# Botticelli - Nov 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569 "2020-11-02T18:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/181 "2020-11-14T22:01:52Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Do you hawk rice in the US? > - Are you a sea witch with helpers named Flotsam and Jetsam? > - Are you a children’s author who also writes under the pen name T. Kingfisher? I am not Uncle Ben I am not Ursula Take a DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you an early Architect of the U.S. Capitol? > Were you an Elven princess given this additional name? > Were you King Arthur’s father? Take two DQs I am not Uther Pendragon **The letter is U** Fictional Male Not European Created by an American or Americans Created after 1950 American First name does not begin with U Not originally from prose fiction Not originally from film or television Either the protagonist or antagonist, depends on your point of view ---
**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:** [November 14, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/182 "2020-11-14T22:12:23Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write books about Harry Angstrom and his family? > > IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a book by Jim Kjelgaard? > > IQ3: Were you an elderly rabbit who appeared in two books by Robert Lawson? > > I am not John Updike > Take two DQs ✅ Ulysses (_Ulysses and His Woodland Zoo_). Uncle Analdas (_Rabbit Hill_ and _The Long Winter_) DQ1: Originally from comics (books or strips)? DQ2: Created after 2000? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/183 "2020-11-14T22:15:24Z")
**The letter is U** Fictional Male Not European Created by an American or Americans Created after 1950 American First name does not begin with U Not originally from prose fiction Not originally from film or television Either the protagonist or antagonist, depends on your point of view Not originally from a comic (book or strip) Created before 2000 ---
**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:** [November 14, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/184 "2020-11-14T22:40:14Z")
IQ1: Were you really Primula Brandybuck’s son? IQ2: Does a Doper have a name which is a play on the title of one of your books? IQ3: Were you a friend of Hitler’s who attempted suicide after Britain declared war on Germany? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/185 "2020-11-14T23:09:14Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you a spider monster from _The Silmarillion_ ? > > > IQ2: Are you a Japanese superhero, member of the Inter-Galactic Defense Force? > > > IQ2: Are you a giant from Norse Myth who tricked Thor into thinking he slept in your glove instead of a cave? > > Absolutely no idea, but I would presume #3 is a version of Loki. > Take 3 DQs Ungoliant, Ultraman, Utgard-Loki I’m going to assume “not from prose fiction” means “not from fiction that isn’t poetry.” DQ: From poetry? holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/186 "2020-11-14T23:35:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you really Primula Brandybuck’s son? > IQ2: Does a Doper have a name which is a play on the title of one of your books? > IQ3: Were you a friend of Hitler’s who attempted suicide after Britain declared war on Germany? Take 3 DQs **The letter is U** Fictional Male Not European Created by an American or Americans Created after 1950 American First name does not begin with U Not originally from prose fiction Not originally from film or television Either the protagonist or antagonist, depends on your point of view Not originally from a comic (book or strip) Created before 2000 Not from poetry ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/187 "2020-11-14T23:52:46Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Do you hawk rice in the US? > 2. Are you a sea witch with helpers named Flotsam and Jetsam? > 3. Are you a children’s author who also writes under the pen name T. Kingfisher? Correct, correct, Ursula Vernon DQ: From a play? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/188 "2020-11-15T00:57:45Z")
**The letter is U** Fictional Male Not European Created by an American or Americans Created after 1950 American First name does not begin with U Not originally from prose fiction Not originally from film or television Either the protagonist or antagonist, depends on your point of view Not originally from a comic (book or strip) Created before 2000 Not from poetry Originally from a play ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/189 "2020-11-15T01:57:36Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you really Primula Brandybuck’s son? > > > > > IQ2: Does a Doper have a name which is a play on the title of one of your books? > > > IQ3: Were you a friend of Hitler’s who attempted suicide after Britain declared war on Germany? > > Take 3 DQs Mr Underhill. Ursula LeGuin (_The Left Hand of Darkness_ \> The Left Hand of Dorkness). Unity Mitford. DQ1: Originally from the stage (play, opera, &c)? DQ2: Could be alive today if real? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/190 "2020-11-15T02:19:44Z")
**The letter is U** Fictional Male Not European Created by an American or Americans Created after 1950 American First name does not begin with U Not originally from prose fiction Not originally from film or television Either the protagonist or antagonist, depends on your point of view Not originally from a comic (book or strip) Created before 2000 Not from poetry Originally from a play Originally from the stage Highly doubtful they would be alive today, if real. Not impossible, though. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/191 "2020-11-15T03:16:38Z")
IQ1: Are you a neat freak originally played by Art Carney, and later by Jack Lemmon and Tony Randall? IQ2: Are you a 'umble Dickens character who provided the name for a British rock band? IQ3: Are you the heroic alter-ego of Principal Krupp? ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/192 "2020-11-15T03:23:19Z")
IQs: 1. Was Ojo the Unlucky your nephew? 2. Are you the wife of the Sphinx scholar Engywook? 3. Were you roundly criticized for including your own poetry in an anthology of modern verse you editied? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/193 "2020-11-15T03:46:50Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a neat freak originally played by Art Carney, and later by Jack Lemmon and Tony Randall? **Yes! I am Felix Ungar / Unger!** Congrats, Chock! To finish them off: I’m not Uriah Heep or Captain Underpants @Prof.Pepperwinkle: You would have had three DQs ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/194 "2020-11-15T04:31:31Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an early Architect of the U.S. Capitol? - Thomas U. Walter Were you an Elven princess given this additional name? - Arwen Undomiel (“Evenstar”) Were you King Arthur’s father? - Yes, Uther Pendragon Good job, **CFOHG**! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/195 "2020-11-15T08:33:42Z")
Woohoo! Next up… [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GOFdzszU0cI/Tb3AWnjuXRI/AAAAAAAABrw/C9E15lqGpwI/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/letterC.png) ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GOFdzszU0cI/Tb3AWnjuXRI/AAAAAAAABrw/C9E15lqGpwI/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/letterC.png) (That’s ‘ **C** ’ in case you can’t view images) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/196 "2020-11-15T10:22:41Z")
1. Are you Pacha’s wife in **The Emperor’s New Groove**? 2. Did you create a Tanning Invitational at your college in a 1985 comedy movie? 3. Are you an angel who took over then permanently inhabited the body of Jimmy Novak on **Supernatural**? ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/197 "2020-11-15T12:45:50Z")
Well done, **Chock**! IQs: 1. Did you frequently appear in scenes with Minnie Bannister in the highly-acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Were you the title character in a 1930’s radio series about the supernatural? 3. Did Kent Allard assume your identity in his battle against the forces of evil, with your permission, of course? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/198 "2020-11-15T12:47:24Z")
1. Did you 100% kill your husband and feed him to your felines? 2. Are you an ear tugging comedienne? 3. Were you a very talented Broadway star, best known for singing “Hello Dolly”? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/199 "2020-11-15T13:05:05Z")
IQ1: Are you you? IQ2: Were you the lead vocalist of Linkin Park until your 2017 suicide? IQ3: Were you the lead vocalist of Soundgarden until your 2017 suicide? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/200 "2020-11-15T20:51:02Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Are you Pacha’s wife in **The Emperor’s New Groove**? > - Did you create a Tanning Invitational at your college in a 1985 comedy movie? > - Are you an angel who took over then permanently inhabited the body of Jimmy Novak on **Supernatural**? Not Chicha DQ (Sounds like a nod to Zonker Harris in Doonesbury) DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you frequently appear in scenes with Minnie Bannister in the highly-acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > - Were you the title character in a 1930’s radio series about the supernatural? > - Did Kent Allard assume your identity in his battle against the forces of evil, with your permission, of course? 3 DQs for you > [@MissTake](#): > > - Did you 100% kill your husband and feed him to your felines? > - Are you an ear tugging comedienne? > - Were you a very talented Broadway star, best known for singing “Hello Dolly”? Not Carol Baskin, not Carol Burnett, not Carol Channing > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you you? > IQ2: Were you the lead vocalist of Linkin Park until your 2017 suicide? > IQ3: Were you the lead vocalist of Soundgarden until your 2017 suicide? Um… not ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness? I don’t think I’m better known than Botticelli. If not, take a DQ. Not Chester Bennington Not Chris Cornell [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569.md?page=11)