# 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:** 8
**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, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/141 "2023-03-09T13:51:48Z")
Here’s a link: > [@Botticelli General Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-general-questions/844223): > > I’ve been following the last few rounds of Botticelli and think I have a decent grip on it, but is there a particular set of written rules for the version used here anywhere? Also, I note in the sticky thread that Idle Thoughts was going to move over a Botticelli thread with a list of letters already used. Does such a thread exist and if so should it be stickied or something? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/142 "2023-03-09T17:15:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. Fame overlapped the decades 1950-1990. 5. Dead 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Common first name 9. Died after 2000 10. American 11. Not an actor 12. Known for music 13.Known for singing 14. Died after 2010 15. Caucasian 16. Not known for singing rock. 17. First name begins with PA- to PE-. 18. Probably equally well known for singing in a group and for solitary singing. 19. Not known for pop music 20. Not known for Country-Western music 21. Also played an instrument 22. Last name does not start with A to MZ. 23. Not known for Jazz/big band/swing music 24. Won a couple of Grammys 25. Last name starts with S-Z. ---
**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 9, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/143 "2023-03-09T18:53:09Z")
DQ: known for folk? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/144 "2023-03-09T19:10:25Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Thanks, this would be useful. Where is it? I must not be looking in the right places. > [@Botticelli General Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-general-questions/844223): > > I’ve been following the last few rounds of Botticelli and think I have a decent grip on it, but is there a particular set of written rules for the version used here anywhere? Also, I note in the sticky thread that Idle Thoughts was going to move over a Botticelli thread with a list of letters already used. Does such a thread exist and if so should it be stickied or something? ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/145 "2023-03-09T19:13:34Z")
DQ1: Died after 2015? DQ2: Died of natural causes? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/146 "2023-03-09T19:17:02Z")
Thanks again I searched for Bott **e** celli (as in the title of this thread) but that thread spelled it Bott **i** celli so I didn’t see it. I’d look up which one is correct but as I just read, research is not allowed. 😉 ---
**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, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/147 "2023-03-09T22:08:01Z")
Previous IQs: Did you win the Battle of Lake Erie? - Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Are you the lead character of John Scalzi’s _Old Man’s War_? - Major John Perry Are you an unlikely spy who often goes up against Dr. Doofenschmirtz? - Perry the Platypus, in _Phineas and Ferb_ Perry x3! Can’t figure out who this is. I yield my four earned DQs to other players, one each. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/148 "2023-03-09T22:10:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. Fame overlapped the decades 1950-1990. 5. Dead 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Common first name 9. Died after 2000 10. American 11. Not an actor 12. Known for music 13.Known for singing 14. Died after 2010 15. Caucasian 16. Not known for singing rock. 17. First name begins with PA- to PE-. 18. Probably equally well known for singing in a group and for solitary singing. 19. Not known for pop music 20. Not known for Country-Western music 21. Also played an instrument 22. Last name does not start with A to MZ. 23. Not known for Jazz/big band/swing music 24. Won a couple of Grammys 25. Last name starts with S-Z. 26. Known for folk 27. Died before 2015 28. Died of natural causes. ---
**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, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/149 "2023-03-09T22:15:18Z")
Taking one of EH’s DQs: **Are you Pete Seeger?** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/150 "2023-03-09T22:19:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Taking one of EH’s DQs > > **Are you Pete Seeger?** Yes! I am legendary folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger! Well done! ---
**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, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/151 "2023-03-09T23:34:50Z")
Thanks! (and thanks to whoever corrected the spelling in the thread title!) And on to # Z! ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/152 "2023-03-10T00:21:03Z")
IQ1: Are you a big-nosed pantless sad-sack who has many misfortunes? IQ2: Are you the reggae-singing son of a legendary reggae singer? IQ3: Did you take it all too far, but boy could you play guitar? ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/153 "2023-03-10T00:53:35Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you direct a trilogy of sci-fi films from 1985-1990 in which the bully character (and his past and future relatives) was played by an actor who coincidentally shares the name of the creator of a big-nosed pantsless sad-sack who has many misfortunes? 2. Were you an unsuccessful presidential assassin? 3. Are you one of the real-life 1920s people Gil meets in _Midnight in Paris_, accompanied by your equally-well-known writer husband? ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/154 "2023-03-10T01:06:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Are you Pete Seeger? Hey! I was going to ask that with my last DQ! (Had no idea if he was dead or not, but what the heck…) ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/155 "2023-03-10T01:29:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a big-nosed pantless sad-sack who has many misfortunes? > IQ2: Are you the reggae-singing son of a legendary reggae singer? > IQ3: Did you take it all too far, but boy could you play guitar? 1. I am not Ziggy. 2. I am not Ziggy Marley. 3. I am not Ziggy Stardust. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct a trilogy of sci-fi films from 1985-1990 in which the bully character (and his past and future relatives) was played by an actor who coincidentally shares the name of the creator of a big-nosed pantsless sad-sack who has many misfortunes? > 2. Were you an unsuccessful presidential assassin? > 3. Are you one of the real-life 1920s people Gil meets in _Midnight in Paris_, accompanied by your equally-well-known writer husband? 1. I am not Robert Zemeckis. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Zelda Fitzgerald. > [@SCAdian](#): > > Hey! I was going to ask that with my last DQ! > > (Had no idea if he was dead or not, but what the heck…) In the immortal words of the great Sandro Botticelli: “Hey, ya snooze, ya lose!” 🙃 ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/156 "2023-03-10T01:42:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Robert Zemeckis. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Zelda Fitzgerald. 2 was Giuseppe Zangara, who attempted to assassinate FDR. DQ: real? ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/157 "2023-03-10T05:52:27Z")
Swept me! IQ1: Were you Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor? IQ2: Are you the princess of Hyrule? IQ3: Was you biggest hit song named after a sitcom car? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/158 "2023-03-10T10:36:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you rule Ix? 2. Do people add “the Greek”" to your name? ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/159 "2023-03-10T13:44:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did your father direct _House of Games_? 2. Are large floating things named after you? 3. Were you a cinematographer? ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/160 "2023-03-10T15:10:27Z")
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