# Botticelli March 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 26, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124 "2024-02-26T22:47:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/1 "2024-02-26T22:47:30Z")
Getting an early start on the next month, but welcome to the March 2024 Botticelli thread! Here’s [last month’s thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2024/996971), which contains an excellent summary of the rules, written by @De_La_Rue, that I am shamelessly plagarizing: > [@Botticelli February 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2024/996971/1): > > **How does this work?** > > One person, the host, is thinking of someone and gives an initial (“I am B.”). Could be a real person, could be fictional, initial could start the first name, initial could start the last name, whatever. Everyone else is trying to figure out who it is. Players first ask indirect questions, usually three per post, about people with that initial (“Did you paint a picture of Venus on a giant clamshell?”) and the host answers them (“I am not Botticelli.”). > > **What if the host is correct?** > Nothing happens. > > **What if the host doesn’t know the answer?** > The player gets to ask a direct yes-or-no question (“Real?” “First name begins with B?” etc.). Note that direct questions can be reserved, and asked later. > > **Does a correct answer have to be who the player was thinking of?** > If the host answers with a person who was _not_ who the player had in mind but who still correctly fits the question–e.g. thinking of Beethoven, asking “Were you a German classical composer,” and getting the response “I am not Bach”–the question has been correctly answered and again nothing happens. > > **How long does this go on?** > Until twenty direct questions have been answered (usually it’s best for the host to continually post an updated list.). Then players get any other earned direct questions in and people can get in one final direct guess at who it is (“Are you…”). > > Whoever guesses the person correctly (whether by indirect question or final guess) gets to host the next round. > > **Where does the name of the game come from?** > Because the person has to be reasonably notable, as least as well-known as Botticelli. That being said… > > **What if nobody guesses who the person is?** > If it’s someone players have heard of, the host goes again. If none of the players have heard of the person, the previous host goes again. > > **Ooh, ooh! If I’m the host, can I go with, for example, Madonna but say “I am C” because her last name is Ciccone?** > > No. We’re going by the names people are best known by to the general public, not birth names. Unless, of course, the birth name is as well-known as the stage or other current name. > > **What about middle names?** > Middle names (and middle initials) count if the person is always referred to as such (e.g. if the letter is P then you can ask about John Philip Sousa). > > How many ogres does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One, but it takes a lot of lightbulbs. So, on to the next letter: I am R [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQBfM-Yde2xBTUWsM6KlVQIhUrpdUshgCYcNA&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQBfM-Yde2xBTUWsM6KlVQIhUrpdUshgCYcNA&usqp=CAU) ---
**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:** [February 26, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/2 "2024-02-26T22:54:27Z")
First! 😃 IQ1: Were you the only POTUS to be awarded the Medal of Honor? IQ2: Did you write _The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty_? IQ3: Are you #2, when using your real name? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/3 "2024-02-27T00:11:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > First! 😃 > > IQ1: Were you the only POTUS to be awarded the Medal of Honor? > IQ2: Did you write _The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty_? > IQ3: Are you #2, when using your real name? First DQs, too, if you’re quick enough. 1. I am not Theodore Roosevelt. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/4 "2024-02-27T00:13:51Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > First! 😃 > > > > IQ1: Were you the only POTUS to be awarded the Medal of Honor? > > IQ2: Did you write _The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty_? > > IQ3: Are you #2, when using your real name? > > First DQs, too, if you’re quick enough. > > 1. I am not Theodore Roosevelt. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. correct A N Roquelaure (I think I spelt that correctly) Ann Rice DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/5 "2024-02-27T13:29:08Z")
IQs: 1. Is your name used as a measure of speed? 2. Are you the author of the Cormoran Strike mysteries? 3. Did you die screaming to the applause of the crowd? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/6 "2024-02-27T13:33:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your name used as a measure of speed? > 2. Are you the author of the Cormoran Strike mysteries? > 3. Did you die screaming to the applause of the crowd? Take 3 DQs. (I feel like I’m going to facepalm when you say what 1. is, but I can’t think of it). ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/7 "2024-02-27T13:35:04Z")
#1. Faster than you can say Jack Robinson. #2 is Robert Galbraith, who is actually J. K. Rowling. #3 was the French revolutionary Robespierre. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/8 "2024-02-27T13:46:40Z")
DQs: 1. Not real. 2. Male. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/9 "2024-02-27T14:46:06Z")
DQs: 1. Last name starts with R? 2. From film or TV? 3. American creator? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/10 "2024-02-27T15:08:07Z")
DQs: 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. Only name starts with “R”. 4. Has appeared in film or TV, but originated in mythology. 5. Not an American creator. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/11 "2024-02-27T17:11:08Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a jazz bandleader who never slept and claimed to come from Saturn? 2. Were you Fat Amy in _Pitch Perfect_? 3. Were you “born in a house my father built”? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/12 "2024-02-27T17:32:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Poseidon’s mom? 2. Are you a Norse goddess of the sea? 3. Are you the Nome King in the Oz books? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/13 "2024-02-27T20:17:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a jazz bandleader who never slept and claimed to come from Saturn? > 2. Were you Fat Amy in _Pitch Perfect_? > 3. Were you “born in a house my father built”? 1. I am not…Jelly Roll Morton? 2. I am not Rebel Wilson. 3.Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you Poseidon’s mom? > 2. Are you a Norse goddess of the sea? > 3. Are you the Nome King in the Oz books? 1. I am not Rhea. 2. Take a DQ. 3. 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:** [February 27, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/14 "2024-02-27T20:23:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you Poseidon’s mom? > > 2. Are you a Norse goddess of the sea? > > 3. Are you the Nome King in the Oz books? > > 1. I am not Rhea. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct on Rhea. #2 is Ran. #3 is Ruggedo. DQ: from Classical mythology (Greek or Roman)? 1 DQ reserved… ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/15 "2024-02-27T20:31:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not…Jelly Roll Morton? > 2. I am not Rebel Wilson. > 3.Take a DQ. 1 was Sun Ra; 3 was Richard Nixon, according to the first line of his memoir. DQs: 1. divine? 2. heroic? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/16 "2024-02-27T22:07:48Z")
DQs: 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. Only name starts with “R”. 4. Has appeared in film or TV, but originated in mythology. 5. Not an American creator. 6. Not from Classical mythology. 7. Divine. 8. Heroic. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/17 "2024-02-27T22:30:36Z")
DQ: From Egyptian mythology? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/18 "2024-02-28T13:18:47Z")
DQs: 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. Only name starts with “R”. 4. Has appeared in film or TV, but originated in mythology. 5. Not an American creator. 6. Not from Classical mythology. 7. Divine. 8. Heroic 9. Not from Egyptian mythology. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/19 "2024-02-28T15:19:39Z")
IQs: 1. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by George W. Bush? 2. Are you the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle who wears red? 3. Do you write the Temperance Brennan books? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/20 "2024-02-28T18:19:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by George W. Bush? > 2. Are you the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle who wears red? > 3. Do you write the Temperance Brennan books? 1. I am not John Roberts. 2. I am not Raphael. 3. I am not Kathy Reichs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124.md?page=2)