# Botticelli - March 2015

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 1, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955 "2015-03-01T21:49:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**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:** [April 3, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/501 "2015-04-03T13:10:36Z")

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I’ve tried Ross and White. I’m out of guesses.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/502 "2015-04-03T16:59:51Z")

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Oooooooh… thanks for telling us he’s better known for something BESIDES being a Senator. Yes, he was a Senator, but I’m betting no one would remember him except for the fact that…

IQ) Did Martin Luther King lead a protest march over a bridge named in your honor?

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**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 4, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/503 "2015-04-04T00:05:18Z")

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Pass.

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**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, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/504 "2015-04-04T04:04:23Z")

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No more IQs, **astorian**. Do you have a Firstname Lastname guess?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/505 "2015-04-04T14:51:03Z")

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Are you Confederate officer, Senator and Klansman Edmund Pettus?

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**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, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/506 "2015-04-04T21:42:13Z")

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Yes, indeed, I am a very unpleasant man best known for the bridge named after me,

Edmund Pettus

> **[Edmund Pettus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Pettus)**
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> Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the war, he was politically active in the Ku Klux Klan, a domestic terrorist, racist and antisemitic organization, serving as a Grand Dragon.
> The Edmund Pettus Bridge across the Alabama River in Selma, built...

Well done, **astorian**! Thought I’d stumped you all. I suggest you start a new Botticelli thread for April.

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**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 5, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/507 "2015-04-05T04:40:43Z")

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April thread: [Botticelli April 2015 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=753592)

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**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:** [April 5, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2015/713955/508 "2015-04-05T21:49:25Z")

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Wow, don’t recall ever hearing of him. WTG, astorian!

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