# Botticelli - January 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412 "2022-12-31T12:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 22, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/181 "2023-01-22T19:19:28Z")
IQ: Did you do the paintings for the Four Seasons restaurant in NYC? ---
**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, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/182 "2023-01-22T20:16:17Z")
I know there were Picassos there, and some Rothkos, but take a DQ. ---
**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 23, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/183 "2023-01-23T19:58:51Z")
Well, that’s 20-plus DQs with all that are outstanding. Please ask all remaining DQs by noon EST Tuesday. ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/184 "2023-01-23T21:03:00Z")
My mistake. Marc Chagall’s “Four Seasons” is not in the NYC restaurant of the same name: > **[Chagall's Four Seasons](https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_s_publicartchagallsfourseasons.html)** > > Composed of thousands of inlaid chips in over 250 colors, Marc Chagall’s mosaic artwork The Four Seasons portrays six scenes of Chicago. ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/185 "2023-01-23T22:45:33Z")
Be that as it may, I am **Marc Chagall**. So, take it away, **EH!!** ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/186 "2023-01-24T15:21:20Z")
Thanks - good one, **Prof.Pepperwinkle**! Updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #99 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/99) Our next letter is # P ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/187 "2023-01-24T15:44:50Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the wife of Pluto in Roman mythology? 2. Were you a philosopher, a naval commander and friend to the emperor Vespasian? 3. Did you resolve a dispute with Britain over the 49th Parallel? ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/188 "2023-01-24T16:31:21Z")
Not Persephone, Pericles or Pictchief. ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/189 "2023-01-24T17:05:07Z")
Persephone was Greek; the Roman is Proserpina. #2 was Pliny the Elder. #3 was Pres. James K. Polk. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with P? ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/190 "2023-01-24T17:52:18Z")
P. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with P ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/191 "2023-01-24T18:02:55Z")
IQs: 1. Were you nicknamed “Dr. No”? 2. Were you Fang’s better-known spouse? 3. Have you and your son-in-law played the same role (and is he set to take it up again)? ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/192 "2023-01-24T18:29:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you pick a peck of pickled peppers? 2. Are you me? 3. Did you play me on _The Adventures of Superman_? ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/193 "2023-01-24T18:33:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you nicknamed “Dr. No”? > 2. Were you Fang’s better-known spouse? > 3. Have you and your son-in-law played the same role (and is he set to take it up again)? Dunno, not Phyllis Diller and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you pick a peck of pickled peppers? > 2. Are you me? > 3. Did you play me on _The Adventures of Superman_? Not Peter Piper, not the inimitable **Prof. P.** , and not Paul Pcharacteractor. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/194 "2023-01-24T18:39:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you pick a peck of pickled peppers? > > 2. Are you me? > > 3. Did you play me on _The Adventures of Superman_? > > Not Peter Piper, not the inimitable **Prof. P.** , and not Paul Pcharacteractor. Correct, Correct, and Phil Tead. DQ: Created after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/195 "2023-01-24T18:40:02Z")
Congrats! 1. Did Ellen Barkin play you in **Buckaroo Banzai**? 2. Did you and your publisher husband (but mainly you) solve crimes in a series of books by Richard and Frances Lockridge? 3. Are you a female comedian who has at least one routine about Pop-Tarts? ---
**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 24, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/196 "2023-01-24T19:08:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you nicknamed “Dr. No”? > 2. Were you Fang’s better-known spouse? > 3. Have you and your son-in-law played the same role (and is he set to take it up again)? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Phyllis Diller and dunno. 1 was Ron Paul; 3 was Fifth Doctor Peter Davison. DQs: 1. main character? 2. created by American or Americans? IQs: 1. Did you play the Third Doctor? 2. Did you play the Twelfth Doctor? 3. Did you play the Moment, and a companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors? ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/197 "2023-01-24T21:21:34Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did Ellen Barkin play you in **Buckaroo Banzai**? > 2. Did you and your publisher husband (but mainly you) solve crimes in a series of books by Richard and Frances Lockridge? > 3. Are you a female comedian who has at least one routine about Pop-Tarts? Not Penny Priddy, Poppy or Prudence. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play the Third Doctor? > 2. Did you play the Twelfth Doctor? > 3. Did you play the Moment, and a companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors? Dunno x3, although I’m sure I’ll recognize the names. P. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with P 4. created after 1900 5. not a main character 6. created by an American or Americans ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/198 "2023-01-24T21:33:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3, although I’m sure I’ll recognize the names. 1 was John Pertwee; 2 was Peter Capaldi; 3 was Billie Piper. DQs: 1. from TV or film? 2. created after 1970? 3. character is American? ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/199 "2023-01-24T21:50:04Z")
Yup, I was right. 😉 P. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with P 4. created after 1900 5. not a main character 6. created by an American or Americans 7. from TV or film 8. created after 1970 9. character is American ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/200 "2023-01-25T00:45:08Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did Ellen Barkin play you in **Buckaroo Banzai**? > 2. Did you and your publisher husband (but mainly you) solve crimes in a series of books by Richard and Frances Lockridge? > 3. Are you a female comedian who has at least one routine about Pop-Tarts? Correct, Pamela North, Paula Poundstone. DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Human? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412.md?page=11)