# Botticelli May 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078 "2025-05-08T03:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/221 "2025-05-17T14:04:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you, and not Robert Fulton, actually invent the steamboat? > 2. Were you the French painter who painted the very famous painting of a young woman in a bright pink dress on a swing? > 3. Have you been portrayed by Eli Wallach, Otto Preminger, George Sanders and Arnold Schwarzenegger? Take three DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/222 "2025-05-17T14:05:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command Hill Street station? > Were you the _FYI_ “action guy”? > Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties? Take three DQs. ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/223 "2025-05-17T14:05:36Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you, and not Robert Fulton, actually invent the steamboat? > > 2. Were you the French painter who painted the very famous painting of a young woman in a bright pink dress on a swing? > > 3. Have you been portrayed by Eli Wallach, Otto Preminger, George Sanders and Arnold Schwarzenegger? > > Take three DQs. #1 was John Fitch. #2 was Fragonard. #3 is Mr. Freeze. (The first three on the 1960’s TV series, and the other in _Batman & Robin_.) 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/224 "2025-05-17T14:06:22Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Speaking of _Drive-Away Dolls_, are you married to the brother (and collaborator, though not on that film) of the director? > 2. Did you say we have nothing to fear but [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fear_itself/summary)? > 3. Were you a rabbit in _Watership Down_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 3. I am not…Fluffy the Fierce? Oh, just take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/225 "2025-05-17T14:12:36Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with F 4. Not a main character 5. From prose fiction 6. Author not American By my count, we are up to 19 DQs (or 18 if that Frank James guess is right), so the next set of IQs will likely be the last. ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/226 "2025-05-17T14:20:47Z")
DQs: 1. European creator? 2. Created after 1950? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/227 "2025-05-17T14:53:50Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with F 4. Not a main character 5. From prose fiction 6. Author not American 7. Author is European 8. Created before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/228 "2025-05-17T14:59:18Z")
DQ: From genre fiction (fantasy, sf, mystery, horror, western, etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/229 "2025-05-17T15:07:31Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with F 4. Not a main character 5. From prose fiction 6. Author not American 7. Author is European 8. Created before 1950 9. Not from genre 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 17, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/230 "2025-05-17T16:04:13Z")
DQ: Created before 1800? ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/231 "2025-05-17T16:47:28Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the dirty little coward that shot Mr Howard?I > > IQ2: Are you still dead? > > IQ3: Were you the Carolina Swamp Fox? > > > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > > > Correction: Sigourney Weaver is the niece of Doodles Weaver, not his daughter. > > > > Oops. Didn’t get to use the DQ anyway. > > 1. I think I should know this…I am not…Frank James? > 2. I am not Generalissimo Francisco Franco. > 3. Take a DQ. Bob Ford correct Francis Marion DQ1: Author a native speaker of a Germanic language? One 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 17, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/232 "2025-05-17T17:13:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you die in the Battle of the Five Armies? 2. Were you a relief pitcher with an extravagant handlebar mustache? 3. Were you a thief, the title character of a _Dragon_ magazine comic strip? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/233 "2025-05-17T18:39:26Z")
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:229, topic:1018078”] 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with F 4. Not a main character 5. From prose fiction 6. Author not American 7. Author is European 8. Created before 1950 9. Not from genre fiction 10. Created before 1800 11. Author native speaker of a Germanic language ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/234 "2025-05-17T18:42:39Z")
``` Did you die in the Battle of the Five Armies? Were you a relief pitcher with an extravagant handlebar mustache? Were you a thief, the title character of a Dragon magazine comic strip? ``` 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Carlton Fisk. 3. Steal a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/235 "2025-05-17T18:43:17Z")
**IQs are now closed.** By my count, Prof has 4 DQs reserved, Elendil and SunUp 3 each, and SCAdian 1. ---
**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 17, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/236 "2025-05-17T18:57:06Z")
Looking back, I only asked 3 IQs, for which I received 3 DQs, which I’ve already asked. I should only have 0 DQs at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/237 "2025-05-17T19:21:31Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > ```auto > Did you die in the Battle of the Five Armies? > Were you a relief pitcher with an extravagant handlebar mustache? > Were you a thief, the title character of a Dragon magazine comic strip? > > ``` > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Carlton Fisk. > 3. Steal a DQ. Fili, nephew of Thorin Oakenshield and brother of Kili. Rollie Fingers Finieous Fingers 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/238 "2025-05-17T21:32:24Z")
OK. on a more careful count, looks like knoodler 2, SCA 1, Elendil 3, de la Rue 2, and SunUp 3! ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/239 "2025-05-18T00:04:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Speaking of _Drive-Away Dolls_, are you married to the brother (and collaborator, though not on that film) of the director? > 2. Did you say we have nothing to fear but [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fear_itself/summary)? > 5. Were you a rabbit in _Watership Down_? > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Franklin Delano Roosevelt. > 3. I am not…Fluffy the Fierce? Oh, just take a DQ. 1 was Frances McDormand, Joel Coen’s wife; the third IQ was Fiver. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/240 "2025-05-18T02:39:59Z")
Can’t believe that brainfart, Fisk wasn’t even a pitcher. D’oh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078.md?page=13)