answers to his IQs in Post #378 were correct. So no more IQs, please, and please ask your final DQs by 11:00 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 1. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=22)