# Botticelli April 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886 "2016-04-02T04:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [April 12, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/181 "2016-04-12T02:30:47Z")
I would have said Jo Walton comes closest, but according to Wiki she’s actually a Welsh-born Canadian. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/182 "2016-04-12T14:21:34Z")
My best guess is Unity Kincaid from _Sandman_, but that’s not it. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/183 "2016-04-12T14:26:58Z")
Good guess, though. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/184 "2016-04-12T14:52:05Z")
I’ve got nothing here at all. Could Google a whole slew of best-seller lists by brute force, but that’s a little more time than I want to invest in this exercise 😃 ---
**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:** [April 12, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/185 "2016-04-12T15:05:39Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I’ve got nothing here at all. Could Google a whole slew of best-seller lists by brute force, but that’s a little more time than I want to invest in this exercise 😃 And, what you may not have been told, is that there’s no research in Botticelli. It all comes from what we have stored in our noggins. The only research allowed is for the Host to verify information against our DQs . Otherwise, nope. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/186 "2016-04-13T04:31:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > And, what you may not have been told, is that there’s no research in Botticelli. It all comes from what we have stored in our noggins. The only research allowed is for the Host to verify information against our DQs . Otherwise, nope. Quite so, and thanks, **Prof. P.** ---
**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:** [April 13, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/187 "2016-04-13T13:24:12Z")
You’re welcome, and I’m still clueless as to this lady. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/188 "2016-04-13T19:38:49Z")
OK, time’s up. I am Ursula Todd Plucky British heroine of Kate Atkinson’s NYT bestsellers _Life After Life_ and _A God In Ruins_. I’ve read the first (it was very good) but not the second. > **[Amazon.com: Life After Life: A Novel: 9780316176491: Atkinson, Kate: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Novel-Kate-Atkinson/dp/0316176494)** > > Amazon.com: Life After Life: A Novel: 9780316176491: Atkinson, Kate: Books > **[A God in Ruins: A Novel (Todd Family Book 2) - Kindle edition by Atkinson, Kate....](https://www.amazon.com/God-Ruins-Novel-Todd-Family-ebook/dp/B00NERQQXG)** > > A God in Ruins: A Novel (Todd Family Book 2) - Kindle edition by Atkinson, Kate. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A God in Ruins: A... ---
**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:** [April 13, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/189 "2016-04-13T20:04:34Z")
Okay. I’ve never read it and never heard of it. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/190 "2016-04-13T21:45:47Z")
Anyone else? Our next letter, of course, is V ---
**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:** [April 13, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/191 "2016-04-13T21:50:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Okay. I’ve never read it and never heard of it. Likewise. Certainly sounds interesting, though! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/192 "2016-04-14T02:40:29Z")
That book didn’t cross my desk either. IQ1: Did you compose\* La forza del destino\*? IQ2: Do you sing lead for Pearl Jam? IQ3: Were you Mini-me in the Austin Powers movies? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/193 "2016-04-14T03:05:05Z")
I also hadn’t heard of it. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/194 "2016-04-14T03:07:58Z")
Which means if bordelond hasn’t heard of it, the hosting for V goes to the person who hosted before EH. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/195 "2016-04-14T03:17:35Z")
I’ll hold off on answering **Knowed Out** ’s IQs, then. Surprised neither book is apparently known here. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/196 "2016-04-14T04:48:34Z")
The Amazon listing indicates the protagonist of \*A God in Ruins: A Novel \* is Teddy Todd, for what it’s worth, so I don’t know that a hypothetical person who’d read only that book would have been able to answer this one. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/197 "2016-04-14T15:05:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Which means if bordelond hasn’t heard of it, the hosting for V goes to the person who hosted before EH. Didn’t realize I had to respond about whether or not I had heard of the character/book. No … totally off my radar. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/198 "2016-04-14T15:42:51Z")
All right. Since no one has heard of Ursula, that means that **bordelond** hosts the V round. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/199 "2016-04-14T15:51:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > All right. Since no one has heard of Ursula, that means that **bordelond** hosts the V round. All right – I have someone in mind. … I am **V**. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/200 "2016-04-14T16:51:10Z")
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