# Botticelli - Sept. 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843 "2024-09-06T03:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/161 "2024-09-24T15:27:25Z")
# O DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. First name starts with O. 3. Created before 1950. 4. Male. 5. Originally from prose fiction. 6. Created after 1800. 7. Not American. 8. A protagonist, but not the main viewpoint character. 9. From genre fiction. 10. Created after 1900. 11. Appeared once in media. 12. Part of a group of companions. Note change to response to question #8 above, from “not a protagonist”. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/162 "2024-09-24T15:32:55Z")
DQ: From a series of stories? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/163 "2024-09-24T15:40:06Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQ: > > > > 1. Are you a composer most strongly associated with _opera bouffé_? > > 2. Were you the Germanic king who overthrew Romulus Augustus, last Roman emperor of the west? > > 3. Was your real name William Sydney Porter? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Oadacer. > I am not O. Henry. 1. was Offenbach. Correct on the other two. DQ: from printed media? IQs: 1. Did you conduct a vicious scientific feud with your fellow paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope? 2. Were you a bicycle maker from Ohio, who decided to diversify? 3. Were you a superhero who took your name from a Shelley poem? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/164 "2024-09-24T15:40:39Z")
IQs: 1. Were you part of a TV show in Chicago in the late forties? 2. Are you one of Snoopy’s siblings? 3. Does your image appear in the food section of supermarket shelves? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/165 "2024-09-24T15:42:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Spider-Man’s most armed foe? Stopping for a moment just to admire the cleverness of this question. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/166 "2024-09-24T15:43:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Orestes, who slew Clytemnestra for killing his father Agamemnon on his return from the Trojan War. Granted, she’d been more than peeved at Agamemnon since he killed her first husband in front of her, then claimed her as a prize of another war. I was going to say that Oedipus was correct: once Queen Jocasta learned of his true identity, she killed herself and Oedipus blinded himself, and was hounded by Furies for his crime. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/167 "2024-09-24T16:04:54Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you conduct a vicious scientific feud with your fellow paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope? > 2. Were you a bicycle maker from Ohio, who decided to diversify? > 3. Were you a superhero who took your name from a Shelley poem? I am not… the other guy in the Dinosaur Bone Wars whose name escapes me. Take a DQ. I am not Orville Wright. I am not Ozymandias from _Watchmen_. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you part of a TV show in Chicago in the late forties? > 2. Are you one of Snoopy’s siblings? > 3. Does your image appear in the food section of supermarket shelves? I am not Oprah Winfrey, 'cause it seems like she’s been on TV forever. Oh, take a DQ. I am not… oh, I was thinking of Spike. Take another DQ. I am not Orville Redenbacher. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Stopping for a moment just to admire the cleverness of this question. Yes, that was brilliant. Would make a great crossword clue! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/168 "2024-09-24T16:07:42Z")
# O DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. First name starts with O. 3. Created before 1950. 4. Male. 5. Originally from prose fiction. 6. Created after 1800. 7. Not American. 8. A protagonist, but not the main viewpoint character. 9. From genre fiction. 10. Created after 1900. 11. Appeared once in media. 12. Part of a group of companions. 13. From a series of stories connected by author and genre(s), but otherwise unrelated. 14. From printed media. (See question 5, is there a distinction between the two being made here?) ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/169 "2024-09-24T16:18:05Z")
Previous IQs: Did you and John Delaney just have a kid? - Yes, Olivia Munn Are you a friendly little girl pig in a series of children’s books? - Yes, Olivia Have you played both a real-life mother and her daughter in a movie and a TV show, respectively? - British actress Olivia Colman played the future Queen Mum in _Hyde Park on Hudson_ and her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, on _The Crown_ Olivia x3! DQ: European character? IQs: Did two of your early hits feature a very deep bass backup singer? Did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native New Orleans (maybe the only good thing you ever did)? Did you boss around your tailors, the Fanucci brothers? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/170 "2024-09-24T18:19:17Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you part of a TV show in Chicago in the late forties? > > 2. Are you one of Snoopy’s siblings? > > 3. Does your image appear in the food section of supermarket shelves? > > I am not Oprah Winfrey, 'cause it seems like she’s been on TV forever. Oh, take a DQ. > I am not… oh, I was thinking of Spike. Take another DQ. > I am not Orville Redenbacher. 1. Ollie, of _Kukla, Fran & Ollie_ fame 2. Olaf (heavyset, wears a winter hat with flaps upturned) 3. I was thinking of King Oscar II of Sweden, and King Oscar Sardines, but you’ve answered my question correctly, so I’ll leave it at that. 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/171 "2024-09-24T19:01:03Z")
IQs: 1. Did you inspire a rebellion of pigs at Manor Farm? 2. Did you pretend to be part of the resistance in _1984_? 3. Were you one of Christopher Robin’s stuffed toys? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/172 "2024-09-24T19:44:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did two of your early hits feature a very deep bass backup singer? > Did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native New Orleans (maybe the only good thing you ever did)? > Did you boss around your tailors, the Fanucci brothers? I am not Olivia Newton-John. Take 2 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you inspire a rebellion of pigs at Manor Farm? > 2. Did you pretend to be part of the resistance in _1984_? > 3. Were you one of Christopher Robin’s stuffed toys? I am not Old Major. I am not O’Brien. I am not Owl. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/173 "2024-09-24T19:46:25Z")
# O DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. First name starts with O. 3. Created before 1950. 4. Male. 5. Originally from prose fiction. 6. Created after 1800. 7. Not American. 8. A protagonist, but not the main viewpoint character. 9. From genre fiction. 10. Created after 1900. 11. Appeared once in media. 12. Part of a group of companions. 13. From a series of stories connected by author and genre(s), but otherwise unrelated. 14. From printed media. (See question 5, is there a distinction between the two being made here?) 15. Not European. @Slow_Moving_Vehicle , was there a distinction between 5 & 14, above? We’re getting close to our DQ limit, but there’s still time for more IQs. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/174 "2024-09-24T19:58:07Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you conduct a vicious scientific feud with your fellow paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope? > > 2. Were you a bicycle maker from Ohio, who decided to diversify?3. > > 3. Were you a superhero who took your name from a Shelley poem? > > I am not… the other guy in the Dinosaur Bone Wars whose name escapes me. Take a DQ. > I am not Orville Wright. > I am not Ozymandias from _Watchmen_. Othniel Charles Marsh. Correct on the other two. My DQ about print media referred to comic books; I was guessing that maybe the correct answer was _Watchman’s_ Ozymandias. So I stand by it. DQ: Surname begins N - Z? IQs: 1. Was your partner always getting you into fine messes? 2. Were you assassinated in 1928, before you could begin your second term as President of Mexico? 3. Are you the current President of Mexico? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/175 "2024-09-24T21:13:22Z")
DQs: 1. Are you human? 2. Appear in movie/s? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/176 "2024-09-24T22:44:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Gabrielle Union! Never heard of her. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Were you also known as Yggr, Sigfadr, Alfadir and Wednesday? Nitpick: Wednesday is the day of the week named for Woden – Wodensday. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/177 "2024-09-24T23:26:59Z")
And Woden is one of many variants that includes Odin. Odin is also Wednesday in Neil Gaiman’s _American Gods_. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/178 "2024-09-24T23:30:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Odin is also Wednesday in Neil Gaiman’s _American Gods_. If he actually calls him “Wednesday”, I’m glad I haven’t read it. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/179 "2024-09-25T01:02:30Z")
“You can call me Mr. Wednesday.” ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/180 "2024-09-25T01:46:28Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your partner always getting you into fine messes? > 2. Were you assassinated in 1928, before you could begin your second term as President of Mexico? > 3. Are you the current President of Mexico? I am not Oliver Hardy. Take a DQ. I am not Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. TIL that Mexico’s Presidency hasn’t always been term-limited to a single six-year term. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843.md?page=10)