# 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:** 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:** [March 22, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/301 "2017-03-22T03:33:19Z")
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 19. not of Australian/New Zealand origin As we have several reserved DQs, I won’t tackle any more IQs. Please ask all remaining earned DQs in the next 48 hours. ---
**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 22, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/302 "2017-03-22T03:48:53Z")
DQs: 1. Canadian or Native American? 2. Created after 1970? ---
**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 22, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/303 "2017-03-22T11:26:38Z")
DQ: Created by a female songwriter? I can only think of five Canadian/First Nations songwriters, and three of them are female. ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/304 "2017-03-22T12:07:09Z")
DQ: Top 40/Pop genre? 1 DQ remaining, doubt I’ll be able to use it for the game guess. I am genuinely stumped. ---
**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 22, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/305 "2017-03-22T15:43:14Z")
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 19. not of Australian/New Zealand origin 20. of Canadian or Native American origin 21. created before 1970 22. created by a male songwriter 23. not of Top 40/Pop genre ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/306 "2017-03-22T16:02:15Z")
Let me think… Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen and Paul Anka are all Canadians who were active then… ---
**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 22, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/307 "2017-03-22T19:54:33Z")
It could be a rock song, and Canadian artists of that period include The Guess Who, Steppenwolf & Neil Young. ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/308 "2017-03-22T21:00:23Z")
Ian Tyson… ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/309 "2017-03-22T21:09:45Z")
Hank Snow… ---
**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 23, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/310 "2017-03-23T15:05:07Z")
Denny Doherty is Canadian, and I think Zal Yanovsky is, too. However, I can’t come up with any sort of answer. ☹ ---
**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 23, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/311 "2017-03-23T15:13:38Z")
DQ: Are you the **Captain** of the Edmund Fitzgerald? ---
**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 23, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/312 "2017-03-23T17:09:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you the **Captain** of the Edmund Fitzgerald? I don’t recall his name, but no, I am not. ---
**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 23, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/313 "2017-03-23T19:11:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t recall his name, but no, I am not. I don’t think he was named. Just “the captain”. ---
**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 23, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/314 "2017-03-23T21:33:41Z")
Are you Champagne Charlie? ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/315 "2017-03-24T03:51:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Champagne Charlie? I am not. 48 hours having passed, I will tell you that " Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train…" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Night\_They\_Drove\_Old\_Dixie\_Down Written by Robbie Robertson, a Canadian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie\_Robertson ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/316 "2017-03-24T12:01:36Z")
Well, no use playing Botticelli anymore, 'cause EH has taken the very best. 🙂 Good one. ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/317 "2017-03-24T12:24:14Z")
Well, I certainly never would have thought of him! Good (but fiendish :D) choice. ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/318 "2017-03-24T12:52:08Z")
I know the tune, I know the chorus, but I didn’t know the words. You really strained my brain on this one, EH. ---
**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 25, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/319 "2017-03-25T04:05:08Z")
Thanks, all. That was fun! Our next letter is A ---
**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 25, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/320 "2017-03-25T11:34:14Z")
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