# Botticelli - Oct. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262 "2020-10-05T13:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/1 "2020-10-05T13:57:58Z")
> [@Botticelli - Sept. 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574): > > Last month’s thread: [Botticelli -- Aug 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/) Our next letter will be R > [@Botticelli - the letters we've used so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/69): > > Most recent use of each letter noted. A April 2020, Sept. 2020 B Aug. 2020 C Aug. 2020 D May 2020, Sept. 2020 E July 2020 F April 2020, Sept. 2020 G Aug. 2020 H May 2020, Sept. 2020 I July 2020 J Jan. 2020, Aug. 2020 K July 2020 L June 2020 M Aug. 2020 N May 2020, Sept. 2020 O June 2020 P Aug. 2020 Q June 2020 R Jan. 2020, Sept. 2020 S July 2020, Sept. 2020 T Aug. 2020 U Feb. 2020 V Feb. 2020, Aug. 2020 W March 2020, Sept. 2020 X July 2020 Y Apri… And our next letter is # **Z** ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/2 "2020-10-05T14:40:31Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a high place in Colorado named after you? 2. Are you a boy bander with a famous model partner? 3. Were you a female writer in the Harlem Renaissance? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/3 "2020-10-05T14:49:16Z")
1. Did you rule the fictional country of Ix? 2. Were you an angel played by Kurt Fuller on **Supernatural**? 3. Were you a Mossad agent turned US Federal agent on a TV show? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/4 "2020-10-05T16:10:56Z")
IQs: 1. Were you king of Albania? 2. Did you play a dairyman? 3. Is there no Dana, only you? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/5 "2020-10-05T17:19:00Z")
Good choice with Norma! I was just reading about her last month. IQs: 1. Were you Nero Wolfe’s archenemy (in the Rex Stout novels)? 2. Have you played a communications officer, an intergalactic assassin and a pirate? 3. Did you voice the Spellbinder on _The Electric Company_? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/6 "2020-10-05T21:45:27Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a high place in Colorado named after you? > 2. Are you a boy bander with a famous model partner? > 3. Were you a female writer in the Harlem Renaissance? Not Zebulon Pike, not Zach Whatshisname, and not Zora Neal Hurston. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you rule the fictional country of Ix? > 2. Were you an angel played by Kurt Fuller on **Supernatural**? > 3. Were you a Mossad agent turned US Federal agent on a TV show? Not Zelda, not Zazrael, and not Zohan. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you king of Albania? > 2. Did you play a dairyman? > 3. Is there no Dana, only you? Not Zog, Zero Mostel or the alluringly dangerous Zuul. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Were you Nero Wolfe’s archenemy (in the Rex Stout novels)? > 2. Have you played a communications officer, an intergalactic assassin and a pirate? > 3. Did you voice the Spellbinder on _The Electric Company_? Not Zany Zeb, not Zoe Kravitz and dunno. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/7 "2020-10-05T22:31:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Zebulon Pike, not Zach Whatshisname, and not Zora Neal Hurston. Yes, Zayn Malik, yes DQ 1. Male? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/8 "2020-10-05T22:40:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Zog, Zero Mostel or the alluringly dangerous Zuul. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you a high school admirer of Marge Bouvier? 2. Were you the Cool Ghoul? 3. Are you an Egyptian archaeologist? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/9 "2020-10-05T23:10:47Z")
Not Artie Zipp, dunno, and dunno. Z. 1. male ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/10 "2020-10-05T23:43:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you Nero Wolfe’s archenemy (in the Rex Stout novels)? > > > 2. Have you played a communications officer, an intergalactic assassin and a pirate? > > > 3. Did you voice the Spellbinder on _The Electric Company_ ? > > Not Zany Zeb, not Zoe Kravitz and dunno. #1 was Arnold Zeck (in three novels). #2 is Zoe Saldana (Lt. Uhura in the recent Star Trek movies, Gamora in the Guardian of the Galaxy movies, and Annamarie in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl). #3 was Zero Mostel, but someone else already used him. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Last name starts with Z? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/11 "2020-10-05T23:44:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the lead in _Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch_? 2. Did you invent Esperanto? 3. Have you been called “the Father of Television”? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/12 "2020-10-06T01:34:22Z")
IQs 1. Were you a Devil who has now gone Wild? 2. Are you a slightly nutty actress, best known from the 80’s? 3. Did you direct _Back to the Future_? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/13 "2020-10-06T01:38:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Artie Zipp, dunno, and dunno. 1 was Artie Ziff (close enough?); 2 was Zacherley; 3 was Zahi Hawass. 2 (maybe 3) DQs reserved. IQs: 1. Is a _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ episode named in reference to you? 2. Were you an unsuccessful US presidential assassin? 3. Did you write _White Teeth_? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/14 "2020-10-06T03:56:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lead in _Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch_? > 2. Did you invent Esperanto? > 3. Have you been called “the Father of Television”? Not Stephanie Zimbalist, dunno and dunno. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a Devil who has now gone Wild? > 2. Are you a slightly nutty actress, best known from the 80’s? > 3. Did you direct _Back to the Future_? Dunno, not Grace Zabriskie, and not Robert Zemeckis. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Not Artie Zipp, dunno, and dunno. > > 1 was Artie Ziff (close enough?); 2 was Zacherley; 3 was Zahi Hawass. 2 (maybe 3) DQs reserved. > > IQs: > 1. Is a _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ episode named in reference to you? > 2. Were you an unsuccessful US presidential assassin? > 3. Did you write _White Teeth_? Zipp isn’t Ziff, so go ahead and take a DQ for that one. Dunno the _Buffy_ person, not Zagara, and dunno. Z. 1. male 2. real 3. last name starts with Z ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/15 "2020-10-06T04:11:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Grace Zabriskie, and not Robert Zemeckis. Zach Parise (hockey player), Pia Zadora, yes DQs 1. Alive? 2. American? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/16 "2020-10-06T05:13:03Z")
1. Does your guitar want to kill my mama? 2. Did you play guitar, jamming good with Weird and Gilly? 3. Do you suffer from the very sexy learning disability sexlexia? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/17 "2020-10-06T06:30:05Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you rule the fictional country of Ix? > 2. Were you an angel played by Kurt Fuller on **Supernatural**? > 3. Were you a Mossad agent turned US Federal agent on a TV show? Queen Zixi of Ix, Zachariah and Ziva David on NCIS DQs: 1. Associated with the Arts? 2. How about sports? 3. Or possibly science? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/18 "2020-10-06T12:38:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you play the lead in _Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch_ ? > > > 2. Did you invent Esperanto? > > > 3. Have you been called “the Father of Television”? > > Not Stephanie Zimbalist, dunno and dunno. #1 was Zasu Pitts. #2 was Ludwig Zamenhov. #3 was Vladimir Zworykin. 3 DQs 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:** [October 6, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/19 "2020-10-06T12:39:22Z")
Welcome ChockFull! ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/20 "2020-10-06T13:30:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the _Buffy_ person, not Zagara, and dunno. 1 was Zeppo Marx (the episode is “The Zeppo”); close enough for Giuseppe Zangara; 3 (author of _White Teeth_) was Zadie Smith. 5 DQs reserved. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=2)