# Botticelli - April 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852 "2019-04-01T13:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 4, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/41 "2019-04-04T13:27:08Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature 7. created after 1899 8. not protagonist/good guy 9. arguably from genre literature (fantasy, sci-fi, western, horror, mystery, etc.) 10. not created after 1969 11. not created before 1960 12. not what would usually be called countercultural 13. adapted into film or TV 14. not from fantasy/sci-fi 15. did not die in the original story 16. not considered a bad guy/villain in the story 17. not from a mystery ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/42 "2019-04-04T13:45:58Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you the first American novelist of international reputation? > > IQ2: Are you the writer of whom Hemingway said “All modern American literature comes from one book by [you] called…"? > > IQ3: Are you a Spanish woman whose divorce from her Anglo-Welsh husband led to far-reaching changes in English law and culture? 1 - Not Samuel Clemens, James Fenimore Cooper. 2 - Not Willa Cather, this one was Samuel Clemens. The novel that Hemingway considered the source of all American literature was _Huckleberry Finn._ 3 - Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII. DQ1: Sidekick to the story’s protagonist? DQ2: From an Ian Fleming Novel? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/43 "2019-04-04T13:53:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the family patriarch in Mario Puzo’s bestseller? 2. Are you a psychologist named in the title of an Irving Wallace novel? 3. Did Mary Tyler Moore laugh at your funeral? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/44 "2019-04-04T20:00:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Clint Eastwood, not Calvin (or Hobbes), and dunno. 3 (the paleontologist) was Edward Drinker Cope. IQs: 1. Were you a lawyer who claimed “I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose”? 2. Did you create Dick Tracy? 3. Were you a real-life criminal portrayed by someone who also played Dick Tracy? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 4, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/45 "2019-04-04T20:50:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the family patriarch in Mario Puzo’s bestseller? > 2. Are you a psychologist named in the title of an Irving Wallace novel? > 3. Did Mary Tyler Moore laugh at your funeral? Not Don Vito Corleone, dunno, and not Chuckles the Clown. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a lawyer who claimed “I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose”? > 2. Did you create Dick Tracy? > 3. Were you a real-life criminal portrayed by someone who also played Dick Tracy?.. Not the great Clarence Darrow, not Chester Gould, and dunno. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature 7. created after 1899 8. not protagonist/good guy 9. arguably from genre literature (fantasy, sci-fi, western, horror, mystery, etc.) 10. not created after 1969 11. not created before 1960 12. not what would usually be called countercultural 13. adapted into film or TV 14. not from fantasy/sci-fi 15. did not die in the original story 16. not considered a bad guy/villain in the story 17. not from a mystery 18. a sidekick to the story’s protagonist 19. not from an Ian Fleming novel ---
**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 4, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/46 "2019-04-04T21:16:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the family patriarch in Mario Puzo’s bestseller? > 2. Are you a psychologist named in the title of an Irving Wallace novel? > 3. Did Mary Tyler Moore laugh at your funeral? > Not Don Vito Corleone, dunno, and not Chuckles the Clown. Correct, Dr. Chapman of _The Chapman Report_, Correct. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/47 "2019-04-04T21:22:48Z")
IQ1: Are you the butler/sparring partner of an inept inspector in the French gendarmerie? IQ2: Are you a Panamanian-based ornithologist and moderator of our own beloved SDMB? IQ3: Are you a Calabrian-born mafioso with an Irish pseudonym, famous for your influence-peddling for the Mob, who refused to allow your face to be filmed while testifying at the Kefaver hearings, resulting in the cameras focussing solely on your hands? Last DQ: Asian? ---
**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 5, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/48 "2019-04-05T02:57:37Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you the butler/sparring partner of an inept inspector in the French gendarmerie? > > IQ2: Are you a Panamanian-based ornithologist and moderator of our own beloved SDMB? > > IQ3: Are you a Calabrian-born mafioso with an Irish pseudonym, famous for your influence-peddling for the Mob, who refused to allow your face to be filmed while testifying at the Kefaver hearings, resulting in the cameras focussing solely on your hands?.. Not Cato, Colibri and dunno. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature 7. created after 1899 8. not protagonist/good guy 9. arguably from genre literature (fantasy, sci-fi, western, horror, mystery, etc.) 10. not created after 1969 11. not created before 1960 12. not what would usually be called countercultural 13. adapted into film or TV 14. not from fantasy/sci-fi 15. did not die in the original story 16. not considered a bad guy/villain in the story 17. not from a mystery 18. a sidekick to the story’s protagonist 19. not from an Ian Fleming novel 20. not Asian No more IQs, but you may ask any earned DQs by noon EST Sun. ---
**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 5, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/49 "2019-04-05T11:57:50Z")
DQ: From historical fiction? ---
**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 5, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/50 "2019-04-05T15:17:33Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature 7. created after 1899 8. not protagonist/good guy 9. arguably from genre literature (fantasy, sci-fi, western, horror, mystery, etc.) 10. not created after 1969 11. not created before 1960 12. not what would usually be called countercultural 13. adapted into film or TV 14. not from fantasy/sci-fi 15. did not die in the original story 16. not considered a bad guy/villain in the story 17. not from a mystery 18. a sidekick, sort of, to the story’s protagonist 19. not from an Ian Fleming novel 20. not Asian 21. from historical fiction Answer 18 corrected. ---
**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 5, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/51 "2019-04-05T17:29:45Z")
DQ: Set in the 19th century? ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/52 "2019-04-06T05:34:08Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature 7. created after 1899 8. not protagonist/good guy 9. arguably from genre literature (fantasy, sci-fi, western, horror, mystery, etc.) 10. not created after 1969 11. not created before 1960 12. not what would usually be called countercultural 13. adapted into film or TV 14. not from fantasy/sci-fi 15. did not die in the original story 16. not considered a bad guy/villain in the story 17. not from a mystery 18. a sidekick, sort of, to the story’s protagonist 19. not from an Ian Fleming novel 20. not Asian 21. from historical fiction 22. not set in the 19th century ---
**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 6, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/53 "2019-04-06T12:50:18Z")
last DQ: Are you Clevinger from _Catch-22_? ---
**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 6, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/54 "2019-04-06T21:25:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > last DQ: Are you Clevinger from _Catch-22_? That’s an “Are you Firstname Lastname” question, but no, I am not. ---
**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 7, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/55 "2019-04-07T00:57:16Z")
That’s what I meant by my last DQ. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/56 "2019-04-07T01:56:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not the great Clarence Darrow, not Chester Gould, and dunno. 3 (the criminal played by someone who also played Dick Tracy) is Clyde Barrow. DQ: setting of book is more than thirty years before publication? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/57 "2019-04-07T03:13:59Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature 7. created after 1899 8. not protagonist/good guy 9. arguably from genre literature (fantasy, sci-fi, western, horror, mystery, etc.) 10. not created after 1969 11. not created before 1960 12. not what would usually be called countercultural 13. adapted into film or TV 14. not from fantasy/sci-fi 15. did not die in the original story 16. not considered a bad guy/villain in the story 17. not from a mystery 18. a sidekick, sort of, to the story’s protagonist 19. not from an Ian Fleming novel 20. not Asian 21. from historical fiction 22. not set in the 19th century 23. setting of book is less than thirty years before publication ---
**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:** [April 7, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/58 "2019-04-07T15:55:25Z")
Final DQ: book is set during a war? ---
**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 7, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/59 "2019-04-07T18:07:11Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from film 5. created by an American author or authors 6. originally from literature 7. created after 1899 8. not protagonist/good guy 9. arguably from genre literature (fantasy, sci-fi, western, horror, mystery, etc.) 10. not created after 1969 11. not created before 1960 12. not what would usually be called countercultural 13. adapted into film or TV 14. not from fantasy/sci-fi 15. did not die in the original story 16. not considered a bad guy/villain in the story 17. not from a mystery 18. a sidekick, sort of, to the story’s protagonist 19. not from an Ian Fleming novel 20. not Asian 21. from historical fiction 22. not set in the 19th century 23. setting of book is less than thirty years before publication 24. part of the book takes place during a war Please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Tuesday. ---
**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 8, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/60 "2019-04-08T15:01:33Z")
My best guess is Sargent Carter from Gomer Pyle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=4)