# Botticelli - January 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679 "2019-12-31T17:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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 13, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/121 "2020-01-13T21:25:28Z")
Waiting on the answers to De La Rue’s DQs in #117. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/122 "2020-01-14T05:01:15Z")
Ah, thanks. O. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with O 4. dead 5. not American 6. not known from the Arts ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/123 "2020-01-14T06:06:21Z")
Political? Died in the last century? ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/124 "2020-01-14T14:19:12Z")
DQ: 1. European? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/125 "2020-01-14T14:48:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno, and not… Omnivorius? 1 (arrests a brick-throwing mouse) was Offisa Pup, from _Krazy Kat_; 2 (pitched the ShamWow) was Vince Offer; 3 (the Discworld’s crocodile god) was Offler. DQ: European? 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/126 "2020-01-14T15:24:52Z")
Prof already asked European. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/127 "2020-01-14T15:30:54Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Prof already asked European. Well, 4 DQs reserved then. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/128 "2020-01-14T17:35:02Z")
Duly noted. O. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with O 4. dead 5. not American 6. not known from the Arts 7. not best known for politics 8. did not die in the last century 9. European ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/129 "2020-01-14T17:36:04Z")
DQ: Died before 1700? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/130 "2020-01-14T17:39:11Z")
DQs: 1. known for science? 2. from the European continent? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/131 "2020-01-14T17:52:28Z")
1. Were you one of Drew Carrey’s two closest friends on his series? 2. Did a Danish prince advise you to get thee to a nunnery? 3. Were you the dragon in a famous trio on TV? ---
**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 14, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/132 "2020-01-14T18:05:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Metamorphosis_? 2. Did you kidnap Pearl Pureheart? 3. Did Paul return you to Philemon with a letter? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/133 "2020-01-14T19:27:17Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you one of Drew Carrey’s two closest friends on his series? > 2. Did a Danish prince advise you to get thee to a nunnery? > 3. Were you the dragon in a famous trio on TV? Not Oswald, Ophelia or Ord. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Metamorphosis_? > 2. Did you kidnap Pearl Pureheart? > 3. Did Paul return you to Philemon with a letter? Not Franz Kafka (or Ovid), dunno, and not… Orontes? O. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with O 4. dead 5. not American 6. not known from the Arts 7. not best known for politics 8. did not die in the last century 9. European 10. died after 1700 11. not known for science 12. from the European continent ---
**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 14, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/134 "2020-01-14T21:52:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write Metamorphosis? > 2. Did you kidnap Pearl Pureheart? > 3. Did Paul return you to Philemon with a letter? > Not Franz Kafka (or Ovid), dunno, and not… Orontes? Correct on Ovid. #2 was Oil-Can Harry. Mighty Mouse rescued her. #3 was Onesimus. DQs: 1. Died after 1899? 2. Known for business? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/135 "2020-01-15T00:23:34Z")
IQs: 1. In the recent _Doctor Who_ season premiere, were you an MI6 analyst who collected reports of extraterrestrial activity? 2. Are you Suzy’s heavy metal-loving boyfriend, who tries to teach sentient alien garbage about life on Earth? 3. Were you a founding member of Wu-Tang Clan? DQs: 4. born north of Vienna? 5. born west of Vienna? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/136 "2020-01-15T01:04:59Z")
_Not Oswald, Ophelia or Ord._ Was going for Ollie on the third one, from Kukla Fran and Ollie. One DQ 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:** [January 15, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/137 "2020-01-15T02:52:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Agamemnon’s son? 2. Did Robin Williams play you in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Hamlet? 3. In the Vertigo Sandman comics, were you the son of Morpheus? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/138 "2020-01-15T05:10:58Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In the recent _Doctor Who_ season premiere, were you an MI6 analyst who collected reports of extraterrestrial activity? > 2. Are you Suzy’s heavy metal-loving boyfriend, who tries to teach sentient alien garbage about life on Earth? > 3. Were you a founding member of Wu-Tang Clan?.. Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Agamemnon’s son? > 2. Did Robin Williams play you in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Hamlet? > 3. In the Vertigo Sandman comics, were you the son of Morpheus? Not Orontes, dunno and dunno. O. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with O 4. dead 5. not American 6. not known from the Arts 7. not best known for politics 8. did not die in the last century 9. European 10. died after 1700 11. not known for science 12. from the European continent 13. died before 1899 14. not known for business 15. born north of Vienna 16. born west of Vienna ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/139 "2020-01-15T13:03:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Agamemnon’s son? > 2. Did Robin Williams play you in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Hamlet? > 3. In the Vertigo Sandman comics, were you the son of Morpheus? > Not Orontes, dunno and dunno. #1 was Orestes. #2 was Osric. #3 is Orpheus. DQs: 1. Died after 1799? 2. Known from the military? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/140 "2020-01-15T14:44:43Z")
O. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with O 4. dead 5. not American 6. not known from the Arts 7. not best known for politics 8. did not die in the last century 9. European 10. died after 1700 11. not known for science 12. from the European continent 13. died before 1899 14. not known for business 15. born north of Vienna 16. born west of Vienna 17. died after 1799 18. not known from the military As there are currently two DQs reserved, and **DLR** has another three coming his way, please ask no more IQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=8)