# Botticelli - October 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843 "2021-10-04T01:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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 27, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/281 "2021-10-27T16:46:28Z")
Continuing on… I am… [![](https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.1U-nBxGDtVw-kwoln2WTwwHaI4?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.1U-nBxGDtVw-kwoln2WTwwHaI4?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/282 "2021-10-27T16:57:59Z")
IQ1: Do some people, particularly ones from New Zealand, insist that you reduced Elizabeth Perkins’ age, despite no supporting evidence? IQ2: Are you a giant floating head who declared “The gun is good, the penis is evil”? IQ3: Did you play guitar with Wierd and Gilly and the Spiders from Mars? ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/283 "2021-10-27T17:10:21Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Is a _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ episode named after you? 2. Are you played in _Midnight in Paris_ by Allison Pill? 3. Did you attempt to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt? ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/284 "2021-10-27T17:13:09Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do some people, particularly ones from New Zealand, insist that you reduced Elizabeth Perkins’ age, despite no supporting evidence? > IQ2: Are you a giant floating head who declared “The gun is good, the penis is evil”? > IQ3: Did you play guitar with Wierd and Gilly and the Spiders from Mars? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Zardoz. #3. I am not Ziggy Stardust. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is a _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ episode named after you? > 2. Are you played in _Midnight in Paris_ by Allison Pill? > 3. Did you attempt to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt? #1. I am not Zeppo Marx. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/285 "2021-10-27T17:29:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Zeppo Marx. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was correct; 2 was Zelda Fitzgerald; 3 was Giuseppe Zangara. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/286 "2021-10-27T17:42:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Do some people, particularly ones from New Zealand, insist that you reduced Elizabeth Perkins’ age, despite no supporting evidence? > > > IQ2: Are you a giant floating head who declared “The gun is good, the penis is evil”? > > > IQ3: Did you play guitar with Wierd and Gilly and the Spiders from Mars? > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Zardoz. > #3. I am not Ziggy Stardust. Zoltar, the fortune telling machine in _Big_ Correct, correct DQ: First name starts with Z? ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/287 "2021-10-27T18:08:42Z")
IQ1: Did you popularize the phrase “Are we having fun yet?” IQ2: Are you Dracula’s dog? IQ3: In _Die Hard 3_, did John McClane mistakenly think your name was Jesus? ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/288 "2021-10-27T18:12:12Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you a transporter double who turned to crime? - Thomas Riker, on _ST:TNG_ and _ST:DS9_ Was the Fat Controller your boss? - Yes, Thomas the Tank Engine Was King Henry II your frenemy but regretted your death? - Thomas Becket, the “turbulent priest” slain at Canterbury Cathedral Thomas x3 redux! On to Z… IQs: Did you play the mom of two doomed young women on TV? Were you a Hebrew matriarch of the Old Testament? Were you an unseen Starfleet captain? ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/289 "2021-10-27T19:24:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. 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 27, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/290 "2021-10-27T19:26:41Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you popularize the phrase “Are we having fun yet?” > IQ2: Are you Dracula’s dog? > IQ3: In _Die Hard 3_ , did John McClane mistakenly think your name was Jesus? 1. I am not Zippy the Pinhead. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Zeus. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the mom of two doomed young women on TV? > Were you a Hebrew matriarch of the Old Testament? > Were you an unseen Starfleet captain? #2. I am not Zipporah. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/291 "2021-10-27T20:18:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you popularize the phrase “Are we having fun yet?” > > > IQ2: Are you Dracula’s dog? > > > IQ3: In _Die Hard 3_ , did John McClane mistakenly think your name was Jesus? > > 1. I am not Zippy the Pinhead. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Zeus. Yes Zoltan - Hound of Dracula (starring Oscar winner Jose Ferrer as the Van Helsing-like vampire hunter). Yes DQ: Alive? ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/292 "2021-10-27T20:37:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with Z 4. Living ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/293 "2021-10-27T22:19:59Z")
Congrats! IQs 1. Are you the actor who played Roland on **The X-Files** and Ray Fiske on **Damages**? 2. Did you rule Ix? 3. Did a collector in a _Far Side_ cartoon display your petals? ---
**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 27, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/294 "2021-10-27T22:50:18Z")
IQs: IQ1: Are you Jack Skellington’s dog? IQ2: Do you host the podcast _The Allusionist_? IQ3: Has your company recently announced a name change, likely because of all the negative publicity it’s been getting? ---
**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 28, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/295 "2021-10-28T00:42:02Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you the actor who played Roland on **The X-Files** and Ray Fiske on **Damages**? > 2. Did you rule Ix? > 3. Did a collector in a _Far Side_ cartoon display your petals? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Zixi. #3. I am not Zuzu. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > IQ1: Are you Jack Skellington’s dog? > IQ2: Do you host the podcast _The Allusionist_ ? > IQ3: Has your company recently announced a name change, likely because of all the negative publicity it’s been getting? 1. I am not Zero. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Mark Zuckerberg. ---
**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 28, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/296 "2021-10-28T00:55:28Z")
IQ1: Did you play the antagonist, not counting the iceberg, in _Titanic_? IQ2: Did you manipulate events to cause the Avengers’ Civil War? IQ3: Did you command the President of the United States to kneel before 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 28, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/297 "2021-10-28T01:09:39Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the antagonist, not counting the iceberg, in _Titanic_ ? > IQ2: Did you manipulate events to cause the Avengers’ Civil War? > IQ3: Did you command the President of the United States to kneel before you? 1. I am not Billy Zane. 2. I am not Baron Zemo. 3. I am not General Zod. ---
**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 28, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/298 "2021-10-28T01:33:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Zero. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Mark Zuckerberg. 1 was correct; 2 (hosts _The Allusionist_) was Helen Zaltzman; 3 was correct. DQ: American? ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/299 "2021-10-28T02:30:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with Z 4. Living 5. American ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/300 "2021-10-28T03:22:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs > > 1. Are you the actor who played Roland on **The X-Files** and Ray Fiske on **Damages**? > 2. Did you rule Ix? > 3. Did a collector in a _Far Side_ cartoon display your petals? Željko Ivanek, correct, correct. DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=16)