# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/81 "2021-07-12T17:46:40Z")
@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness You’re right. I do not have a clue who this person is. ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/82 "2021-07-13T12:35:18Z")
Still dunno. ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/83 "2021-07-13T16:49:26Z")
Is it possible it was created by an American, but not an American show? Like maybe a Yank came up with the idea, but got it produced and aired in Canada? Not that it matters. I got nothing. ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/84 "2021-07-13T17:35:04Z")
Those who were thinking _MASH_ were very warm. I am, in fact, # 5 O’Clock Charlie Pride of the North Korean air force, known for both his punctuality and his poor bombing technique: [5 O'Clock Charlie (TV series episode) | Monster M\*A\*S\*H | Fandom](https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/5_O%27Clock_Charlie_(TV_series_episode)) ---
**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 13, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/85 "2021-07-13T19:41:09Z")
Wow. Way obscure, but valid. I remember hearing about Charlie on various episodes, so, yeah. ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/86 "2021-07-14T13:50:27Z")
Thanks. For our next letter, let’s go with # V ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/87 "2021-07-14T13:58:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Candide_? 2. Were you a safe-cracker in a story by O. Henry? 3. Did you develop a system of verbal punctuation? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/88 "2021-07-14T14:16:10Z")
Not Voltaire, Valentine or Victor Hugo. ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/89 "2021-07-14T14:20:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Candide_ ? > 2. Were you a safe-cracker in a story by O. Henry? > 3. Did you develop a system of verbal punctuation? Correct on Voltaire. Correct on Jimmy Valentine. #3 was Victor Borge. DQ: Real? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/90 "2021-07-14T14:26:32Z")
V. 1. fictional ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/91 "2021-07-14T14:38:05Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a “dark cabaret” singer-musician, known for the songs “BRAINS!” and “The Night”? 2. Did you popularize the white wedding dress? 3. Did you voice the Iron Giant? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/92 "2021-07-14T14:55:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern? 2. Were you the original Carl Kolchak’s editor? 3. Did you write a non-fiction book in 1982 called **Monsters** along with your namesake son? ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/93 "2021-07-14T16:26:13Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a “dark cabaret” singer-musician, known for the songs “BRAINS!” and “The Night”? > 2. Did you popularize the white wedding dress? > 3. Did you voice the Iron Giant? Not Visigotha Vinson, Queen Victoria or Vin Diesel. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern? > 2. Were you the original Carl Kolchak’s editor? > 3. Did you write a non-fiction book in 1982 called **Monsters** along with your namesake son? Not Valerie Harper, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/94 "2021-07-14T16:36:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Visigotha Vinson, Queen Victoria or Vin Diesel. 1 was (Aurelio) Voltaire. DQ: last name begins with V? ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/95 "2021-07-14T16:54:31Z")
IQ1: Did you file a lawsuit against Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, claiming she stole your shtick? IQ2: Were you not clear on the definition of “inconceivable”? IQ3: Were you the leader of the Sweathogs? ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/96 "2021-07-14T17:12:56Z")
Not Vicki the Princess of Dusk, Venizetti the Sicilian or Vinnie Barbarino. V. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with V ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/97 "2021-07-14T17:36:56Z")
IQs: 1. Do the Black Lion, Red Lion, Green Lion, Yellow Lion, and Blue Lion combine to form you? 2. Are you a former quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles who got busted for dog fighting? 3. Are you, in fact, Annie Clark? ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/98 "2021-07-14T17:53:52Z")
Not Vicky the Multicolored Schizoid Lion Gal, Michael Vick or Vic “the Lip” Delano. ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/99 "2021-07-14T17:56:00Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you file a lawsuit against Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, claiming she stole your shtick? > IQ2: Were you not clear on the definition of “inconceivable”? > IQ3: Were you the leader of the Sweathogs? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Vicki the Princess of Dusk, Venizetti the Sicilian or Vinnie Barbarino. Vampira, yes (spelling is Vizzini), yes. DQ: Female? ---
**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 14, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/100 "2021-07-14T18:07:24Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the patron saint of epileptics and those who have your dance? 2. Were you a white superheroine in the comics, but a black one in the MCU? 3. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874.md?page=6)