# 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:** 12
**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 28, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/221 "2023-01-28T21:33:03Z")
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 10. Caucasian 11. human 12. actually appears in story 13. from film 14. created before 2000 15. arguably from a science fiction or fantasy movie 16. live-action film 17. not a good guy 18. film set in the time period when it was created 19. arguably from a science fiction movie 20. created after 1980 21. not a disaster film (earthquake, meteor, volcano, &c.) 22. from a film in a series 23. created before 1990 Tawk amongst yourselves, and please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Monday. ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/222 "2023-01-28T21:43:58Z")
“Film set in the time period when it was created” rules out Indiana Jones. “American” rules out James Bond. Hmm. ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/223 "2023-01-28T22:33:21Z")
Villain (?) of an 80s SF-ish film from a series. It’s pondering time. ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/224 "2023-01-28T22:35:49Z")
Human takes out Predator from consideration. or anyone from Buckaroo Banzai. ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/225 "2023-01-28T22:40:50Z")
Are you Mr. Preston, Bill’s dad, from _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure_? ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/226 "2023-01-29T22:45:48Z")
I am not. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/227 "2023-01-30T01:03:53Z")
Are you Papshmier from the **Naked Gun** movies? ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/228 "2023-01-30T04:11:28Z")
Are you Walter Peck, the obstructive and aphallic inspector who shuts down power to the ghost containment unit? ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/229 "2023-01-30T15:31:11Z")
Peck’s a really good guess. ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/230 "2023-01-30T17:59:09Z")
Yes, it is. In fact, it’s such a good guess, it’s correct! So yes, I am # Walter Peck The aggressive, annoying EPA inspector from the first _Ghostbusters_ movie: [Walter Peck | Ghostbusters Wiki | Fandom](https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Walter_Peck) Well done, **DLR**! ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/231 "2023-01-30T19:57:59Z")
OK: I am **M**. ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/232 "2023-01-30T22:32:58Z")
Nicely done, **De La Rue**! IQs: 1. Are you Grytpype-Thynne’s dogsbody on the highly acclaimed, decorator-approved, all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you write the lyrics to the song _Moon River_? 3. When a little child asks, “How much is that gorilla in the window?”, does she mean you? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/233 "2023-01-31T03:54:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Grytpype-Thynne’s dogsbody on the highly acclaimed, decorator-approved, all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Did you write the lyrics to the song _Moon River_? > 3. When a little child asks, “How much is that gorilla in the window?”, does she mean you? 1. I am not Count Jim Moriarty. 2. I am not Johnny Mercer. 3. I am not Magilla Gorilla. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/234 "2023-01-31T04:28:34Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you Impress 9 - and later a 10th - fire lizards in Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series? 2. Did you write a series of 5 books about King Arthur, starting with **The Crystal Cave**? 3. Were you captured by Indians -possibly the Tolkepaya - with your sister Olive, then bought by the Mojave, adopted by them and then died of starvation while living with them? ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/235 "2023-01-31T04:48:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you Impress 9 - and later a 10th - fire lizards in Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series? > 2. Did you write a series of 5 books about King Arthur, starting with **The Crystal Cave**? > 3. Were you captured by Indians -possibly the Tolkepaya - with your sister Olive, then bought by the Mojave, adopted by them and then died of starvation while living with them? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Mary Renault? 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/236 "2023-01-31T05:00:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you Impress 9 - and later a 10th - fire lizards in Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series? > 2. Did you write a series of 5 books about King Arthur, starting with **The Crystal Cave**? > 3. Were you captured by Indians -possibly the Tolkepaya - with your sister Olive, then bought by the Mojave, adopted by them and then died of starvation while living with them? Menolly, Mary Stewart, Mary Ann Oatman. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? 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 31, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/237 "2023-01-31T13:05:46Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did you star in the comedy film _Serial_? 2. Were you King Arthur’s bastard son? 3. Did you write _The Magic Mountain_? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/238 "2023-01-31T15:18:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in the comedy film _Serial_? > 2. Were you King Arthur’s bastard son? > 3. Did you write _The Magic Mountain_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Mordred. 3. I am not Thomas Mann. DQs: 1. real 2. male ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/239 "2023-01-31T15:29:23Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you star in the comedy film _Serial_? > > 2. Were you King Arthur’s bastard son? > > 3. Did you write _The Magic Mountain_? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Mordred. > 3. I am not Thomas Mann. #1 was Martin Mull. Correct on the others. DQ: Last name starts with M? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/240 "2023-01-31T15:31:03Z")
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