# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353 "2014-09-03T12:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/221 "2014-09-10T23:48:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ3: Were you the youngest of the four Pevensie children? **Correction:** Were you the third of the four Pevensie children? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/222 "2014-09-11T00:09:09Z")
IQ1) Did Abe Lincoln say of your most famous creation, "All I have to say is what the girl said when she stuck her foot into the stocking- it strikes me there’s something in it”? IQ2) Did you replace Julie Newmar in the final season of the sitcom _ **Batman** _? IQ3) Did you sing with your sister Maire in the folk group Clannad, before achieving stardom as a solo artist? ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/223 "2014-09-11T00:18:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on all three. (_Emil und die Detektive_\*\*\*\*\* was the first book we read in third-year German, but I’m not familiar with The Headless Horse - the closest I can come to that is a French book called _The Horse Without a Head_.) > > - _Emil_ was written by Erich Kästner, who also wrote _Das doppelte Lottchen_ - the book The Parent Trap was based on. > IQ1: Did you write _Die drei Kameraden_ (_The Three Comrades_)? > IQ2: Were you the owner of Thornfield Hall? > IQ3: Were you the youngest of the four Pevensie children? _The Horse without a Head_ is what I was thinking of. Disney made movies out of both. Take 2 DQs. I am not Edmund. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/224 "2014-09-11T00:19:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you star with Tom Cruise in the film adaptation of the Japanese novel _All You Need Is Kill_? > IQ2: Did you write _Less Than Zero_? > IQ3: Are you the main protagonist in said novel? I’m guessing #1 is from _The Last Samurai_ but I only saw that once, and it’s been years ago. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/225 "2014-09-11T00:20:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Erno Rubik was the architecture professor who got rich selling a doohickey called the Rubik’s Cube. > Finnish architect EERO Saarinen appears constantly in crossword puzzles > > Ellery Queen solves cases with his Dad and Sgt. velie. > DQ1) Last name start with E? > > DQ2) Primarily known as a movie character? > > DQ3) Are you a hero/good guy? Note: SCAdian already asked about Ellery Queen, so your question, being redundant, doesn’t net you the 3rd DQ. Sorry. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/226 "2014-09-11T00:22:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did Abe Lincoln say of your most famous creation, "All I have to say is what the girl said when she stuck her foot into the stocking- it strikes me there’s something in it”? > > IQ2) Did you replace Julie Newmar in the final season of the sitcom _ **Batman** _? > > IQ3) Did you sing with your sister Maire in the folk group Clannad, before achieving stardom as a solo artist? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I’m not Eartha Kitt. 3. I’m not Enya. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/227 "2014-09-11T00:23:43Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. From literature 6. Only name starts with an E 7. Not primarily known as a movie character, though there have been movie and TV versions with the character. ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/228 "2014-09-11T03:39:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Die drei Kameraden_ (_The Three Comrades_)? > IQ2: Were you the owner of Thornfield Hall? > IQ3: Were you the youngest of the four Pevensie children? > [@SCAdian](#): > > **Correction:** Were you the third of the four Pevensie children? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. I am not Edmund. _Die drei Kameraden_ (the third book we read in third-year German :)) was written by Erich Maria Remarque, better known as the author of _Im Westen nichts Neues_. Edward Rochester, in _Jane Eyre_. Correct. DQ1: From a work written in English? DQ2: From a work written before 1900? IQ1: Are you a fictional character killed in the fighting during the June Rebellion? IQ2: Are you a fictional character killed in the fighting during in the June Rebellion? IQ3: Were you an ill-advised king? ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/229 "2014-09-11T04:08:57Z")
Previous IQs: Do you not bite people on the neck as you might otherwise be expected to? - Edward Cullen, the sparkly _Twilight_ vegetarian vampire Did you play Harry Harbord Morant? - Edward Woodward, in the very good court-martial movie _Breaker Morant_ Did you reign in 1936, and only in 1936? - Yes, British King Edward VIII DQs: British character? Generally considered a good guy? IQs: Did a newspaper once print a pun about your poor relationship with your mom? Did you sing on the _Fellowship of the Ring_ soundtrack? Did you play Miss Honey in _Matilda_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/230 "2014-09-11T11:11:09Z")
John Ericsson designed the USS Monitor, which inspired Abe Lincoln’s quip. DQ) Are you the primary character in the work(s) you’re best known for? ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/231 "2014-09-11T12:13:18Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you star with Tom Cruise in the film adaptation of the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill? > IQ2: Did you write Less Than Zero? > IQ3: Are you the main protagonist in said novel? > > I’m guessing #1 is from The Last Samurai but I only saw that once, and it’s been years ago. > > Take 3 DQs. #1 is actually _Edge of Tomorrow_, and Cruise’s costar is Emily Blunt. #2 Bret Easton Ellis #3 Clay Easton The film version of _Less Than Zero_ has Robert Downey Jr from long before he was Iron Man, essentially playing himself at the time. Holding 3 DQs as I ruminate… ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/232 "2014-09-11T12:38:06Z")
IQ1: Do you try to keep your daughter Hermia from marrying Lysander in a _Midsummer Night’s Dream_? IQ2: Do you plot to get rid of your brother and father so you can become the Earl of Gloucester in _King Lear_? IQ3: Did you willingly give your life to destroy the Black Crochan in the _Chronicles of Prydain_? ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/233 "2014-09-11T13:32:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fictional character killed in the fighting during the June Rebellion? > IQ2: Are you a fictional character killed in the fighting during in the June Rebellion? > IQ3: Were you an ill-advised king? I am not Ethelred the Unready. Take 2 DQs for the first 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:** [September 11, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/234 "2014-09-11T13:33:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a newspaper once print a pun about your poor relationship with your mom? > Did you sing on the _Fellowship of the Ring_ soundtrack? > Did you play Miss Honey in _Matilda_? I am not Enya (#2). Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/235 "2014-09-11T13:36:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you try to keep your daughter Hermia from marrying Lysander in a _Midsummer Night’s Dream_? > IQ2: Do you plot to get rid of your brother and father so you can become the Earl of Gloucester in _King Lear_? > IQ3: Did you willingly give your life to destroy the Black Crochan in the _Chronicles of Prydain_? #2. I am not Edgar. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/236 "2014-09-11T13:38:32Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. From literature 6. Only name starts with an E 7. Not primarily known as a movie character, though there have been movie and TV versions with the character. 8. From works written in English. 9. From works written after 1900. 10. British character (technically, he’s rather universal). 11. Generally considered a good guy. 12. Not the primary character in the works. ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/237 "2014-09-11T15:00:00Z")
Previous IQs: Did a newspaper once print a pun about your poor relationship with your mom? - When the future Edward VII was resentfully waiting for his mother Queen Victoria to just die already, a newspaper (might’ve been the _Times_, but I’m not sure) printed this: “How is the Queen like the weather? Because she reigns, and reigns, and reigns… and never gives the poor Sun a chance.” Did you sing on the _Fellowship of the Ring_ soundtrack? - Yes, Enya: [Enya - Aniron - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6hJqI5BEW8). Did you play Miss Honey in _Matilda_? - Embeth Davidtz. DQs: From works first written after 1950? Comic relief? IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? Were you Lincoln’s AG? Did you have an affair with your videographer? ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/238 "2014-09-11T15:01:56Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. From literature 6. Only name starts with an E 7. Not primarily known as a movie character, though there have been movie and TV versions with the character. 8. From works written in English. 9. From works written after 1900. 10. British character (technically, he’s rather universal). 11. Generally considered a good guy. 12. Not the primary character in the works 13. From works written before 1950 (but in TV/films adaptations, etc. that occur after 1950). 14. Comic relief/supporting character. ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/239 "2014-09-11T15:03:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > From works first written after 1950? > Comic relief? > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? > Were you Lincoln’s AG? > Did you have an affair with your videographer? I am not Edwin Stanton. I am not Edward Bates. Take a DQ for the third one. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/240 "2014-09-11T15:41:34Z")
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