# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/281 "2025-05-23T17:20:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were your parents played by Samuel L. Jackson and Lynn Whitfield? 2. Were you a cursed fairy tale daughter played by Anne Hathaway? 3. Did you tell Almira Gulch that as a good Christian woman, you couldn’t say what you thought of her? ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/282 "2025-05-23T17:44:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Michael Moorcock’s best known character? 2. Did you play Elton John in _Rocketman_? 3. According to tradition, did you write _1 & 2 Chronicles_ in the Old Testament? ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/283 "2025-05-23T18:23:01Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > 1. Were you a Sweathog? > 2. Were you a member of Public Enemy? > 3. Did you write _The Monkey Wrench Gang?_ Not E. Horshak, dunno and not Edward Albee. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were your parents played by Samuel L. Jackson and Lynn Whitfield? > 2. Were you a cursed fairy tale daughter played by Anne Hathaway? > 3. Did you tell Almira Gulch that as a good Christian woman, you couldn’t say what you thought of her? Dunno, not E. Snow White and not Auntie Em. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Michael Moorcock’s best known character? > 2. Did you play Elton John in _Rocketman_? > 3. According to tradition, did you write _1 & 2 Chronicles_ in the Old Testament? Not Elric, dunno and not Elijah. E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name begins with E 4. originally from TV or movies ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/284 "2025-05-23T18:32:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were your parents played by Samuel L. Jackson and Lynn Whitfield? > > 2. Were you a cursed fairy tale daughter played by Anne Hathaway? > > 3. Did you tell Almira Gulch that as a good Christian woman, you couldn’t say what you thought of her? > > Dunno, not E. Snow White and not Auntie Em. Eve Batiste (of _Eve’s Bayou_), Ella of Frell, and correct. DQs: Created before 1980? Originally from a movie? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/285 "2025-05-23T18:33:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you part of the team in _Inception_? 2. Did you play a character in that same movie? 3. Are you often associated with The Attractions? ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/286 "2025-05-23T18:43:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you Michael Moorcock’s best known character? > > 2. Did you play Elton John in _Rocketman_? > > 3. According to tradition, did you write _1 & 2 Chronicles_ in the Old Testament? > > Not Elric, dunno and not Elijah. 1. Correct of Elric. 2. Taron Egerton played Elton. 3. Ezra is considered the author of the Chronicles. DQ: 1. Considered a beauty? 2. American creator? ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/287 "2025-05-23T18:52:19Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you part of the team in _Inception_? > 2. Did you play a character in that same movie? > 3. Are you often associated with The Attractions? Dunno, not Ellen (now Elliot) Page and not Elvis Costello. E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name begins with E 4. originally from TV or movies 5. created after 1980 6. originally from a movie 7. not particularly considered a beauty, but YMMV 8. American creator(s) ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/288 "2025-05-23T19:31:11Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > - Were you a Sweathog? > - Were you a member of Public Enemy? > - Did you write _The Monkey Wrench Gang?_ 1. You’re thinking of _Arnold_ Horshack. The correct answer was Juan Epstein. 2. I was thinking of Eazy E, who on further review was actually a member of NWA, so that question is withdrawn. I’m so white and nerdy… 3. Close, but no cigar. The answer is Edward _Abbey._ 2 DQs reserved for the moment. ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/289 "2025-05-23T19:47:20Z")
DQs: 1. Main character of her story? 2. Is the story realistic, as opposed to fantasy/SF? ---
**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 23, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/290 "2025-05-23T20:54:47Z")
E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name begins with E 4. originally from TV or movies 5. created after 1980 6. originally from a movie 7. not particularly considered a beauty, but YMMV 8. American creator(s) 9. not the main character of her story 10. story is, all in all, unrealistic ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/291 "2025-05-23T21:19:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Enver Hoxha (sp?) and not Elizabeth Taylor (once, and only once!). Respectively: 1 (Hellfire Club) was Eddie Munson, on _Stranger Things_. DQs: 1. created after 2000? 2. actually appears, not an offscreen character or alias of other character or something like that? ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/292 "2025-05-23T21:39:17Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a spunky redheaded genius who has a famous name but can’t remember how she got it? 2. Did you turn down the Presidency of Israel? 3. Are you Jimmy Olsen’s superhero alter ego? ---
**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 23, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/293 "2025-05-23T22:11:07Z")
IQs: 1. Were you “Defying Gravity”? 2. Is a New Jersey turnpike service area named for you? 3. Were you an art forger profiled by Clifford Irving? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/294 "2025-05-24T02:44:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you part of the team in _Inception_? > > 2. Did you play a character in that same movie? > > 3. Are you often associated with The Attractions? > > Dunno, not Ellen (now Elliot) Page and not Elvis Costello. 1. Eames, the Forger (Tom Hardy) 2. Correct 3. Correct 2 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 24, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/295 "2025-05-24T04:51:29Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a spunky redheaded genius who has a famous name but can’t remember how she got it? > 2. Did you turn down the Presidency of Israel? > 3. Are you Jimmy Olsen’s superhero alter ego? Not Young Einstein (as played by Yahoo Serious), not Albert Einstein, and not Super Einstein. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you “Defying Gravity”? > 2. Is a New Jersey turnpike service area named for you? > 3. Were you an art forger profiled by Clifford Irving? Dunno, not Edmund Kean and dunno. E. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name begins with E 4. originally from TV or movies 5. created after 1980 6. originally from a movie 7. not particularly considered a beauty, but YMMV 8. American creator(s) 9. not the main character of her story 10. story is, all in all, unrealistic 11. created before 2000 12. actually appears, not an offscreen character or alias of other character or something like that ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/296 "2025-05-24T05:07:50Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **Thimble Summer**? > 2. Are you perhaps best known for playing Robert McCall? > 3. Did you write, among other books, **Magic by the Lake**? Elizabeth Enright, Edward Woodward, Edward Eager. 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 24, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/297 "2025-05-24T13:29:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you “Defying Gravity”? > 2. Is a New Jersey turnpike service area named for you? > 3. Were you an art forger profiled by Clifford Irving? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Edmund Kean and dunno. Respectively: 1 was Elphaba, in the musical version of _Wicked_; 2 was Thomas Edison; 3 was Elmyr de Hory. DQ: movie is something like _Airplane!_ or _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, not usually thought of as sci-fi/fantasy but still has fantastical elements or exaggerated reality? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/298 "2025-05-24T16:23:10Z")
DQ: Last name begins with A-M? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/299 "2025-05-24T16:29:47Z")
IQs: 1. Are you best remembered for screaming in the jungle? 2. Did you betray your siblings for sweets? 3. Did you kill your adult son before he was born? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/300 "2025-05-24T18:00:52Z")
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