# Botticelli - March 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 6, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004 "2020-03-06T12:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 6, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/1 "2020-03-06T12:08:34Z")
I am G! Previous thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889499](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889499) ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/2 "2020-03-06T13:55:37Z")
And off we go! IQs: Were you nicknamed, among other things, “Old Slow Trot”? Did you write a famous 1790 letter to Jewish leaders in Rhode Island? Did the same actor play you and a crusty old Minnesota businessman? ---
**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 6, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/3 "2020-03-06T14:25:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > And off we go! > > IQs: > > Were you nicknamed, among other things, “Old Slow Trot”? > Did you write a famous 1790 letter to Jewish leaders in Rhode Island? > Did the same actor play you and a crusty old Minnesota businessman? Take 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 6, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/4 "2020-03-06T20:12:24Z")
Previous IQs: Were you nicknamed, among other things, “Old Slow Trot”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame (from his time as a cavalry instructor at West Point) Did you write a famous 1790 letter to Jewish leaders in Rhode Island? - President George Washington: [https://www.tourosynagogue.org/history-learning/gw-letter](https://www.tourosynagogue.org/history-learning/gw-letter) Did the same actor play you and a crusty old Minnesota businessman? - Harve Presnell played both Gen. George C. Marshall in _Saving Private Ryan_ and the old coot from \*Fargo \* > **[harve presnell – Shapstik on Screen](https://shapstikonscreen.wordpress.com/tag/harve-presnell/)** > > Posts about harve presnell written by rossshapland > **[Fargo (1996)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/mediaviewer/rm2376375553)** > > Harve Presnell in Fargo (1996) George x3! DQs: Real? Male? American? IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend and later wife? Were you Mr. Darcy’s innocent little sister? Did Gen. Washington approve a plan to kidnap you while you were visiting NYC? ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/5 "2020-03-07T11:21:41Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not an American, but created by American authors ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/6 "2020-03-07T11:22:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Real? > Male? > American? > > IQs: > > Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend and later wife? > Were you Mr. Darcy’s innocent little sister? > Did Gen. Washington approve a plan to kidnap you while you were visiting NYC? #1. I am not Georgette. #2. I am not Georgianna. #3. I am not George III. That’s probably wrong, so take 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 7, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/7 "2020-03-07T20:27:41Z")
IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend and later wife? - Yes, Georgette, on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ Were you Mr. Darcy’s innocent little sister? - Yes, Georgiana (one “n”), in _Pride and Prejudice_ Did Gen. Washington approve a plan to kidnap you while you were visiting NYC? - Actually 'twas the future George IV, when he was a young prince visiting the colonies during the Revolution DQ: Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did a cartoon show you scaring a farmer by your forceful questioning? Did a biographer say you’d done little but work on your stamp collection and shoot small animals? Did you marry a Bowes-Lyon girl? ---
**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 7, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/8 "2020-03-07T22:10:54Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not an American, but created by American authors 4. Would most probably not be alive today if real, although with some stories you never can tell ---
**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 7, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/9 "2020-03-07T22:11:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a cartoon show you scaring a farmer by your forceful questioning? > Did a biographer say you’d done little but work on your stamp collection and shoot small animals? > Did you marry a Bowes-Lyon girl? Take 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 8, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/10 "2020-03-08T04:21:12Z")
Previous IQs: Did a cartoon show you scaring a farmer by your forceful questioning? - King George I Did a biographer say you’d done little but work on your stamp collection and shoot small animals? - George V Did you marry a Bowes-Lyon girl? - The future George VI, father of Queen Elizabeth II George x3 redux! DQs: European? Last name start with G? First appeared since 1950? IQs: Is a Ramsay portrait of you mentioned in _First Among Equals_? Were you a noted New York financier and diarist during the Civil War? Did you provide that person’s voice in a Ken Burns documentary? ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/11 "2020-03-08T12:04:52Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not an American, but created by American authors 4. Quasi-Europeanish, if you squint really hard and look at it like one of those magic pictures from the 90s 5. Both names start with G 6. First appeared after 1950 ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/12 "2020-03-08T12:05:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Is a Ramsay portrait of you mentioned in _First Among Equals_? > Were you a noted New York financier and diarist during the Civil War? > Did you provide that person’s voice in a Ken Burns documentary? 1. I am not George Washington. (?) Take 2 DQs for the other Georges. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/13 "2020-03-08T12:06:19Z")
1. Did you write My Side of the Mountain? 2. Did you sing Wichita Lineman? 3. Are you perhaps best known for singing about a ship’s demise? ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/14 "2020-03-08T12:13:45Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write My Side of the Mountain? > 2. Did you sing Wichita Lineman? > 3. Are you perhaps best known for singing about a ship’s demise? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Glen Campbell. #3. I an not Gordon Lightfoot. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/15 "2020-03-08T15:05:49Z")
#1 is Jean Craighead George. DQ: From a movie? ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/16 "2020-03-08T15:52:58Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not an American, but created by American authors 4. Not European 5. Both names start with G 6. First appeared after 1950 7. Not from a movie The more I thought about #4, the more I realized my previous answer was going to probably mislead. ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/17 "2020-03-09T04:07:39Z")
Previous IQs: Is a Ramsay portrait of you mentioned in _First Among Equals_? - No, I already asked a George Washington question - this was King George III; the Ramsay portrait hangs in Buckingham Palace Were you a noted New York financier and diarist during the Civil War? - George Templeton Strong Did you provide that person’s voice in a Ken Burns documentary? - George Plimpton, in _The Civil War_ George 3x redux redux! DQs: First appeared after 2000? First appeared in print? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you indict Clay Shaw but not win a conviction? Were you a firebreathing abolitionist editor? Did you complain bitterly when a local paper wrote about your fancy big new house? ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/18 "2020-03-09T09:38:47Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not an American, but created by American authors 4. Not European 5. Both names start with G 6. First appeared after 1950 7. Not from a movie 8. First appeared before 2000 9. Only appeared in print 10. Alive at the end of the story This is the best possible answer to your question. ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/19 "2020-03-09T09:40:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you indict Clay Shaw but not win a conviction? > Were you a firebreathing abolitionist editor? > Did you complain bitterly when a local paper wrote about your fancy big new house? 1. I am not William Lloyd Garrison. Take 2 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 9, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004/20 "2020-03-09T17:15:38Z")
Previous IQs: Did you indict Clay Shaw but not win a conviction? - Jim Garrison, the hero (wrongly IMHO) of Oliver Stone’s _JFK_ Were you a firebreathing abolitionist editor? - Yes, William Lloyd Garrison of _The Liberator_ Did you complain bitterly when a local paper wrote about your fancy big new house? - Garrison Keillor Garrison x3! DQs: Protagonist? Born in the Northern Hemisphere? IQs: Did Conan O’Brien come to your apartment door and you turned him away, much to his regret? Were you a notable alien prostitute in _THGTTG_? Did two spinster sisters say that a character you played was “pixilated”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2020/849004.md?page=2)