# Botticelli – July 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 30, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301 "2026-06-30T15:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 3, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/61 "2026-07-03T20:56:03Z")
I wouldn’t call comic books “prose”, but… > [@SunUp](#): > > I’m not a comics guy, so I’ll offer my DQs up to anyone who might get some use out of them. Over fifty years since I quit reading comic books, so somebody can have mine, too. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/62 "2026-07-03T22:12:36Z")
I’m not a comics person, but I’ll ask the question I thought of just after asked ng the ones I did this morning Does the author’s last name begin with A-L? ---
**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 4, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/63 "2026-07-04T01:31:56Z")
Ah, that’s a brilliant choice. I know who this is, but really can’t play. SCA’s DQ: Portrayed on TV by Stephen Fry? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/64 "2026-07-04T02:09:42Z")
# F 1. Fictional 2. From prose 3. Sexless, but occasionally presents as male 4. Not human 5. First name starts with F 6. Created after 1960 7. Not from science fiction 8. Not originally from a novel 9. Not American creator 10. Not an animal 11. From fantasy 12. Not from horror 13. Created before 1990 14. Not originally from a short story 15. British author 16. Not in a work meant for children 17. Could be the author’s best-known work, but not IMO, and YMMV 18. Considered to be good 19. Created after 1975 20. Has appeared in TV or film 21. Could be considered a ghost or spirit, in some ways, but not a form of undead (this is a tricky question to answer) 22. From comics 23. First name starts with Fa-Fi 24. Last name starts with A-L 25. First appeared in a series published by DC Comics, then published under DC Vertigo 26. Author’s last name begins with A-L 27. Portrayed on TV by Stephen Fry ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/65 "2026-07-04T02:10:30Z")
I’ll begin accepting FirstName / LastName queries. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/66 "2026-07-04T15:09:37Z")
I get that you can’t play, but I hope you’ll come guess for the illusory bragging rights. (Good luck with the eye thing). ---
**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 4, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/67 "2026-07-04T16:27:06Z")
Are you Fiddler’s Green, the sailors’ paradise who leaves the Dreaming and takes the form of a person to visit the waking world in _The Sandman_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/68 "2026-07-04T17:06:29Z")
Yes!! I am **Fiddler’s Green**! I am the personification of a lush meadow from the graphic novels of _The Sandman._ [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/2bb485c42c99843a9e3283ae0ce749bc/9d5a27a32c12214a-4f/s540x810/d3704c51f7f1bfca27e39a262e32095526551d38.gifv) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/2bb485c42c99843a9e3283ae0ce749bc/9d5a27a32c12214a-4f/s540x810/d3704c51f7f1bfca27e39a262e32095526551d38.gifv) I have also appeared in the guise of “Gilbert” when dealing with humans. Stephen Fry portrayed me in the TV series. [![](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_small/11/111746/5096348-3648e252979f9dfce329cf3d768a9ab6.jpg) ](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_small/11/111746/5096348-3648e252979f9dfce329cf3d768a9ab6.jpg) [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTA_1FTzcASgsvsJBoTcCZwBadYFPW85OKGTdOqrT79xEYygPpFZXVEPc6g&s=10) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTA_1FTzcASgsvsJBoTcCZwBadYFPW85OKGTdOqrT79xEYygPpFZXVEPc6g&s=10) Good job, **DLR** (and a nod to **Prof P** for guessing correctly as well). ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/69 "2026-07-04T17:40:41Z")
Ok, I have heard of _the Sandman_, but would not have known enough about it to guess anything. Good for those of you who did recognize it. ---
**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 4, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/70 "2026-07-04T17:47:03Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > Ok, I have heard of _the Sandman_, but would not have known enough about it to guess anything. Yeah. What he said. I’ve heard of the place, but never as a person. (And I wouldn’t know Stephen Fry if he came up and bit me on the ankle, though there’s a slight chance that I might recognise Hugh Laurie.) ---
**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 4, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/71 "2026-07-04T18:27:30Z")
OK: I am **D**. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/InicialD.svg/960px-InicialD.svg.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/InicialD.svg/960px-InicialD.svg.png) ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/72 "2026-07-05T03:48:52Z")
Didn’t know of that character, but well done, **DLR**! D it is. IQs: Did your subordinates secretly create a crude spacecraft so that your world would be better treated? Were you Det. Lije Bailey’s android partner? Were you an officer of the Mad Scientists’ Club? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/73 "2026-07-05T06:11:11Z")
Nice guess, **DLR**! I’ve heard of the place, but never that it was personified. On to D. IQs: 1. Did your signature song help _Moonstruck_ be seen as a comedy? 2. Were your comics well known for their creative sound effects? 3. Were you the highest ranking black officer in the United States Colored Troops? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/74 "2026-07-05T10:31:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you beg your father not to get drunk this Christmas? 2. Did you play both the Marquis the Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson? 3. Did you write a poem with the line “Hope is the thing with feathers”? ---
**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 5, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/75 "2026-07-05T12:32:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your subordinates secretly create a crude spacecraft so that your world would be better treated? > Were you Det. Lije Bailey’s android partner? > Were you an officer of the Mad Scientists’ Club? Respectively: I am not King David. I am not Daneel Olivaw. Take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your signature song help _Moonstruck_ be seen as a comedy? > 2. Were your comics well known for their creative sound effects? > 3. Were you the highest ranking black officer in the United States Colored Troops? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Don Martin. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Eureka](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you beg your father not to get drunk this Christmas? > 2. Did you play both the Marquis the Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson? > 3. Did you write a poem with the line “Hope is the thing with feathers”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Emily Dickinson. ---
**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 5, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/76 "2026-07-05T13:48:09Z")
IQ1: Were you the second admiral in the US Navy? IQ2: Were you #1’s adoptive brother, the first admiral in the US Navy? IQ3: Did all the lassies ask where your troosers were? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/77 "2026-07-05T14:50:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you so impressed by Holden Caulfield , protagonist in _The Catcher in the Rye_, that led to you being incarcerated for life? 2. Did you provide many of the off-screen voices in the TV series you co-created? 3. Did you host a late-night TV show called “Freeze-Dried Movies”? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/78 "2026-07-05T15:08:42Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did your signature song help _Moonstruck_ be seen as a comedy? > > 2. Were your comics well known for their creative sound effects? > > 3. Were you the highest ranking black officer in the United States Colored Troops? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Don Martin. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Dean Martin (Once “That’s Amore” was added to _Moonstruck_’s opening credits, test audiences liked the film better). Correct on #2. #3 was Martin Delany. Martin x3 !! DQs: Fictional? Female? ---
**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 5, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/79 "2026-07-05T16:42:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the second admiral in the US Navy? > IQ2: Were you #1’s adoptive brother, the first admiral in the US Navy? > IQ3: Did all the lassies ask where your troosers were? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Donald. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you so impressed by Holden Caulfield , protagonist in _The Catcher in the Rye_, that led to you being incarcerated for life? > 2. Did you provide many of the off-screen voices in the TV series you co-created? > 3. Did you host a late-night TV show called “Freeze-Dried Movies”? 1. I am not Mark David Chapman. 2. I am not Larry David. 3. I an not David Letterman? DQs: 1. thought by some people to be real, by others to be imaginary 2. usually male, sometimes portrayed as female ---
**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 5, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/80 "2026-07-05T17:02:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the second admiral in the US Navy? > > IQ2: Were you #1’s adoptive brother, the first admiral in the US Navy? > > IQ3: Did all the lassies ask where your troosers were? > > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Donald. David Dixon Porter David Farragut correct Three DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=5)