# Botticelli - May 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 5, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159 "2024-05-05T15:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/201 "2024-05-27T18:13:19Z")
1. Did you rule the fictional country of Ix? 2. Did Keke Palmer play you on **Scream Queens**? 3. Are you a,former South African runner who got fast tracked for UK citizenship so she could compete for the UK in the 1984 Olympics? ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/202 "2024-05-27T20:27:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > ZQs: > > 1. Did you write _White Teeth_? > 2. Did you attempt to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt? > 3. Did Athena spring from your forehead? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Zeus. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you rule the fictional country of Ix? > 2. Did Keke Palmer play you on **Scream Queens**? > 3. Are you a,former South African runner who got fast tracked for UK citizenship so she could compete for the UK in the 1984 Olympics? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not …Dawn Zelazny? ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/203 "2024-05-27T20:28:01Z")
DQs. 1. Real. 2. Female. ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/204 "2024-05-27T20:39:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > ZQs: > 1. Did you write _White Teeth_? > 2. Did you attempt to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt? > 3. Did Athena spring from your forehead? > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Zeus. 1 was Zadie Smith; 2 was Giuseppe Zangara. DQs: 1. last name begins with Z? 2. living? ---
**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 27, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/205 "2024-05-27T21:30:56Z")
IQs: Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women on TV? Did Anthony Quinn famously play you? Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_? ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/206 "2024-05-27T22:00:16Z")
1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Zorba the Greek. 3. I am not…oh, god, I can’t remember his name. Zvir? Londo’s long-suffering assistant. Wait, no, that was Vir. Take a DQ. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/207 "2024-05-27T22:02:52Z")
DQs. 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. Last name does not begin with “Z”. 4. Living. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/208 "2024-05-27T22:12:29Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women on TV? - Grace Zabriskie, who played the mom of both Susan on _Seinfeld_ and Laura on _Twin Peaks_ Did Anthony Quinn famously play you? - Yes, Zorba the Greek Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_? - Zathras is disappointed but not surprised that no one remembers Zathras’s name DQs: American? Best known for the arts? IQs: Did you play the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in _Yes Man_? Did you withdraw from consideration as Bill Clinton’s AG? Was a Secret Service agent killed by your kidnappers? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/209 "2024-05-28T00:53:21Z")
[quote=“Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle, post:202, topic:1001159, full:true”] > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you rule the fictional country of Ix? > 2. Did Keke Palmer play you on **Scream Queens**? > 3. Are you a,former South African runner who got fast tracked for UK citizenship so she could compete for the UK in the 1984 Olympics? Zixi (in **Queen Zixi of Ix** by L. Frank Baum), Zayday and Zola Budd. 3 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 28, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/210 "2024-05-28T12:13:53Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played a brown-skinned Science Officer, the green-skinned daughter of a mad Titan, and a blue-skinned heroine? 2. Have you and Tom Holland been a couple for awhile now? 3. Did you inspire the creation of Olive Oyl? ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/211 "2024-05-28T13:31:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in _Yes Man_? > Did you withdraw from consideration as Bill Clinton’s AG? > Was a Secret Service agent killed by your kidnappers? IQs: 1. I am not Zoey Dechanel. 2. I am not Florenz Ziegfield. 3. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Have you played a brown-skinned Science Officer, the green-skinned daughter of a mad Titan, and a blue-skinned heroine? > 2. Have you and Tom Holland been a couple for awhile now? > 3. Did you inspire the creation of Olive Oyl? I don’t know who inspired Olive Oyl, and I’m not Zoe Saldana, but yes, I am the talented and lovely **Zendaya!** Zendaya Coleman, in full. A little surprised it didn’t take that long for you all to guess – I thought once you found out I was talking about an actor, you’d know, but that it would take a few DQs to get that far. Well done, @Prof.Pepperwinkle ! Back to you for the next round. ---
**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 28, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/212 "2024-05-28T14:46:56Z")
Zasu Pitts was the inspiration for Olive Oyl. Let me see… I am [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.VLcmK8_DWgzsN8-FtS4g2wHaHa?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.VLcmK8_DWgzsN8-FtS4g2wHaHa?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/213 "2024-05-28T16:58:47Z")
1. On Broadway, are you known for your portrayal of Grizzabella in _Cats_, especially your rendition of “Memory”? 2. Are you a travel writer who was once played by Robert Redford, in a movie of one of your books? 3. Are you an British comedian and musician who was once the most frequent guest star on QI? ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/214 "2024-05-28T17:24:33Z")
#3. I am not Bill Bailey. Take 2 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 28, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/215 "2024-05-28T18:00:09Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you precede and succeed the same US president? 2. Did you voice Rita on _Animaniacs_? 3. Did you revamp Superman post-_Crisis on Infinite Earths_? ---
**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 28, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/216 "2024-05-28T19:06:41Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. On Broadway, are you known for your portrayal of Grizzabella in _Cats_, especially your rendition of “Memory”? > 2. Are you a travel writer who was once played by Robert Redford, in a movie of one of your books? > 3. Are you an British comedian and musician who was once the most frequent guest star on QI? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Bill Bailey. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Betty Buckley, best known off Broadway for playing the mom on _Eight Is Enough_. 2 was Bill Bryson, whose book _A Walk In The Woods_ was made into a 2015 movie with Redford and Nick Nolte. 3, Bill Bailey, is correct. **BB** x three! DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? IQs: 1. Are you the most famous professional golfer from the Navajo Nation? 2. Have you played a medical genius, a cryptological genius, a sociopathic genius, and a dragon, who was certainly intelligent, if not a genius? 3. In addition to your most famous role in a fantasy series, have you also played a Scottish slaveowner in colonial North Carolina, and a Royal Navy sailor on a Napoleonic warship? ---
**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 28, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/217 "2024-05-28T19:23:57Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did you play the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in _Yes Man_? - Yes, Zooey Deschanel (sp.) Did you withdraw from consideration as Bill Clinton’s AG? - Zoe Baird, in 1993 Was a Secret Service agent killed by your kidnappers? - Zoe Bartlet, on _The West Wing_ Zoe/oey x3! On to B. IQs: Did Corey Stoll play you in a relatively recent biopic? Were you, oddly enough, AKA Mrs. Nesbit? Are you a former game-show competitor who will be appearing at SporcleCon later this summer? ---
**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 28, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/218 "2024-05-28T19:35:15Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you precede and succeed the same US president? > 2. Did you voice Rita on _Animaniacs_? > 3. Did you revamp Superman post-_Crisis on Infinite Earths_? 1. I am not Benjamin Harrison. Take 2 DQs. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the most famous professional golfer from the Navajo Nation? > 2. Have you played a medical genius, a cryptological genius, a sociopathic genius, and a dragon, who was certainly intelligent, if not a genius? > 3. In addition to your most famous role in a fantasy series, have you also played a Scottish slaveowner in colonial North Carolina, and a Royal Navy sailor on a Napoleonic warship? 1. I am not Benedict Cumberbatch. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Corey Stoll play you in a relatively recent biopic? > Were you, oddly enough, AKA Mrs. Nesbit? > Are you a former game-show competitor who will be appearing at SporcleCon later this summer? 1. I am not Buzz Lightyear. Take 2 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 28, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/219 "2024-05-28T19:37:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Benjamin Harrison. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Bernadette Peters; 3 was John Byrne. DQ: first name begins with B? 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 28, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/220 "2024-05-28T19:42:28Z")
Previous IQs: Did Corey Stoll play you in a relatively recent biopic? - Buzz Aldrin, in _First Man_ Were you, oddly enough, AKA Mrs. Nesbit? - Yes, Buzz Lightyear, dispiritedly taking part in a little girl’s tea party in _Toy Story_ Are you a former game-show competitor who will be appearing at SporcleCon later this summer? - Buzzy Cohen, formerly of _Jeopardy!_ Buzz(y) x3! DQs: American? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you choreograph a still-popular verison of Tchaikovsky’s _Nutcracker_? Did you lose horribly at the Battle of Fredericksburg? Did you sing about geometric shapes in granular media? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=12)