# Botticelli - February 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441 "2020-02-03T20:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/221 "2020-03-04T16:22:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a pet detective? > 2. Did you get loved enough to become real? > 3. Are you one of Haman’s sons from the Book of Esther? Not Ace Ventura, Pinocchio (?) and dunno. No more IQs, please. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/222 "2020-03-04T19:42:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a pet detective? > 2. Did you get loved enough to become real? > 3. Are you one of Haman’s sons from the Book of Esther? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ace Ventura, Pinocchio (?) and dunno. > > No more IQs, please. #1 is correct. #2 was the Velveteen Rabbit. #3 is Vaizatha. Since you placed a previous limitation, I only get 1 DQ. DQ: From a folk song? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/223 "2020-03-04T19:48:13Z")
V. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name starts with V 4. not from books 5. created after 1900 6. by an American creator or creators 7. not from TV or movies 8. race unknown 9. from song 10. created after 1959 11. Wiki does not describe it as a pop song 12. created before 1979 13. created after 1969 14. not from a show tune/musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 15. from a song that charted on the Billboard Top 40 16. her name is not in the song title 17. from a love song, of sorts 18. not from an R&B/Jazz song 19. not sung by a female singer 20. not sung by a group 21. not a country western song 22. not from a folk song Take one more, **Prof. P.** You earned it. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/224 "2020-03-04T20:49:31Z")
So, not a pop song (according to Wiki), jazz, R&B, C&W, showtune or folk; sung by a male singer (apparently), from a kind of a love song that made the Top 40 charts 1970-1978. What’s left? Hymns? Instrumentals? Novelty songs? Reggae? World music? Thinking… ---
**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:** [March 5, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/225 "2020-03-05T00:23:53Z")
DQ: Is the character one of the main characters in the song? An example: in _Mack the Knife_ there’s a list of female victims of Mack. Those would NOT be considered main characters. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/226 "2020-03-05T04:04:32Z")
V. 1. fictional 2. female 3. first name starts with V 4. not from books 5. created after 1900 6. by an American creator or creators 7. not from TV or movies 8. race unknown 9. from song 10. created after 1959 11. Wiki does not describe it as a pop song 12. created before 1979 13. created after 1969 14. not from a show tune/musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) 15. from a song that charted on the Billboard Top 40 16. her name is not in the song title 17. from a love song, of sorts 18. not from an R&B/Jazz song 19. not sung by a female singer 20. not sung by a group 21. not a country western song 22. not from a folk song 23. character is one of the main characters in the song Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon Friday EST. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/227 "2020-03-06T02:44:32Z")
Still clueless. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/228 "2020-03-06T02:48:26Z")
And then, pow! I dunno if it’s right, but… DQ: Are you Virginia from Billy Joel’s _Only The Good Die Young_? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/229 "2020-03-06T05:40:58Z")
Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed Virginia from that very song: [Only the Good Die Young - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_the_Good_Die_Young) Well done, **Prof. P.**! I thought I had you all. Please start a new thread for March. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/230 "2020-03-06T12:09:38Z")
March 2020 thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22174714#post22174714](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22174714#post22174714) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441.md?page=11)