# Botticelli March 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 11, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443 "2025-03-11T19:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 18, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/101 "2025-03-18T22:03:13Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. First name begins with P ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/102 "2025-03-18T23:28:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > - Did you head Melvin Capital, the firm that got caught in the Gamestop short squeeze? > > - Did you write “eternal sunshine of the spotless mind” (as opposed to _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_)? > > - Were your headquarters reportedly where your hindquarters should be? > > Three for you, too. Gabe Plotkin, Alexander Pope, and Major General John Pope, Union Army. DQs: Female? From a work of prose fiction? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/103 "2025-03-19T02:49:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > - Are you red-haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly strong? > > - Are you a female race car driver among a field of male competitors? > > - Did you appear with Zsa Zsa Gabor in what is possibly the worst Frankenstein movie ever made? > > DQ x3! 1. Pippi Longstocking 2. Penelope Pitstop 3. Donald Pleasance (_Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie_) 3 DQs 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 19, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/104 "2025-03-19T09:34:57Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. From a work of prose fiction ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/105 "2025-03-19T13:21:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Did you portray Winston Churchill so well that people phoned the studio to complain about the silly abuse of the Prime Minister’s time? 3. Did you marry Tony Stark in the Marvel movies? ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/106 "2025-03-19T13:25:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Secretary of Transportation in the Biden Administration? 2. Did you have a Blue Period? 3. Are you the title character of a movie based on the novel _Push_ by Sapphire? ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/107 "2025-03-19T17:00:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Did you portray Winston Churchill so well that people phoned the studio to complain about the silly abuse of the Prime Minister’s time? > 3. Did you marry Tony Stark in the Marvel movies? Not Phil Tead DQ Not Pepper Potts > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Secretary of Transportation in the Biden Administration? > 2. Did you have a Blue Period? > 3. Are you the title character of a movie based on the novel _Push_ by Sapphire? Not Pete Buttigieg DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/108 "2025-03-19T17:10:38Z")
DQs: American author? Created before 1900? Has appeared outside of prose fiction? (Movies, TV, plays, etc.) ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/109 "2025-03-19T17:17:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? > > 2. Did you portray Winston Churchill so well that people phoned the studio to complain about the silly abuse of the Prime Minister’s time? > > 3. Did you marry Tony Stark in the Marvel movies? > > Not Phil Tead > DQ > Not Pepper Potts Correct on Phil and Pepper. #2 was Peter Sellers, whose vocal impersonation caused havoc on the highly acclaimed, talking wireless-type 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/110 "2025-03-19T17:47:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a politician from New York who shares the same first name with an infamous porn actor? 2. Did you go by the name of Gene Autry before learning your first name was Paul? 3. Are you being beckoned to “come out and play”? ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/111 "2025-03-19T17:58:28Z")
three DQs **P** 1. Fictional 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. From a work of prose fiction 5. Not an American author 6. Created before 1900 7. Have appeared outside prose fiction (Movies, TV, plays, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/112 "2025-03-19T19:28:27Z")
DQ: Created before 1600? IQs: 1. Are you the title character of an Ibsen play? 2. Were you Don Quixote’s sidekick? 3. Were you the creator and subject of a documentary, the title of which stated you are dead? ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/113 "2025-03-19T19:50:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Secretary of Transportation in the Biden Administration? > 2. Did you have a Blue Period? > 3. Are you the title character of a movie based on the novel _Push_ by Sapphire? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Pete Buttigieg > DQ > DQ 2 was Pablo Picasso; 3 was Precious, from the movie _Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire_. DQs: 1. main character? 2. created by a European author? ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/114 "2025-03-19T19:54:24Z")
IQs: 1. Yo, were you Walter White’s former student and partner in crime on _Breaking Bad_? 2. Or the actor who played him? 3. Are you Prince Harry’s sister-in-law? ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/115 "2025-03-19T19:59:18Z")
DQ: Created before 1800? ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/116 "2025-03-19T21:09:08Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 3. Are you Prince Harry’s sister-in-law? That should be _William_’s sister-in-law. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/117 "2025-03-19T22:40:36Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a politician from New York who shares the same first name with an infamous porn actor? > 2. Did you go by the name of Gene Autry before learning your first name was Paul? > 3. Are you being beckoned to “come out and play”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > three DQs 1. John Holmes Prentiss 2. Paul Prudhomme 3. Prudence (from “Dear Prudence”) 3 DQs 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 19, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/118 "2025-03-19T23:18:12Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of an Ibsen play? > 2. Were you Don Quixote’s sidekick? > 3. Were you the creator and subject of a documentary, the title of which stated you are dead? DQ Not Sancho Panza DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Yo, were you Walter White’s former student and partner in crime on _Breaking Bad_? > 2. Or the actor who played him? > 3. Are you Prince Harry’s sister-in-law? DQ DQ Not Pippa Middleton **P** 1. Fictional 2. First name begins with P 3. Male 4. From a work of prose fiction 5. Not an American author 6. Created before 1900 7. Have appeared outside prose fiction (Movies, TV, plays, etc.) 8. Not created before 1600 9. _A_ main character 10. Created by a European author 11. Not created before 1800 ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/119 "2025-03-19T23:30:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not Pippa Middleton 1 was Jesse Pinkman; 2 was Aaron Paul. DQs: 1. from a novel? 2. created after 1850? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/120 "2025-03-19T23:38:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Are you the title character of an Ibsen play? > > 2. Were you Don Quixote’s sidekick? > > 3. Were you the creator and subject of a documentary, the title of which stated you are dead? > > DQ > Not Sancho Panza > DQ Correct on Sancho Panza. #1 was Peer Gynt; #3 was Pauly Shore. DQ: Author from the British Isles? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=7)