# Botticelli - July 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 8, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688 "2019-07-08T00:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [August 1, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/201 "2019-08-01T04:16:46Z")
Right, then. Please ask any earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/202 "2019-08-01T12:12:09Z")
I can’t think of anything. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/203 "2019-08-01T19:52:25Z")
This ain’t it, but it’s all I am coming up with: DQ: Are you the South-going Zax? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/204 "2019-08-02T03:55:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > This ain’t it, but it’s all I am coming up with: > > DQ: Are you the South-going Zax? I am not. Z. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with Z 4. appeared originally in literature 5. created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not in the mystery genre 8. not adapted to TV 9. created before 1990 10. from fantasy/horror/science fiction genres 11. not the protagonist 12. adapted for film 13. not from science fiction 14. from fantasy 15. an antagonist, sort of 16. human 17. created before 1970 18. not a magic user of any kind 19. not from Tolkien 20. did not appear in more than one book 21. from children’s literature 22. not from a work by Peter S. Beagle, Ursula K. LeGuin or Ray Bradbury 23. not from a short story ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/205 "2019-08-02T17:17:33Z")
Time’s up. I am Homer Zuckerman Owner of Wilbur the TERRIFIC pig in E.B. White’s children’s classic, _Charlotte’s Web_: [Charlotte's Web - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/206 "2019-08-02T20:18:23Z")
Well, I’ve read _Charlotte’s Web_. (My daughter’s name is Charlotte, so I read it to her when she was young.) Templeton I remember, and Wilbur, and Charlotte: but everyone else, not so much. Still, I’ve read the book and seen at least one cartoon version, so good job, EH! Time to start an August thread. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/207 "2019-08-03T05:07:15Z")
I remember Mrs. Black, my 4th grade teacher reading it to us, but all I remember is Charlotte and a web. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/208 "2019-08-03T05:09:46Z")
Righto! On we go for August: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879839](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879839) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688.md?page=10)