# 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:** 2
**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 2, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/21 "2022-03-02T19:44:36Z")
**W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Would not be alive today, if real 4. American 5. First name begins with W 6. Did not first appear in print 7. First appeared since 1900 8. Not from a movie or movies 9. First appeared before 1950 10. More or less considered a good guy 11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, 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 2, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/22 "2022-03-02T19:47:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Do you happily announce that Tuesday is the day for porridge? > Can you be found, if at all, in a striped red-and-white shirt? > Did you back down from a public confrontation with Nicholas Katzenbach? Not Wallace Neither Waldo (US) nor Wally (UK) Take a DQ ---
**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 2, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/23 "2022-03-02T19:59:38Z")
Yes, yes and Alabama Gov. George Wallace, during the integration of the University of Alabama. DQ: First appeared on radio? IQs: Were you the head of Faber College? Did you command the USS _Monitor_ in her most famous battle? Was Otto not really your brother? ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/24 "2022-03-02T22:22:51Z")
**W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Would not be alive today, if real 4. American 5. First name begins with W 6. Did not first appear in print 7. First appeared since 1900 8. Not from a movie or movies 9. First appeared before 1950 10. More or less considered a good guy 11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.) 12. Did not first appear on radio ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/25 "2022-03-02T22:24:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the head of Faber College? > Did you command the USS _Monitor_ in her most famous battle? > Was Otto not really your brother? Not Dean Wormer Take a DQ Not Wanda Gershwitz ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/26 "2022-03-02T22:36:57Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a cartoon woodpecker with a famous laugh? 2. Are you Dr. Strange’s right-hand man? 3. Are you a Native American friend of the Human Torch? ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/27 "2022-03-02T23:04:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you a cartoon woodpecker with a famous laugh? > 2. Are you Dr. Strange’s right-hand man? > 3. Are you a Native American friend of the Human Torch? Not Woody Woodpecker Not Wong DQ ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/28 "2022-03-02T23:09:30Z")
Correct x2, and Wyatt Wingfoot. DQ: From comic strips or comic books? ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/29 "2022-03-02T23:11:18Z")
**W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Would not be alive today, if real 4. American 5. First name begins with W 6. Did not first appear in print 7. First appeared since 1900 8. Not from a movie or movies 9. First appeared before 1950 10. More or less considered a good guy 11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.) 12. Did not first appear on radio 13. Not from comic strips or comic books ---
**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 3, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/30 "2022-03-03T14:50:49Z")
I would interpret the answer “Did not first appear in print” to mean the character did not originate in comics, so perhaps **Prof. P.** need not have asked his most recent DQ. Comics are printed, after all, even though the illustrations are typically more important than the words. Do others think differently for purposes of phrasing Botticelli DQs? Previous IQs: Were you the head of Faber College? - Yes, Dean Wormer, in _Animal House_ Did you command the USS _Monitor_ in her most famous battle? - Lt. John Worden, whose ironclad battled the CSS _Virginia_ to a draw, and who was later to become superintendent of the Naval Academy Was Otto not really your brother? - Yes, Wanda from _A Fish Called Wanda_ DQ: From a song? IQs: Did your character ask, while riding in a car at night, “Was that a goat?” Did Mel Gibson play you in a movie very, _very_ loosely based on history? Were you Vice President Bob Russell’s chief of staff? ---
**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 3, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/31 "2022-03-03T15:29:12Z")
IQs: 1. Is it said that people “can’t push you around, 'cause you won’t go”? 2. Are you known for “peeking out under a stairway, calling a name that’s lighter than air”? 3. Did you reportedly shoot an apple off your son’s head? ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/32 "2022-03-03T17:05:12Z")
Had my character originated in comics, I would have answered #6 with a slight rewording like “First appeared in printed material” just to avoid misleading people into thinking it was prose **W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Would not be alive today, if real 4. American 5. First name begins with W 6. Did not first appear in print 7. First appeared since 1900 8. Not from a movie or movies 9. First appeared before 1950 10. More or less considered a good guy 11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.) 12. Did not first appear on radio 13. Not from comic strips or comic books 14. Not from a song ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/33 "2022-03-03T17:06:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your character ask, while riding in a car at night, “Was that a goat?” > Did Mel Gibson play you in a movie very, _very_ loosely based on history? > Were you Vice President Bob Russell’s chief of staff? DQ Not William Wallace DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Is it said that people “can’t push you around, 'cause you won’t go”? > 2. Are you known for “peeking out under a stairway, calling a name that’s lighter than air”? > 3. Did you reportedly shoot an apple off your son’s head? 2 DQs Not William Tell ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/34 "2022-03-03T17:10:05Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Is it said that people “can’t push you around, 'cause you won’t go”? > > > > > 1. Are you known for “peeking out under a stairway, calling a name that’s lighter than air”? > > > 2. Did you reportedly shoot an apple off your son’s head? > > 2 DQs > Not William Tell #1 was Little Willy (by Sweet) #2 was Windy (by the Association) Correct on Bill. DQs: 1. From Advertising? 2. Unusual first name? ---
**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 3, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/35 "2022-03-03T17:40:48Z")
Thanks, **CFOHG**. Print means print to me, but I’d be interested to see if others draw that distinction. Previous IQs: Did your character ask, while riding in a car at night, “Was that a goat?” - Patrick Warburton, in perfect deadpan, in _Big Trouble_: [vlc record 2014 09 13 17h32m30s Big Trouble VOB - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ARnZ6wqhE) Did Mel Gibson play you in a movie very, _very_ loosely based on history? - Yes, William Wallace, in _Braveheart_ Were you Vice President Bob Russell’s chief of staff? - Will Bailey, on _The West Wing_ Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a false identity assumed by Haviland Tuf while visiting the Suth’lam system? Did you serve two different Republican presidents as AG? Did Gilda Radner play you, a noted journalist with a speech impediment? ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/36 "2022-03-03T19:00:54Z")
**W** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Would not be alive today, if real 4. American 5. First name begins with W 6. Did not first appear in print 7. First appeared since 1900 8. Not from a movie or movies 9. First appeared before 1950 10. More or less considered a good guy 11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.) 12. Did not first appear on radio 13. Not from comic strips or comic books 14. Not from a song 15. Not from Advertising 16. Common first name ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/37 "2022-03-03T19:01:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a false identity assumed by Haviland Tuf while visiting the Suth’lam system? > Did you serve two different Republican presidents as AG? > Did Gilda Radner play you, a noted journalist with a speech impediment? DQ Not William Barr Not Baba Wawa ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/38 "2022-03-03T19:58:07Z")
Weemowet (he was disguised as a guy from a culture which worships lions, in _Tuf Voyaging_), correct and correct. Who is this guy, and where did he originate? It is a puzzlement. Three DQs reserved. ---
**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 3, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/39 "2022-03-03T20:53:55Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 1. Not from a movie or movies When I answered this, I interpreted it as “did not **originate** in a movie or movies”. My character has **appeared** in a movie or movies. ---
**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 3, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/40 "2022-03-03T21:41:05Z")
I agree with that interpretation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243.md?page=3)