# Botticelli, July 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 2, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412 "2025-07-02T17:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 15, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/161 "2025-07-15T01:43:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Grey’s Anatomy_? 2. Did you become Doctor Manhattan? 3. Speaking of the project Doctor Manhattan is named after… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/162 "2025-07-15T02:07:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a bowtied food scientist who worked with kernels? 2. Were you the longer-lived of two brothers with a famous invention? 3. Did you do a famous tour of the southern states in the antebellum period? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/163 "2025-07-15T02:30:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did e. e. cummings sing of you? > - Were you the bogus psychic in _Beetlejuice_? > - In _The Sandman_ are you Dream’s son? DQ I am not Ortho? Otto? I am not Orpheus (just watched S2) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/164 "2025-07-15T02:31:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Grey’s Anatomy_? > 2. Did you become Doctor Manhattan? > 3. Speaking of the project Doctor Manhattan is named after… I am not Sandra Oh I am not Steve Osterman DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/165 "2025-07-15T02:33:30Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a bowtied food scientist who worked with kernels? > 2. Were you the longer-lived of two brothers with a famous invention? > 3. Did you do a famous tour of the southern states in the antebellum period? I am not Orville Redenbacher I am not Orville Wright DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/166 "2025-07-15T02:36:29Z")
# O 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Not American creator(s) 5. Not main character 6. Only name begins with O 7. Created after 1900 8. Created by European 9. Created by someoner from the British Isles 10. From genre fiction 11. Created after 1950 12. Not from fantasy or SF source 13. Not from children’s lit or YA (I don’t know what vice adult is) 14. Not by a female author 15. Not from mystery ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/167 "2025-07-15T02:42:35Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you a bowtied food scientist who worked with kernels? > > 2. Were you the longer-lived of two brothers with a famous invention? > > 3. Did you do a famous tour of the southern states in the antebellum period? > > I am not Orville Redenbacher > I am not Orville Wright > DQ Correct on 1 & 2. #3 was Frederick Law Olmstead, also known as the landscape architect of New York City’s Central Park. 1 DQ 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 15, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/168 "2025-07-15T04:03:45Z")
Previous IQs: Are you AKA Mithrandir and Tharkun? - Olorin, better known as Gandalf, in the writings of JRR Tolkien Was an HBCU named after you? - Gen. Oliver O. Howard, who headed the Freedmen’s Bureau after the Civil War Were you a young resident of Mayberry, N.C.? - Yes, Opie Taylor, from _The Andy Griffith Show_ DQs: British character? Considered a good guy? IQs: Did you have a fancy yacht named the _Sperm_? Were you one of Drew Carey’s best friends? In perhaps your sole redeeming character trait, did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native New Orleans? ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/169 "2025-07-15T12:42:01Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did e. e. cummings sing of you? > > - Were you the bogus psychic in _Beetlejuice_? > > - In _The Sandman_ are you Dream’s son? > > DQ > I am not Ortho? Otto? > I am not Orpheus (just watched S2) 1. "i sing of **olaf** glad and big…\* 2. It’s Otho, but close enough. 3. Correct. DQ: Created after 1999? ---
**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 15, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/170 "2025-07-15T13:23:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you star in _Grey’s Anatomy_? > 2. Did you become Doctor Manhattan? > 3. Speaking of the project Doctor Manhattan is named after… > [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Sandra Oh > I am not Steve Osterman > DQ 1 was correct; for 2, close enough on Jon Osterman; 3 was J. Robert Oppenheimer. DQ: character adapted into movies or TV? IQs: 1. Were you “Little Sure Shot”? 2. Was your first name your first name, did you love to get blotto, and were you playing Pablo in _Oh, Streetcar!_ ? 3. Speaking of musicals… “There’s a dark, thin, winding Stairway without any banister, We’ll throw him down, and Feed him on cockroaches served in a canister [You], [you] What will he do when he’s turned black and blue He will curse the day somebody named him [you]”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/171 "2025-07-15T15:13:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have a fancy yacht named the _Sperm_? > Were you one of Drew Carey’s best friends? > In perhaps your sole redeeming character trait, did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native New Orleans? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/172 "2025-07-15T15:15:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you “Little Sure Shot”? > 2. Was your first name your first name, did you love to get blotto, and were you playing Pablo in _Oh, Streetcar!_ ? > 3. Speaking of musicals… > > “There’s a dark, thin, winding > Stairway without any banister, > We’ll throw him down, and > Feed him on cockroaches served in a canister > [You], [you] > What will he do when he’s turned black and blue > He will curse the day somebody named him [you]”? DQ I am not Otto the Bus Driver Man DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/173 "2025-07-15T15:19:26Z")
# O 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Not American creator(s) 5. Not main character 6. Only name begins with O 7. Created after 1900 8. Created by European 9. Created by someoner from the British Isles 10. From genre fiction 11. Created after 1950 12. Not from fantasy or SF source 13. Not from children’s lit or YA (I don’t know what vice adult is) 14. Not by a female author 15. Not from mystery 16. British character 17. Not considered a good guy 18. Created before 1999 19. Has been adapted into movies and TV ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/174 "2025-07-15T15:20:36Z")
No more IQs. Please ask all remaining DQs by Wednesday noon CST. ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/175 "2025-07-16T02:42:13Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have a fancy yacht named the _Sperm_? - Uncle Oswald, in the writings of Roald Dahl Were you one of Drew Carey’s best friends? - Oswald, on _The Drew Carey Show_ In perhaps your sole redeeming character trait, did you refuse to obey segregation laws in your native New Orleans? - Lee Harvey Oswald Oswald x3! DQs: Character would be alive today, if real? From historic fiction? One 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 16, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/176 "2025-07-16T13:44:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > DQ > I am not Otto the Bus Driver Man > DQ 1 (“Little Sure Shot”) was Annie Oakley; 3 (“There’s a dark, thin, winding/Stairway without any banister…”) was Oliver Twist, in _Oliver!_ . Final DQs: 1. created after 1975? 2. movie and TV adaptations are better known than source material? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/177 "2025-07-16T15:52:48Z")
# O 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Not American creator(s) 5. Not main character 6. Only name begins with O 7. Created after 1900 8. Created by European 9. Created by someoner from the British Isles 10. From genre fiction 11. Created after 1950 12. Not from fantasy or SF source 13. Not from children’s lit or YA (I don’t know what vice adult is) 14. Not by a female author 15. Not from mystery 16. British character 17. Not considered a good guy 18. Created before 1999 19. Has been adapted into movies and TV 20. Probably not alive today, according to source material, but could be alive in some adaptations 21. Not from historical fiction, although some adaptions may place him in current time frames 22. Created before 1975 23. Better known from movie and TV adaptations than source material ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/178 "2025-07-16T15:57:33Z")
The deadline is close so go ahead and AskName. ---
**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 16, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/179 "2025-07-16T16:10:34Z")
Are you Oddjob from the James Bond stories? ---
**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 16, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/180 "2025-07-16T18:04:33Z")
Ooo, good guess. I can’t think of anyone else who fits the clues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=10)