# Botticelli, July 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-07-01T15:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/481 "2023-07-30T22:25:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Bud and Kelly’s mother? > IQ2: Were you the Banks family’s nanny? > IQ3: Did you sing “The One I Loved Back Then”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. Peg Bundy Mary Poppins George “Possum” Jones Three DQs reserved. ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/482 "2023-07-30T22:37:01Z")
P. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with P 4. not an American creator or creators 5. from TV or movies 6. not from movies, although later appeared in one 7. not Caucasian 8. first appeared before 1990 9. not main character 10. not, I would say, from a genre show 11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV 12. not a romantic character 13. from a primarily comedy show 14. first appeared before 1970 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/483 "2023-07-30T22:38:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you always huntin’ the Questin’ Beast, what? 2. Until IQ 1 married, at which point you began to pursue (and possibly slew) it? 3. Were you convinced that the Holy Grail was on the Upper East Side, prompting a friend to steal it for you when you were laid low by the Red Knight/a psychotic break? ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/484 "2023-07-30T22:41:15Z")
Not Sir Pellinore, not Sir Percival, and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/485 "2023-07-30T22:51:30Z")
DQ: Would be alive today, if real? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/486 "2023-07-31T01:44:19Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you always huntin’ the Questin’ Beast, what? > 2. Until IQ 1 married, at which point you began to pursue (and possibly slew) it? > 3. Were you convinced that the Holy Grail was on the Upper East Side, prompting a friend to steal it for you when you were laid low by the Red Knight/a psychotic break? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Sir Pellinore, not Sir Percival, and dunno. Correct on King Pellinore. IQ2 was Sir Palomides, the “noble paynim”. IQ3 was Parry, Robin Williams’s character from _The Fisher King._ DQs 1. British creator/s? 2. Created after 1930? ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/487 "2023-07-31T11:34:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you responsible for genocidal attempts in Cambodia? 2. Were you a French WWI general who was arrested for treason? 3. Are you also known as Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/488 "2023-07-31T13:00:48Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Astrid Lindgren’s most famous creation? 2. Were you a human computer, in service to an evil and corrupt baron? 3. Were you a soldier, courtier, and poet, considered the second-best sonneteer in English (after Shakespeare)? ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/489 "2023-07-31T16:25:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you responsible for genocidal attempts in Cambodia? > 2. Were you a French WWI general who was arrested for treason? > 3. Are you also known as Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe? Not Pol Pot, not Phillipe Petain and dunno. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Astrid Lindgren’s most famous creation? > > 2. Were you a human computer, in service to an evil and corrupt baron? > > 3. Were you a soldier, courtier, and poet, considered the second-best sonneteer in English (after Shakespeare)? Not Pippi Longstocking, dunno and not Sir Philip bleedin’ Sydney. P. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with P 4. not an American creator or creators 5. from TV or movies 6. not from movies, although later appeared in one 7. not Caucasian 8. first appeared before 1990 9. not main character 10. not, I would say, from a genre show 11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV 12. not a romantic character 13. from a primarily comedy show 14. first appeared before 1970 15. would not be alive today, if real 16. British creator/s 17. Created after 1930 No more IQs, please, as I think we’re at the 20-DQ mark. ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/490 "2023-07-31T17:12:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you responsible for genocidal attempts in Cambodia? > > 2. Were you a French WWI general who was arrested for treason? > > 3. Are you also known as Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe? > > Not Pol Pot, not Phillipe Petain and dunno. Correct, Correct, and Planters’ Mr. Peanut. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/491 "2023-07-31T17:25:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No more IQs, please, as I think we’re at the 20-DQ mark. I have five. 🙂 DQ1: Show was set in the era in which it first aired? DQ2: Second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H? DQ3: First name starts with a vowel? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/492 "2023-07-31T17:53:29Z")
Final DQ: East Asian? ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/493 "2023-07-31T17:54:03Z")
_At least_ at the 20-DQ mark. 😉 P. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with P 4. not an American creator or creators 5. from TV or movies 6. not from movies, although later appeared in one 7. not Caucasian 8. first appeared before 1990 9. not main character 10. not, I would say, from a genre show 11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV 12. not a romantic character 13. from a primarily comedy show 14. first appeared before 1970 15. would not be alive today, if real 16. British creator/s 17. Created after 1930 18. Show was set in the era in which it first aired 19. second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H 20. first name does not start with a vowel 21. not East Asian ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/494 "2023-07-31T19:16:21Z")
F > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you Astrid Lindgren’s most famous creation? > > 2. Were you a human computer, in service to an evil and corrupt baron? > > 3. Were you a soldier, courtier, and poet, considered the second-best sonneteer in English (after Shakespeare)? > > Not Pippi Longstocking, dunno and not Sir Philip bleedin’ Sydney IQ2 was Pieter De Vries, Baron Harkonnen’s Mentat in _Dune._ Correct on the other two. Final DQ: From a BBC series? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/495 "2023-07-31T23:36:01Z")
DQ: South Asian? One DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/496 "2023-08-01T12:00:53Z")
DQ: Human? ---
**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, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/497 "2023-08-01T19:21:35Z")
P. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with P 4. not an American creator or creators 5. from TV or movies 6. not from movies, although later appeared in one 7. not Caucasian 8. first appeared before 1990 9. not main character 10. not, I would say, from a genre show 11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV 12. not a romantic character 13. from a primarily comedy show 14. first appeared before 1970 15. would not be alive today, if real 16. British creator/s 17. created after 1930 18. show was set in the era in which it first aired 19. second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H 20. first name does not start with a vowel 21. not East Asian 22. not South Asian 23. not human Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/498 "2023-08-01T21:09:17Z")
**EH** , I think you missed my last DQ, from post 494: from a BBC show? ---
**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, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/499 "2023-08-01T21:51:24Z")
Indeed I did, sorry. P. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with P 4. not an American creator or creators 5. from TV or movies 6. not from movies, although later appeared in one 7. not Caucasian 8. first appeared before 1990 9. not main character 10. not, I would say, from a genre show 11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV 12. not a romantic character 13. from a primarily comedy show 14. first appeared before 1970 15. would not be alive today, if real 16. British creator/s 17. created after 1930 18. show was set in the era in which it first aired 19. second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H 20. first name does not start with a vowel 21. not East Asian 22. not South Asian 23. not human 24. from a BBC show ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/500 "2023-08-01T22:29:51Z")
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