# Botticelli - April 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923 "2026-04-01T00:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/81 "2026-04-07T19:41:09Z")
Y. 1. not alive 2. male 3. fictional 4. only name starts with Y 5. from prose fiction 6. created before 1900 7. not human 8. American creator 9. not a real animal ---
**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, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/82 "2026-04-07T19:55:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Were you the main character on the TV series _The Rebel_? > > 2. Did Luke meet you down in a swamp in Dagoba? > > 3. Were you part of a duet of mimes who were big in the 1960s/70s? > > Not Yarrow, Yoda or Yolanda. 1 was Johnny Yuma. 2 is correct. 3 was Yarnell, of Shields & Yarnell. DQs 1. Of European origin? 2. Created before 1500? ---
**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, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/83 "2026-04-07T19:58:36Z")
Y. 1. not alive 2. male 3. fictional 4. only name starts with Y 5. from prose fiction 6. created before 1900 7. not human 8. American creator 9. not a real animal 10. not of European origin 11. created after 1500 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/84 "2026-04-08T03:21:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you work at the 12th Precinct? > > 2. Did you get your big break in _The Time Machine_ (1960)? > > 3. Are you generally described as “a conglomeration of globes”? > > Not Yojojowicz (sp?), Yvette Mimieux (also sp?) and dunno. 1. You mean “Wojo” Wojciehowicz? I’ll give you this: Nick Yemana (same TV show) 2. Correct 3. Yog-Sothoth DQs: 1. Supernatural creature? 2. Created after 1800? 1 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 8, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/85 "2026-04-08T18:03:48Z")
Apologies for my poor choice of DQs. I have t’ stop posting whilst sitting with Madame 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 9, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/86 "2026-04-09T03:55:22Z")
No apologies necessary! Y. 1. not alive 2. male 3. fictional 4. only name starts with Y 5. from prose fiction 6. created before 1900 7. not human 8. American creator 9. not a real animal 10. not of European origin 11. created after 1500 12. supernatural creature, in a way 13. created after 1800 ---
**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, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/87 "2026-04-10T00:50:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did Chopper always have to protect you from Fibber Fox? 2. Are you an abstract print artist, the son of Victor Vasarely (the Father of Hard Abstract Art)? 3. Were you a Japanese ukiyo-e (print) artist best known for _The Wave_? ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/88 "2026-04-10T02:38:27Z")
Dunno, dunno and not Y. Hokusai. ---
**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, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/89 "2026-04-10T02:48:44Z")
1 was Yakky Doodle. 2 is Yvaral. 3. You are correct, but I was in error. I thought it was Yoshida. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/90 "2026-04-10T15:43:58Z")
IQs: 1. Are you best-remembered for being an unconventional sitcom mom? 2. Are you best-remembered for being a crime-fighter clad in black? 3. Were you a TV cowboy in the 1950s? ---
**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, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/91 "2026-04-10T17:47:37Z")
DQs: 1. Name starts with Ya - Yi? 2. Story has been used in a movie? ---
**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 11, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/92 "2026-04-11T15:23:12Z")
Dammit… ---
**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 11, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/93 "2026-04-11T15:30:50Z")
IQ1: Were you awarded the Medal of Honor for your exploits in France during WW I? IQ2: Were you a pipe-smoking mother in a 20th-century comic strip? IQ3: Did you play a WAAF junior officer in _Battle of Britain_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/94 "2026-04-11T16:17:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a highly regarded retired Brewers player who won the AL MVP twice? 2. Did you play Sarah Curtis on **Dynasty**? 3. Did you lead the PLO for years? 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 11, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/95 "2026-04-11T16:28:26Z")
**knoodler** already guessed Yog-Sothoth, and I’m stumped trying to think of someone else it could be. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/96 "2026-04-11T16:30:10Z")
I’m stumped trying to figure it as well. ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/97 "2026-04-11T23:38:06Z")
I don’t recall anything out of Poe, and it’s been too long since I read any Dr. Dolittle books, but that might be the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/98 "2026-04-11T23:43:50Z")
Lofting was English, though. ---
**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, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/99 "2026-04-12T01:04:21Z")
Ok, but along the lines of kid books with imaginary creatures. Not much of that in the 1800s, though. ---
**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 12, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/100 "2026-04-12T01:29:37Z")
Dolittle (1920) and Yog-Sothoth (1927) are well after 1900. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923.md?page=6)