# 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:** 6
**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 15, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/101 "2024-05-15T02:53:53Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Mary Quant. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Q. 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 15, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/102 "2024-05-15T03:07:45Z")
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. 12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian. ---
**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, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/103 "2024-05-15T03:10:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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? Correct, Jonny Quest, Dr. Benton Quest. 3 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 15, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/104 "2024-05-15T12:59:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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_? > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Q. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Mae Questel; 3 was Colin Quinn. DQ: from a novel? Two DQs 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 15, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/105 "2024-05-15T13:05:45Z")
IQs: Were you Ishmael’s bedmate and later shipmate? Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? Did you help James Bond in your native Caribbean? ---
**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 15, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/106 "2024-05-15T13:13:07Z")
Is the question mark supposed to be at the end of your DQ10? DQ: From a work of historical fiction? ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/107 "2024-05-15T14:44:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Ishmael’s bedmate and later shipmate? > Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? > Did you help James Bond in your native Caribbean? 1. I am still not Queeqeg. 2. I am not…Peter Quarrel? I know he’s from _Romeo and Juliet_, but Bottom is the only one I remember. 3. I am still not Q. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/108 "2024-05-15T14:48:17Z")
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. 12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian. 13. From a novel. 14. Not from a work of historical fiction. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Is the question mark supposed to be at the end of your DQ10? Nope, that was a typo. Thanks for pointing it out, I could see that causing confusion. I’ve fixed it. ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/109 "2024-05-15T15:07:33Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Brainiac 5? 2. Are you aka Vic Sage? 3. Are you aka Zazzala? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/110 "2024-05-15T15:32:58Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > DQ: Created before 1975? That… turned out to be a very useful typo (was intending for 19 **6** 5). Anyway, the cat is out of the bag. (Not that cutting it down to a five-year time span is helping me at the moment…) DQ: Last name starts with A-M? IQs: 1. Did you play Andrea Stavros in _The Guns of Navarone_? 2. Are you the court wizard for the Magic Kingdom of Landover? 3. Do your mixtapes push songs back onto the Billboard charts decades after their first release? ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/111 "2024-05-15T16:21:54Z")
DQs: 1. first name is Quentin, Quincy, or Quinn? 2. adapted into other media? IQs: 1. Did you produce the Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM? 2. Do you co-host _The Howard Stern Show_? 3. Giggity giggity, giggity goo? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/112 "2024-05-16T04:11:26Z")
DQs: 1. Male creator? 2. From a comedy? 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 16, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/113 "2024-05-16T13:23:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you aka Brainiac 5? > 2. Are you aka Vic Sage? > 3. Are you aka Zazzala? Take a trio of DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you play Andrea Stavros in _The Guns of Navarone_? > 2. Are you the court wizard for the Magic Kingdom of Landover? > 3. Do your mixtapes push songs back onto the Billboard charts decades after their first release? Three more DQs for you, as well. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you produce the Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM? > 2. Do you co-host _The Howard Stern Show_? > 3. Giggity giggity, giggity goo? And you take three, as well. I knew I was going to take a hammering when I picked this letter, as I don’t know many famous people with “Q” in their names, but it’s been a minute since we’ve used this letter, so I thought it’d be fun to dust it off. ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/114 "2024-05-16T13:29:19Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you aka Brainiac 5? > > 2. Are you aka Vic Sage? > > 3. Are you aka Zazzala? > > Take a trio of DQs #1 is Qwerl Dox. #2 is the Question. #3 is Queen Bee. 3 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 16, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/115 "2024-05-16T13:30:32Z")
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. 12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian. 13. From a novel. 14. Not from a work of historical fiction. 15. Last name starts A - M. 16. First name is a variation on Quentin, Quincy, or Quinn. 17. Not adapted into other media (so far as I can determine). 18. Male creator. 19. Not from a comedy. And that’s going to take us well over 20 DQs, so please, no more IQs. Please ask your remaining DQs by midnight Eastern on Sunday, May 19th. ---
**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 16, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/116 "2024-05-16T13:31:55Z")
DQ: From a mystery or thriller? 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 16, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/117 "2024-05-16T14:07:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you produce the Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM? > 2. Do you co-host _The Howard Stern Show_? > 3. Giggity giggity, giggity goo? > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > And you take three, as well. 1 was Fred Quimby; 2 was Robin Quivers; 3 was the catchphrase of _Family Guy_’s Glenn Quagmire. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/118 "2024-05-16T15:00:59Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you play Andrea Stavros in _The Guns of Navarone_? > > 2. Are you the court wizard for the Magic Kingdom of Landover? > > 3. Do your mixtapes push songs back onto the Billboard charts decades after their first release? > > Three more DQs for you, as well. #1 was Anthony Quinn, #2 was Questor Thews, #3 was Peter Quill aka StarLord of the _Guardians of the Galaxy_ films. DQ: First name is a variation on Quentin? DQ: First name is a variation on Quincy? 1 DQ 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 16, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/119 "2024-05-16T17:03:12Z")
DQ: From a series of books? ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/120 "2024-05-16T21:32:07Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Ishmael’s bedmate and later shipmate? - Yes, Queequeg, in _Moby-Dick_ Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? - Peter Quince, in Shakespeare’s _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ Did you help James Bond in your native Caribbean? - Q the gadget guy wasn’t a Caribbean native; this was Quarrel DQs: American character? One DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159.md?page=7)