# 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:** 7
**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, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/121 "2026-04-16T19:58:45Z")
Righto. Please ask all earned “Are you SingleName?” questions by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/122 "2026-04-16T20:00:47Z")
DQ: Are you Yowper? ---
**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, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/123 "2026-04-16T20:02:47Z")
I am not. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/124 "2026-04-16T20:03:04Z")
Pass. ---
**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, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/125 "2026-04-18T04:48:11Z")
Right, then. I am # Yojo The pagan god worshipped by Queequeg, through an idol, in Melville’s _Moby-Dick._ See [Queequeg - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queequeg) and [Yojo and Tangaroa | A Look at Herman Melville](https://eng365melville.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/yojo-and-tangaroa/). ---
**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, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/126 "2026-04-18T13:56:40Z")
How breathtakingly obscure! Yes, I have heard of Yojo. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/127 "2026-04-18T14:06:40Z")
Not me; I only read Richard Armour’sversion of **Moby Dick** and Yojo isn’t mentioned. ---
**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, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/128 "2026-04-18T14:27:49Z")
I read the Classics Illustrated version 60 years ago, and have no idea if Yojo was mentioned. ---
**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, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/129 "2026-04-18T14:54:08Z")
The Internet Archive has the Classics Illustrated version online. Yojo isn’t mentioned. I didn’t read the book either. I did read the precis in Masterpieces Digest years back. ---
**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, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/130 "2026-04-19T17:26:23Z")
OK, thanks, everyone! Our next letter will be # W ---
**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, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/131 "2026-04-19T18:24:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Commander of the Artemis Ii mission? 2. Did you state that in the future everybody would be famous for five minutes, or words to that effect? 3. Were you the Inferior Five’s archer? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/132 "2026-04-19T20:39:09Z")
W it is! Hope it’s a little easier than Y… IQs: 1. Were you the title subject of a Poe short story (and a Smithereens song)? 2. Were you “Lott’s wife” in “J.C. on the Dude Ranch”? 3. Did you take over from Coach? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/133 "2026-04-19T21:13:35Z")
1. Are you the mother in **Baby Blues**? 2. Are you her sister? 3. Are you a classmate of Sophronia’s in the Finishing School quartet? ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/134 "2026-04-20T00:16:22Z")
IQ1: Are you the best-known person born on 11 February? IQ2: Due to problems with your birth, was your left arm six inches shorter than your right arm? IQ3: Were you a Montenegrin who claimed to have starved to death during WW I? ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/135 "2026-04-20T04:07:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Commander of the Artemis Ii mission? > 2. Did you state that in the future everybody would be famous for five minutes, or words to that effect? > 3. Were you the Inferior Five’s archer? Dunno, not Andy Warhol and dunno. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the title subject of a Poe short story (and a Smithereens song)? > 2. Were you “Lott’s wife” in “J.C. on the Dude Ranch”? > 3. Did you take over from Coach? Dunno, dunno and not Woody Harrelson on _Cheers._ > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the mother in **Baby Blues**? > 2. Are you her sister? > 3. Are you a classmate of Sophronia’s in the Finishing School quartet? Dunno x3. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the best-known person born on 11 February? > IQ2: Due to problems with your birth, was your left arm six inches shorter than your right arm? > IQ3: Were you a Montenegrin who claimed to have starved to death during WW I? Not George Washington, Kaiser Wilhelm or Nero Wolfe. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/136 "2026-04-20T05:34:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the title subject of a Poe short story (and a Smithereens song)? > > 2. Were you “Lott’s wife” in “J.C. on the Dude Ranch”? > > 3. Did you take over from Coach? > > Dunno, dunno and not Woody Harrelson on _Cheers._ #1 was Willam Wilson. #2 was Wanda Lott. #3 was Woody Boyd (the character, not the actor). DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. First name starts with W? ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/137 "2026-04-20T15:03:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the Commander of the Artemis Ii mission? > > 2. Did you state that in the future everybody would be famous for five minutes, or words to that effect? > > 3. Were you the Inferior Five’s archer? > > Dunno, not Andy Warhol and dunno. 1 is Reid Wiseman. 2 is correct. 3 is the White Feather. 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 20, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/138 "2026-04-20T19:53:01Z")
Hmm. Actors take over for characters as well as for other actors, so I think my answer about Woody on _Cheers_ is correct. I won’t give you that DQ unless a majority of people here think otherwise. What say you, O fellow Botticelli players? W. 1. real 2. male ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/139 "2026-04-20T20:52:19Z")
If he’d asked who succeeded Nicholas Colasanto on Cheers, you’d be right. But since he asked about the character, SunUp’s right. (Assuming SunUp uses “he/him”.) ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/140 "2026-04-20T20:53:00Z")
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