# Botticelli - October 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**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 14, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/601 "2013-11-14T04:48:39Z")
Previous IQs: Did you discover a mountain that later bore your name? - Zebulon Pike Did Jon Cryer play you relatively early in his career? - The lead in the TV comedy _The Famous Teddy Z_. Are you a famous New Wave musician? - Warren Zevon DQs: Russian? Best known for Soviet-era stuff? Died since 1950? IQs: Were you ill at Christmas time? Did you play Pierce Brosnan’s boss? Are you another cartoon character who’s a lot taller than Ziggy? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/602 "2013-11-14T08:19:52Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Russian military leader? > IQ2: Are you a Saggitarion rabble-rouser? > IQ3: Are you the priest whose song is played at the coronation of the British monarch? 1: Then you are not **Zhukov** 2: Then you are not **Tom Zarek** , from Battlestar Galactica 3: Then you are not **Zadok the Priest** ---
**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 14, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/603 "2013-11-14T11:50:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you ill at Christmas time? > Did you play Pierce Brosnan’s boss? > Are you another cartoon character who’s a lot taller than Ziggy? Take a DQ for #1 I’m not Stephanie Zimbalist. I’m not Zippy the Pinhead. ---
**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 14, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/604 "2013-11-14T11:52:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Last name starts with Z 6. European 7. Not a Political/Military figure 8. Died after 1900 9. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Native speaker of a Slavic language 12. Not Russian 13. Not primarily known for Soviet-era stuff, though he did work on things for which he’s not best remembered 14. Died before 1950 ---
**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, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/605 "2013-11-14T15:23:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you CNO in the early '70s? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon character who doesn’t wear pants? > IQ3: Are you a pianist and conductor? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Ziggy (and I hadn’t realized he doesn’t wear pants until just now). > Take two more DQs. Elmo Zumwalt. Correct on Ziggy. Zubin Mehta. ---
**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, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/606 "2013-11-14T16:55:35Z")
DQ: Known for work in the Sciences? ---
**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, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/607 "2013-11-14T17:02:04Z")
IQ1: Are you an associate of Ford Prefect? IQ2: Did you invent a language? ---
**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 14, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/608 "2013-11-14T17:41:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you an associate of Ford Prefect? > IQ2: Did you invent a language? No, I am not Zaphod Beeblebrox. Would that I were. However, yes, indeedy, I am the inventor of Esperanto: L. L. Zamenhof. Good job, again, SCAdian. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/609 "2013-11-14T19:51:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > However, yes, indeedy, I am the inventor of Esperanto: > > L. L. Zamenhof. > > Good job, again, SCAdian. Doper **Sunspace** is, as I understand things, fluent in Esperanto. If he was playing, he’d probably have reached Zamenhof long before 14 DQs. I’ll echo the **Professor** ’s congratulations: great job, **SCAdian**! What’s our next letter? ---
**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, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/610 "2013-11-14T20:23:41Z")
That was actually meant to be a bid for another DQ, not an actual guess - I thought he died _before_ 1900! I guess this time I will be **Y**. I remember enough to be able to say “Bonan tagon! Mi parolas Esperanton - tre malgrande kaj tre malbone…” ---
**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 14, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/611 "2013-11-14T20:26:01Z")
(Zamenhof died in 1917.) 1. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Daws Butler? 2. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Don Messick? 3. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Mel Blanc? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/612 "2013-11-14T20:29:09Z")
IQ: Did you famously play an NFL playoff game on a broken leg? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/613 "2013-11-14T20:50:44Z")
Congratulations, SCAdian IQ1: Did you ask “Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?”? IQ2: Is Arnold Rimmer proud that he has never been mistaken for you? IQ3: Were you a fellow of infinite jest? ---
**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, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/614 "2013-11-14T21:17:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Daws Butler? > 2. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Don Messick? > 3. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Mel Blanc? Not Yogi Bear. DQ. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you famously play an NFL playoff game on a broken leg? Not … Carl Yastrzemski? (I _think_ he played football…) > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you ask “Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?”? > IQ2: Is Arnold Rimmer proud that he has never been mistaken for you? > IQ3: Were you a fellow of infinite jest? DQ. DQ. Not poor Yorick. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/615 "2013-11-14T21:22:53Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Congratulations, SCAdian > > IQ1: Did you ask “Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?”? > IQ2: Is Arnold Rimmer proud that he has never been mistaken for you? > IQ3: Were you a fellow of infinite jest? 1: Yossarian, from Catch 22. 2: He’s never been mistaken for **Yul Brynner** , he’s not bald and his head doesn’t glim-mer. 3: As you said, poor Yorick. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Did you tell Jon Snow he knew nothing? IQ2: Are you a war hero after whom Heinlein named a spaceship? IQ3: Are you the voice of Lisa Simpson? ---
**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 14, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/616 "2013-11-14T21:27:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > (Zamenhof died in 1917.) > > 1. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Daws Butler? > 2. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Don Messick? > 3. Were you a cartoon character voiced by Mel Blanc? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Yogi Bear. > DQ. > DQ. #2 is Yacky Doodle, #3 is Yosemite Sam. Carl Yastrzemski’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a left fielder and first baseman. I only mention it 'cause I was going to guess him next. I’m about to leave work, so I’ll wait on the DQs for now. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/617 "2013-11-14T22:16:41Z")
Jack Youngblood was who I was looking for. DQ: American IQ1: Are you the current “it girl” in wqomen’s golf? IQ2: Did you win a reality competition, drawing on skills that originally made you a “star”? ---
**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, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/618 "2013-11-14T22:41:26Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you tell Jon Snow he knew nothing? > IQ2: Are you a war hero after whom Heinlein named a spaceship? > IQ3: Are you the voice of Lisa Simpson? DQ. Not Rodger Young. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Are you the current “it girl” in wqomen’s golf? > IQ2: Did you win a reality competition, drawing on skills that originally made you a “star”? Two DQs. **Y** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American ---
**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 14, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/619 "2013-11-14T22:41:45Z")
Well done, **SCAdian** , and thanks for going with Y next! Hope everyone’s thinking of X names for the next round. Previous IQs: Were you ill at Christmas time? - Zuzu, she of the petals, in _It’s A Wonderful Life_. Did you play Pierce Brosnan’s boss? - Yes, Stephanie Zimbalist, in _Remington Steele_. Are you another cartoon character who’s a lot taller than Ziggy? - Yes, Zippy the Pinhead (most annoying and unfunny cartoon character evah IMHO). New IQs: Along with Rico, were you a trusted assistant to a top cop? Were you part of a famous trio? Were you a fictitious Duchess of Cornwall? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/620 "2013-11-14T22:53:11Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you tell Jon Snow he knew nothing? > IQ2: Are you a war hero after whom Heinlein named a spaceship? > IQ3: Are you the voice of Lisa Simpson? 1: Then you are not **Ygritte the Wildling** from the Song of Ice and Fire series. 2: As you said, you are not Rodger Young. 3: Then you are not **Yeardley Smith** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=32)