# 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:** 5
**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 7, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/81 "2023-01-07T03:14:13Z")
Annette Funicello didn’t write any fantasy, did she….? 🤔😆 ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/82 "2023-01-07T03:31:30Z")
Final DQ: wrote under a masculine-sounding name? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/83 "2023-01-07T17:35:42Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with A. 3. Female 4. Not alive. 5. Known for the Arts. 6. Not known for the performing arts. 7. Died since 1950. 8. American 9. Died since 2000. 10. Best known for novels. 11. Won a top award in her field. 12. Known for writing. 13. Known for writing novels in a specific genre. 14. Best known for SF/fantasy 15. Did not win a Pulitzer 16. Greatest popularity before 2000. 17. Best known for fantasy. 1. Did not win a Hugo. I need to clarify #11 as it hit me that the major award was as much a bestowed honor as award. 1. Not a common first name here in the US. 2. Two syllable first name. 3. Wrote under a mascukine sounding first name. ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/84 "2023-01-07T22:42:52Z")
Ah, a pseudonym! 🤦‍♂️ Why didn’t I think of that earlier? Can’t recall any such women fantasy writers, though…. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/85 "2023-01-08T02:17:39Z")
Okay. Please ask all final Are yous by noon on Monday Arizona 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 8, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/86 "2023-01-08T13:44:01Z")
Which is 2pm EST. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/87 "2023-01-09T04:03:38Z")
Are you Andre Norton? ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/88 "2023-01-09T12:57:33Z")
Yep, good call. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/89 "2023-01-09T16:36:56Z")
Ah, good one, **DLR**! Didn’t know that was a female writer’s pen name, actually. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/90 "2023-01-09T18:32:28Z")
Yes! I am **Andre Norton**!! Well done, De\_La\_Rue! She was born Alice Mary Norton, toomk Andre as a pen name then legally changed it. ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/91 "2023-01-09T20:10:06Z")
A new letter will be coming shortly. ---
**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 9, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/92 "2023-01-09T22:05:48Z")
OK: I am **B**. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/93 "2023-01-09T22:21:33Z")
1. Did you portray a fearful feline? 2. Were you a Wonderful cop? 3. Were you named after #2 (above)? ---
**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 9, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/94 "2023-01-09T23:28:25Z")
IQs: Were you the best-known guy from Russell, Kansas? Did you run against an elderly liberal US senator from Pennsylvania? Did you live in Chicago and counted a dentist and an airline pilot among your friends? ---
**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 9, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/95 "2023-01-09T23:45:18Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the detective in _Glass Onion_? 2. Did you play Cinnamon Carter on _Mission: Impossible_? 3. Did you throw Excalibur into the Lake after King Arthur died? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/96 "2023-01-10T02:08:45Z")
I. Were you one third of a singing group along with your brothers Maurice and Robin? 2. Were you Robert Guillaume’s most famous role? 3. Did you voice The Beast in the Disney animated movie **Beauty and the Beast**? ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/97 "2023-01-10T03:03:14Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > 1. Did you portray a fearful feline? > 2. Were you a Wonderful cop? > 3. Were you named after #2 (above)? 1. I am not Mel Blanc. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the best-known guy from Russell, Kansas? > Did you run against an elderly liberal US senator from Pennsylvania? > Did you live in Chicago and counted a dentist and an airline pilot among your friends? Respectively: I am not Bob Russell. I am not Bob Westwing. I am not Bob Hartley. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the detective in _Glass Onion_? > 2. Did you play Cinnamon Carter on _Mission: Impossible_? > 3. Did you throw Excalibur into the Lake after King Arthur died? 1. Ah am nawt Benoit Blanc. 2. I am not Barbara Bain. 3. I am not Bors? If not Bors, take a DQ. > [@kitap](#): > > I. Were you one third of a singing group along with your brothers Maurice and Robin? > 2. Were you Robert Guillaume’s most famous role? > 3. Did you voice The Beast in the Disney animated movie **Beauty and the Beast**? 1. I am not Barry Gibb. 2. I am not Benson. 3. I am not Robby Benson. ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/98 "2023-01-10T13:13:06Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the best-known guy from Russell, Kansas? - Bob Dole Did you run against an elderly liberal US senator from Pennsylvania? - the title character in _Bob Roberts_ Did you live in Chicago and counted a dentist and an airline pilot among your friends? - yes, Bob Newhart/Hartley Bob x3! DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Did you sing “Circle in the Sand”? Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a computer wiz and a concierge? Are you an alliterative Olympic diver? ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/99 "2023-01-10T14:27:32Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the detective in _Glass Onion_? > > 2. Did you play Cinnamon Carter on _Mission: Impossible_? > > 3. Did you throw Excalibur into the Lake after King Arthur died? > > 1. Ah am nawt Benoit Blanc. > 2. I am not Barbara Bain. > 3. I am not Bors? If not Bors, take a DQ. Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Sir Belvedere. DQ: Last name starts with B? ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/100 "2023-01-10T14:37:28Z")
‘Twas Sir Bedivere or Bedevere, I believe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412.md?page=6)