# Botticelli, August 2025

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698 "2025-08-04T18:14:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**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:** [September 1, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/301 "2025-09-01T20:54:57Z")

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Germanic, Irish, Scottish or Scandivanian, 1400-1700. Still thinking.

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**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:** [September 2, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/302 "2025-09-02T17:37:58Z")

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Still nothing

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**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:** [September 2, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/303 "2025-09-02T17:44:30Z")

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I am **R** aibeart Ruadh MacGriogair – **R** obert Roy MacGregor in English – best known as **R** ob Roy and portrayed by Liam Neeson in the latest of several movies about me.

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**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:** [September 2, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/304 "2025-09-02T18:17:24Z")

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Good one! I have surely heard of Rob Roy.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/305 "2025-09-02T18:42:31Z")

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I feel I was close with Robin Hood.

BTW, not a great drink.

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**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:** [September 3, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/306 "2025-09-03T01:20:45Z")

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September game [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694).

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**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:** [September 3, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/307 "2025-09-03T03:45:02Z")

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Rob Roy, of course! 🙄 Good one, **SCA**.

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