# Botticelli February 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611 "2015-02-02T16:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 22
**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:** [February 25, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/421 "2015-02-25T13:12:32Z")
DQ: Created after 1975? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/422 "2015-02-25T19:13:41Z")
IQ: Are you Mike Motley’s cigar-comping neighbor and co-worker from _Motley’s Crew_? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/423 "2015-02-26T01:02:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Are you Mike Motley’s cigar-comping neighbor and co-worker from _Motley’s Crew_? Dunno - take a DQ (but ask it soon!) B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from literature 4. last name starts with B 5. created after 1950 6. created by an American 7. not known from film 8. not from TV 9. probably considered a good guy 10. from a cartoon, comic strip or comic book 11. from a comic strip 12. human 13. comic strip not still appearing in daily newspapers today 14. not a single-panel strip 15. age indeterminate 16. from a humorous strip, rather than a serious one (usually) 17. strip normally published in newspapers (rather than magazines, on-line, or elsewhere) 18. not the main character of the strip 19. created after 1975 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/424 "2015-02-26T01:38:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Are you Mike Motley’s cigar-comping neighbor and co-worker from Motley’s Crew? > > Dunno - take a DQ (but ask it soon!) Earl Bird DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/425 "2015-02-26T01:48:37Z")
B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not originally from literature 4. last name starts with B 5. created after 1950 6. created by an American 7. not known from film 8. not from TV 9. probably considered a good guy 10. from a cartoon, comic strip or comic book 11. from a comic strip 12. human 13. comic strip not still appearing in daily newspapers today 14. not a single-panel strip 15. age indeterminate 16. from a humorous strip, rather than a serious one (usually) 17. strip normally published in newspapers (rather than magazines, on-line, or elsewhere) 18. not the main character of the strip 19. created after 1975 20. Caucasian OK, that completes the DQ round. Everyone who earned a DQ may now ask a “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question. Discuss amongst yourselves. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/426 "2015-02-26T03:58:46Z")
Discussing: strips that may be involved include Boondocks, For Better or For Worse, Motley’s Crew, Kudzu, Cathy, Bloom County and Outland. There are probably others. I’m not coming up with a candidate. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/427 "2015-02-26T14:53:49Z")
Hint: He’s not from any of those strips. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/428 "2015-02-26T15:05:14Z")
What other strips qualify… Calvin and Hobbes? Life in Hell? Cathy? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/429 "2015-02-26T16:29:41Z")
Crock? Wordsmith? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/430 "2015-02-27T03:35:27Z")
_Life in Hell_, eh? DQ: Are you Little Bongo? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/431 "2015-02-27T15:28:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …Are you Little Bongo? I am not. To move this along, let’s say all Firstname Lastname questions are to be posted in the next 24 hours. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/432 "2015-02-27T15:30:52Z")
I got nothing. Sorry. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/433 "2015-02-27T22:52:20Z")
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:** [February 28, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/434 "2015-02-28T16:23:19Z")
The character is indeed from _Calvin and Hobbes_; it’s Calvin’s hard-boiled _noir_ detective alter ego, Tracer Bullet [![](http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ch/1990/ch900206.gif) ](http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ch/1990/ch900206.gif) [![](http://chquotes.synthasite.com/resources/ch_38.gif) ](http://chquotes.synthasite.com/resources/ch_38.gif) [![](http://www.oocities.org/soho/gallery/1961/bullet910228.jpg) ](http://www.oocities.org/soho/gallery/1961/bullet910228.jpg) I’ll start the next round tomorrow in a March thread. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/435 "2015-02-28T18:31:57Z")
Okay, very good choice, O son of Arathorn! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611.md?page=21)