# 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:** 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:** [January 15, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/141 "2020-01-15T14:49:09Z")
DQ: Known for his writings? ---
**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, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/142 "2020-01-15T14:54:38Z")
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 19. not particularly known for his writings ---
**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, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/143 "2020-01-15T17:33:16Z")
Philosopher? ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/144 "2020-01-15T20:36:17Z")
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 19. not particularly known for his writings 20. not particularly known as a philosopher ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/145 "2020-01-15T22:54:14Z")
_not best known for politics_ _not particularly known for his writings_ _not particularly known as a philosopher_ Can we take all this to mean that all of this at least partially factors in? ---
**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, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/146 "2020-01-15T23:49:56Z")
Religious teacher or people involved with social movements come to mind. No O though. And there’s always criminals and athletes. ---
**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 16, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/147 "2020-01-16T02:43:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 (MI6 analyst in _Doctor Who_) was O; 2 (Suzy’s heavy metal-loving boyfriend) was O.D., from the movie _TerrorVision_; 3 (founder of Wu-Tang Clan) was O.D.B., AKA Ol’ Dirty Bastard. DQ: German? 2 DQs 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 16, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/148 "2020-01-16T02:48:06Z")
[edited double post] ---
**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 16, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/149 "2020-01-16T17:27:01Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > _not best known for politics_ > _not particularly known for his writings_ > _not particularly known as a philosopher_ > > Can we take all this to mean that all of this at least partially factors in? Yes, or I would simply have replied in the negative. 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 19. not particularly known for his writings 20. not particularly known as a philosopher 21. arguably German ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/150 "2020-01-16T23:45:38Z")
DQ: known mainly for a single incident? One 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 17, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/151 "2020-01-17T05:05:24Z")
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 19. not particularly known for his writings 20. not particularly known as a philosopher 21. arguably German 22. not known mainly for a single incident ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/152 "2020-01-17T12:52:21Z")
Final DQ: known for religion? ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/153 "2020-01-17T16:20:24Z")
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 19. not particularly known for his writings 20. not particularly known as a philosopher 21. arguably German 22. not known mainly for a single incident 23. known primarily for religion ---
**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 17, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/154 "2020-01-17T17:08:39Z")
18th or 19th C. German, known for religion but not for his writings or philosophy… Hmm. ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/155 "2020-01-18T04:31:29Z")
Please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 6pm EST Sunday. ---
**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 18, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/156 "2020-01-18T21:56:50Z")
Still stumped. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/157 "2020-01-19T03:48:37Z")
19th century preacher, perhaps? Coming up with about a dozen names, none of them O. And the _arguably_ German is troubling. ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/158 "2020-01-19T13:14:15Z")
Arguably German is probably referencing the fact that German was unified until the middle of the 19th Century, and anything before was a bunch o’ smaller states that became Germany. Bavaria, for example. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/159 "2020-01-19T17:25:21Z")
Are you Philip William Otterbein, founder of the United Brethren in Christ? ---
**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 19, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/160 "2020-01-19T19:48:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you Philip William Otterbein, founder of the United Brethren in Christ? I am not. You’re warm, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=9)