# Botticelli June 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-06-01T14:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/261 "2023-06-25T22:35:55Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work 5. Not American 6. Would be alive today, if real 7. Written after 1900 8. European author 9. Protagonist 10. From genre fiction 11. From Science fiction or fantasy 12. From book originally written in English language 13. Not a comic character 14. Urban fantasy 15. Male author 16. Not a magic user in the sense of wands and spells, but has some supernatural abilities 17. Character from the British Isles 18. Written after 1970 19. Not from a series of books 20. British author 21. Written after 2000 22. Last name does not start with O’ (but does start with O per #3) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/262 "2023-06-26T00:32:29Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Are you an icon of your type of music, but possessed of an accent so thick many people assume you have a speech impediment? > > 2. Are you a Bond villain henchman whose actor was nearly electrocuted (and suffered a badly-burned hand) filming your death scene? > > 3. Are you a popular Marvel actress, playing a long running character, who can bend your thumbs back nearly 90°? > > DQ > Not Oddjob > Not Elizabeth Olsen > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > So I’ll let you decide if that’s worth a DQ or no. > > I probably still wouldn’t have gotten it, so take the second DQ. Correct on Oddjob and Elizabeth Olsen. No. 1 was Ozzy Osbourne. DQs: 1. Are you from a single work, but your author has also written series (for example, a character from Neil Gaiman’s _Neverwhere_ or _Coraline_)? 2. Is yours a typical British name (i.e., Anglo-Saxon or Celtic)? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/263 "2023-06-26T00:55:15Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work 5. Not American 6. Would be alive today, if real 7. Written after 1900 8. European author 9. Protagonist 10. From genre fiction 11. From Science fiction or fantasy 12. From book originally written in English language 13. Not a comic character 14. Urban fantasy 15. Male author 16. Not a magic user in the sense of wands and spells, but has _learned_ some supernatural abilities 17. Character from the British Isles 18. Written after 1970 19. Not from a series of books 20. British author 21. Written after 2000 22. Last name does not start with O’ (but does start with O per #3) 23. From a single work, but my author has also written series (for example, a character from Neil Gaiman’s _Neverwhere_ or _Coraline_ or) 24. Last name is a typical British name (i.e., Anglo-Saxon or Celtic); first name is not NOTE: update to #16 ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/264 "2023-06-26T02:07:03Z")
Hmm. I have a feeling I will have never heard of this character before. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/265 "2023-06-26T13:52:34Z")
Hmmm… Cordwainer Oldham? Ogham Owens? Meretricious Overton? I’m not coming up with anyone either. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/266 "2023-06-26T19:28:09Z")
By my count @Buck_Godot still has one outstanding DQ. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/267 "2023-06-26T20:28:34Z")
Last DQ: 1. 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:** [June 26, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/268 "2023-06-26T21:49:29Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with O 4. From a literary work 5. Not American 6. Would be alive today, if real 7. Written after 1900 8. European author 9. Protagonist 10. From genre fiction 11. From Science fiction or fantasy 12. From book originally written in English language 13. Not a comic character 14. Urban fantasy 15. Male author 16. Not a magic user in the sense of wands and spells, but has _learned_ some supernatural abilities 17. Character from the British Isles 18. Written after 1970 19. Not from a series of books 20. British author 21. Written after 2000 22. Last name does not start with O’ (but does start with O per #3) 23. From a single work, but my author has also written series (for example, a character from Neil Gaiman’s _Neverwhere_ or _Coraline_ or ???) 24. Last name is a typical British name (i.e., Anglo-Saxon or Celtic); first name is not 25. 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:** [June 26, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/269 "2023-06-26T23:51:05Z")
All DQs have been asked. Get in your firstname-lastname guesses by 9 pm PDT tomorrow, Tuesday, June 27th. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/270 "2023-06-27T02:42:37Z")
Still stumped. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/271 "2023-06-27T10:19:06Z")
I got nuttin’. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/272 "2023-06-27T12:24:51Z")
I got plenty of nuttin’. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/273 "2023-06-27T12:39:14Z")
Think it’s up to you, @Buck_Godot. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/274 "2023-06-27T16:02:24Z")
I’m stumped. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/275 "2023-06-27T16:15:32Z")
Best I can come up with is one of the principles from _Jonathan Strange and Mr. N. Orrell_. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/276 "2023-06-27T16:49:50Z")
I will say that one of Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle’s DQs came so close that I thought SLV already had figured it out. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/277 "2023-06-27T16:54:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Best I can come up with is one of the principles from _Jonathan Strange and Mr. N. Orrell_. > 😛 Heh. I had a similar thought. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/278 "2023-06-27T19:00:55Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > I will say that one of Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle’s DQs came so close that I thought SLV already had figured it out Okay, I’ll shoot my bolt: Are you Nobody Owens, from Neil Gaiman’s _The Graveyard Book_? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/279 "2023-06-27T20:18:13Z")
**YES!!** I am indeed **Nobody “Bod” Owens** Protaganist of Neil Gaiman’s Hugo, Newbery and Carnegie Award winning 2008 novel _The Graveyard Book_. > **[The Graveyard Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graveyard_Book)** > > The Graveyard Book is a young adult novel written by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America in 2008. The Graveyard Book traces the story of the boy Nobody "Bod" Owens who is adopted and reared by the supernatural occupants of a graveyard after his family is brutally murdered. > Gaiman won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Newbery Medal recognizing the year's best children's books, the first time both named the same work.\[a\] The Graveyard ... Congratulations, SMV! Once you specified Neil Gaiman in your DQ, I figured you probably had it. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/280 "2023-06-27T20:41:21Z")
Great choice, **Chock!** Nicely guessed, **SMV!** I read the book once when it first came out, and haven’t read it since. I liked it, but the character’s names didn’t stick. (I did remember “Nobody”, but not Owens.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=15)