# Botticelli #40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601 "2008-08-11T13:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/61 "2008-08-13T15:12:10Z")
Are you a blind lawyer who fights bad guys at night? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/62 "2008-08-13T15:28:02Z")
[QUOTE=WormTheRed] Are you a blind lawyer who fights bad guys at night? [/QUOTE] I don’t know who you mean, though I’m going to kick myself when I find out. Have 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:** [August 13, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/63 "2008-08-13T15:33:06Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Oops, sorry, I overlooked that. Martin Milner was a star of _Adam-12_, about the LAPD. I’ll wait to ask my DQ until I see how the other DQs are answered. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the bio summary, **Dead Cat**. DQ: Are you a science fiction or fantasy character? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/64 "2008-08-13T15:38:00Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] I don’t know who you mean, though I’m going to kick myself when I find out. Have a DQ. [/QUOTE] Matthew Murdock, aka the Daredevil, kicks ass at night. DQ: Are you in a series or a single book? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/65 "2008-08-13T15:45:02Z")
Are you the wife of a house leader in “A Song of Ice and Fire”? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/66 "2008-08-13T16:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Thanks for the bio summary, **Dead Cat**. DQ: Are you a science fiction or fantasy character? [/QUOTE] No. > [@WormTheRed](#): > > Matthew Murdock, aka the Daredevil, kicks ass at night. > > DQ: Are you in a series or a single book? Ah, even if I’d remembered “Daredevil”, I wouldn’t have got his name. I’m afraid I can’t accurately answer your question as it’s not a yes/no answer, you’ll have to clarify. > [@WormTheRed](#): > > Are you the wife of a house leader in “A Song of Ice and Fire”? I don’t know who this is, either. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/67 "2008-08-13T16:24:51Z")
Bass player/keyboardist was Mike Mills of R.E.M. DQ: Did you kill anybody in (any of) the work(s) you appeared in? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/68 "2008-08-13T16:26:00Z")
Not directly, no. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/69 "2008-08-13T16:26:01Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] No. Ah, even if I’d remembered “Daredevil”, I wouldn’t have got his name. I’m afraid I can’t accurately answer your question as it’s not a yes/no answer, you’ll have to clarify. I don’t know who this is, either. [/QUOTE] Mellario Martell, wife of Doran Martell - head of House Martell in ASOIAF. Rephrased first DQ: Are you a main character in a series? New DQ: Are you a criminal? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/70 "2008-08-13T16:34:37Z")
[QUOTE=WormTheRed] Mellario Martell, wife of Doran Martell - head of House Martell in ASOIAF. Rephrased first DQ: Are you a main character in a series? New DQ: Are you a criminal? [/QUOTE] Not a main character in a series, or a (convicted) criminal. Summary: Fictional Character in literature Male 20th century Not crime genre American creator Been in a movie Male creator “Good guy” Not British literature Not dead Not in periodical fiction Not adapted for TV Originated in English Not appeared in the last ten years First appeared after WWII Not Sci-Fi/fantasy Not a killer Not a main character in a series Not a criminal ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/71 "2008-08-13T17:41:32Z")
[Quote=Sternvogel] Were you a rodeo trick rider who took your stage name from a state with which you were associated? [/Quote] [QUOTE=Dead Cat] No, no, and I’m going to take a complete guess with Mississippi Mike, but I strongly suspect another DQ will be in order :). [/Quote] Well, you had a one-in-eight chance with the state, but the man originally known as Owen Harlan Mickel gained fame as [Montie Montana.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598936/bio) DQ: Are you racially identified as black? IQ: Are you an actress who inspired Eve Plumb to repeatedly utter your character’s name in exasperation? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/72 "2008-08-13T22:32:43Z")
Are you stately and plump? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/73 "2008-08-14T01:41:34Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] No, no, yes, and no, AFAIK. Also, I’m not Michael Martin, but you can take two more DQs. [/QUOTE] My other IQs were Michael Morris (or, as he is also known, Lord Killanin) and Michael Medved New DQs: 1. Is the fiction you appear in humorous by intention? 2. Would any of the works you’ve appeared in be, under any circumstances, be considered best-sellers? An IQ: Were you a player and manager for both St. Louis baseball teams of the 20th century? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/74 "2008-08-14T03:30:23Z")
Did you score a Top Ten hit with a song about a ghostly horse? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/75 "2008-08-14T03:31:53Z")
Do most movie fans remember you for cutting off a cop’s ear? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/76 "2008-08-14T03:32:54Z")
Were you a loudmouthed witness at the Watergate hearings? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/77 "2008-08-14T03:34:15Z")
Did you like screaming “Drop and give me 20” in the movie “Animal House”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/78 "2008-08-14T03:35:23Z")
Were you the only person to speak in Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie”? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/79 "2008-08-14T03:54:27Z")
Were you a particular spy’s boss? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/80 "2008-08-14T03:59:56Z")
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