# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/101 "2024-03-10T15:53:20Z")
Honestly, I don’t think it would have done it for me. I was thinking more along the lines of “goon” rather than “conspirer.” Who’s up on a stumper? ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/102 "2024-03-11T16:00:28Z")
IMO, EH is OK and can go again. ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/103 "2024-03-11T16:22:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IMO, EH is OK and can go again. Concur. ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/104 "2024-03-11T16:34:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IMO, EH is OK and can go again. > > Concur No objection from me. Go ahead, **EH**. ---
**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 13, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/105 "2024-03-13T16:19:28Z")
Paging @Elendil_s_Heir! ---
**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 14, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/106 "2024-03-14T16:03:08Z")
Oops, sorry - crazy busy here! Thanks, all. Our next letter is # B ---
**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, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/107 "2024-03-14T17:42:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a member of her majesty’s armed services who was referenced in _Shrek_, but is best known as being a grasping coward in the highly acclaimed, all-guitar, thrice-infested 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? 2. Are you a sometimes lance corporal who wears clothes made of cardboard on the highly acclaimed, jukebox-driven, kangaroo-scented, prattle-prattle 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? 3. Are you the frequent female companion of Mr. Henry Crun on the highly acclaimed, adjective-strewn, Python-inspiring, sunflower-polkadotted 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? ---
**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 15, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/108 "2024-03-15T01:01:57Z")
IQ1: Are you known for playing a beatnik and a shipwrecked sailor? IQ2: Did you bring your arsenal to bear on underground monsters that were infesting your town? IQ3: Was “Ack! Thppt!” your catchphrase? ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/109 "2024-03-15T03:20:58Z")
**Prof. P.,** take three DQs (although I wonder how many other people here would know those?). ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/110 "2024-03-15T03:28:13Z")
**SCAdian** , I’m not Bob Denver, dunno, or Bill the Cat. ---
**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 15, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/111 "2024-03-15T13:25:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for playing a beatnik and a shipwrecked sailor? > IQ2: Did you bring your arsenal to bear on underground monsters that were infesting your town? > IQ3: Was “Ack! Thppt!” your catchphrase? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **SCAdian** , I’m not Bob Denver, dunno, or Bill the Cat. correct Burt Gummer, from _Tremors_ correct DQ: Real? IQ1: Were you a St Bernard who was the eponymous hero of a couple of '90s movies? IQ2: Were you a mutt who was the eponymous hero of several '70s movies? IQ3: Were you the dirty little coward that shot Mr Howard? ---
**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 15, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/112 "2024-03-15T15:43:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a member of her majesty’s armed services who was referenced in _Shrek_, but is best known as being a grasping coward in the highly acclaimed, all-guitar, thrice-infested 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? > 2. Are you a sometimes lance corporal who wears clothes made of cardboard on the highly acclaimed, jukebox-driven, kangaroo-scented, prattle-prattle 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? > 3. Are you the frequent female companion of Mr. Henry Crun on the highly acclaimed, adjective-strewn, Python-inspiring, sunflower-polkadotted 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Prof. P.,** take three DQs (although I wonder how many other people here would know those?). **De\_La\_Rue** has answered 'em. #1 was Col. Bloodnok. #2 was Bluebottle. #3 was Minnie Bannister. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with B? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/113 "2024-03-15T16:19:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you gain the position of Speaker of the House after 133 votes? 2. Were you called “Beast” by an opposing general who could appear in this category? 3. Were you the first president of the National Rifle Association? ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/114 "2024-03-15T16:46:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one half of the team that created Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone, and Huckleberry Hound, among a host of other characters? 2. Are you a former general manager most closely associated with the concept of “Moneyball”? 3. Did you claim to have killed 21 men before your 21st birthday? ---
**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 15, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/115 "2024-03-15T21:36:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you a St Bernard who was the eponymous hero of a couple of '90s movies? > IQ2: Were you a mutt who was the eponymous hero of several '70s movies? > IQ3: Were you the dirty little coward that shot Mr Howard? Not Beethoven, not Benji and dunno. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you gain the position of Speaker of the House after 133 votes? > > 2. Were you called “Beast” by an opposing general who could appear in this category? > > 3. Were you the first president of the National Rifle Association? Dunno, not Gen. Benjamin Butler and not Gen. Benjamin Logan. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one half of the team that created Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone, and Huckleberry Hound, among a host of other characters? > > 2. Are you a former general manager most closely associated with the concept of “Moneyball”? > > 3. Did you claim to have killed 21 men before your 21st birthday? Not Barbera, Benny or Wild Bill Hickok. B. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with B ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/116 "2024-03-15T22:08:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you gain the position of Speaker of the House after 133 votes? > > 2. Were you called “Beast” by an opposing general who could appear in this category? > > 3. Were you the first president of the National Rifle Association? > > Dunno, not Gen. Benjamin Butler and not Gen. Benjamin Logan. Nathaniel Banks, correct, and Ambrose Burnside. DQ: Born after 1950? 1 DQ 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:** [March 15, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/117 "2024-03-15T22:09:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > : > > > > 1. Are you one half of the team that created Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone, and Huckleberry Hound, among a host of other characters? > > 2. Are you a former general manager most closely associated with the concept of “Moneyball”? > > 3. Did you claim to have killed 21 men before your 21st birthday? > > Not Barbera, Benny or Wild Bill Hickok Correct on Joseph Barbera, but the Oakland A’s GM who used Moneyball was Billy Beane, and the gunman was Billy the Kid. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for the arts? ---
**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 15, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/118 "2024-03-15T23:01:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > … > > IQ1: Were you a St Bernard who was the eponymous hero of a couple of '90s movies? > > IQ2: Were you a mutt who was the eponymous hero of several '70s movies? > > IQ3: Were you the dirty little coward that shot Mr Howard? > > Not Beethoven, not Benji and dunno. correct correct Bob Ford One DQ reserved. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/119 "2024-03-16T15:58:51Z")
DQ: American? IQs: 1. Were you the best man at Bill Murray’s wedding? 2. Were you an Indiana senator from the 1960s to 1981? 3. Do you live in a hut that stands on giant bird feet? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/120 "2024-03-16T16:06:05Z")
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