# Botticelli - September 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916 "2015-09-04T17:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/201 "2015-09-10T11:57:28Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > IQ2: Did you play a character that asked about a sign containing a racial slur? > IQ3: Are you a pet of a nerdy newspaper comic strip character? Not Quincy the iguana Take a DQ for 1 ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/202 "2015-09-10T12:08:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Romulus’s name after his apotheosis? > 2. Are you the protagonist in the The Cat Who… mystery series? > 3. Were you a dragon in The Giant Horse of Oz? > > You swept me- sorry, I thought I’d posted that before. 3 DQs for you. #1 was Quirinius. #2 was James Qwilleran [sic]. #3 was Quiberon. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/203 "2015-09-10T13:28:08Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ2: Did you play a character that asked about a sign containing a racial slur? > IQ3: Are you a pet of a nerdy newspaper comic strip character? > > Not Quincy the iguana > > Take a DQ for 1 Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Dead \*\*\*\*\*\* Storage) DQ: First appeared in or after 1960? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/204 "2015-09-10T13:34:41Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Not real 2. Not known from literature 3. Male 4. First appeared on television or in movies 5. First appeared after 1960 ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/205 "2015-09-10T14:04:12Z")
DQs: 1. Last name starts with Q? 2. Best known from television? 3. First appeared after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/206 "2015-09-10T14:08:50Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > DQ1: Did you mostly stay in your spaceship, leaving typically to possess and animate otherwise inanimate objects? > DQ2: In later, post-comics code days, did the Grant Morrison version of you get your powers from drug use? > DQ3: Were you a romantic interest for Supergirl? Quislet, Johnny Quick (_JLA: Earth-2_ version), and Querl Dox (a.k.a. Braniac Five) Holding four DQ ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/207 "2015-09-10T14:25:32Z")
IQ1: Were you a television medical examiner? IQ2: Did you travel with Sir Henry Curtis in search of his brother? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/208 "2015-09-10T14:42:18Z")
IQ1: Were you played by John Cleese at one point, though you’re best known as being played by someone else? IQ2: Are you the mayor of Springfield? IQ3: Are you also known as Green Arrow? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/209 "2015-09-10T15:00:33Z")
Hmm… Thinking about it, I seem to recall that within the fiction Cleese was playing a successor referred to the same way, not the same fictional person. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/210 "2015-09-10T16:35:16Z")
IQ1: Are you a skinny character actor who plays Citizen Z in the Syfy series _Z Nation_? IQ2: Did you play wide receive for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1981-1990? IQ3: Do you currently play goaltender for the Los Angeles Kings? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/211 "2015-09-10T17:02:15Z")
IQ: Are you from a TV show that was canceled and later brought back? IQ2: Do you play croquet using flamingos as mallets? IQ3: Did you abdicate in 2013? ---
**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 10, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/212 "2015-09-10T18:11:14Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Quincy, or Quarrel. > > The only answer I can think of for Hopkins if John Quincy Adams in _ **Amistad** _… but do middle names count? Correct on all three. Yes, we have allowed middle names, where they were always used by the person in question. IQs: Are you Peter’s horny friend? Did you need a bigger boat? Were you a Toni Morrison female character? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/213 "2015-09-10T19:19:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, we have allowed middle names, where they were always used by the person in question. What about people whose middle initial is associated with them, but either it doesn’t stand for anything or it’s not widely known what it stands for? Michael J. Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, etc. > [@](#): > > Did you need a bigger boat? I came up with a much more obfuscated IQ for this person as I was falling asleep last night, and forgot about it this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/214 "2015-09-10T19:55:18Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > What about people whose middle initial is associated with them, but either it doesn’t stand for anything or it’s not widely known what it stands for? Michael J. Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, etc. We haven’t done that. Full name yes. Just an initial, no. J. Edgar Hoover would be fine for E & H, but not J. ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/215 "2015-09-10T20:22:16Z")
As far as I’m concerned, J Edgar Hoover would be fine as a J. Nobody ever calls him just “Edgar Hoover.” I used someone a couple years ago (D H Lawrence?) and not by his last initial. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/216 "2015-09-10T20:49:40Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Not real 2. Not known from literature 3. Male 4. First appeared on television or in movies 5. First appeared after 1960 6. Only name starts with Q 7. Known primarily through television 8. Appeared before 1980 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/217 "2015-09-10T20:50:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a television medical examiner? > IQ2: Did you travel with Sir Henry Curtis in search of his brother? Not Quincy or Alan Quatermain ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/218 "2015-09-10T20:51:53Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you played by John Cleese at one point, though you’re best known as being played by someone else? > IQ2: Are you the mayor of Springfield? > IQ3: Are you also known as Green Arrow? Not (James Bond’s friend) Q Not Mayor Quimby Not Oliver Queen ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/219 "2015-09-10T20:52:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a skinny character actor who plays Citizen Z in the Syfy series _Z Nation_? > IQ2: Did you play wide receive for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1981-1990? > IQ3: Do you currently play goaltender for the Los Angeles Kings? Not Mike Quick Take DQs for 1 and 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/220 "2015-09-10T20:54:12Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > IQ: Are you from a TV show that was canceled and later brought back? > IQ2: Do you play croquet using flamingos as mallets? > IQ3: Did you abdicate in 2013? Not Glen Quagmire (Family Guy was cancelled then brought back) Not the Queen of Hearts Not Queen Beatrix [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916.md?page=12)