# Botticelli - Jan 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120 "2020-12-28T19:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/461 "2021-01-21T02:00:19Z")
**I am G** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with G 6. Known for an Art, not necessarily what is normally considered The Arts 7. Died before 1950 8. Died after 1850 9. Caucasian 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Not known for medical practice 12. Died after 1899 13. Not known for public performances 14. Neither a chef or restaurateur 15. Not known for writing 16. Not known for anything military 17. Did run a business, but his accomplishments are under his name 18. Known for decorative arts (see below) 19. Not known for ceramics or glassware 20. Did not sell mass market products 21. Most famous before 1939 22. I like to think he’s associated with Minnesota, but NYC became his base of operations 23. Known for architecture - Upon further reading, I would like to clarify #6: Some people consider aspects of his profession as being art; however, there is a practical aspect that cannot be ignored, which removes it from being in The Arts (as usually used in this game) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/462 "2021-01-21T13:57:39Z")
And the other of Chock’s DQs: Known for architecture in Washington, D.C.? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/463 "2021-01-21T15:12:43Z")
I have a spare DC. All yours Prof, or whoever wants to use it. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/464 "2021-01-21T15:38:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I have a spare DC. All yours Prof, or whoever wants to use it I’m afraid my architecture is limited to Frank Lloyd Wright. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/465 "2021-01-21T15:46:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > And the other of Chock’s DQs: Known for architecture in Washington, D.C.? Yup, at least one _very_ well known building. Well, he designed it, his son completed it. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/466 "2021-01-21T17:29:25Z")
Somebody can have my last DQ, too. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/467 "2021-01-21T17:46:38Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I’m afraid my architecture is limited to Frank Lloyd Wright. Same here. Wright and Frank Geary (who isn’t dead and is Canadian, so it’s not him) are the limits of my architecture knowledge. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/468 "2021-01-21T18:10:54Z")
SCA’s DQ: First name rhyme with “Lass”? Chock’s last DQ: Last name starts with “Gil”? Note: Those are DQs and NOT a final guess. I had thought it might be Alma’s pal Walter Gropius, but he was alive in the 1950’s. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/469 "2021-01-21T18:55:34Z")
Yes, @Prof.Pepperwinkle, I am **Cass Gilbert** , architect of the US Supreme Court Building, along with quite a few other buildings - including the Woolworth Building, the US Chamber of Commerce building, and the Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse (aka hopefully where we’ll be seeing trials against the ex-president)… and a bunch of other stuff all around the United States ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/470 "2021-01-21T19:01:21Z")
?? Ah, well, onward. I am… [![](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/71dda012-40f1-4b61-a702-6ecf87c23396_1.3db41e7f753cf0ce853ff38d684c8275.jpeg?odnWidth=612&odnHeight=612&odnBg=ffffff) ](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/71dda012-40f1-4b61-a702-6ecf87c23396_1.3db41e7f753cf0ce853ff38d684c8275.jpeg?odnWidth=612&odnHeight=612&odnBg=ffffff) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/471 "2021-01-21T19:34:02Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Cass Gilbert Never heard of him, so even if she’d answered your DQs they wouldn’t have been any help. IQ1: Were you a fictional foxy Californian? IQ2: Did you write _The Spirit of the Border_? IQ3: Were you the youngest person to serve as CNO? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/472 "2021-01-21T19:40:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a fictional foxy Californian? > IQ2: Did you write _The Spirit of the Border_ ? > IQ3: Were you the youngest person to serve as CNO? 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:** [January 21, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/473 "2021-01-21T20:07:35Z")
Zorro. Zane Grey. Elmo Zumwalt. DQ1: Last name starts with Z? DQ2: Male? DQ3: 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:** [January 21, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/474 "2021-01-21T20:31:24Z")
DQs: 1. Last (or Only) name starts with Z 2. Male 3. Fictional ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/475 "2021-01-21T21:18:20Z")
IQ1: Were you a stone god in an SF movie? IQ2: Did Sean Connery play you in that movie? IQ3 Were you a different character with the same name played by Rip Torn? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/476 "2021-01-21T21:25:31Z")
1. Noooo, I am not Zardoz. 2. Noooo, I am not Zed. That’s one of the worst pictures I almost sat through. 3. I am not Zed from MiB. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/477 "2021-01-22T01:29:00Z")
IQ1: In _Pulp Fiction,_ did Bruce Willis’ last line indicate you were dead? IQ2: Are you a Kryptonian bad guy who escaped from the Phantom Zone? IQ3: Did you tell your father his guardian angel had earned his wings? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/478 "2021-01-22T01:30:44Z")
#1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not General Zod. #3. I am not Zazu of the Petals. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/479 "2021-01-22T01:58:37Z")
1. Did you rule Ix? 2. Is your name inevitably followed by “the Greek”? 3. Was your most famous role in a movie Tangina? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/480 "2021-01-22T02:03:08Z")
I am not Zixi I am not Zorba Take a DQ for the third one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120.md?page=25)