# 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:** 10
**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 26, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/181 "2024-03-26T00:25:05Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 8. died before 1900 9. died after 1800 10. last name began with S 11. not best known for the military ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/182 "2024-03-26T00:27:43Z")
DQ: Known for science/technology? ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/183 "2024-03-26T02:05:06Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 8. died before 1900 9. died after 1800 10. last name began with S 11. not best known for the military 12. not known for science/technology ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/184 "2024-03-26T02:30:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Did you play Mr. Bumble in the movie _Oliver!_? > 2. Did you play Mr. French on the TV series _Family Affair_? > 3. Did Leslie Ann Warren play you in the movie _Clue_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Sebastian Cabot and not Miss Scarlet. #1 was Sir Harry Secombe. Correct on the others. DQ: Known for law, politics or government? ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/185 "2024-03-26T14:14:32Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 8. died before 1900 9. died after 1800 10. last name began with S 11. not best known for the military 12. not known for science/technology 13. not best known for law, politics or government ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/186 "2024-03-26T15:06:57Z")
I’m assuming #10 infers that his first name doesn’t start with S? IQs: 1. Are you an animated character presently being voiced by David Tennant? 2. Are you the villain on _Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties_? 3. Do you know the evil that lurks in the hearts of men? ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/187 "2024-03-26T15:35:45Z")
Correct, **Prof. P.** Dunno, and neither Snidely Whiplash nor the Shadow. ---
**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 26, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/188 "2024-03-26T18:08:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an animated character presently being voiced by David Tennant? > 2. Are you the villain on _Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties_? > 3. Do you know the evil that lurks in the heart David Tennant is voicing Scrooge McDuck on _Duck Tails_. Correct on the others. DQ: Died after 1850? ---
**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 26, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/189 "2024-03-26T18:24:43Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 8. died before 1900 9. died after 1800 10. last name began with S 11. not best known for the military 12. not known for science/technology 13. not best known for law, politics or government 14. died after 1850 ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/190 "2024-03-27T13:45:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you first appear in Barney Google’s comic strip, and later take it over? 2. Are you Barney Google’s horse? 3. Are you the lead singer for Duran Duran? ---
**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 27, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/191 "2024-03-27T21:04:05Z")
Dunno, not Silver, and not Simon LeBon. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/192 "2024-03-27T21:12:28Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a nineteenth-century composer known as “the father of American music?” 2. Were you the CEO of a company fined a then-record $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud? 3. Were you played by Ted Wass in _Curse of the Pink Panther_? ---
**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 27, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/193 "2024-03-27T21:47:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you first appear in Barney Google’s comic strip, and later take it over? > 2. Are you Barney Google’s horse? > 3. Are you the lead singer for Duran Duran? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Silver, and not Simon LeBon. #1 is Snuffy Smith. #2 is Sparkplug. Correct on Simon. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/194 "2024-03-27T22:07:16Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a nineteenth-century composer known as “the father of American music?” > 2. Were you the CEO of a company fined a then-record $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud? > 3. Were you played by Ted Wass in _Curse of the Pink Panther_? Not Stephen Foster, not Rick Scott and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/195 "2024-03-28T00:21:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you a nineteenth-century composer known as “the father of American music?” > > 2. Were you the CEO of a company fined a then-record $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud? > > 3. Were you played by Ted Wass in _Curse of the Pink Panther_? > > Not Stephen Foster, not Rick Scott and dunno. Correct, correct and Clifton Sleigh. “Is that slay as in ‘to kill’?” “No, that’s sleigh, as in one-horse open.” DQ: Known for business? ---
**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 28, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/196 "2024-03-28T19:54:22Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 8. died before 1900 9. died after 1800 10. last name began with S 11. not best known for the military 12. not known for science/technology 13. not best known for law, politics or government 14. died after 1850 15. known, in part, for business ---
**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 28, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/197 "2024-03-28T22:30:42Z")
DQs: 1. Known for a product with his name attached to it? 2. Last name starts with S - Sm? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/198 "2024-03-29T13:00:41Z")
'Bout time I started participating in this round. And also, welcome back, **kitap**! IQs: 1. Are you an English nonbinary singer-songwriter? 2. Are you an American, very much male actor/playwright, married to Jessica Lange? 3. Are you a dangerously reckless gourmand, who tried to force a friend to eat clearly spoiled meat and eggs? ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/199 "2024-03-29T13:53:27Z")
Hey, welcome back yourself, **SMV**! As to your questions, I’m not Sam Smith, Sam Shepherd or Sam Adventurous Eater. S. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with S 4. dead 5. naturalized American 6. not known for the Arts 7. died before 1950 8. died before 1900 9. died after 1800 10. last name began with S 11. not best known for the military 12. not known for science/technology 13. not best known for law, politics or government 14. died after 1850 15. known, in part, for business 16. not known for a product with his name attached to it 17. last name doesn’t start with S-Sm ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/200 "2024-03-29T15:22:27Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Red Skelton’s California-based conman character? 2. Are you Mr. Peabody’s pet boy? 3. Did Grima Wormtongue kill you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124.md?page=11)