# Botticelli - March 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109 "2026-03-01T15:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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 28, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/361 "2026-03-28T18:39:22Z")
_ **C** _ 1. Real 2. Male 3. One-word name begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Associated with, but not really known for, the Arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not human 9. Not a horse 10. Dog or cat 11. Dog ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/362 "2026-03-28T18:49:06Z")
DQ: died before 1965? 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 28, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/363 "2026-03-28T21:56:17Z")
_ **C** _ 1. Real 2. Male 3. One-word name begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Associated with, but not really known for, the Arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not human 9. Not a horse 10. Dog or cat 11. Dog 12. Date of death unknown; possibly before 1965 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/364 "2026-03-28T22:18:36Z")
DQ: Are you Checkers? 2 DQs 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 28, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/365 "2026-03-28T23:18:13Z")
That’s a very good guess! ---
**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, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/366 "2026-03-29T04:40:37Z")
Yes, it certainly is! Previous IQs: Did a critic say you “looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drain pipe”? - Neville Chamberlain, who had been a mayor before going into Parliament Were you that critic? - Winston Churchill A British politician, was your nickname “Sunny Jim”? - The later British Prime Minister James Callaghan ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/367 "2026-03-29T12:14:26Z")
_ **C** _ 1. Real 2. Male 3. One-word name begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Associated with, but not really known for, the Arts 7. Died after 1950 8. Not human 9. Not a horse 10. Dog or cat 11. Dog 12. Date of death unknown; possibly before 1965 13. Not Checkers ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/368 "2026-03-29T12:20:50Z")
Hmmmm. What kind of dog am I? What colour? In what way am I associated with the Arts? Any particular art? Why did I become famous? ---
**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, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/369 "2026-03-29T15:21:10Z")
DQ: Are you the titular canine in Steinbeck’s _Travels with Charley_? ---
**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, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/370 "2026-03-29T15:44:46Z")
Also a very good guess. DQs: Owned by a famous person? Know for a single incident? 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 29, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/371 "2026-03-29T16:07:21Z")
I recall SCA mentioning a series of books about a family of dogs sometime back. One was known as the Black, and his son was the Red, etc. This might be one of those. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/372 "2026-03-29T17:37:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you the titular canine in Steinbeck’s _Travels with Charley_? Yes! I am Mrs Steinbeck’s poodle, **C**** harley**. Your turn in the barrel, Prof! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/373 "2026-03-29T18:07:49Z")
Ah, Charley. 🤔 My best guesses after Checkers were Balto or Laika. ---
**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 29, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/374 "2026-03-29T18:51:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Know for a single incident? Does a trip around the coterminous 48 count as a single incident? ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/375 "2026-03-30T00:46:46Z")
Thanks. I am # S! ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/376 "2026-03-30T01:29:55Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Were you a jazz bandleader who never slept and came from Saturn? 2. Did Barack Obama appoint you to the Supreme Court? 3. Were you an _SNL_ Weekend Update character who invariably recommended New York’s hottest club? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/377 "2026-03-30T01:40:27Z")
Charley - brilliant! After Checkers, I was trying to remember the name of Roosevelt’s dog (eventually I remembered - Fala) and I also thought about Captain Holt’s dog on _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_, Cheddar - but of course that’s fictional. Good show, Prof! On to S: 1-2. Were you Secretary of War during the American Civil War? 3. Did you drive your car into a pond three times? ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/378 "2026-03-30T02:50:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did Barack Obama appoint you to the Supreme Court? # Yes, I am Justice Sonia Sotomayor! DLR, I think you’re psychic. Take it away! ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/379 "2026-03-30T03:01:04Z")
Wow, good job, **Prof. P.** , and then an even better job, **DLR**! ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/380 "2026-03-30T03:01:08Z")
Aw man, now I have to look over the list of Letters We’ve Used So Far again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=20)