# 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:** 20
**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 20, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/381 "2023-03-20T17:44:19Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with T ---
**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 20, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/382 "2023-03-20T18:06:22Z")
DQs 1: Known for the arts? 2: Claim to fame overlapped with the 20th century? ---
**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, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/383 "2023-03-20T18:50:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did you do the original illustrations for _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_? 2. Were you a Missouri haberdasher who went on to much bigger things? 3. Did you write _The Bromeliad Trilogy_? ---
**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, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/384 "2023-03-20T19:31:01Z")
Swept me as to those who inspired the middle names of James Tiberius Kirk and William Tecumseh Sherman. As to Elessar’s royal house, yeah, you’re right - question withdrawn (it was Telcontar, BTW). IQs: Were you first officer of the USS _Enterprise_ in an alternative timeline in which Spock died as a boy? Were you captain of the _Protector_? Were you Governor of Illinois in the Eighties? ---
**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, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/385 "2023-03-20T19:50:49Z")
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**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 20, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/386 "2023-03-20T20:13:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you do the original illustrations for _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_? > 2. Were you a Missouri haberdasher who went on to much bigger things? > 3. Did you write _The Bromeliad Trilogy_? 1. I am not John Tenniel. 2. I am not Harry S Truman. 3. I am not Terry Pratchett. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you first officer of the USS _Enterprise_ in an alternative timeline in which Spock died as a boy? > Were you captain of the _Protector_? > Were you Governor of Illinois in the Eighties? Respectively: I am not Thelin. I am not Peter Quincy Taggart. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with T 4. known for the arts 5. claim to fame does not overlap with the 20th century ---
**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, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/387 "2023-03-20T20:51:54Z")
Correct, correct and Jim Thompson. DQ: Living? IQs: Were you a Jewish biomedical scientist in the cloning novel _Joshua Son of None_? Were you the Dwarven blacksmith who forged Elendil’s sword Narsil? Were you the grumpy cashier at the Krusty Krab? ---
**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 20, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/388 "2023-03-20T20:59:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a young Vet practicing with your brother and his partner in the Yorkshire Dales? 2. Were you an exiled alien posing as a student in a boarding school when the Doctor found you? 3. Do you protect The City with a side kick who, despite appearances, is not wearing a rabbit costume? ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/389 "2023-03-20T21:16:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Jewish biomedical scientist in the cloning novel _Joshua Son of None_? > Were you the Dwarven blacksmith who forged Elendil’s sword Narsil? > Were you the grumpy cashier at the Krusty Krab? Respectively: I am not Ted Kellog. I am not Thorin. I am not Squidward Tentacles. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a young Vet practicing with your brother and his partner in the Yorkshire Dales? > 2. Were you an exiled alien posing as a student in a boarding school when the Doctor found you? > 3. Do you protect The City with a side kick who, despite appearances, is not wearing a rabbit costume? 1. I am not Thomas Herriot. 2. I am not Turlough? 3. I am not the Tick. DQs: 1. real 2. female 3. first name begins with T 4. known for the arts 5. claim to fame does not overlap with the 20th century 6. living ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/390 "2023-03-20T21:22:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. I am not Thomas Herriot. > 2. I am not Turlough? > 3. I am not the Tick. 1. Incorrect, **James** Harriot was the main character of all creatures great and small. He was working with his partner Siegfried Farnon and Siegfried’s younger brother **Tristan** 2. Correct 3. Correct IQ: 1. Are you a politician, general or noble ruler? ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/391 "2023-03-20T21:28:26Z")
IQ1: Are you and your ex never ever getting back together? IQ2: Are you doomed to never reach the fruit over your head nor drink water from the pool in which you stand? IQ3: Are you a children’s show character whom Jerry Falwell insisted was gay? ---
**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, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/392 "2023-03-20T21:33:21Z")
Swept me again. IQs: 1. Are you King Friday’s son? 2. Did you welcome guests with the cry, “Hello, Suckers!”? 3. Did you play Count Petofi on _Dark Shadows_? ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/393 "2023-03-20T21:41:09Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you and your ex never ever getting back together? > IQ2: Are you doomed to never reach the fruit over your head nor drink water from the pool in which you stand? > IQ3: Are you a children’s show character whom Jerry Falwell insisted was gay? I am not Tantalus or Tinky-Winky, but I am indeed **Taylor Swift**! Next game goes to Chock. ---
**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, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/394 "2023-03-20T21:51:11Z")
Good for you, **Chock!** ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/395 "2023-03-20T22:10:23Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Incorrect, **James** Harriot was the main character of all creatures great and small. He was working with his partner Siegfried Farnon and Siegfried’s younger brother **Tristan** Look, I’m just impressed with myself that I was able to remember that the _All Creatures Great and Small_ guy was James Herriot and to come up with a brother he could plausibly have. ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/396 "2023-03-21T01:35:32Z")
Next up **C** [![](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/09/13/19/09/letter-c-5569119__340.png) ](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/09/13/19/09/letter-c-5569119__340.png) ---
**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, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/397 "2023-03-21T02:45:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a fictional animal named for a local cheese? 2. Were you voiced by both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ukulele Ike? 3. Are you you? ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/398 "2023-03-21T02:50:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you a fictional animal named for a local cheese? > 2. Were you voiced by both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ukulele Ike? > 3. Are you you? Not the Cheshire Cat DQ Not ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness? ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/399 "2023-03-21T13:25:38Z")
IQs: 1. Is your actual last name Mapother? 2. Did you write _Piranesi_? 3. Did you unsuccessfully predict the Rapture in the 21st century? ---
**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, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/400 "2023-03-21T14:03:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not the Cheshire Cat > DQ > Not ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness? Correct. Jiminy Cricket. Correct. DQ: Real? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=21)