# Botticelli - September 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516 "2017-09-04T22:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 26, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/181 "2017-09-26T23:01:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you called Odikweos in the Nantucket trilogy? > IQ2: Were you associated with Ariel? > IQ3: Did you loan your power to Michael Carpenter? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Ulysses. (??) > #2. I am not Uranus. > Take 1 DQ. Correct. I suppose I’ll accept that… The angel Uriel, in _Skin Game_, the latest Harry Dresden book. DQ: Known for politics/military? ---
**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 26, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/182 "2017-09-26T23:17:04Z")
IQ1: You are not a character from Greek mythology; are you associated with Ariel? IQ2: Were you the last king of Italy? IQ3: Do people ask who is buried in your tomb? ---
**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 26, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/183 "2017-09-26T23:56:25Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with U 3. Male 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Not known for politics/military ---
**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 26, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/184 "2017-09-26T23:57:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: You are not a character from Greek mythology; are you associated with Ariel? > IQ2: Were you the last king of Italy? > IQ3: Do people ask who is buried in your tomb? #1. I am not Ursula. #2. I am not Umberto II. (Your choice as host of the first game I played here.) #3. I am not Ulysses S. Grant. ---
**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 27, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/185 "2017-09-27T00:53:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Ursula. > #2. I am not Umberto II. (Your choice as host of the first game I played here.) > #3. I am not Ulysses S. Grant. Took me a minute to figure out your first one, but it’s a valid answer. 😃 Correct on the other two. ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/186 "2017-09-27T15:43:00Z")
IQ1: Are you Oscar Madison’s fastidious roommate? IQ2: Did you write _The Name of the Rose_? IQ3: Did you portray Éomer in the _Lord of the Rings_ movies? ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/187 "2017-09-27T16:29:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you Oscar Madison’s fastidious roommate? > IQ2: Did you write _The Name of the Rose_? > IQ3: Did you portray Éomer in the _Lord of the Rings_ movies? #1. I am not Felix Unger. #2. I am not Umberto Eco. #3. I am not Karl Urban. (?) ---
**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 27, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/188 "2017-09-27T18:40:20Z")
IQ1: Are you Saddam Hussein’s eldest son? IQ2: In _Sandman_, were you raped by Desire (of the Endless) while in bed for 80 years from a sleeping disease? IQ3: Are you an R&B artist with the hit _You Make Me Wanna_? running out of U names… ---
**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 27, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/189 "2017-09-27T18:44:25Z")
#2. I am not Unity Kincaid. #3. I am not Usher. (?) Take a DQ for #1. ---
**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 27, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/190 "2017-09-27T18:47:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > [Gen.] Roy [Urquhart]. Thanks. > [@SCAdian](#): > > [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J78J-6PbhVo)’s my favourite scene with Hill, from _Trinity Is Still My Name_ (1971). The burly, black-bearded fellow is the aforementioned Bud Spencer. Also thanks. He looks vaguely familiar. Previous IQs: Has your name come up a lot in the “Questions Only” thread? - Yes, supermodel Kate Upton Are you House Whip at the start of the British _House of Cards_? - Francis Urquhart Are you House Whip at the start of the American _House of Cards_? - Francis “Frank” Underwood DQs: Businessman/entrepreneur? British? IQs: Are you the heroine of the Kate Atkinson novel _Life After Life_? Are you Mr. Nicole Kidman? Were you imprisoned with Zod? ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/191 "2017-09-27T23:05:10Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with U 3. Male 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur 10. Not British ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/192 "2017-09-27T23:06:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the heroine of the Kate Atkinson novel _Life After Life_? > Are you Mr. Nicole Kidman? > Were you imprisoned with Zod? Take a DQ for the first one. I am still not Keith Urban. I am not Ursa. ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/193 "2017-09-27T23:33:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Unity Kincaid. > #3. I am not Usher. (?) > Take a DQ for #1. Uday Hussein DQ: Died before 1900? ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/194 "2017-09-27T23:54:42Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with U 3. Male 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur 10. Not British 11. Died before 1900 ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/195 "2017-09-28T04:30:28Z")
Previous IQs: Are you the heroine of the Kate Atkinson novel _Life After Life_? - Ursula Are you Mr. Nicole Kidman? - Yes, Keith Urban Were you imprisoned with Zod? - Yes, Ursa DQ: Born in or east of Vienna? IQs: Did you destroy an entire species in grief over the murder of your wife? Did David Letterman unfunnily mock your name and that of another VIP? Were you a U.S. diplomat in the 1960s? ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/196 "2017-09-28T13:59:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with U 3. Male 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur 10. Not British 11. Died before 1900 12. Born west of Vienna ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/197 "2017-09-28T14:00:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you destroy an entire species in grief over the murder of your wife? > Did David Letterman unfunnily mock your name and that of another VIP? > Were you a U.S. diplomat in the 1960s? #2. I am not Uma Thurman (or Oprah Winfrey). Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/198 "2017-09-28T14:39:38Z")
Previous IQs: Did you destroy an entire species in grief over the murder of your wife? - Kevin Uxbridge, on an episode of ST:TNG Did David Letterman unfunnily mock your name and that of another VIP? - Yes, Uma (and Oprah) Were you a U.S. diplomat in the 1960s? - U. Alexis Johnson DQs: Born in or north of Vienna? Died before 1800? IQs: Are you an extremely fast runner? Were you any one of several Popes? Did you star on the TV show _Jericho_? ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/199 "2017-09-28T14:40:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with U 3. Male 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Not known for politics/military 9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur 10. Not British 11. Died before 1900 12. Born west of Vienna 13. Born north of Vienna 14. Died before 1800 ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/200 "2017-09-28T14:42:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an extremely fast runner? > Were you any one of several Popes? > Did you star on the TV show _Jericho_? 1. I am not Usain Bolt. 2. I am not one of the Urbans. Take a DQ for #3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516.md?page=11)