# Botticelli - April 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476 "2025-04-01T22:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/181 "2025-04-24T05:35:31Z")
Well, this is awful. I’ve got Thomas Tryon stuck in my head. ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/182 "2025-04-24T08:46:32Z")
Pass. . > [@kitap](#): > > I’ve got Thomas Tryon stuck in my head. Do you need some brain bleach? Or a crowbar? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/183 "2025-04-24T14:05:46Z")
I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/184 "2025-04-24T15:37:50Z")
I have an idea, but I’m going incommunicado for a couple days starting tomorrow morning, so I’m hoping someone else gets it. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/185 "2025-04-25T06:51:46Z")
Oh, what the heck. Are you William Tyndale? ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/186 "2025-04-25T11:38:24Z")
Verily, thou art correct! I am… # William Tyndale! First translator of the New Testament into modern English, who was burned at the stake for it. Well done, **SunUp!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/187 "2025-04-25T14:39:19Z")
That was not on my radar. Good job **SunUp** in sussing it out, and well done **Prof. P!** ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/188 "2025-04-25T14:42:19Z")
Definitely. I’ve heard of him but could probably never’ve come up with his name. ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/189 "2025-04-27T00:50:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Definitely. I’ve heard of him but could probably never’ve come up with his name. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/190 "2025-04-27T01:31:21Z")
I got somewhat lucky - my M-i-L ordered some books recently from Christian Book Distributors, one of which was published by Tyndale House. That flashed back in my mind when I saw he was “known for translation.” OK, let’s give this one a shot: I am # G ! ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/191 "2025-04-27T02:23:10Z")
IQs: Did you get home just in time to celebrate Christmas in 1783? Were you buried in Troy, N.Y. mostly because your wife was from there? Did Dean Acheson succeed you in a top government post? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/192 "2025-04-27T03:28:43Z")
IQs: 1. Were you named TIME Magazine’s youngest Person of the Year in 2019? 2. Were you an enigmatic actress who never signed autographs or answered fan mail? 3. Were you known as a key figure in the rising mumblecore film movement? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/193 "2025-04-27T05:32:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you get home just in time to celebrate Christmas in 1783? > Were you buried in Troy, N.Y. mostly because your wife was from there? > Did Dean Acheson succeed you in a top government post? I am not George Washington. I am not George Thomas. I am not George Marshall. (General) George x 3! > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Were you named TIME Magazine’s youngest Person of the Year in 2019? > 2. Were you an enigmatic actress who never signed autographs or answered fan mail? > 3. Were you known as a key figure in the rising mumblecore film movement? I am not Greta Thunberg. I am not Greta Garbo. I am not Greta Gerwig. Greta x3! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/194 "2025-04-27T05:35:20Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you found Earth Day? 2. Did you write, among other books, **Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Life of Muslim Women**? 3. Are you the wife of Mark Kelly? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/195 "2025-04-27T05:53:00Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you found Earth Day? > 2. Did you write, among other books, **Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Life of Muslim Women**? > 3. Are you the wife of Mark Kelly? 1. I am not Gabby Giffords. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/196 "2025-04-27T13:28:09Z")
IQ1: Did A A Milne write a poem about you and your mother? IQ2: Did you play a reporter in Rome, an LRDG captain, and a USAAF general? IQ3: Did your associates include Stomper andFrito? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/197 "2025-04-27T15:10:31Z")
Good job with the previous IQs! 1. Did you audition for the voice role of Fred Flintstone before landing the role of another iconic TV dad? 2. Were you approached by Sandra Bullock to produce and star in a TV program of a specific genre? 3. Did you briefly share an apartment with Mel Gibson while both of you were appearing in a stage play? ---
**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 27, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/198 "2025-04-27T22:52:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did Chris O’Donnell play you on _NCIS::LA_? 2. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? 3. Were you the announcer for the highly acclaimed, jabbery-jabber, copper-plated 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/199 "2025-04-28T02:55:13Z")
Swept me - well done! IQs: Did you capture Vincennes and Kaskaskia? Did you say, “The French do not care what they say, so long as they pronounce it correctly?” Did you meet and were photographed with Babe Ruth while you were in college? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/200 "2025-04-28T05:11:05Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you found Earth Day? > 2. Did you write, among other books, **Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Life of Muslim Women**? > 3. Are you the wife of Mark Kelly? Gaylord Nelson, Geraldine Brooks, correct. 2 DQs reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476.md?page=11)