# Botticelli - March 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 27, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978 "2017-02-27T20:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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 19, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/281 "2017-03-19T18:36:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a fictional 19th-century detective? > IQ2: Were you a fictional 20th-century secret agent with the same name? > IQ3: Are you a real 21st-century musician with the same name? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hmm - dunno x3. Nick Carter x3! DQ1: Would be alive today if real? DQ2: Generally considered a good guy? One DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/282 "2017-03-19T18:42:53Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not originally from television 8. created before 2000 9. not of British origin 10. would be dead today, if real 11. neither good nor bad, I’d say - kinda neutral ---
**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:** [March 19, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/283 "2017-03-19T21:30:16Z")
It’s a sweep. Well done. IQs: 1. Did you hang around with Spinner and Paddlefoot? 2. Did you have a hit with the song _Reefer Man_? 3. Were you one of the creators of the third (and 3.5) edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and the creator of _Ptolus_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/284 "2017-03-19T21:38:46Z")
DQ: From film? DQ: European origin? holding a DQ ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/285 "2017-03-20T03:28:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hang around with Spinner and Paddlefoot? > 2. Did you have a hit with the song _Reefer Man_? > 3. Were you one of the creators of the third (and 3.5) edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and the creator of _Ptolus_? Dunno, not Cheech or Chong, and dunno. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not originally from television 8. created before 2000 9. not of British origin 10. would be dead today, if real 11. neither good nor bad, I’d say - kinda neutral 12. not from film 13. not of European origin ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/286 "2017-03-20T14:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hang around with Spinner and Paddlefoot? > 2. Did you have a hit with the song Reefer Man? > 3. Were you one of the creators of the third (and 3.5) edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and the creator of Ptolus? > Dunno, not Cheech or Chong, and dunno. #1 was Clutch Cargo. #2 was Cab Calloway. #3 was Monte Cook. DQ: From a song? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/287 "2017-03-20T17:46:50Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not originally from television 8. created before 2000 9. not of British origin 10. would be dead today, if real 11. neither good nor bad, I’d say - kinda neutral 12. not from film 13. not of European origin 14. from a song ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/288 "2017-03-20T18:14:56Z")
DQ: Of Latin American/South American/Caribbean origin? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/289 "2017-03-20T19:56:49Z")
IQ1: Did Lynyrd Skynyrd sing that you were the finest picker to ever play the blues? IQ2: Did Ozzy Osbourne ask what went wrong in your head and did you talk to the dead? IQ3: In song, did you on one calm summer night, go home and put a bullet through your head? That’s all the males with C names from songs that I can remember. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/290 "2017-03-20T20:29:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Lynyrd Skynyrd sing that you were the finest picker to ever play the blues? > IQ2: Did Ozzy Osbourne ask what went wrong in your head and did you talk to the dead? > IQ3: In song, did you on one calm summer night, go home and put a bullet through your head?.. Dunno x3. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not originally from television 8. created before 2000 9. not of British origin 10. would be dead today, if real 11. neither good nor bad, I’d say - kinda neutral 12. not from film 13. not of European origin 14. from a song 15. not of Latin American/South American/Caribbean origin ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/291 "2017-03-20T21:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Lynyrd Skynyrd sing that you were the finest picker to ever play the blues? > IQ2: Did Ozzy Osbourne ask what went wrong in your head and did you talk to the dead? > IQ3: In song, did you on one calm summer night, go home and put a bullet through your head? > … > Dunno x3. Curtis Lowe, Mr. Crowley, Richard Cory DQ: Of Asian origin? holding 3 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:** [March 21, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/292 "2017-03-21T04:34:57Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not originally from television 8. created before 2000 9. not of British origin 10. would be dead today, if real 11. neither good nor bad, I’d say - kinda neutral 12. not from film 13. not of European origin 14. from a song 15. not of Latin American/South American/Caribbean origin 16. not of Asian origin ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/293 "2017-03-21T08:24:04Z")
Just where are those wild geese? DQ: African origin? 2 DQs in reserve ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/294 "2017-03-21T12:29:57Z")
DQ: Protagonist? ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/295 "2017-03-21T15:39:08Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not originally from prose fiction 5. not created by an American or Americans 6. created after 1950 7. not originally from television 8. created before 2000 9. not of British origin 10. would be dead today, if real 11. neither good nor bad, I’d say - kinda neutral 12. not from film 13. not of European origin 14. from a song 15. not of Latin American/South American/Caribbean origin 16. not of Asian origin 17. not of African origin 18. protagonist ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/296 "2017-03-21T15:58:12Z")
IQs: 1. Did you “keep his cockatoo cool”? 2. Are you a leading female American artist known for large art installation pieces? 3. Did you have a hit with your album _Tapestry_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/297 "2017-03-21T17:10:50Z")
IQ1: Did you tan his hide when he died and hang it on the shed? ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/298 "2017-03-21T20:30:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you “keep his cockatoo cool”? > 2. Are you a leading female American artist known for large art installation pieces? > 3. Did you have a hit with your album _Tapestry_? Dunno x2; not Carole King. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you tan his hide when he died and hang it on the shed? Hmm. Dunno. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/299 "2017-03-21T20:46:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you “keep his cockatoo cool”? > 2. Are you a leading female American artist known for large art installation pieces? > 3. Did you have a hit with your album Tapestry? > Dunno x2; not Carole King. #1 is Curl (or Carl) from the Australian novelty song _Tie Me Kangaroo Down_. #2 is Judy Chicago. Correct on #3. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/300 "2017-03-21T22:56:24Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you tan his hide when he died and hang it on the shed? > Hmm. Dunno. Clyde, also from Tie Me Kangaroo Down. DQ: of Australian/New Zealand origin? 2 DQs in reserve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978.md?page=16)