# Botticelli - April 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348 "2021-04-03T21:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/1 "2021-04-03T21:37:15Z")
Happy Easter! I am [![](https://st3.depositphotos.com/3656031/18730/v/950/depositphotos_187302864-stock-illustration-letter-o-vector-unusual-bold.jpg) ](https://st3.depositphotos.com/3656031/18730/v/950/depositphotos_187302864-stock-illustration-letter-o-vector-unusual-bold.jpg) March Thread: [Botticelli -- Mar 2021 - #332 by SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/332) ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/2 "2021-04-03T21:51:15Z")
Did you drown yourself in a Shakespeare play? Were you known as the Iron Chancellor? Were you an 8th century king who built a dyke on the Welsh border? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/3 "2021-04-03T21:56:35Z")
IQ1: Did your boyfriend tell you to get [yourself] to a nunnery? IQ2: Were you a lucky rabbit created by a famous animator? IQ3: Could you have loved New York had you not loved Balti-more? ---
**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 3, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/4 "2021-04-03T21:59:45Z")
**Welcome, Ana!** > [@Ana\_Byrd](#): > > Did you drown yourself in a Shakespeare play? > Were you known as the Iron Chancellor? > Were you an 8th century king who built a dyke on the Welsh border? 1. I am not Ophelia. 2. I am not Otto Bismarck. 3. Take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Did your boyfriend tell you to get [yourself] to a nunnery? > IQ2: Were you a lucky rabbit created by a famous animator? > IQ3: Could you have loved New York had you not loved Balti-more? 1. I am not Ophelia. 2. I am not Oswald. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/5 "2021-04-03T22:02:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did your boyfriend tell you to get [yourself] to a nunnery? > > > IQ2: Were you a lucky rabbit created by a famous animator? > > > IQ3: Could you have loved New York had you not loved Balti-more? > > 1. I am not Ophelia. > 2. I am not Oswald. > 3. Take a DQ. Yes, Yes, Ogden Nash DQ: Real? ---
**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 3, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/6 "2021-04-03T22:05:35Z")
**DQ** 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/7 "2021-04-03T22:07:16Z")
DQ: First name starts with O? ---
**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 3, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/8 "2021-04-03T22:10:54Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with O ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/9 "2021-04-03T22:24:20Z")
Congrats! 1. Were you the eldest of the three siblings in the book **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? 2. Are you a fictional character who once hacked the New York Times to create a headline that said “Reagan Calls Women ‘America’s L’il Dumplins’”? 3. Did you play Lt. Martin Castillo on the TV show **Miami Vice**? ---
**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 3, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/10 "2021-04-03T22:37:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Were you the eldest of the three siblings in the book **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? > - Are you a fictional character who once hacked the New York Times to create a headline that said “Reagan Calls Women ‘America’s L’il Dumplins’”? > - Did you play Lt. Martin Castillo on the TV show **Miami Vice**? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Opus. 3. I am not Edward James Olmos. ---
**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 3, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/11 "2021-04-03T22:56:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did your cow (allegedly) cause a hot time in the old town tonight? 2. Was your film _The Other Side of the Wind_ unfinished for many years? 3. Do you currently host a cooking show on Netflix aimed at kids? ---
**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 3, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/12 "2021-04-03T22:57:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your cow (allegedly) cause a hot time in the old town tonight? > 2. Was your film _The Other Side of the Wind_ unfinished for many years? > 3. Do you currently host a cooking show on Netflix aimed at kids? 1. I am not Mrs. O’Leary. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Michelle Obama. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/13 "2021-04-03T23:07:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > - Were you the eldest of the three siblings in the book **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? > > - Are you a fictional character who once hacked the New York Times to create a headline that said “Reagan Calls Women ‘America’s L’il Dumplins’”? > > - Did you play Lt. Martin Castillo on the TV show **Miami Vice**? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Opus. > 3. I am not Edward James Olmos. Oliver, Oliver Wendell Jones, correct. DQs: Known for the Arts? 2. American? ---
**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 3, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/14 "2021-04-03T23:44:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Mrs. O’Leary. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Michelle Obama. 2 was Orson Welles. DQ: living? IQs: 1. Did you write the conceptual art book _Grapefruit_? 2. Were you a rival of Edward Drinker Cope? 3. In your classic depiction, do you have a bowl haircut and wear a green jumpsuit with goggles (aside from your _other_ notable attributes)? ---
**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, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/15 "2021-04-04T01:47:59Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with O 3. Not known from the Arts 4. Not from the U.S.A. 5. Living **De La Rue** , take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/16 "2021-04-04T02:04:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > take 3 DQs. 1 was Yoko Ono; 2 was Othniel Charles Marsh (the 19th century paleontologist); 3 is Otto “Dr. Octopus” Octavius. DQs: 1. male? 2. born after 1970? 3. European? ---
**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, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/17 "2021-04-04T02:48:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with O 3. Not known from the Arts 4. Not from the U.S.A. 5. Living 6. Male 7. Born before 1970 8. Not European ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/18 "2021-04-04T03:07:35Z")
IQs 1. Were you a singer once married to Paulina Porizkova? 2. Are you an actor who parodied your US Marshal character on _The Good Place_? 3. Were you the actor spouse of Dame Joan Plowright? ---
**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, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/19 "2021-04-04T15:05:19Z")
IQs: 1. A director, do you have a cameo in _The Blues Brothers_ as a corrections officer? 2. Did you go by a name derived from your first two initials, given the unflattering word your last seven spelled out? 3. Did you note “Linguistics becomes an ever eerier area, like I feel like I’m in [redacted] Just trying to tell it like it was”? ---
**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, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/20 "2021-04-04T17:41:04Z")
IQs: Were you a Civil War general who got a college named after him? Were you AKA Tharkun? Are you the top Transformers good guy? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=2)