# Botticelli, Oct. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516 "2022-09-30T17:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 7, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/81 "2022-10-07T18:24:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you very recently outed as a lesbian? > 2. Did you write _Candide_? > 3. Did you blow up like a blueberry? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Voltaire. 3. I am not Violet Beauregard. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a barbarian foe of the Roman Empire? > Were you the first Latinx lawyer at McKenzie, Brackman? > Were you the first person to appear onscreen in David Lynch’s _Dune_? Respectively: I am not Vercingetorix. I am not Jose Valderrama. I am not Vito. ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/82 "2022-10-07T18:57:42Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a barbarian foe of the Roman Empire? - Yes, Vercingetorix Were you the first Latinx lawyer at McKenzie, Brackman? - Victor Sifuentes (Jimmy Smits), on _L.A. Law_ Were you the first person to appear onscreen in David Lynch’s _Dune_? - Not Vito but Virginia Madsen: [Dune (1984) - Intro - Opening Credits - Princess Irulan [HD] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1h3UjbuOtc) DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Were you a dragon in an Eighties movie? Did Willem Dafoe recently play you, even though he is much older than you were during the period in question? Did you first meet Capt. Picard on Raisa? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/83 "2022-10-07T19:30:55Z")
1. Were you the bassist for Manfred Mann? 2. Are you most known for your work on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Edward Scissorhands? 3. Was one of your last roles in one of those movies? ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/84 "2022-10-07T19:32:01Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you very recently outed as a lesbian? > > 2. Did you write _Candide_? > > 3. Did you blow up like a blueberry? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Voltaire. > 3. I am not Violet Beauregard. #1 is Velma Dinkley of _Scooby-Doo_. Correct on the others. DQ: Last name starts with V? ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/85 "2022-10-07T19:34:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a dragon in an Eighties movie? > Did Willem Dafoe recently play you, even though he is much older than you were during the period in question? > Did you first meet Capt. Picard on Raisa? Respectively: I am not Valkor (in _The Never-Ending Story_). I am not Vincent Van Gogh. I am not Vash. > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > 1. Were you the bassist for Manfred Mann? > 2. Are you most known for your work on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Edward Scissorhands? > 3. Was one of your last roles in one of those movies? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Vincent Price. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with V ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/86 "2022-10-07T19:55:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > > > 1. Were you the bassist for Manfred Mann? > > 2. Are you most known for your work on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Edward Scissorhands? > > 3. Was one of your last roles in one of those movies? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Vincent Price. 1 was Klaus Voorman 2 was makeup artist Ve Neill DQ - would still be alive today if real? DQ - from a work of prose? ---
**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 7, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/87 "2022-10-07T21:22:38Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a dragon in an Eighties movie? - Not who I was thinking of, so I’ll rephrase. Did Willem Dafoe recently play you, even though he is much older than you were during the period in question? - Yes, Vincent van Gogh. Did you first meet Capt. Picard on Raisa? - Yes, the lovely Vash, on _ST:TNG_. And Dafoe’s terrific in the role: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T77PDm3e1iE/maxresdefault.jpg "AT ETERNITY'S GATE - Official Trailer - HD (Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T77PDm3e1iE) IQs: You are not Valkor. Were you a dragon in an Eighties movie? Were you a notable early king of Numenor? Did Chekhov include your name in the title of one of his plays? ---
**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 7, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/88 "2022-10-07T21:30:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Hillbilly Elegy_? 2. Was the magic system for the 1st edition of _Dungeons & Dragons_ based on your novels? 3. Were you the District Attorney for New York state immediately before the current one? ---
**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 7, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/89 "2022-10-07T21:57:05Z")
IQ1: Were you a penny dreadful precursor to Dracula? IQ2: Are you a renamed pig that kant danz but can steal money? IQ3: Were you the leader of the Sweathogs? ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/90 "2022-10-08T00:55:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You are not Valkor. Were you a dragon in an Eighties movie? > Were you a notable early king of Numenor? > Did Chekhov include your name in the title of one of his plays? Respectively: Take a DQ. Turns out the luck dragon in _The Never-Ending Story_ is actually **F** alkor, so take a DQ if you want Take a DQ. I am not Uncle Vanya. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Hillbilly Elegy_? > 2. Was the magic system for the 1st edition of _Dungeons & Dragons_ based on your novels? > 3. Were you the District Attorney for New York state immediately before the current one? I am not JD Vance. I am not Jack Vance. Take a likely Vance-related DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you a penny dreadful precursor to Dracula? > IQ2: Are you a renamed pig that kant danz but can steal money? > IQ3: Were you the leader of the Sweathogs? IQ1: I am not Varney the Vampire. IQ2: I am not Vantz. IQ3: I am not Vinnie Barbarino. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with V 4. would not be alive today 5. originally from a work of prose ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/91 "2022-10-08T03:03:04Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you the earth goddess in Joy Chant’s book **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? 2. Did you create a human male in an 1818 bookthen spend the rest of the book running from him? 3. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern in two different TV series? ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/92 "2022-10-08T03:20:57Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the earth goddess in Joy Chant’s book **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? > 2. Did you create a human male in an 1818 bookthen spend the rest of the book running from him? > 3. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern in two different TV series? I am not Valerie Harper, but I am indeed Victor Frankenstein! Next game goes to **kitap**. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/93 "2022-10-08T03:44:53Z")
Oh! Um. #1 was Vir’Vachal. Well… I am B!! B as in bee, beach and botulism. ---
**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 8, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/94 "2022-10-08T10:42:31Z")
Good job, **kitap**! IQs: 1. Did you develop the tulip tree? 2. Were you famous for playing Dracula on stage and screen? 3. Did you say, “Oh, sure. Blame the bat.”? ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/95 "2022-10-08T13:41:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play defense for the Boston Bruins, and often turn up in crossword puzzles given your three-letter last name? 2. Was your cameo as a news reporter cut from Steven Spielberg’s scary adaption of your novel? 3. Were you Aunt Zelda on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/96 "2022-10-08T15:10:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job, **kitap**! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you develop the tulip tree? > 2. Were you famous for playing Dracula on stage and screen? > 3. Did you say, “Oh, sure. Blame the bat.”? Take a DQ. I am not Bela Lugosi I am not Bartok. " What the heck ; we’re easy targets". > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs > 1. Did you play defense for the Boston Bruins, and often turn up in crossword puzzles given your three-letter last name? > 2. Was your cameo as a news reporter cut from Steven Spielberg’s scary adaption of your novel? > 3. Were you Aunt Zelda on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_? 1. I am not Bobby Orr?? Or take a DQ. 2. I am not Peter Benchley??? Or take a DQ. 3. I am not Beth Broderick. Or take a DQ. ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/97 "2022-10-08T15:47:37Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you develop the tulip tree? > > 2. Were you famous for playing Dracula on stage and screen? > > 3. Did you say, “Oh, sure. Blame the bat.”? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Bela Lugosi > I am not Bartok. " What the heck ; we’re easy targets". #1 was Luther Burbank. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/98 "2022-10-08T16:12:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/99 "2022-10-08T17:04:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you George Burns’s best friend? 2. Is your president home a museum in downtown Indianapolis? 3. Were you one of a pair of identical twins, only you were more identical than the other? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/100 "2022-10-08T17:36:17Z")
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