# Botticelli 2009! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311 "2009-01-08T00:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/241 "2009-01-11T14:17:35Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Did you use to be a Poet Laureate? > > Are you a British comedy actor? > > Are you a fictional Radio and TV presenter? I am not Petrarch. Nor am I Michael Palin. Nor am I that, but I have nary a clue who you’re thinking of. Take a DQ, if’n you don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/242 "2009-01-11T14:21:42Z")
Were you in a western at the end of which the hero is asked to come back ? DOES ONE OF YOU CHARACTERS TALK LIKE THIS ? Are you a Quidditch player ? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/243 "2009-01-11T14:31:09Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Were you in a western at the end of which the hero is asked to come back ? > > DOES ONE OF YOU CHARACTERS TALK LIKE THIS ? > > Are you a Quidditch player ? Ummm, (stab in the dark) Slim Pickens? Absolutely no clue. Take a DQ. Not Harry James Potter. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/244 "2009-01-11T14:32:13Z")
Not [Alan Partridge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge), then. DQ: Are you fictional? IQ: Are you a mythical King? IQ: Are you the mythical King’s father? IQ: Did you found the “Favourite Poem Project”? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/245 "2009-01-11T14:38:19Z")
I was thinking of Jack Pallance of “Shane, Shane, come back !” fame, but I haven’t seen any Pickens western, so can’t tell whether he fit the bill or not. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt if you want. Terry Pratchett’s Death is a tall skeleton who TALKS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE HIS\* VOICE SOUNDS VERY DEEP. ALSO, HE LIKES CATS. DQ : Are you a real person ? ## ETA : Gah, Worm beat me to it. Are you male then ? - : don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/246 "2009-01-11T14:52:05Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Not [Alan Partridge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge), then. > > DQ: Are you fictional? > > IQ: Are you a mythical King? > > IQ: Are you the mythical King’s father? > > IQ: Did you found the “Favourite Poem Project”? No. I am not fictional I am not Phineas, nor his father, Poseidon. And I am afraid that I am not Robert Pinsky. [QUOTE=Kobal2] I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt if you want. [/QUOTE] Feel free to another DQ. I highly doubt Slim Pickens fits the bill. He was just the only western star I could think of with a P in his name. I am male. I am not fictional. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/247 "2009-01-11T15:10:48Z")
DQ : Are you alive ? IQs : Did you steal a certain something from a certain group of people and… well, let’s say you got a rotten deal, could have used a lawyer and got a very cruel & unusual punishment ? Are you the guy who got a very special item from some random tart in a pond ? Were you the only really funny friend out of the 6 ? Did the japanese call your boats the Black Ships ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/248 "2009-01-11T15:11:03Z")
Did you base you claim to the trone on a sword? Or are you that guy’s father 🙂 (many mythological Kings and father’s of Kings starting with a P) Are you a former Croatian national team striker 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/249 "2009-01-11T15:17:37Z")
Did you briefly meet a woman who had a really, really bad hair day, every day ? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/250 "2009-01-11T15:53:51Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > DQ : Are you alive ? > > IQs : Did you steal a certain something from a certain group of people and… well, let’s say you got a rotten deal, could have used a lawyer and got a very cruel & unusual punishment ? > > Are you the guy who got a very special item from some random tart in a pond ? > > Were you the only really funny friend out of the 6 ? > > Did the japanese call your boats the Black Ships ? To answer your DQ, no, I am not alive. I have no idea and I’m curious to know. Take a DQ Not Arthur Pendragon. I am not Matthew Perry. Nor am I Commodore Perry. > [@WormTheRed](#): > > Did you base you claim to the trone on a sword? > > Or are you that guy’s father 🙂 (many mythological Kings and father’s of Kings starting with a P) > > Are you a former Croatian national team striker 😃 Again, not Arthur Pendragon Neither am I Uther Pendragon. I am not Dado Pršo. > [@Kobal2](#): > > Did you briefly meet a woman who had a really, really bad hair day, every day ? I am not Perseus, slayer of Medusa. ETA: I am not alive. I am male. I am not fictional. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/251 "2009-01-11T15:58:42Z")
Are you one of the best football players ever? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/252 "2009-01-11T16:04:58Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Are you one of the best football players ever? No, I am not **Walter Payton**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/253 "2009-01-11T16:08:20Z")
Who’s that? 😃 Obviously I was refering to proper football, which is played with the feet 😛 So are you one of the best football players ever, who’s usually called this? Or did you lead your troops into Germany? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/254 "2009-01-11T16:21:36Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Who’s that? 😃 Obviously I was refering to proper football, which is played with the feet 😛 > > So are you one of the best football players ever, who’s usually called this? > > Or did you lead your troops into Germany? _Fine_, you are speaking of the world-renowned Pelé, of course. 🆒 Unfortunately, I am not him. Nor am I General George S. Patton. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/255 "2009-01-11T18:01:16Z")
The guess you missed was Prometheus. DQ : Are you an artist ? IQs : Did you direct a very, very long film about submarines ? Did you die in a car, under a hail of gunfire ? Is your character permanently on again, off again with Mr. Big ? Are you a writer whose name is also a title ? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/256 "2009-01-11T18:56:39Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > The guess you missed was Prometheus. DQ : Are you an artist ? The gods are people now? That’s a stretch of the word, dontchathink? :dubious: 😛 To answer your DQ, no, no I am not an artist. > [@](#): > > IQs : > > Did you direct a very, very long film about submarines ? > > Did you die in a car, under a hail of gunfire ? > > Is your character permanently on again, off again with Mr. Big ? > > Are you a writer whose name is also a title ? Not Wolfgang Petersen I’m not Bonnie Parker. I’m not Sarah Jessica Parker. And I am not Alexander Pope. I am not an artist. I am not alive. I am male. I am not fictional. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/257 "2009-01-11T20:56:24Z")
Goddammit. All right mister, you asked for it. Have you ever been arrested and spent time in jail for carrying concealed… movie-prop guns ? Are you a famous Spaniard mentionned in two different and totally unrelated Disney movies ? Are you canonically the keeper of a very special gate ? Can you field dress a moose ? 🙂 Did you find a cure for an invariably fatal disease ? D-d-d-do you humo-mo humo-mo humo-morously stutter ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/258 "2009-01-11T21:38:54Z")
Are you a funny, colored, undefined, cartoon animal? (who speaks, so it counts) Did you get a measuring unit named after you? Did you loot and plunder in South America? Did you use to score a lot of goals in the Bundesliga, but have now moved on to the Premier League? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/259 "2009-01-11T22:27:48Z")
Are you a saint known for his correspondence? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/260 "2009-01-12T06:38:44Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Have you ever been arrested and spent time in jail for carrying concealed… movie-prop guns ? > > Are you a famous Spaniard mentionned in two different and totally unrelated Disney movies ? > > Are you canonically the keeper of a very special gate ? > > Can you field dress a moose ? 🙂 > > Did you find a cure for an invariably fatal disease ? > > D-d-d-do you humo-mo humo-mo humo-morously stutter ? Have no idea, take a DQ. I am not Francisco Pizarro. I am not St. Peter. I am not Sarah Palin. 😛 Again, no idea, take a DQ. I am not Porky Pig [QUOTE=WormTheRed] Are you a funny, colored, undefined, cartoon animal? (who speaks, so it counts) Did you get a measuring unit named after you? Did you loot and plunder in South America? Did you use to score a lot of goals in the Bundesliga, but have now moved on to the Premier League? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you’re thinking of. Take a DQ. I am not Max Planck. Still not Pizarro. I am not Emanuel Pogatetz. [QUOTE=Johnny Q] Are you a saint known for his correspondence? [/QUOTE] I am not Paul of Tarsus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311.md?page=14)