# 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:** 5
**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 13, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/81 "2024-05-13T13:05:51Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Were you a werewolf played by David Selby? > > 1. Take a DQ. Quentin Collins DQ: Real? ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/82 "2024-05-13T13:06:16Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Zachary Quinto. > 2. I am not Vidkun Quisling. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 (Owens) was Queen Latifah. DQ: male? ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/83 "2024-05-13T14:28:35Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Once upon a time were you POTUS? > > 2. Are you aka Mr. Everyman? > > 3. Did you play Lucy in _The Goodbye Girl_? > > 1. I am not…Quavid Quice Quaitchison? > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not…someone named Quinn? #1 was John Quincy Adams. #2 is John Q. Public. #3 is correct, Quinn Cummings. DQ: Last name starts with Q? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/84 "2024-05-13T14:41:32Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you advice Mike Pence to not miscount electoral ballots from the 2020 election? > > 2. Are you a daughter of Andie McDowell who acted in _The Nice Guys_? > > 3. Did you write and direct another one of #2s movies? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not … someone named Quinn? > 3. I am not Quentin Tarantino. #1 was J. Danforth Quayle. #2 was Margaret Qualley. Correct on #3. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 13, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/85 "2024-05-13T18:26:53Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with “Q”. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/86 "2024-05-13T19:58:02Z")
DQ1: Created by an American? DQ2: Created before 1950? ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/87 "2024-05-13T21:59:11Z")
DQ: Originally from prose? ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/88 "2024-05-13T22:02:02Z")
IQs: 1. Is the author of the book you’re from still spinning in his grave over having his story turned into a Disney animated musical? 2. Are you the hero of _Five Million Years To Earth_? 3. Do you give 007 his many gizmos and gadgets? ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/89 "2024-05-13T22:04:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Inspector Gadget’s boss? 2. Did you hold the same position (albeit with a different name) Doug Emhoff does now? 3. Were you editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/90 "2024-05-13T22:49:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did you command a garbage-collecting spaceship on a 70s-era _Star Trek_ parody TV show? 2. Were you a long-time catcher and coach for the Kansas City Royals? 3. Were you a tattooed friend of the narrator of a classic American novel? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/91 "2024-05-14T04:44:57Z")
1. Were you a dragon in **Tik-Tok of Oz**? 2. Did Manfred Mann sing about you, the Eskimo? 3. Was your mother Cynthia Ann Parker? ---
**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 14, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/92 "2024-05-14T12:42:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Is the author of the book you’re from still spinning in his grave over having his story turned into a Disney animated musical? > 2. Are you the hero of _Five Million Years To Earth_? > 3. Do you give 007 his many gizmos and gadgets? 1. I am not … Qin Shi Huang, author of _Mulan_? 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not “Q”, in either his Desmond LLewelyn, John Cleese, or Ben Wishaw incarnations. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Inspector Gadget’s boss? > 2. Did you hold the same position (albeit with a different name) Doug Emhoff does now? > 3. Were you editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you command a garbage-collecting spaceship on a 70s-era _Star Trek_ parody TV show? > 2. Were you a long-time catcher and coach for the Kansas City Royals? > 3. Were you a tattooed friend of the narrator of a classic American novel? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Dan Quisenberry. 3. I am not Queequeg, chief harpooner of the Pequod. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you a dragon in **Tik-Tok of Oz**? > 2. Did Manfred Mann sing about you, the Eskimo? > 3. Was your mother Cynthia Ann Parker? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Quinn the Eskimo 3. 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 14, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/93 "2024-05-14T12:44:01Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. Male. 3. Last name does not start with “Q”. 4. Created by an American. 5. Created after 1950. 6. Originally from prose. ---
**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 14, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/94 "2024-05-14T12:51:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you Inspector Gadget’s boss? > 2. Did you hold the same position (albeit with a different name) Doug Emhoff does now? > 3. Were you editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics? > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Chief Quimby; 2 was Marilyn Quayle (Second Lady of the US, while Emhoff is Second Gentleman); 3 was Joe Quesada. DQs: 1. created before 1980? 2. appeared in film? 3. main character? ---
**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 14, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/95 "2024-05-14T13:13:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 2 was Marilyn Quayle (Second Lady of the US, while Emhoff is Second Gentleman) Dammit; I _knew_ I knew Emhoff’s name, I just couldn’t remember from whence. DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. Male. 3. Last name does not start with “Q”. 4. Created by an American. 5. Created after 1950. 6. Originally from prose. 7. Created before 1980. 8. Not in a movie. 9. Main character. ---
**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 14, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/96 "2024-05-14T14:59:43Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Is the author of the book you’re from still spinning in his grave over having his story turned into a Disney animated musical? > > 2. Are you the hero of _Five Million Years To Earth_? > > 3. Do you give 007 his many gizmos and gadgets? > > 1. I am not … Qin Shi Huang, author of _Mulan_? > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not “Q”, in either his Desmond LLewelyn, John Cleese, or Ben Wishaw incarnations. #1 was Quasimodo. Victor Hugo put it in his will that he didn’t want his poems put to music, as he felt that was just horrible. He had no idea anyone would add songs to his novels. #2 Is Prof. Quatermass. The UK title of the movie is _Quatermass and the Pit_. #3 is correct. DQ: From a work of science fiction, fantasy or horror? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/97 "2024-05-14T15:42:06Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you command a garbage-collecting spaceship on a 70s-era _Star Trek_ parody TV show? > > 2. Were you a long-time catcher and coach for the Kansas City Royals? > > 3. Were you a tattooed friend of the narrator of a classic American novel? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Dan Quisenberry. > 3. I am not Queequeg, chief harpooner of the Pequod. #1 was Adam Quark (played by Richard Benjamin) of the short-lived _Quark_ (I always wondered if the Feregi was named as a callback to him) #2 was Jamie Quirk (Quiz was a good guess, though he was a reliever not a catcher) Correct on #3. DQ: Created before 1975? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 14, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/98 "2024-05-14T21:08:39Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. Male. 3. Last name does not start with “Q”. 4. Created by an American. 5. Created after 1950. 6. Originally from prose. 7. Created before 1980. 8. Not in a movie. 9. Main character. 10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror? 11. Created after 1975. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/99 "2024-05-15T02:31:50Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you a dragon in **Tik-Tok of Oz**? > 2. Did Manfred Mann sing about you, the Eskimo? > 3. Was your mother Cynthia Ann Parker? Quox, correct, Quanah Parker. DQ: 1. Caucasian? 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Were you a famous 1960s clothes designer who popularized the mini-skirt? 2. Were you a 1960s cartoon main character who had a dog named Bandit? 3. Are you #2’s father? ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/100 "2024-05-15T02:40:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The UK title of the movie is _Quatermass and the Pit_ Okay, for my future reference _Five Million Years To Earth_ is the Quatermass movie, _ **20 Million Miles** to Earth_ is the Harryhausen movie (which I thought the Prof. was asking about). _Five Million Years_: Quatermass, _20 Million Miles_: Ymir. _Five Million Years_: Quatermass, _20 Million Miles_: Ymir. IQs: 1. Did you have a live-action role as the Jewish mother in Woody Allen’s “Oedipus Wrecks” segment of _New York Stories_? He’d previously used you in _Zelig_, singing “Chameleon Days” in a voiceover. 2. In a _Star Trek_ novel by Peter David, is Trelane revealed to be part of the same continuum as you? 3. Did you host _Tough Crowd_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=6)