# Botticelli - May 2014
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [May 1, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433 "2014-05-01T13:15:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/61 "2014-05-06T05:01:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you the Queen of Butter whose racist remarks caused the cancellation of her show?
> 2. Were you a Spanish cellist?
> 3. Were you a French Romantic painter known for your allegorical paintings?
1. Not Paula Deen
Take 2 more DQs
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/62 "2014-05-06T05:24:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> Anybody know what’s up with etv? He asked to be removed from the SDMB group on Facebook a few days ago - said he doesn’t plan to post any more on the Dope.
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> No, but very sorry to hear it.
Doper **etv** was taken to task in the Pit a little while ago: [What does etv78 bring to this board?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722091). Some of the posts were not very kind. He may have just decided to give the SDMB a rest for a while.
As an aside: there is an SDMB Facebook page?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/63 "2014-05-06T13:39:47Z")
> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you the Queen of Butter whose racist remarks caused the cancellation of her show?
> 2. Were you a Spanish cellist?
> 3. Were you a French Romantic painter known for your allegorical paintings?
>
> 1. Not Paula Deen
> Take 2 more DQs
#2 was Pablo Casals. #3 was the posturing and pretentious Pierre-Paul Prud’hon.
Reserving 2 DQs for the moment.
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/64 "2014-05-06T23:47:50Z")
> [@Spoons](#):
>
> As an aside: there is an SDMB Facebook page?
Straight Dopers - currently has 706 members. I recognise a lot of the names.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/65 "2014-05-06T23:56:08Z")
DQ: Created before 1960?
One DQ reserved.
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/66 "2014-05-07T00:03:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> DQ: Created before 1960?
No
Summary:
P
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with P
4. If real, could be alive today
5. Did not first appear in print
6. Not from a work by an American author
7. Appeared in a movie, but did not originate in a movie
8. By a British author
9. Protagonist
10. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
11. Have an unusual first name
12. British
13. Has not appeared on a TV series
14. Generally considered a “good guy” or least not a villain. Have done bad things that I later regretted.
15. Not from a series of stories
16. Not from the genre of Mystery/Detective stories
17. Not created before 1960
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/67 "2014-05-07T00:26:55Z")
IQs:
1. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s puppets?
2. Are you a suspect in Clue?
3. Were you the star of a boxing-centered comic strip?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/68 "2014-05-07T01:15:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s puppets?
> 2. Are you a suspect in Clue?
> 3. Were you the star of a boxing-centered comic strip?
1. Not Professor Plum
DQs for the other 2
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/69 "2014-05-07T02:22:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s puppets?
> 2. Are you a suspect in Clue?
> 3. Were you the star of a boxing-centered comic strip?
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> 1. Not Professor Plum
>
> DQs for the other 2
Correct on Plum. (but coulda been Miss Peacock)
#1 is Peanut. #3 was Joe Palooka.
Pondering my 3 remaining DQs…
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/70 "2014-05-07T02:31:46Z")
DQ: From a comedic work?
After all there’s HHGTG, which started on radio, and Beyond The Fringe, which was a stage production…
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/71 "2014-05-07T02:58:15Z")
Previous IQs:
Does your own[er] not suspect you’re actually a secret agent? - Yes, Perry the Platypus from _Phineas and Ferb_.
Do you often appear on _Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me_? - Yes, Paula Poundstone.
Did your own brother succeed you in high office? - I am chagrined to admit I now don’t remember who I was thinking of, so I’ll waive this question.
I see we’re near the end of our DQs anyway, so I’ll just sit here quietly and hit myself in the head for the nonce…
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/72 "2014-05-07T16:37:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> DQ: From a comedic work?
No
Summary:
P
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with P
4. If real, could be alive today
5. Did not first appear in print
6. Not from a work by an American author
7. Appeared in a movie, but did not originate in a movie
8. By a British author
9. Protagonist
10. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
11. Have an unusual first name
12. British
13. Has not appeared on a TV series
14. Generally considered a “good guy” or least not a villain. Have done bad things that I later regretted.
15. Not from a series of stories
16. Not from the genre of Mystery/Detective stories
17. Not created before 1960
18. Not from a comedic work
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/73 "2014-05-08T20:17:29Z")
DQ: Created after 2000?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/74 "2014-05-08T21:02:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> DQ: Created after 2000?
No
Summary:
P
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with P
4. If real, could be alive today
5. Did not first appear in print
6. Not from a work by an American author
7. Appeared in a movie, but did not originate in a movie
8. By a British author
9. Protagonist
10. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
11. Have an unusual first name
12. British
13. Has not appeared on a TV series
14. Generally considered a “good guy” or least not a villain. Have done bad things that I later regretted.
15. Not from a series of stories
16. Not from the genre of Mystery/Detective stories
17. Not created before 1960
18. Not from a comedic work
19. Not created after 2000
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/75 "2014-05-08T23:45:26Z")
Not from print, TV nor originally from movies. A Brit by a British author, created 1960-2000, probably 20th Century setting. Protagonist, nominally a good guy, not from SF/Fantasy/Mystery/Comedy. Not from a series of stories. Unusual first name.
Maybe originated, therefore, on stage or radio. My knowledge of British radio is pretty much limited to comedies.
Ponder, ponder, ponder…
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/76 "2014-05-09T01:57:43Z")
I’m stumped for the moment, too, but will think a bit more on it…
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/77 "2014-05-09T18:47:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Not from print, TV nor originally from movies. A Brit by a British author, created 1960-2000, probably 20th Century setting. Protagonist, nominally a good guy, not from SF/Fantasy/Mystery/Comedy. Not from a series of stories. Unusual first name.
>
> Maybe originated, therefore, on stage or radio. My knowledge of British radio is pretty much limited to comedies.
>
> Ponder, ponder, ponder…
I think the “good guy” description may need more explication. I certainly feel I’m the good guy by virtue of my story (and the film adaptation) being told from my point of view. Not all other characters share this view. My wife thinks I’m a uncommunicative “little shit”.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/78 "2014-05-09T20:54:18Z")
Last 2 DQs:
1. From a play?
2. Created after 1980?
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### Author:  [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/79 "2014-05-09T21:37:33Z")
**thinking out loud**
What else do they adapt movies from except things in print? Has there ever been a movie made after a painting or a statue? By a British author? But not in print?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/80 "2014-05-09T23:47:00Z")
Aha, we had Eleanor Rigby once. It could be someone from a song. Can’t think who offhand.
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