# Botticelli - April 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756 "2024-04-02T20:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 9, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/81 "2024-04-09T16:28:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Merlin, E.M. Forster or Ming of Mongo. > > **Prof. P.** , woohoo! Correct, Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to _Autumn Leaves_, and correct. DQ: Antagonist? ---
**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 9, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/82 "2024-04-09T16:30:24Z")
M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with M 4. not from a book, originally 5. from a work of art created in the 20th century 6. not from literature 7. created for TV or movies 8. created after 1950 9. created by American(s) 10. Caucasian 11. created for a movie 12. not a protagonist 13. actually appears in movie; isn’t an unseen character or alias of another character or something else like that 14. created before 1980 15. an antagonist ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/83 "2024-04-09T17:11:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you found the Foursquare Church? 2. Were you Gene Roddenberry’s wife? 3. Were you a _Star Trek_ character she played? DQ: created before 1965? ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/84 "2024-04-09T17:48:19Z")
Not Mary Baker Eddy, not Majel Barrett, and not either Christine Chapel, Lwaxana Troi or the voice of various Starfleet computers (none of whom is an M, though). M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with M 4. not from a book, originally 5. from a work of art created in the 20th century 6. not from literature 7. created for TV or movies 8. created after 1950 9. created by American(s) 10. Caucasian 11. created for a movie 12. not a protagonist 13. actually appears in movie; isn’t an unseen character or alias of another character or something else like that 14. created before 1980 15. an antagonist 16. created after 1965 ---
**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 9, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/85 "2024-04-09T18:44:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mary Baker Eddy, not Majel Barrett, and not either Christine Chapel, Lwaxana Troi or the voice of various Starfleet computers (none of whom is an M, though). 1 was Aimee Semple MacPherson; 3 was M’Ress (on _Star Trek: The Animated Series_). 2 DQs 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 9, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/86 "2024-04-09T18:52:13Z")
Ah, M’Ress! Good one. I’d forgotten Majel did her voice, too: [M'Ress | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/M%27Ress) ---
**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 9, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/87 "2024-04-09T19:03:55Z")
IQ1: Were you a clergyman whose first name meant “to make larger”? IQ2: Were you a clergyman whose first name was a type of plant? IQ3: Were you a clergyman known for canoeing on the Mississippi? ---
**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 9, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/88 "2024-04-09T19:29:51Z")
Not Increase, Cotton or William Mather. ---
**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 9, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/89 "2024-04-09T21:02:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a clergyman whose first name meant “to make larger”? > IQ2: Were you a clergyman whose first name was a type of plant? > IQ3: Were you a clergyman known for canoeing on the Mississippi? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Increase, Cotton or William Mather. correct correct Pere Marquette DQ: From a live-action movie? ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/90 "2024-04-10T00:08:04Z")
IQs: 1. In _The Great Race_ are you Prof. Fate’s sidekick? 2. In _Yellow Submarine_ are you the Chief Blue Meanie’s sidekick? 3. In _How the Grinch Stole Christmas_ are you the Grinch’s dog/reindeer? ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/91 "2024-04-10T00:12:44Z")
IQ: Did you think your buddy Fritz had been shot by the dirty, stinking fairies? ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/92 "2024-04-10T00:22:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did Dorothy Parker leave her estate to you? 2. Were you Dr. Watson’s wife? 3. Were you Sherlock Holmes’ wife? DQs: 1. from a science fiction or fantasy movie? 2. appears in multiple movies? ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/93 "2024-04-12T02:31:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In _The Great Race_ are you Prof. Fate’s sidekick? > 2. In _Yellow Submarine_ are you the Chief Blue Meanie’s sidekick? > 3. In _How the Grinch Stole Christmas_ are you the Grinch’s dog/reindeer? None of three different Maxes. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you think your buddy Fritz had been shot by the dirty, stinking fairies? Not… another Max? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Dorothy Parker leave her estate to you? > 2. Were you Dr. Watson’s wife? > 3. Were you Sherlock Holmes’ wife? > … Not Max Behrboum (sp?), not Mary Morstan, and he never got married in Conan Doyle’s canon, but not… Mary Holmes? M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with M 4. not from a book, originally 5. from a work of art created in the 20th century 6. not from literature 7. created for TV or movies 8. created after 1950 9. created by American(s) 10. Caucasian 11. created for a movie 12. not a protagonist 13. actually appears in movie; isn’t an unseen character or alias of another character or something else like that 14. created before 1980 15. an antagonist 16. created after 1965 17. from a live-action movie 18. not from a science fiction or fantasy movie 19. did not appear in multiple movies Since we’re very close to 20, I’ll answer the next three IQs posed by noon EDST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/94 "2024-04-12T02:47:14Z")
DQs: 1.From a mystery movie? 2. Played by an already famous actor? ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/95 "2024-04-12T03:07:04Z")
Ah, **kitap** , you hadn’t specifically reserved any DQs that I see, but OK. M. 1. fictional 2. male 3. only name begins with M 4. not from a book, originally 5. from a work of art created in the 20th century 6. not from literature 7. created for TV or movies 8. created after 1950 9. created by American(s) 10. Caucasian 11. created for a movie 12. not a protagonist 13. actually appears in movie; isn’t an unseen character or alias of another character or something else like that 14. created before 1980 15. an antagonist 16. created after 1965 17. from a live-action movie 18. not from a science fiction or fantasy movie 19. did not appear in multiple movies 20. not from a mystery movie 21. played by an already-famous actor YMMV as to that last answer. No more IQs, thanks. Please ask any earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EDST Saturday. ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/96 "2024-04-12T03:13:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Dorothy Parker leave her estate to you? > 2. Were you Dr. Watson’s wife? > 3. Were you Sherlock Holmes’ wife? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Max Behrboum (sp?), not Mary Morstan, and he never got married in Conan Doyle’s canon, but not… Mary Holmes? 1 was Martin Luther King, Jr.; 3 was Mary Russell. in the mystery series by Laurie R. King. 2 DQs 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 12, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/97 "2024-04-12T03:19:42Z")
If she took his last name, she was Mary Holmes. 😉 ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/98 "2024-04-12T03:23:09Z")
Nope, she usually goes by Mary Russell (even after marriage). ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/99 "2024-04-12T03:30:00Z")
That’s two DQs for you, then! ---
**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, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/100 "2024-04-12T14:05:48Z")
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