# 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:** 5
### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/81 "2014-05-10T00:27:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Last 2 DQs:
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> 1. From a play?
> 2. Created after 1980?
No
No
> [@TexCat](#):
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> **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?
From the Oxford English Dictionary entry for author:
1. gen. The person who originates or gives existence to anything:
Author is not restricted to things that are in print.
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
20. Not from a play
21. Not created after 1980
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/82 "2014-05-10T02:30:04Z")
Peregrin, Percival, Pontius, Petronius…
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/83 "2014-05-10T02:55:37Z")
…Peabody, Phorcys, Polonius, Phred, Poindexter, Pinky…
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/84 "2014-05-10T04:24:18Z")
…Philander, Philip, Pericles, Philo, Phrank, Pablo, Paolo, Peter….
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/85 "2014-05-10T14:52:50Z")
…Piers, Plankton, Popeye, Phineas, Phileas, Pythagoras, Porky…
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/86 "2014-05-10T22:00:49Z")
I don’t even have a good guess. I give.
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/87 "2014-05-11T02:33:31Z")
Hey Professor! One of your guesses is pretty close. Throw away one letter and you’d have it.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/88 "2014-05-11T03:31:26Z")
IQ:
Are you the lead character of the movie _The Wall_?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/89 "2014-05-11T06:53:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQ:
>
> Are you the lead character of the movie _The Wall_?
Yes!!! I am **Pink Floyd** , main character of the 1979 rock opera _The Wall_, who was portrayed by Bob Geldof in the 1982 film adaptation. Not to be confused with the band Pink Floyd that recorded said rock opera.
Congratulations and back to you, EH!
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/90 "2014-05-11T13:16:40Z")
Well done, EH! I’ve heard of _The Wall_, but never saw it.
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### Author:  [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/91 "2014-05-11T16:49:09Z")
Ah ha, it _was_ from a song. Well done both EH and Chock.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/92 "2014-05-11T17:40:55Z")
Thanks to **Prof. P.** for getting us so close, and to **ChockFull** for the big hint.
Lemme think. Busy today; next round to start tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/93 "2014-05-12T06:31:58Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> Yes!!! I am **Pink Floyd** , main character of the 1979 rock opera _The Wall_, who was portrayed by Bob Geldof in the 1982 film adaptation. Not to be confused with the band Pink Floyd that recorded said rock opera.
But Pink isn’t well, he stayed back at the hotel, and he sent us along as the surrogate band. 😃
Well done, **EH**!
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/94 "2014-05-12T06:38:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> … Porky…
Ah, this reminds me of something from long ago:
> [@](#):
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> Peter Percival Patterson had a pet pig named Porky.
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> This pet pig named Porky loved pie. He liked pizza pie, pumpkin pie, pineapple pie … mince tarts.
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> And Peter Percival Patterson’s pet pig Porky ate so much pie, that do you know what he did?
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> He popped.
Who knows where that comes from?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/95 "2014-05-12T13:23:15Z")
> [@Spoons](#):
>
> Ah, this reminds me of something from long ago:
>
> Who knows where that comes from?
Ah, enough of your Monkee-shines.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/96 "2014-05-12T18:07:07Z")
Good call, **Professor**!
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/97 "2014-05-12T18:16:56Z")
And our next letter is
N
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/98 "2014-05-12T18:47:27Z")
OK, first time player, and going by wikipedia rules, so forgive me if I do this wrong.
1. Are you an actress who drowned under mysterious circumstances?
2. Did you help prepare the corpse of Jesus for burial?
3. Did you write _The Notebook_?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/99 "2014-05-12T19:05:41Z")
Welcome, Knowed Out! Have fun!
IQs:
1. Did you pound your shoe on a podium and threaten to bury us?
2. Did you pal around with Sluggo?
3. Did you play Lois Lane in _The Adventures of Superman_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/100 "2014-05-13T03:40:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> …
>
> 1. Are you an actress who drowned under mysterious circumstances?
> 2. Did you help prepare the corpse of Jesus for burial?
> 3. Did you write _The Notebook_?
Welcome aboard, **KnowedOut**! I’m not Natalie Wood, Nicodemus or… dunno the last.
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> …
> IQs:
>
> 1. Did you pound your shoe on a podium and threaten to bury us?
> 2. Did you pal around with Sluggo?
> 3. Did you play Lois Lane in _The Adventures of Superman_?
Not Nikita Khruschev, Nancy or… dunno the last one this time, either.
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