# Boticelli March 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 28, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243 "2022-02-28T17:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/181 "2022-03-25T20:30:35Z")
DQ: Cartoon character (from an advertisement, comic book, comic strip, etc.)? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/182 "2022-03-25T22:44:21Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with M 3. Male 4. Not created by an American or Americans 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Could be alive today, if real 7. Not an American character 8. Not originally from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) 9. Created after 1922 10. Created by Europeans 11. Not originally from a song 12. European character 13. Considered a good guy 83% of the time, but definitely not the for the remainder 14. Created before 1972 15. Not originally from a play 16. Presumably British 17. Part of an equally weighted ensemble 18. Not best known for genre fiction 19. White 20. First appeared after 1947 - it’s possible the creator created him before 1947 21. Not a cartoon character (from an advertisement, comic book, comic strip, etc.) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/183 "2022-03-27T15:42:54Z")
Think think think…. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/184 "2022-03-27T15:58:02Z")
Final DQ: first appeared in a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) after 1970? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/185 "2022-03-27T18:29:05Z")
**M** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Last name starts with M 3. Male 4. Not created by an American or Americans 5. Not originally from a work of prose 6. Could be alive today, if real 7. Not an American character 8. Not originally from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) 9. Created after 1922 10. Created by Europeans 11. Not originally from a song 12. European character 13. Considered a good guy 83% of the time, but definitely not the for the remainder 14. Created before 1972 15. Not originally from a play 16. Presumably British 17. Part of an equally weighted ensemble 18. Not best known for genre fiction 19. White 20. First appeared after 1947 - it’s possible the creator created him before 1947 21. Not a cartoon character (from an advertisement, comic book, comic strip, etc.) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Final DQ: first appeared in a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) after 1970 I need to make sure I parse this sentence correctly and accurately. “First appeared in a filmed” “after 1970”. #8 already states I did not originate from filmed works. If I parse it as “I originated in a non-film medium, but I have appeared in a filmed dramatic work, and the first time that happened was after 1970”, then the answer is Yes. 1. Originated in a non-film medium, but I have appeared in a filmed dramatic work, and the first time that happened was after 1970 ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/186 "2022-03-27T19:42:21Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > “I originated in a non-film medium, but I have appeared in a filmed dramatic work, and the first time that happened was after 1970” Yeah, like that. I guessed that the character originated somewhere we haven’t covered, but only realized now I should have been asking about the appearances in other media. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/187 "2022-03-27T19:51:19Z")
Well, he’s not from _Cats_… ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/188 "2022-03-27T20:38:04Z")
I believe that is all the DQs. Please submit your (Firstname Lastname) guesses by 9:00 pm PST Monday 3/28. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/189 "2022-03-27T20:48:20Z")
British, circa 1948-1971, possibly from a poem or poems, made into a movie. The character is revealed as a traitor/villain/bad person at the end. Huh. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/190 "2022-03-27T23:15:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The character is revealed as a traitor/villain/bad person at the end. For the record, I never said that. That was thread chatter. In #13 I did not indicate a temporal relationship between the state of being considered good and being considered bad. I merely indicated the percentage or fraction of time in each state. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/191 "2022-03-28T17:11:31Z")
With some precision, too! 🤔 ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/192 "2022-03-28T17:40:38Z")
Actually I rounded. Better precision would be considered good 83.333% (don’t know how to type a vinculum) and bad 16.666% of the time. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/193 "2022-03-29T00:58:02Z")
Which implies that this is something with six parts. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/194 "2022-03-29T17:31:06Z")
Six or a billion, I’m still stumped. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/195 "2022-03-29T17:52:21Z")
I was hoping my extra hints would work. I am Colonel Mustard from the board game Clue/Cluedo [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/02/66/6a0266290b04db233da63b6d57a6eb1b.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/02/66/6a0266290b04db233da63b6d57a6eb1b.jpg) With a truly random shuffle of the cards, I have a 1/6 chance of being the murderer and a 5/6 chance of being a good guy. I was played by Martin Mull in the 1985 film. The game was first published in 1949, but the creator applied for a patent in 1947, which is why I waffled on the answer to #20. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/196 "2022-03-29T18:21:09Z")
Good one! I shoulda gotten that one; I was Prof. Plum in this game before. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/197 "2022-03-29T18:49:18Z")
Of course! It’s all so obvious in retrospect. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/198 "2022-03-29T20:19:17Z")
Next up… **D** [![](https://www.kindpng.com/picc/m/91-911253_letter-d-png-d-font-png-transparent-png.png) ](https://www.kindpng.com/picc/m/91-911253_letter-d-png-d-font-png-transparent-png.png) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/199 "2022-03-29T22:02:58Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a weekly podcast (and formerly a long-running radio show) highlighting novelty songs? 2. Did you team up with Peter Cook for decades? 3. Were you one the founders and main contributors to _the Encyclopédie_? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/200 "2022-03-29T22:38:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you William Randolph Hearst’s mistress? 2. Were you, in fact, W. Mark Felt? 3. Were you a voiceover actor noted for narrating movie trailers? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243.md?page=11)