# Botticelli, Nov. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093 "2022-10-31T20:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/61 "2022-11-02T19:42:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x2, and not William Howard Taft. 1 was Tia Mowry; 2 was Tamera Mowry. DQs: 1. created by an American or Americans? 2. actually appears, not someone just referred to or an assumed identity of another character or something like that? ---
**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 2, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/62 "2022-11-02T19:45:18Z")
IQs: 1. Do you draw the comic strip _Doonesbury_? 2. Are you married to Phil Donahue? 3. Were you Li’l Abner’s li’l brother? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/63 "2022-11-02T20:10:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did you cover the song “Kitty”, by Racey–well, you changed the gender, and the name of the song, and you added a cheerleader-like chant, and it became a massive hit? 2. Did you play an Elvis impersonator in a _Golden Girls_ episode, dressing as not the white jumpsuited Elvis in his later years but specifically the Sun Records Elvis? 3. Did you have a Triphibian Atomicar? ---
**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 2, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/64 "2022-11-02T20:37:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you draw the comic strip _Doonesbury_? > 2. Are you married to Phil Donahue? > 3. Were you Li’l Abner’s li’l brother? Not Trudeau, Thomas or Theodore. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you cover the song “Kitty”, by Racey–well, you changed the gender, and the name of the song, and you added a cheerleader-like chant, and it became a massive hit? > 2. Did you play an Elvis impersonator in a _Golden Girls_ episode, dressing as not the white jumpsuited Elvis in his later years but specifically the Sun Records Elvis? > 3. Did you have a Triphibian Atomicar? Dunno, not Quentin Tarantino and not Tom Terrific. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only known name starts with T 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. actually appears, not someone just referred to or an assumed identity of another character or something like that ---
**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 2, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/65 "2022-11-02T20:43:38Z")
IQ1: Were you Kala’s adopted son? IQ2: Did you kidnap Jane Porter? IQ3: Were you Kala’s mate? ---
**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 2, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/66 "2022-11-02T20:46:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you draw the comic strip _Doonesbury_? > > 2. Are you married to Phil Donahue? > > 3. Were you Li’l Abner’s li’l brother? > > Not Trudeau, Thomas or Theodore. Correct, Correct, but Tiny Yokum. DQ: Originally from a work of prose? ---
**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 2, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/67 "2022-11-02T21:12:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the title character of Joan Crawford’s final film? > > IQ2: Did you slay the Minotaur? > > IQ3: Are you half of a flatulent Canadian comedy duo who nearly brought about the apocalypse? > > Dunno, not Theseus and not Tbob or Tdoug. Trog Correct Terrance, from South Park’s show-within-a-show _Terrance and Philip_ DQ: Created by European or Europeans? DQ: Created after 1920? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/68 "2022-11-02T21:44:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Quentin Tarantino and not Tom Terrific. 1 (song cover) was Toni Basil, with “Mickey”; 3 (Triphibiab Amphicar) was Tom Swift. DQ: main character? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/69 "2022-11-02T22:21:31Z")
IQ1: Are you a Belgian reporter who is usually accompanied by your dog Snowy? IQ2: Do you repeatedly sell maps to Link? IQ3: Are you AKA Rebecca Buck? ---
**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 3, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/70 "2022-11-03T11:19:40Z")
IQs: 1. Will you see and hear or, will I smash the mirror? 2. Did Gordon Shumway come to stay with your family for awhile? 3. Did you write _Vanity Fair_? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/71 "2022-11-03T17:03:17Z")
IQs: 1. Have you noted that when correctly viewed, _everything_ is lewd? 2. Were you the tall, name-dropping socialite member of Team Cockroach? 3. Are a very young you and your brother barely visible in [this picture](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto,w_1280/f_auto,q_auto,w_1000/v1570403761/shape/mentalfloss/gallery/599956-wikimedia-3_1.jpg), in the second-floor window on the upper left, coincidentally watching the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln in New York? 1 DQ 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:** [November 3, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/72 "2022-11-03T19:03:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Kala’s adopted son? > IQ2: Did you kidnap Jane Porter? > IQ3: Were you Kala’s mate? Not Tarzan, Tarzan or Tarzan. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Belgian reporter who is usually accompanied by your dog Snowy? > IQ2: Do you repeatedly sell maps to Link? > IQ3: Are you AKA Rebecca Buck? Not Tintin; dunno x2 > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Will you see and hear or, will I smash the mirror? > 2. Did Gordon Shumway come to stay with your family for awhile? > 3. Did you write _Vanity Fair_? Dunno x2 (the second is a reference to _ALF_, I think?); not Thackeray > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Have you noted that when correctly viewed, _everything_ is lewd? > 2. Were you the tall, name-dropping socialite member of Team Cockroach? > 3. Are a very young you and your brother barely visible in [this picture](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto,w_1280/f_auto,q_auto,w_1000/v1570403761/shape/mentalfloss/gallery/599956-wikimedia-3_1.jpg), in the second-floor window on the upper left, coincidentally watching the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln in New York?.. Dunno x2; not Theodore Roosevelt T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only known name starts with T 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. actually appears, not someone just referred to or an assumed identity of another character or something like that 6. originally from a work of prose 7. created by European or Europeans 8. created after 1920 9. not a 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:** [November 3, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/73 "2022-11-03T19:07:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Will you see and hear or, will I smash the mirror? > > 2. Did Gordon Shumway come to stay with your family for awhile? > > 3. Did you write _Vanity Fair_? > > Dunno x2 (the second is a reference to _ALF_, I think?); not Thackeray #1 is Tommy, from _Tommy_ by The Who. #2 is Willie Tanner, who was from, yes, _ALF_. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Created after 1970? 2. Created by a citizen of the United Kingdom or Ireland? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/74 "2022-11-03T19:32:35Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Have you noted that when correctly viewed, _everything_ is lewd? > 2. Were you the tall, name-dropping socialite member of Team Cockroach? > 3. Are a very young you and your brother barely visible in [this picture](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto,w_1280/f_auto,q_auto,w_1000/v1570403761/shape/mentalfloss/gallery/599956-wikimedia-3_1.jpg), in the second-floor window on the upper left, coincidentally watching the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln in New York? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x2; not Theodore Roosevelt 1 is Tom Lehrer, in “Smut”; 2 is Tahani, on _The Good Place_. DQs: 1. sympathetic or otherwise good? 2. adapted into movies or TV? 1 DQ from before reserved. ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/75 "2022-11-03T19:37:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Were you Kala’s adopted son? > > IQ2: Did you kidnap Jane Porter? > > IQ3: Were you Kala’s mate? > > Not Tarzan, Tarzan or Tarzan. Heh. correct Terkoz Tublat DQ1: Created after 1970? DQ2: Could be alive today, if real? IQ1: Were you Carthoris’s mother? IQ2: Were you #1’s grandfather? IQ3: Were you Carthoris’s father’s very tall friend? ---
**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 3, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/76 "2022-11-03T20:15:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Carthoris’s mother? > IQ2: Were you #1’s grandfather? > IQ3: Were you Carthoris’s father’s very tall friend? Dunno x3 T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only known name starts with T 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. actually appears, not someone just referred to or an assumed identity of another character or something like that 6. originally from a work of prose 7. created by European or Europeans 8. created after 1920 9. not a main character 10. created before 1970 11. created by a citizen of the United Kingdom or Ireland 12. not sympathetic or otherwise good 13. adapted into movies or TV 14. would not be alive today, if real **SCAdian** , please ask another DQ, as **Prof. P.** had already asked about creation after 1970. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/77 "2022-11-03T20:35:42Z")
DQ: from a work of fantasy, science fiction, horror, or something else with fantastic elements? ---
**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 3, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/78 "2022-11-03T20:38:27Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only known name starts with T 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. actually appears, not someone just referred to or an assumed identity of another character or something like that 6. originally from a work of prose 7. created by European or Europeans 8. created after 1920 9. not a main character 10. created before 1970 11. created by a citizen of the United Kingdom or Ireland 12. not sympathetic or otherwise good 13. adapted into movies or TV 14. would not be alive today, if real 15. from a work of fantasy, science fiction, horror, or something else with fantastic elements ---
**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 3, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/79 "2022-11-03T21:47:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Queen of the Fairies? 2. Are you Ariel’s dad in _The Little Mermaid_? 3. Did you marry Sara Bush Johnston? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/80 "2022-11-03T21:48:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an 18th-century English woman who claimed to have given birth to several rabbits? 2. Did you write _Letters from the Earth_? 3. " ‘[YOU]!’ No answer. ‘[YOU]!’ No answer. ‘What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You [YOU]!’ "? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=5)