# Botticelli - March 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774 "2013-03-01T22:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [March 30, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/301 "2013-03-30T20:15:02Z")
I had a guess, but as “born after 1940” meant that etv’s person is too young, I checked - the one I was thinking of is actually an M, not a K. And I still have two more DQs, as well… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/302 "2013-03-30T22:12:10Z")
Is it the person you allude to in post #284? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/303 "2013-03-31T00:33:14Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/304 "2013-04-01T16:49:01Z")
Just bumping so we can polish this baby off. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/305 "2013-04-02T05:56:21Z")
Still stumped. As I wrote before, I yield my five earned DQs, one per customer, to other players. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/306 "2013-04-02T06:27:02Z")
Use up those 7 DQs! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/307 "2013-04-03T02:50:31Z")
DQ: Served in the Army? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/308 "2013-04-03T03:19:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I am: > > 1.Real, living American Male > 2.The non-fiction book he wrote before 2003 is his most notable contribution to the Arts > 3.Born between 1940 and 1959 > 4.Served in the Army > 5.Not an Actor > 6.Shared an award, won medals outright > 7.Last initial is “K” > 8.Not in Politics Updating/consolidating DQs ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/309 "2013-04-03T04:45:01Z")
Still stumped, but… DQs: Served in Vietnam War? Nonfiction book was about military service? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/310 "2013-04-03T04:55:11Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I am: > > 1.Real living American male (4) > 2.His non-fiction book, written before 2003, his best known contribution to the Arts, discussed his medal winning Army service in Vietnam (6) > 3.Born between 1940 and 1959 (2) > 4.Not an Actor (1) > 5.Shared an Award (1) > 6.Last initial is “K” (1) > 7.Never in Politics (1) Further updating DQs Numbers in parenthesis indicate how many DQs each clue answers ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/311 "2013-04-03T05:39:59Z")
I don’t know his name, but I’ll take a stab: IQ: Did you write a Vietnam War book later made into a movie with Mel Gibson? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/312 "2013-04-03T17:58:50Z")
**EH** -Don’t know that movie, but the book was adapted fo the screen. Use up the DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/313 "2013-04-03T18:14:53Z")
IQ: Did Tom Cruise play you in the film based on your book? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/314 "2013-04-03T18:28:11Z")
Our long game is finally over! I am Ron Kovic! Nice job ' **nerd**! ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/315 "2013-04-03T19:24:34Z")
“Ron Kovic”? Who’s he when he’s up and dressed? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/316 "2013-04-03T19:27:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t know his name, but I’ll take a stab: > > IQ: > > Did you write a Vietnam War book later made into a movie with Mel Gibson? Were you thinking of _We Were Soldiers Once … and Young_? That’s the one I was thinking of earlier - it was written by Hal Moore. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/317 "2013-04-03T20:08:31Z")
Ron wrote the book (and co-won an Oscar for the Screenplay for) “Born on the Fourth of July”. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/318 "2013-04-03T20:11:05Z")
Thanks, **etv** - that was a good one. I think we’ll hop back onto the alphabetical train with **N**. I’ll be back to answer IQs just as soon as I figure out who it’s going to be… ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/319 "2013-04-04T01:11:31Z")
Got someone - new thread for April [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687163). ---
**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:** [April 4, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/320 "2013-04-04T13:21:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Were you thinking of _We Were Soldiers Once … and Young_? That’s the one I was thinking of earlier - it was written by Hal Moore. Yes, that’s the one. Thanks. Good job, **Enginerd**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=15)