# 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:** 6
**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 16, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/101 "2025-04-16T03:54:50Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with S 4. created before 1950 5. a main character, but not the only one 6. non-American creator(s) 7. created after 1900 8. not originally from prose fiction 9. originally from a dramatic work 10. not mentioned in title of debut work 11. appeared on TV or in movies 12. Caucasian 13. contemporary to the time it was written 14. did not first appear on TV 15. first name starts with A-M 16. by a European creator(s) 17. I’d say from genre fiction, but YMMV Please ask all earned DQs by 4pm EST Weds. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/102 "2025-04-16T15:08:21Z")
I’m stumped. I have three DQs, if someone needs one. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/103 "2025-04-16T16:36:59Z")
Or, you could bring the date span down to a range of 6-7 years… ---
**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 16, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/104 "2025-04-16T23:25:16Z")
Well, it’s past 4, but I’ll ask **knoodler’s** DQs: 1. Created after 1929? 2. From a series of movies? 3. From the Mystery genre? ---
**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 17, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/105 "2025-04-17T03:02:39Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with S 4. created before 1950 5. a main character, but not the only one 6. non-American creator(s) 7. created after 1900 8. not originally from prose fiction 9. originally from a dramatic work 10. not mentioned in title of debut work 11. appeared on TV or in movies 12. Caucasian 13. contemporary to the time it was written 14. did not first appear on TV 15. first name starts with A-M 16. by a European creator(s) 17. I’d say from genre fiction, but YMMV 18. created after 1929 19. not from a series of movies 20. from the Mystery genre, in part Right. Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” by noon EST Friday. ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/106 "2025-04-17T13:36:40Z")
Are you Anna Schmidt (sp?) from _The Third Man_? ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/107 "2025-04-18T02:59:37Z")
_Damn_, you’re good! I am indeed # Anna Schmidt The Czech love interest in the 1949 Cold War _noir_ thriller _The Third Man_, as played by Italian actress Alida Valli. For more: [The Third Man - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Man) Well done, **Prof. P.** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/108 "2025-04-18T03:02:47Z")
Good lord. How did you even figure that out!? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/109 "2025-04-18T05:04:19Z")
Good job **Prof**! ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/110 "2025-04-18T14:55:39Z")
A possibly British mystery movie from the '30s or '40s. I often listen to Herb Alpert, as I was yesterday, whose hits include _The Third Man Theme_ (gotta love the zither). I just thought it was a good guess. Onwards next to… # T! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/111 "2025-04-18T15:45:29Z")
Congratulations, **Prof**! What a get! IQs: 1. Did you play President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho? 2. Were you last National Leaguer to hit .400 for a season? 3. Was your first major TV role in a backdoor pilot of a sci-fi show? ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/112 "2025-04-18T16:21:59Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho? > 2. Were you last National Leaguer to hit .400 for a season? > 3. Was your first major TV role in a backdoor pilot of a sci-fi show? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/113 "2025-04-18T18:28:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you make your film debut in the movie _The Cowboy Millionaire_ in 1909? 2. Were you the driver of the Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper? 3. Were you drafted during the Vietnam War, and serve in the California Army National Guard where you achieved the rank of sergeant? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/114 "2025-04-18T20:35:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you play President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho? > > 2. Were you last National Leaguer to hit .400 for a season? > > 3. Was your first major TV role in a backdoor pilot of a sci-fi show? > > Take 3 DQs. Terry Crews, Bill Terry, and Teri Garr, respectively. DQs: Real? Female? First name begins with T? ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/115 "2025-04-18T21:17:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with T ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/116 "2025-04-18T21:18:52Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make your film debut in the movie _The Cowboy Millionaire_ in 1909? > 2. Were you the driver of the Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper? > 3. Were you drafted during the Vietnam War, and serve in the California Army National Guard where you achieved the rank of sergeant? 1. I am not Tom Slick. 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 18, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/117 "2025-04-18T22:37:28Z")
IQ1: Are we exhorted to give you the ball and just look at you go? IQ2: Are you #1 under a different name? IQ3: Do your associates include Nkima and Muviro? ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/118 "2025-04-19T00:24:48Z")
Take 3 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 19, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/119 "2025-04-19T00:42:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are we exhorted to give you the ball and just look at you go? > IQ2: Are you #1 under a different name? > IQ3: Do your associates include Nkima and Muviro? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Mr Touchdown Mr Team Tarzan DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the arts? 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 19, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/120 "2025-04-19T03:27:23Z")
T it is. IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Are you the best-known denizen of the Island of Sodor? Are you Ohio’s most recent honoree in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476.md?page=7)