# Botticelli - July 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 7, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874 "2021-07-07T03:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/1 "2021-07-07T03:09:10Z")
Last month’s thread: [Botticelli - June 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330) Updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #82 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/82) Our first letter for July is # C Have at you! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/2 "2021-07-07T04:12:31Z")
1. Were you Felicia Day’s character on **Supernatural**? 2. Were you the daughter of Jimmy Novak on **Supernatural**? 3. Did you play John Winchester in the 1970s on **Supernatural**? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/3 "2021-07-07T12:17:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Dudley Moore’s Watson? 2. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Martin Freeman’s Watson? 3. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Andre Moreil’s Watson? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/4 "2021-07-07T13:26:38Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you Felicia Day’s character on **Supernatural**? > 2. Were you the daughter of Jimmy Novak on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did you play John Winchester in the 1970s on **Supernatural**? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Dudley Moore’s Watson? > 2. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Martin Freeman’s Watson? > 3. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Andre Moreil’s Watson? Not Michael Caine, not Benedict Cumberpatch, and dunno. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/5 "2021-07-07T13:49:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > > 1. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Dudley Moore’s Watson? > > > 2. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Martin Freeman’s Watson? > > > 3. Did you play Sherlock Holmes opposite Andre Moreil’s Watson? > > Not Michael Caine, not Benedict Cumberpatch, and dunno. #1 was Peter Cook. (Bad movie) #2 is correct. #3 was Peter Cushing. (Christopher Lee played Baskerville. Forgettable movie) DQs 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/6 "2021-07-07T13:55:46Z")
Come to think of it, Michael Caine played Sherlock Holmes opposite Ben Kingsley’s Watson, IIRC. C. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/7 "2021-07-07T16:33:37Z")
IQs: IQ1: According to Culture Club, do you come and go? IQ2: Did you play various characters reciting various manifestos? IQ3: Did you found a chain of electronic stores where the prices were insane? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/8 "2021-07-07T16:41:04Z")
Not Karma Chameleon, John “excluding those concerned with drainage, medicine, roads, housing, education, viniculture and any other Romans contributing to the welfare of Jews of both sexes and hermaphrodites” Cleese or Crazy Eddie. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/9 "2021-07-07T17:10:09Z")
Corr corr corr corr correct on 1; 2 was Cate Blanchett; correct on 3. DQ: first name begins with C? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/10 "2021-07-07T17:15:15Z")
What were the Cate Blanchett characters? I was thinking of John Cleese in _Life of Brian_ and the other Python movies. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/11 "2021-07-07T17:45:03Z")
I’m gonna guess that was her tour de force in _Manifesto_. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/12 "2021-07-07T18:01:15Z")
Yep: [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/manifesto\_2017](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/manifesto_2017) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/13 "2021-07-07T19:59:04Z")
404-Not Found ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/14 "2021-07-07T20:33:45Z")
Here’s the Wiki: [Manifesto (2015 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifesto_(2015_film)) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/15 "2021-07-07T21:13:01Z")
And here’s a working Rotten Tomatoes link: [Manifesto - Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/manifesto_2017) ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/16 "2021-07-07T21:15:41Z")
IQ1: Did Ricky Lee Jones announce you were in love? IQ2: Did you take the title of your breakthrough single from a wall scrawl accusing you of smelling like a deodorant brand? IQ3: Did you pen the hidden track on Guns N’ Roses’ all-covers album _The Spaghetti Incident?_ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/17 "2021-07-07T23:36:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you Felicia Day’s character on **Supernatural**? > 2. Were you the daughter of Jimmy Novak on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did you play John Winchester in the 1970s on **Supernatural**? Charlie Bradbury, Claire Novak, Matt Cohen. DQs: 1. From prose? 2. American? 3. From a genre? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/18 "2021-07-08T00:21:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Minnie the Moocher_? 2. Did a green person in a red coat give you a glass of water and put you to bed? 3. Did you have a rivalry with Bing Crosby as to whom was “King of the Crooners”? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/19 "2021-07-08T01:29:00Z")
Thanks for the info on _Manifesto_. Looks like an interesting flick. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did Ricky Lee Jones announce you were in love? > IQ2: Did you take the title of your breakthrough single from a wall scrawl accusing you of smelling like a deodorant brand? > IQ3: Did you pen the hidden track on Guns N’ Roses’ all-covers album _The Spaghetti Incident?_ Not Chuckie, dunno and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Minnie the Moocher_? > 2. Did a green person in a red coat give you a glass of water and put you to bed? > 3. Did you have a rivalry with Bing Crosby as to whom was “King of the Crooners”? Not Cab Calloway, not little Cindi Lou Who and dunno. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name, as he’s nicknamed (and the only name by which he’s known), begins with C 4. not from prose 5. not American 6. not from a genre ---
**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:** [July 8, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/20 "2021-07-08T02:20:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in a film and its later remake about how to efficiently hold meetings? 2. Brady : Bryan :: Drummond : you? 3. Does your name sound like the phrase “shrimp days” en español? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=2)