# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/141 "2022-10-11T02:36:42Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the author of the still unfinished Captal’s Tower trilogy? > 2. Did you write, among other books, **Nancy and Plum**? > 3. Did you play John Winchester in the pilot of **Supernatural**? Melanie Rawn Betty MacDonald Jeffrey Dean Morgan 3 DQs 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:** [October 11, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/142 "2022-10-11T02:44:25Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/143 "2022-10-11T02:45:28Z")
DQ: 1. Originated in the movies? 2 DQs 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:** [October 11, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/144 "2022-10-11T02:56:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in the box office dud _Serial_? > 2. Were you Barnabas Collins’ housekeeper during his Victorian period? > 3. Did you play Nora Charles in _The Thin Man_ series? Three more. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a strongly anti-communist US senator from Wisconsin? > 2. Were you so fine you blew Toni Basil’s mind? > 3. Were you in _Death Becomes Her_? Not Joe McCarthy DQ DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the Red Witch who guided Stannis? > Were you just pawn in game of the life? > Were you Neo’s mentor? And three more for you, too. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/145 "2022-10-11T02:57:43Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/146 "2022-10-11T02:59:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Joe McCarthy > DQ > DQ 2 was Mickey; 3 was Meryl Streep. DQs: 1. created before 1970? 2. from theater? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/147 "2022-10-11T03:03:29Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/148 "2022-10-11T07:12:22Z")
DQ: from ads? 1 DQ 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 11, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/149 "2022-10-11T14:24:19Z")
DQs: 1. Unusual first name? 2. Created after 1940? 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:** [October 11, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/150 "2022-10-11T17:34:57Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the Red Witch who guided Stannis? - Melisandre, in _Game of Thrones_ Were you just pawn in game of [] life? - Mongo, in _Blazing Saddles_ Were you Neo’s mentor? - Morpheus, in _The Matrix_ DQs: Created before 1950? “Good guy”? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you say in a movie that you were “a dream to some, a nightmare to others”? Were you the post-WWII superintendent of The Citadel? Was Orson your never-seen boss? ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/151 "2022-10-11T18:31:59Z")
DQ: From a song? ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/152 "2022-10-11T18:40:50Z")
IQs: 1. Given your field of work, are your notebooks radioactive? 2. Did you create _Saturday Night Live_? 3. Does whoever knows fear burn at the touch of you? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/153 "2022-10-11T19:40:02Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater 13. Not from ads 14. Unusual first name 15. Created after 1940 16. Created before 1950 17. “Good guy” 18. Not from a song ---
**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:** [October 11, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/154 "2022-10-11T19:46:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say in a movie that you were “a dream to some, a nightmare to others”? > Were you the post-WWII superintendent of The Citadel? > Was Orson your never-seen boss? DQ Not Mark Clark Not Mork > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Given your field of work, are your notebooks radioactive? > 2. Did you create _Saturday Night Live_? > 3. Does whoever knows fear burn at the touch of you? Not Marie Curie DQ 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 11, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/155 "2022-10-11T19:55:47Z")
IQs: 1. Are you remembered as the Arch-Impressionist? 2. Did you drop ping-pong balls on the Captain? 3. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? ---
**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 11, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/156 "2022-10-11T20:53:01Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say in a movie that you were “a dream to some, a nightmare to others”? - Merlin, in _Excalibur_ Were you the post-WWII superintendent of The Citadel? - Yes, Gen. Mark Clark Was Orson your never-seen boss? - Yes, Mork, on _Mork & Mindy_ DQ: Originally from the radio? Two DQs reserved. Perhaps you wish to decline any further IQs, **SCA**? ---
**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 11, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/157 "2022-10-11T21:03:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Given your field of work, are your notebooks radioactive? > 2. Did you create _Saturday Night Live_? > 3. Does whoever knows fear burn at the touch of you? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Marie Curie > DQ > DQ 2 was Lorne Michaels; 3 was Man-Thing. Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/158 "2022-10-11T21:20:26Z")
Final DQ: From Television? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/159 "2022-10-12T01:31:06Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater 13. Not from ads 14. Unusual first name 15. Created after 1940 16. Created before 1950 17. “Good guy” 18. Not from a song 19. Not originally from radio 20. Not from television ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/160 "2022-10-12T01:34:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you remembered as the Arch-Impressionist? > 2. Did you drop ping-pong balls on the Captain? > 3. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? Not … Manet? DQ DQ No more IQs, please. Ask remaining DQs no later than noon EDT Thursday (13 Oct). EH and DLR have two DQs each; the Prof has two or three, depending on the correct answer to #1 above. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=9)