# 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:** 15
**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/281 "2023-06-27T21:28:25Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > **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 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graveyard_Book) > > Congratulations, SMV! Once you specified Neil Gaiman in your DQ, I figured you probably had it Thanks! No, like the Prof, I’ve only read that one once - it’s not one of my favorite of Gaiman’s. But in hindsight, I realize you gave me a pretty big clue in your answer > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > From a single work, but my author has also written series (for example, a character from Neil Gaiman’s _Neverwhere_ or _Coraline_ **or ???** ) I figured it had to be a Gaiman character, then. As an interesting side note, I went back and looked at the character list for _Neverwhere_, to see if I’d overlooked one. Google took me to the website for the BBC Radio 4 production in 2013, and holy moly, I didn’t realize it was so full of future stars - James McAvoy as Richard Mayhew, Natalie Dormer as Door, Anthony Head as Mr. Croup, David Harewood as the Marquis de Carabas, Benedict Cumberbatch (perfect!) as the Angel Islington, and Christopher Lee (!) as the Earl of Earl’s Court. Okay, next person coming soon! ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/282 "2023-06-27T23:23:49Z")
Congrats Slow moving Vehicle. I’ve read a bunch of Gaiman but not that one. Although even if I had I probably wouldn’t remember it. I’m exceptionally bad remembering names. I can binge watch 20 episodes of a series and still not remember the name of the main character out of context. ☹ ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/283 "2023-06-27T23:25:10Z")
**SMV** , players are not supposed to do research in Botticelli. The Game Master can, but only to ensure correct answers. ---
**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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/284 "2023-06-27T23:44:46Z")
EH is right. Linking to the rules as we do 'em: [Botticelli General Questions - #31 by Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-general-questions/844223/31) ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/285 "2023-06-28T11:17:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **SMV** , players are not supposed to do research in Botticelli. The Game Master can, but only to ensure correct answers. Yes, I know that using the internet is cheating; doing so takes all the challenge out of the game, and then what’s the point? In my own defense, after @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness’s hint > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > will say that one of Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle’s DQs came so close that I thought SLV already had figured it out. I knew the answer had to be a character from one of Neil Gaiman’s one-off novels. I also strongly suspected wasn’t one from _Neverwhere_ or _Coraline_, after his _“or ???”_ addendum to my DQ. 23. _American Gods_ was out, as that has sequels in “Monarch of the Glen” and _Anansi Boys_ (sort of). _Mirrormask_ was a graphic novel. So that left _The Ocean at the Bottom of the Lane_, and _The Graveyard Book_, both of which I’d read but whose protagonists’ exact names I couldn’t recall. (It also left his recent book about Norse mythology, but those obviously aren’t original characters.) So I’d pretty much narrowed it down before I went to Google to confirm Bod’s name. I could also tell from the rest of y’all’s responses that you were stumped. However, I will submit this to the judgment of the group; if you feel I’ve violated the spirit of the game, I will forfeit my guess and let @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness pick another; whatever you all feel is fair. I won’t interfere in your discussion, but abide your judgment. ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/286 "2023-06-28T12:45:54Z")
No, go ahead and host the next round. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/287 "2023-06-28T15:13:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > No, go ahead and host the next round Thanks, but I’ll wait for @Elendil_s_Heir, @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness, and @Buck_Godot to weigh in. ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/288 "2023-06-28T16:25:16Z")
I’m fine with you getting credit for the win. I threw in the “or ???” as a hint that Gaiman was the author, and you picked up on it. ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/289 "2023-06-28T17:15:00Z")
I think **CFOHG** ought to go again. Just my two cents’ worth. ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/290 "2023-06-28T17:49:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I think **CFOHG** ought to go again. Just my two cents’ worth I’m okay with that. I’d rather lose the round than have one of the other players think I won unfairly. And @Elendil_s_Heir is a poster whose opinion I regard. ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/291 "2023-06-28T19:29:00Z")
Sounds like I’m up again. After checking the list I am **T** [![](https://www.creativefabrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/13/1657742360/Mandala-alphabet-letter-T-580x386.jpg) ](https://www.creativefabrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/13/1657742360/Mandala-alphabet-letter-T-580x386.jpg) ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/292 "2023-06-28T20:34:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Silmarillion_? 2. Did you slay the Minotaur? 3. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/293 "2023-06-28T21:24:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and a partner recently buy and overhaul Casa Bonita? 2. Were you “His Accidency”? 3. Did you claim to give birth to a bunch of rabbits? ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/294 "2023-06-28T21:37:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Silmarillion_? > 2. Did you slay the Minotaur? > 3. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? Not J.R.R.Tolkein Not Theseus DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you and a partner recently buy and overhaul Casa Bonita? > 2. Were you “His Accidency”? > 3. Did you claim to give birth to a bunch of rabbits? Not Trey Parker Not President John Tyler DQ ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/295 "2023-06-28T21:53:00Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Trey Parker > Not President John Tyler > DQ 3 was Mary Toft. DQ: real? ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/296 "2023-06-28T22:12:38Z")
**T** 1. Fictional ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/297 "2023-06-28T22:18:41Z")
IQ1-2: Were you a married couple who starred in several stories by Agatha Christie? IQ3: Were you Honey Wheeler’s governess? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/298 "2023-06-28T22:21:36Z")
IQs: 1. Have you been played by a badger and (in a way) Mel Brooks? 2. Is your autobiography _sTORI Telling_ [sic]? 3. Is a New Jersey rest stop named after you? ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/299 "2023-06-28T22:49:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you write _The Silmarillion_? > > 2. Did you slay the Minotaur? > > 3. Did you write _The Wonderful O_? > > Not J.R.R.Tolkein > Not Theseus > DQ Correct x2, James Thurber. DQ: Male? ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/300 "2023-06-28T23:21:45Z")
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