# Botticelli February 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905 "2025-02-05T04:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 23, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/147 "2025-02-23T14:38:05Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you an Icelandic explorer who left word that you had reached the center of the earth? > > 2. Are you the detective in a series of mysteries by M. C. Beaton? > > 3. In the Discworld novels are you Capt. Carrot’s werewolf girlfriend? > > I am not… Professor Arronax? > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Arne Saknussen from Verne’s _Journey to the Center of the Earth_. 2 is Agatha Raisin. 3 is Lt. Angua. DQs: 1. Created after 2010? 2. Best known from science fiction? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/148 "2025-02-23T16:19:35Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Last name starts with A-M 5. Created after 1900 6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres 7. Created by an American 8. Has appeared on film and TV 9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works. 10. First name starts with A 11. Created after 1990 12. Original work implies she is Caucasian; has been played by a non-Caucasian actor in dramatic presentation 13. Appeared in live action films 14. Created before 2010 15. Not best known from science fiction ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/149 "2025-02-23T23:02:30Z")
DQ: 1. First name starts with Aa-Al? 2. Known from mysteries? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/150 "2025-02-23T23:09:02Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Last name starts with A-M 5. Created after 1900 6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres 7. Created by an American 8. Has appeared on film and TV 9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works. 10. First name starts with A 11. Created after 1990 12. Original work implies she is Caucasian; has been played by a non-Caucasian actor in dramatic presentation 13. Appeared in live action films 14. Created before 2010 15. Not best known from science fiction 16. First name starts with Am-Az 17. Not known from mysteries; though the books often have a third-act “twist”, they are not conventional mystery stories ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/151 "2025-02-23T23:13:06Z")
DQ: From the works of Rick Riordan? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/152 "2025-02-24T00:44:40Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Last name starts with A-M 5. Created after 1900 6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres 7. Created by an American 8. Has appeared on film and TV 9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works. 10. First name starts with A 11. Created after 1990 12. Original work implies she is Caucasian; has been played by a non-Caucasian actor in dramatic presentation 13. Appeared in live action films 14. Created before 2010 15. Not best known from science fiction 16. First name starts with Am-Az 17. Not known from mysteries; though the books often have a third-act “twist”, they are not conventional mystery stories 18. From the works of Rick Riordan Think you have it @Prof.Pepperwinkle ---
**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 24, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/153 "2025-02-24T01:15:05Z")
Swept me! I won’t ask any more IQs, given the point we’ve reached. ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/154 "2025-02-24T15:33:36Z")
Well, I read Percy Jackson to my grandson for years (he’s now 23). But I just host the round before last, so someone else should take this one. ---
**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, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/155 "2025-02-26T01:30:21Z")
Oh,well. IQ: Are you a daughter of Athena who’s planning on going to college to become an architect once she (and a satyr) help her boyfriend through yet another cycle of mythic quests? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/156 "2025-02-26T04:35:03Z")
Take a… oh, wait, I am indeed # Annabeth Chase Thanks for taking one for the team! Though, perhaps, if anyone else wants to host in lieu of the reluctant professor…? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/157 "2025-02-26T18:58:32Z")
I figured out who it was based on your assumption. It’s only fair you take over. ---
**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, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/158 "2025-02-27T01:20:45Z")
Yeah, but Madame P. went to the hospital on the 6th with lymphedema-related heart issues, and went to a rehab facility on the 12th (at this point she cannot walk and can barely stand), so I’m spending most of my time there with her, and the wifi isn’t all that good. So, **knoodler** , please do me a favor and take the next round. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/159 "2025-02-27T05:35:46Z")
How could I refuse? Don Corleone wishes he were that persuasive. The next clue is: **W** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/160 "2025-02-27T06:54:41Z")
Hope Madame P. is better soon, @Prof.Pepperwinkle ! IQs: 1. Did you write an epic poem about Paterson, New Jersey? 2. Were you a Hall of Fame manager for the Baltimore Orioles? 3. Did you score a match-tying goal in the 122nd minute against Brazi in the 2011 World Cup? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/161 "2025-02-27T16:07:06Z")
Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/162 "2025-02-27T17:25:50Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you write an epic poem about Paterson, New Jersey? > 2. Were you a Hall of Fame manager for the Baltimore Orioles? > 3. Did you score a match-tying goal in the 122nd minute against Brazi in the 2011 World Cup? William Carlos Williams, Earl Weaver, and Abby Wambach. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with W? ---
**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, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/163 "2025-02-27T18:55:37Z")
Yes, all the best to **Madame P.**! IQs: Was your body too big for the space prepared for it in the floor of the cathedral where you were first buried? Were you the most famous person to live in Auburn, N.Y. in 1860? Did Gen. George H. Thomas win his best-known nickname at a battle you badly lost? ---
**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, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/164 "2025-02-27T22:08:20Z")
IQ1: Was your left arm six inches shorter than your right arm as a result of your difficult berth? IQ2: Were you the main character in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s _The Cave Girl_? IQ3: Were you the fictional inventor of a mechanical manipulating device? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/165 "2025-02-28T00:22:31Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with W ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/166 "2025-02-28T00:26:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your body too big for the space prepared for it in the floor of the cathedral where you were first buried? > Were you the most famous person to live in Auburn, N.Y. in 1860? > Did Gen. George H. Thomas win his best-known nickname at a battle you badly lost? Take 3 DQs > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your left arm six inches shorter than your right arm as a result of your difficult berth? > IQ2: Were you the main character in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s _The Cave Girl_? > IQ3: Were you the fictional inventor of a mechanical manipulating device? Take 3 DQs This may be the shortest Botticelli of the year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905.md?page=9)