# Botticelli - July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465 "2022-07-05T17:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 6, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/21 "2022-07-06T04:39:59Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with P 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American author 6. First appeared after 1900 7. Non-American character 8. Could be alive today, if real 9. First appeared since 1950 10. Not human ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/22 "2022-07-06T04:40:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Sacajawea’s eldest son? > Did the same actor who played your character’s prisoner also play your friend from the big city? > Did you have a hit with “What About Us”? 2 DQs Still not Pink, nor P!nk ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/23 "2022-07-06T12:59:53Z")
This was Pompey, and Pontius Pilate in _The Life of Brian_ (Graham Chapman played both the title role and Biggus Dickus), and yes, P!nk. DQs: From Earth? SF/fantasy character? IQs: Were you Harry Truman’s early political patron? Are you the junior senator from Kentucky? Are you his dad? ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/24 "2022-07-06T13:56:34Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you possibly do it in the Library with the rope? > > 2. Did you possibly do it in the Conservatory with the revolver? > > 3. Were you a French painter who affected to royalty or high society by inserting an apostrophe in the middle of his last name? > > Neither Professor Plum nor Mrs. Peacock > DQ Correct x2. #3 was Pierre Prud’hon. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 6, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/25 "2022-07-06T14:13:33Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played an unusual superhero, host of _You Don’t Know Jack_ Troy Stevens, and Bat-mite (all _after_ the incident)? 2. Did you found an agency with the motto “We never sleep”? 3. Did you write _The Good Earth_? ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/26 "2022-07-06T16:46:11Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with P 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American author 6. First appeared after 1900 7. Non-American character 8. Could be alive today, if real 9. First appeared since 1950 10. Not human 11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking 12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre ---
**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 6, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/27 "2022-07-06T16:47:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Harry Truman’s early political patron? > Are you the junior senator from Kentucky? > Are you his dad? DQ Not Rand Paul Not Ron Paul > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Have you played an unusual superhero, host of _You Don’t Know Jack_ Troy Stevens, and Bat-mite (all _after_ the incident)? > 2. Did you found an agency with the motto “We never sleep”? > 3. Did you write _The Good Earth_? DQ Not Pinkerton (coincidentally I pulled up the Weezer album for my commute this morning) Not Pearl S. Buck ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/28 "2022-07-06T17:23:09Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ > Not Pinkerton (coincidentally I pulled up the Weezer album for my commute this morning) > Not Pearl S. Buck 1 was Paul Reubens. DQ: from horror? ---
**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 6, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/29 "2022-07-06T17:32:54Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with P 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American author 6. First appeared after 1900 7. Non-American character 8. Could be alive today, if real 9. First appeared since 1950 10. Not human 11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking 12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre 13. From horror ---
**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 6, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/30 "2022-07-06T19:55:02Z")
DQ: Appreared in a movie or 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 6, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/31 "2022-07-06T19:57:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Soleil Moon-Frye’s best known role? 2. Did you campaign for president repeatedly in the 1970’s, but not seriously? 3. Did you appear topless briefly on a PBS production of the play _Steambath_? ---
**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 6, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/32 "2022-07-06T19:59:08Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with P 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American author 6. First appeared after 1900 7. Non-American character 8. Could be alive today, if real 9. First appeared since 1950 10. Not human 11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking 12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre 13. From horror 14. Appeared in a movie or movies ---
**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 6, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/33 "2022-07-06T20:00:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you Soleil Moon-Frye’s best known role? > 2. Did you campaign for president repeatedly in the 1970’s, but not seriously? > 3. Did you appear topless briefly on a PBS production of the play _Steambath_? Not Punky Brewster DQ Not Valerie Perrine ---
**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 6, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/34 "2022-07-06T20:00:43Z")
Correct, Pat Paulson, correct. DQ: First appeared after 1990? ---
**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 6, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/35 "2022-07-06T20:01:24Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with P 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American author 6. First appeared after 1900 7. Non-American character 8. Could be alive today, if real 9. First appeared since 1950 10. Not human 11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking 12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre 13. From horror 14. Appeared in a movie or movies 15. First appeared before 1990 ---
**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, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/36 "2022-07-07T01:26:11Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Harry Truman’s early political patron? - “Boss” Tom Pendergast of the Kansas City, Mo. Democratic machine Are you the junior senator from Kentucky? - Yes, Rand Paul Are you his dad? - Yes, Ron Paul DQs: Created by HP Lovecraft? IQs: Was Argos your husband’s dog? Did you found Kenyon College? Did you win the Battle of Lake Erie? ---
**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, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/37 "2022-07-07T03:51:48Z")
DQs: 1. Is a small figurine of you atop the Comcast Technology Center on Arch St., the tallest building in the city? (Not that your “curse” is real, but hey–it can’t hurt.) 2. Did you have a book of your photography, titled _Webs_? 3. Were you Abby Sciuto, TV’s quintessential cheerful goth, on _NCIS_? ---
**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, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/38 "2022-07-07T14:29:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a kind of demon clown that haunts sewers and entices children with balloons in a story by Stephen King? 2. Did Jack Black play you, a master of kung fu? 3. Did you write _O Little Town of Bethlehem_? ---
**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, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/39 "2022-07-07T16:55:28Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with P 4. Originally from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American author 6. First appeared after 1900 7. Non-American character 8. Could be alive today, if real 9. First appeared since 1950 10. Not human 11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking 12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre 13. From horror 14. Appeared in a movie or movies 15. First appeared before 1990 16. Not created by HP Lovecraft ---
**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, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/40 "2022-07-07T16:56:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was Argos your husband’s dog? > Did you found Kenyon College? > Did you win the Battle of Lake Erie? 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Is a small figurine of you atop the Comcast Technology Center on Arch St., the tallest building in the city? (Not that your “curse” is real, but hey–it can’t hurt.) > 2. Did you have a book of your photography, titled _Webs_? > 3. Were you Abby Sciuto, TV’s quintessential cheerful goth, on _NCIS_? 2 DQs Not Pauly Perette > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you a kind of demon clown that haunts sewers and entices children with balloons in a story by Stephen King? > 2. Did Jack Black play you, a master of kung fu? > 3. Did you write _O Little Town of Bethlehem_? Not Pennywise Not Po DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=3)