# 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:** 5
**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 12, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/81 "2021-10-12T14:36:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you famously date the start of the world at 4004 B.C.? > > > 2. Did Peter Fonda play you, a beekeeper, in a movie with your name in the title? > > > 3. Are you the Muse of Astronomy? > > Not Bishop Ussher of _Inherit the Wind_ fame, not Ule and not Uranus. Correct on Ussher. Close enough on Ulee. #3 is Urania, though. Uranus is a different character entirely. DQ: From a work of science fiction or fantasy? ---
**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 12, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/82 "2021-10-12T14:38:55Z")
Interesting - never heard that about Grant. Died of throat cancer, so it makes sense. U. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with U 4. might be alive today, if real 5. created by an American or Americans 6. from film or TV 7. not the main character 8. has not appeared in multiple media 9. from film 10. created after 1980 11. not the antagonist 12. first appeared before 2000 13. first appeared after 1990 14. appeared in only one movie 15. not from a work of sf or fantasy ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/83 "2021-10-12T16:20:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the name a certain Hobbit went by whilst staying at an inn? 2. Were you roundly criticized for including your own poems in a book of modern poetry you edited? 3. Are you the Norse God of Winter? ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/84 "2021-10-12T16:32:09Z")
I’m not Mr. Underhill; dunno the other two. ---
**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 12, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/85 "2021-10-12T17:14:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the name a certain Hobbit went by whilst staying at an inn? > 2. Were you roundly criticized for including your own poems in a book of modern poetry you edited? > 3. Are you the Norse God of Winter? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Mr. Underhill; dunno the other two. Correct on Underhill. #2 was Louis Untermeyer. #3 was Ullr. DQ: From an Oscar-winning movie? 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 12, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/86 "2021-10-12T17:24:28Z")
U. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with U 4. might be alive today, if real 5. created by an American or Americans 6. from film or TV 7. not the main character 8. has not appeared in multiple media 9. from film 10. created after 1980 11. not the antagonist 12. first appeared before 2000 13. first appeared after 1990 14. appeared in only one movie 15. not from a work of sf or fantasy 16. from an Oscar-winning movie ---
**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 12, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/87 "2021-10-12T17:26:49Z")
IQ1: Are you Principal Krupp’s alter-ego? IQ2: Were you a questionable babysitter played by Buck Henry in the early days of _Saturday Night Live_? IQ3: Were you a minor villain voiced by Pixar’s “good luck charm”? ---
**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 12, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/88 "2021-10-12T17:32:15Z")
Not Ursula, Uncle Letch or the Underminer. ---
**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 12, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/89 "2021-10-12T17:44:10Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you Principal Krupp’s alter-ego? > IQ2: Were you a questionable babysitter played by Buck Henry in the early days of _Saturday Night Live_ ? > IQ3: Were you a minor villain voiced by Pixar’s “good luck charm”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ursula, Uncle Letch or the Underminer. Captain Underpants Uncle Roy Correct DQ: From a film set in contemporary times at its release? Holding one DQ ---
**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 12, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/90 "2021-10-12T18:14:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create Harry Angstrom, whose nickname is the species of creature featured in a 1972 sci-fi/horror film of dubious merit? 2. Did you detail the various things you did to your likely soon-to-be ex’s car, so next time he’ll think before he cheats? 3. Joe Mantegna (including audiobooks); Mark Wahlberg, in a movie for Netflix; you, before either of them? 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 13, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/91 "2021-10-13T13:01:54Z")
Dunno, not Carrie Underwood and dunno. U. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with U 4. might be alive today, if real 5. created by an American or Americans 6. from film or TV 7. not the main character 8. has not appeared in multiple media 9. from film 10. created after 1980 11. not the antagonist 12. first appeared before 2000 13. first appeared after 1990 14. appeared in only one movie 15. not from a work of sf or fantasy 16. from an Oscar-winning movie 17. not from a film set in contemporary times at its release We’re about to go over 20, so no more IQs, please. ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/92 "2021-10-13T14:25:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Carrie Underwood and dunno. 1 was John Updike (Harry Angstrom’s nickname is “[Rabbit](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_of_the_lepus)”); 2 was correct; 3 was Robert Urich, with his fellow Spenser actors. DQ: character actually appears onscreen and is not alias of another character? Two 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 13, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/93 "2021-10-13T15:14:41Z")
DQ: from a comedy? ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/94 "2021-10-13T17:04:21Z")
Spenser, of course! Shoulda gotten that. U. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with U 4. might be alive today, if real 5. created by an American or Americans 6. from film or TV 7. not the main character 8. has not appeared in multiple media 9. from film 10. created after 1980 11. not the antagonist 12. first appeared before 2000 13. first appeared after 1990 14. appeared in only one movie 15. not from a work of sf or fantasy 16. from an Oscar-winning movie 17. not from a film set in contemporary times at its release 18. character actually appears onscreen and is not alias of another character 19. not from a comedy ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/95 "2021-10-13T17:27:57Z")
DQ: from a World War II movie? 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 15, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/96 "2021-10-15T14:24:37Z")
Bumpicelli ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/97 "2021-10-15T15:09:09Z")
U. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with U 4. might be alive today, if real 5. created by an American or Americans 6. from film or TV 7. not the main character 8. has not appeared in multiple media 9. from film 10. created after 1980 11. not the antagonist 12. first appeared before 2000 13. first appeared after 1990 14. appeared in only one movie 15. not from a work of sf or fantasy 16. from an Oscar-winning movie 17. not from a film set in contemporary times at its release 18. character actually appears onscreen and is not alias of another character 19. not from a comedy 20. from a World War II movie Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/98 "2021-10-15T15:33:48Z")
Hmm… Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, The English Patient, Life Is Beautiful, The Thin Red Line… I don’t watch war movies, so I’m not gonna get this one. ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/99 "2021-10-15T15:35:44Z")
Final DQ, and I’m going to go with a hunch here: from _Saving Private Ryan_? ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/100 "2021-10-16T01:16:55Z")
Looks like either _Saving Private Ryan_ or _Thin Red Line_… Schindler’s List is based on real events, so no one fictional, unless it’s some composite character. English Patient was British and adapted from a novel, Life is Beautiful was Italian… Hmmm… Didn’t see _Thin Red Line_ and for Ryan, other than Pvt. Ryan (Matt Damon) and Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) I mainly remember the actors’ names. Oh yeah, there was the German guy Steamboat Willie. Otherwise it was Vin Diesal, Giovanni Ribessi, the guy with the typewriter who spares Steamboat Willie (at first), Ted Danson… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=6)