# 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:** 5
**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 7, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/81 "2023-05-07T14:50:20Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Are you a troll who battled the Mighty Thor? 2. Are you Sheen’s favorite superhero on _Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius_? 3. Are you Alice’s pseudonym while in Underland? ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/82 "2023-05-07T15:22:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a quarterback for the Baltimore Colts with (according to Abe Simpson) “a haircut you could set your watch to”? 2. Are you the unfashionable title character of a 2000s TV comedy, played by America Ferrera? 3. Did you write _Rabbit, Run_? ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/83 "2023-05-07T18:08:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Did you create a robot based on the mind engrams of Wonderman to infiltrate and destroy your “father” and his team, but who would later join said team to fight against you. > > 2. Were you Frodo’s alias > > 3. Was your identity revealed when your brother recognized the style of your manifesto. > > Not Ultron > Not Mr Underhill > DQ First two correct 3. The Unabomber DQ: known for writing? ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/84 "2023-05-07T22:07:21Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a noted Olympic runner? - Yes, Usain Bolt Did Peter Fonda play you in a title role? - The protagonist in _Ulee’s Gold_ Were you waiting to interview Indira Gandhi when she was assassinated? - Peter Ustinov Four DQs 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 7, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/85 "2023-05-07T23:13:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a troll who battled the Mighty Thor? > 2. Are you Sheen’s favorite superhero on _Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius_? > 3. Are you Alice’s pseudonym while in Underland? Three DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a quarterback for the Baltimore Colts with (according to Abe Simpson) “a haircut you could set your watch to”? > 2. Are you the unfashionable title character of a 2000s TV comedy, played by America Ferrera? > 3. Did you write _Rabbit, Run_? DQ DQ Not John Updike. > [@SCAdian](#): > > **U** > > 1. Real > 2. Male > 3. Living > 4. **Not originally American** > 5. Known for the arts > 6. Not known for acting > 7. Not born after 1980 > 8. Last name begins with U > 9. Not known for writing > > Note amendment to DQ 4. ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/86 "2023-05-07T23:49:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not John Updike. 1 was Johnny Unitas; 2 was Ugly Betty. DQs: 1. born after 1950? 2. known for music? ---
**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 8, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/87 "2023-05-08T13:14:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you a troll who battled the Mighty Thor? > > 2. Are you Sheen’s favorite superhero on _Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius_? > > 3. Are you Alice’s pseudonym while in Underland? > > Three DQs. #1 was Ulik. #2 was Ultra-Lord. #3 was Um in _Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland_. 3 DQs 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 8, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/88 "2023-05-08T13:44:00Z")
**U** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not originally American 5. Known for the arts 6. Not known for acting 7. Not born after 1980 8. Last name begins with U 9. Not known for writing 10. Born after 1950 11. Known for music ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/89 "2023-05-08T15:19:08Z")
DQs: 1. Known for pop music? 2. Best known as a solo artist? 3. Caucasian? ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/90 "2023-05-08T15:27:57Z")
IQs: 1. Are you married to Nicole Kidman? 2. Did you have a hit with _You Make Me Wanna…_? 3. Did you have a hit with _Follow Me_? ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/91 "2023-05-08T15:50:30Z")
IQs: Are you the main character of a Disney movie that Disney has done their best to erase from existence? Are you the hero from a series of popular children’s books, named after your choice of attire? Are you an evil half octopus witch? ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/92 "2023-05-08T16:28:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you married to Nicole Kidman? Yes! I am New Zealand-born country singer **K** eith Urban. (12. Known for pop music 13. Best known as a solo artist 14. Caucasian) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _You Make Me Wanna…_? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Follow Me_? Dunno x2. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the main character of a Disney movie that Disney has done their best to erase from existence? > Are you the hero from a series of popular children’s books, named after your choice of attire? > Are you an evil half octopus witch? Not Uncle Remus, Captain Underpants, or Ursula. ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/93 "2023-05-08T16:33:29Z")
Hurrah! On to… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.f63943de5a080a58d69facba59adb504?rik=60OQX5U%2flC7YRw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.drodd.com%2fimages15%2fletter-n21.png&ehk=O40bkpx6XwhliP%2b7DULENx5i3%2b3hHwmVF2KEbQuD4PE%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.f63943de5a080a58d69facba59adb504?rik=60OQX5U%2flC7YRw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.drodd.com%2fimages15%2fletter-n21.png&ehk=O40bkpx6XwhliP%2b7DULENx5i3%2b3hHwmVF2KEbQuD4PE%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/94 "2023-05-08T16:39:12Z")
IQs 1. Did you die on Lincoln Island? 2. Were you murdered in Yekaterinburg? 3. Were you Nancy Drew’s boyfriend? ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/95 "2023-05-08T16:50:33Z")
Congraz Porfessor > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hurrah! On to… Somehow I’m not seeing the letter … ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/96 "2023-05-08T16:52:20Z")
It’s a big blue ‘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:** [May 8, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/97 "2023-05-08T16:56:11Z")
Congrats, Prof.! > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Somehow I’m not seeing the letter … Me neither, in Firefox. (I was able to see it in Chrome.) IQs: 1. Did Laszlo Toth write letters to you? 2. Was Laszlo Toth, in fact, you? 3. Were you Columbia in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/98 "2023-05-08T16:57:35Z")
I can see it. N it is. Congrats, **Prof. P.**! It’s not often I’m stuck with unasked DQs. 😉 IQs: Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary” during the Civil War? Did you win a victory, of sorts, at the Battle of Guilford Court House? Did you get a less silly name for the movie based on the book of which you were the hero? ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/99 "2023-05-08T18:34:05Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Laszlo Toth write letters to you? > 2. Was Laszlo Toth, in fact, you? > 3. Were you Columbia in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_? #3. I am not Little Nell. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary” during the Civil War? > Did you win a victory, of sorts, at the Battle of Guilford Court House? > Did you get a less silly name for the movie based on the book of which you were the hero? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367/100 "2023-05-08T18:46:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Little Nell. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Richard Nixon; 2 was Don Novello. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2023/983367.md?page=6)