# Botticelli March 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/241 "2023-03-13T23:58:05Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > DQs: > > 1. from a comic strip? > 2. African-American? Simplified DQ (eliminating redundant DQs) Male Fictional O is not last name Not really a Main Character American Character by an American creator Good Guy Human Homo sapien Created between 1980 and 1990 **African American** **From a comic strip** ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/242 "2023-03-14T00:07:11Z")
I’m gonna jump in early with … Are you _Bloom County’s_ Oliver Wendell Jones? ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/243 "2023-03-14T00:08:25Z")
That’d be my guess. **Buck,** you’ve handled your first hosting duty very well! Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/244 "2023-03-14T00:33:10Z")
Yup, The young genius, proto hacker and breaker or racial stereotypes. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/92/b5/4292b5ed5f7873306836f18a7f77b35b.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/92/b5/4292b5ed5f7873306836f18a7f77b35b.jpg) Well done ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness I was hoping to use Opus as a more salient defensive shield, but once you get the time period, medium and ethnicity there ain’t a whole lot of other options. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/245 "2023-03-14T01:02:17Z")
80s comic strip to me pretty much means _Bloom County_, _The Far Side_, and _Calvin and Hobbes_. No recurring characters in Far Side and a minimal cast, as befits a 6-year-old’s world view, in C&H. Great job on your first game hosting! Next up… **K** [![](https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/botanical-capital-letter-k-vector_53876-168114.jpg) ](https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/botanical-capital-letter-k-vector_53876-168114.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/246 "2023-03-14T02:34:00Z")
IQ: 1. Do you have a pet named after a military contractor 2. Did you act in a movie where I played tennis with a tiny racket 3. Do you deliver packages on a broom ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/247 "2023-03-14T02:37:40Z")
Congrats, Chock! IQs: 1. Were you one of two twin British gangsters in the 60s? 2. Were you the other one? 3. Did you write _The Beekeeper’s Apprentice_, and other Mary Russell mysteries? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/248 "2023-03-14T06:12:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Do you have a pet named after a military contractor > 2. Did you act in a movie where I played tennis with a tiny racket > 3. Do you deliver packages on a broom Take 2 DQs Not Kiki of the eponymous delivery service > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you one of two twin British gangsters in the 60s? > 2. Were you the other one? > 3. Did you write _The Beekeeper’s Apprentice_, and other Mary Russell mysteries? Neither Reggie nor Ronald Kray Take a DQ ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/249 "2023-03-14T12:12:26Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka The Shadow? 2. Are you the Austrian Symbolist painter of _The Kiss_? 3. Do a number of the Psalms have a header indicating the psalm is to be sing to the tune of “For the Sons of” you? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/250 "2023-03-14T12:46:23Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Neither Reggie nor Ronald Kray > Take a DQ 3 was Laurie King. DQ: real? IQs: 1. Did you contribute “Loose Lips” and other songs to the soundtrack of _Juno_? 2. Did you invent a two-wheeled personal transportation device? 3. Did you work on a film about Napoleon for years? ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/251 "2023-03-14T14:38:21Z")
IQ1: Were you really John Clayton? IQ2: Were you a mysterious 19th-century German boy? IQ3: Were you usually Lester Dent? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/252 "2023-03-14T17:15:35Z")
**K** 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/253 "2023-03-14T17:17:47Z")
1. Were you the main character in the book **Crystal Singer** by Anne McCaffrey? 2. Arec you the main character of Anne McCaffrey’s short story _The Smallest Dragonboy_? 3. Are you known as Vetch in the first book of Mercedes Lackey’s Dragon Jousters quartet? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/254 "2023-03-14T17:18:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you aka The Shadow? > 2. Are you the Austrian Symbolist painter of _The Kiss_? > 3. Do a number of the Psalms have a header indicating the psalm is to be sing to the tune of “For the Sons of” you? Not Kent Allard Take 2 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you contribute “Loose Lips” and other songs to the soundtrack of _Juno_? > 2. Did you invent a two-wheeled personal transportation device? > 3. Did you work on a film about Napoleon for years? Take 3 DQs > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you really John Clayton? > IQ2: Were you a mysterious 19th-century German boy? > IQ3: Were you usually Lester Dent? Take 3 DQs - I know the last one is the Doc Savage guy’s house name, but I can’t remember his real name. > [@kitap](#): > > - Were you the main character in the book **Crystal Singer** by Anne McCaffrey? > - Arec you the main character of Anne McCaffrey’s short story _The Smallest Dragonboy_? > - Are you known as Vetch in the first book of Mercedes Lackey’s Dragon Jousters quartet? And another 3 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:** [March 14, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/255 "2023-03-14T17:19:51Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you really John Clayton? > > IQ2: Were you a mysterious 19th-century German boy? > > IQ3: Were you usually Lester Dent? > > Take 3 DQs - I know the last one is the Doc Savage guy’s house name, but I can’t remember his real name. Korak the Killer Kaspar Hauser Kenneth Robeson DQ1: Male? DQ2: Known for the Arts? DQ3: Living? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/256 "2023-03-14T17:20:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you contribute “Loose Lips” and other songs to the soundtrack of _Juno_? > 2. Did you invent a two-wheeled personal transportation device? > 3. Did you work on a film about Napoleon for years? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take 3 DQs 1 was Kimya Dawson; 2 was Segway inventor Dean Kamen; 3 was Stanley Kubrick. DQ: first name begins with K? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/257 "2023-03-14T17:23:26Z")
**K** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Known for the Arts 4. Dead 5. Last name begins with K ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/258 "2023-03-14T17:46:22Z")
I think the reason > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Do you have a pet named after a military contractor > > 2. Did you act in a movie where I played tennis with a tiny racket > > 3. Do you deliver packages on a broom > > Take 2 DQs > Not Kiki of the eponymous delivery service 1. Kitty Pryde aka Ariel aka Shadowcat, has a pet dragon named Lockheed 2. Katherine Hepburn in the movie Pat and Mike has an anxiety induced hallucination while playing tennis where she imagines her racket super small and her opponents racket super big. 3. Correct DQ: 1. Actor? Reserve 1 IQ: 1. Did you drive around in an intelligent black TransAm solving crimes? 2. Were you the intellegent TransAm that was driven? 3. Do you know when to Hold Em’? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/259 "2023-03-14T18:44:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create the Maxx? 2. Were you a goth girl, interested in the occult, and part of the Extreme iteration of your mentor’s organization? 3. Are you buried in Highgate Cemetery? DQs: 1. American? 2. died after 1900? ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/260 "2023-03-14T18:46:22Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you aka The Shadow? > > 2. Are you the Austrian Symbolist painter of _The Kiss_? > > 3. Do a number of the Psalms have a header indicating the psalm is to be sing to the tune of “For the Sons of” you? > > Not Kent Allard > Take 2 DQs Correct. #2 was Gustav Klimt. #3 was Korah. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=14)