# Botticelli - February 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 3, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259 "2023-02-03T14:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/1 "2023-02-03T14:15:28Z")
Onwards to # F! Last month’s link: [Botticelli - January 2023 - #276 by SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/276) ---
**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 3, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/2 "2023-02-03T21:50:43Z")
Dammit, I missed all the Ms! Good one, **Prof.P.** On to Fs, then. IQs: Did Churchill joke about your name? Did you write “Was My Brother in the Battle?”? Did they dig into the floor to film a scene about your childhood? ---
**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 3, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/3 "2023-02-03T22:15:51Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 3, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/4 "2023-02-03T23:50:25Z")
IQ1: Are you a well-known libertarian economist who is also an SCA legend? IQ2: Are you #1’s Nobel-laureate father? IQ3: Did your henchmen tell you “That’s _e_raser, Boss. _E_raser,” after you mispronounced the word? ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/5 "2023-02-04T02:52:40Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/6 "2023-02-04T02:58:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Churchill joke about your name? > Did you write “Was My Brother in the Battle?”? > Did they dig into the floor to film a scene about your childhood? Ike’s SECSTATE, John Foster “Dull, Duller,” Dulles Stephen Foster Charles Foster “Citizen” Kane Foster x3! DQs: Real? Male? First starts with F? IQs: Did your jerk of a dad eat messily in a movie? Are your sons implied to be gay in a flash-forward scene of FOX TV series? Were you a popular female US Olympian? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/7 "2023-02-04T03:53:30Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you write **The Well of the Unicorn**? 2. Did you write **A Little Princess**? 3. Did you Impress the bronze dragon Mnementh in the Pern books? ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/8 "2023-02-04T15:23:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a well-known libertarian economist who is also an SCA legend? > IQ2: Are you #1’s Nobel-laureate father? > IQ3: Did your henchmen tell you “That’s _e_raser, Boss. _E_raser,” after you mispronounced the word? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. David Friedman (aka Duke Cariadoc of the Bow) Milton Friedman the Frito Bandito Three DQs 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:** [February 4, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/9 "2023-02-04T15:27:43Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with F ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/10 "2023-02-04T15:29:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your jerk of a dad eat messily in a movie? > Are your sons implied to be gay in a flash-forward scene of FOX TV series? > Were you a popular female US Olympian? #3. I am not Peggy Fleming. Take 2 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write **The Well of the Unicorn**? > - Did you write **A Little Princess**? > - Did you Impress the bronze dragon Mnementh in the Pern books? #1. I am not Fletcher Pratt. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/11 "2023-02-04T17:12:29Z")
DQ1: Created after 1970? DQ2: American creator(s) One DQ reserved. IQ: Are you George MacDonald Fraser’s best-known character? ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/12 "2023-02-04T17:21:48Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with F 4. Created before 1970 5. American creators ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/13 "2023-02-04T17:22:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you George MacDonald Fraser’s best-known character? I am not Harry Flashman. ---
**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 4, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/14 "2023-02-04T21:28:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your jerk of a dad eat messily in a movie? > Are your sons implied to be gay in a flash-forward scene of FOX TV series? > Were you a popular female US Olympian? Faramir, in _LOTR_; Ned Flanders, on _The Simpsons_; and yes, Peggy Fleming DQs: Would be alive today, if real? Created before 1930? IQs: Were you a top political aide to FDR? Were you the longest-serving mayor of Cleveland, Ohio? Was your birthname Leslie King? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/15 "2023-02-04T21:52:25Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you write **The Well of the Unicorn**? > 2. Did you write **A Little Princess**? > 3. Did you Impress the bronze dragon Mnementh in the Pern books? Correct, Frances Hodgson Burnett, F’lar (born Fallarnon). 2 DQs held. ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/16 "2023-02-05T00:21:59Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with F 4. Created before 1970 5. American creators 6. Created after 1930 7. Would not be alive today, if real ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/17 "2023-02-05T00:23:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top political aide to FDR? > Were you the longest-serving mayor of Cleveland, Ohio? > Was your birthname Leslie King? #1. I thought that was Pa Watson. Take a DQ. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Gerald Ford. ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/18 "2023-02-05T03:37:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top political aide to FDR? > Were you the longest-serving mayor of Cleveland, Ohio? > Was your birthname Leslie King? “Pa” Watson was indeed one; Jim Farley was another Frank Jackson Yes, Gerald Ford DQs: Good guy? American character? IQs: Did Calpurnia work for you? Were you that person’s son? Were you that person’s daughter? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/19 "2023-02-05T03:57:05Z")
1. Are you F’lar’s half-brother? 2. Are you F’lar’s son? 3. Were you a well-known architect who was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin? ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/20 "2023-02-05T12:31:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Calpurnia work for you? > Were you that person’s son? > Were you that person’s daughter? Take 3 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > - Are you F’lar’s half-brother? > - Are you F’lar’s son? > - Were you a well-known architect who was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin? Take 2 DQs. #3 I am not Frank Lloyd Wright (??) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259.md?page=2)