# 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:** 10
**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 21, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/181 "2021-07-21T01:37:36Z")
**T** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Not explicitly stated, but most likely American 5. Could be alive today, if real, for certain definitions of “alive” 6. First appeared since 1950 7. From film or TV 8. Not from film 9. First appeared before 1980 ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/182 "2021-07-21T01:38:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you play B. A. on _The A-Team_ ? > 2. Was your pet Mighty Manfred, the Wonder Dog? > 3. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages_ ? Not Mr. T Not Tom Terrific Take a DQ ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/183 "2021-07-21T01:53:30Z")
Correct x2, and Augustus P. Toplady. DQ: Appeared on prime time television? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/184 "2021-07-21T02:09:40Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you a sentient mechanical man in the Oz books? 2. Are you and your friend Betsy (and later your mutual friend Tib) the main characters in a series of books by Maud Hart Lovelace? 3. Did you wake up in your wife’s body in the book **Turnabout**? ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/185 "2021-07-21T04:04:14Z")
**T** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Not explicitly stated, but most likely American 5. Could be alive today, if real, for certain definitions of “alive” 6. First appeared since 1950 7. From film or TV 8. Not from film 9. First appeared before 1980 10. Appeared on prime time television ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/186 "2021-07-21T04:04:55Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you a sentient mechanical man in the Oz books? > 2. Are you and your friend Betsy (and later your mutual friend Tib) the main characters in a series of books by Maud Hart Lovelace? > 3. Did you wake up in your wife’s body in the book **Turnabout**? Not Tik-tok Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/187 "2021-07-21T06:40:03Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you a sentient mechanical man in the Oz books? > 2. Are you and your friend Betsy (and later your mutual friend Tib) the main characters in a series of books by Maud Hart Lovelace? > 3. Did you wake up in your wife’s body in the book **Turnabout**? Correct, Tacy, Tim Willows. DQs: 1. Live action? 2. First appeared before 1970? ---
**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 21, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/188 "2021-07-21T11:57:58Z")
IQs: 1. Was your wedding Lavinia Warren the height of New York society? 2. Did you hang around with P. T. Bridgeport? 3. Did you play Sgt. O’Rourke on _F Troop_? ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/189 "2021-07-21T13:16:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you study at Oberlin College but graduate elsewhere? - The playwright Thornton Wilder Were you a wartime Governor of Ohio? - David Tod, during the Civil War Were you an odd, large-headed man who appeared several times in the early run of David Letterman’s first talk show? - Brother Theodore DQs: Human? Considered a beauty? From a sitcom? IQs: Are you one of Marge Simpson’s sisters? Were you one of the Great Eagles of Middle-earth? Did Jeff Bridges get accidentally drawn into your world? ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/190 "2021-07-21T14:32:23Z")
IQs: 1. Is one of your books about a guy who, appropriately enough given his name, becomes an apprentice to Death? 2. Were you eventually Chief Justice of the United States, a job you _largely_ preferred over your previous government position? 3. Were you a witch in _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ (under a lot of make-up)? ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/191 "2021-07-21T16:17:43Z")
**T** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Not explicitly stated, but most likely American 5. Could be alive today, if real, for certain definitions of “alive” 6. First appeared since 1950 7. From film or TV 8. Not from film 9. First appeared before 1980 10. Appeared on prime time television 11. Live action 12. First appeared before 1970 13. Not human 14. Not considered a beauty 15. Not from a sitcom ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/192 "2021-07-21T16:32:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > … > IQs: > > Are you one of Marge Simpson’s sisters? > Were you one of the Great Eagles of Middle-earth? > Did Jeff Bridges get accidentally drawn into your world? Ahem. ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/193 "2021-07-21T16:33:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Was your wedding Lavinia Warren the height of New York society? > 2. Did you hang around with P. T. Bridgeport? > 3. Did you play Sgt. O’Rourke on _F Troop_ ? Not Tom Thumb - heh. “_height_ of society” I see what you did there Take 2 DQs > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you one of Marge Simpson’s sisters? > Were you one of the Great Eagles of Middle-earth? > Did Jeff Bridges get accidentally drawn into your world? Not Selma Terwilliger (during her brief marriage to Sideshow Bob) Take a DQ Not Tron > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Is one of your books about a guy who, appropriately enough given his name, becomes an apprentice to Death? > 2. Were you eventually Chief Justice of the United States, a job you _largely_ preferred over your previous government position? > 3. Were you a witch in _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ (under a lot of make-up)? Take a DQ Not former president William Howard Taft Not Tracey Ullman ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/194 "2021-07-21T16:35:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ahem. Sorry. For some reason people at work think they can just interrupt me while I’m on the Dope ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/195 "2021-07-21T16:39:27Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ > Not former president William Howard Taft > Not Tracey Ullman 1 was Terry Pratchett (the character is Mort). DQ: main character? ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/196 "2021-07-21T16:45:18Z")
**T** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Not explicitly stated, but most likely American 5. Could be alive today, if real, for certain definitions of “alive” 6. First appeared since 1950 7. From film or TV 8. Not from film 9. First appeared before 1980 10. Appeared on prime time television 11. Live action 12. First appeared before 1970 13. Not human 14. Not considered a beauty 15. Not from a sitcom 16. A main character in her appearance, but not a main character of the overall series. ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/197 "2021-07-21T16:46:56Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Was your wedding Lavinia Warren the height of New York society? > > > > > 1. Did you hang around with P. T. Bridgeport? > > > 2. Did you play Sgt. O’Rourke on _F Troop_ ? > > Not Tom Thumb - heh. “ _height_ of society” I see what you did there > Take 2 DQs Correct on the General. #2 was Tammanany Tiger (from the comic strip _Pogo_) #3 was Forest Tucker. DQs: 1. First appeared before 1960? 2. From a crime-related show (police, private eye, law courts,etc.)? ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/198 "2021-07-21T16:50:01Z")
**T** DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name starts with T 4. Not explicitly stated, but most likely American 5. Could be alive today, if real, for certain definitions of “alive” 6. First appeared since 1950 7. From film or TV 8. Not from film 9. First appeared before 1980 10. Appeared on prime time television 11. Live action 12. First appeared before 1970 13. Not human 14. Not considered a beauty 15. Not from a sitcom 16. A main character in her appearance, but not a main character of the overall series. 17. First appeared after 1960 18. Not from a crime-related show (police, private eye, law courts,etc.) ---
**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 21, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/199 "2021-07-21T17:36:15Z")
IQs: 1. Didst thou slay Mercutio? 2. Doth mother know thou wearest her drapes? 3. Are you a 16th century German trickster whose last name is a synonym for the moon? ---
**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 21, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/200 "2021-07-21T17:41:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Didst thou slay Mercutio? > 2. Doth mother know thou wearest her drapes? > 3. Are you a 16th century German trickster whose last name is a synonym for the moon? Not Tybalt Not Thor Take a DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=11)