# Botticelli - January 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514 "2024-01-02T20:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 13
**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 26, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/241 "2024-01-26T21:34:59Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “the Unspeakable”? - Yes, Hastur Did you write about that entity? - Yes, H.P. Lovecraft Did you adopt the magical Matilda? - Miss Honey DQs: Prominently appears in a work of art? Greatest fame before 2000? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/242 "2024-01-26T21:59:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Alive 4. Surname begins with “H”. 5. Not from the United States of America. 6. Not primarily known for the arts, but first came to widespread public notice as a result of one artistic work. 7. Not known for business. 8. Not from Europe. 9. Born before 1960. 10. Not known for politics. 11. Born after 1945. 12. From the Northern Hemisphere. 13. From the Western Hemisphere. 14. Not Asian. 15. Canadian. 16. Not best known for writing, but has published an autobiography. 17. Not known for sports. 18. First name begins with A - M. 19. Ontarian. 20. Not known for criminal activity. 21. Not a professional scientist, but known for something that involved a lot of science, both theoretical and applied. 22. Does not prominently appear in a work of art. 23. Greatest fame achieved after 2000. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/243 "2024-01-27T00:56:51Z")
Last DQ: Traveled in space? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/244 "2024-01-27T02:28:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. Alive 4. Surname begins with “H”. 5. Not from the United States of America. 6. Not primarily known for the arts, but first came to widespread public notice as a result of one artistic work. 7. Not known for business. 8. Not from Europe. 9. Born before 1960. 10. Not known for politics. 11. Born after 1945. 12. From the Northern Hemisphere. 13. From the Western Hemisphere. 14. Not Asian. 15. Canadian. 16. Not best known for writing, but has published an autobiography. 17. Not known for sports. 18. First name begins with A - M. 19. Ontarian. 20. Not known for criminal activity. 21. Not a professional scientist, but known for something that involved a lot of science, both theoretical and applied. 22. Does not prominently appear in a work of art. 23. Greatest fame achieved after 2000. 24. Traveled in space. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/245 "2024-01-27T14:39:09Z")
Not a clue. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/246 "2024-01-27T20:00:07Z")
I have a very precise category of person I think it is, but I have no idea who an actual person in that category is named. ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/247 "2024-01-27T20:24:18Z")
I’m kinda in the same boat. Think think think…. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/248 "2024-01-27T21:31:47Z")
I’ll give you another hint, for freebies: the artistic work for which H is noted was a musical performance. I suppose that could be considered “prominently appearing in a work of art”. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/249 "2024-01-28T19:56:31Z")
Since I haven’t been playing this round, I looked him up. Never heard of him. I was surprised by how many people fit both DQ15 and DQ24. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/250 "2024-01-29T14:01:59Z")
Wow, I didn’t think this would be that tough. Okay, please get in your firstname-lastname guesses by midnight Eastern Wednesday, January 31. ---
**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, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/251 "2024-01-30T20:00:35Z")
Hmm. There can’t be all that many Canadians who’ve been into space who fit these clues, but I can’t think of _any_ of them. ---
**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, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/252 "2024-01-30T20:17:45Z")
Still a blank. ---
**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, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/253 "2024-01-31T14:27:29Z")
Are you astronaut Chris Hatfield? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/254 "2024-01-31T16:07:54Z")
_Ding-ding-ding-ding!_ And we have our winner! Yes, I am astronaut, singer, former International Space Station commander, and Canadian national treasure **Chris Hadfield**!!, who came to public notice in 2013, when I performed David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” aboard the ISS. Congratulations, @De_La_Rue! Your round. ---
**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, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/255 "2024-01-31T20:33:09Z")
Wow! Amazing job **De La Rue!** I remember somebody doing _Space Oddity_ in space, but that’s as close as I’d have come. ---
**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, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/256 "2024-01-31T20:57:18Z")
Congrats, me! Next month’s thread will be started tomorrow (next month). ---
**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 31, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/257 "2024-01-31T21:40:36Z")
I remember the astronaut and the performance but not his name. Well done, **DLR**! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/258 "2024-01-31T23:18:43Z")
Awesome work, **De\_La\_Rue**! From #21 I figured it was an astronaut, and made my last guess to make it obvious, but I simply could not remember the name of any Canadian astronaut. Glad someone got it sorted! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/259 "2024-02-01T14:27:04Z")
New thread is [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2024/996971). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514.md?page=12)