# Botticelli May 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571 "2015-05-08T19:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/581 "2015-06-01T18:05:41Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Last name starts with F 4. Character first appeared in a book 5. Not a fictional American 6. Not created by an American 7. First created after 1900 8. Created by a European 9. Protagonist 10. Still alive when last heard from 11. European character 12. Would not be alive in 2015 13. Considered by many but not all to be a “good guy” 14. Character created by someone from the British Isles 15. British character 16. First appeared after 1950 17. Not a cop or detective 18. Character is mainly of English descent 19. Not created by a woman ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/582 "2015-06-01T18:07:34Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ. Did you rebuild the tower of Tom Builder’s cathedral, making it the tallest in England? take yet another DQ ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/583 "2015-06-01T18:28:06Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ. Did you rebuild the tower of Tom Builder’s cathedral, making it the tallest in England? \*\* Merthyn FitzGerald\*\*, from Ken Follett’s _World Without End_. You’re fast exhausting my knowledge of British authors… DQ. Character would have been alive after 1900? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/584 "2015-06-01T19:33:20Z")
DQ: From Children’s literature? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/585 "2015-06-01T21:45:31Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Last name starts with F 4. Character first appeared in a book 5. Not a fictional American 6. Not created by an American 7. First created after 1900 8. Created by a European 9. Protagonist 10. Still alive when last heard from 11. European character 12. Would not be alive in 2015 13. Considered by many but not all to be a “good guy” 14. Character created by someone from the British Isles 15. British character 16. First appeared after 1950 17. Not a cop or detective 18. Character is mainly of English descent 19. Not created by a woman 20. Character would have been alive after 1900 21. Definitely not from children’s literature Bonus hint: I was originally a minor character in a novel written by a different author. My new author wrote his first book about me in 1969, and 12 books followed until his death. Guessing time, tomorrow evening is deadline. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/586 "2015-06-01T21:53:13Z")
Oh, well, if you’re going to give it away… DQ: Are you Harry Paget Flashman? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/587 "2015-06-02T03:50:51Z")
I bet he is. Previous IQs: Did Lizzie Bennet eventually marry you? - Fitzwilliam Darcy, in _Pride and Prejudice_. Did you like the song “The Candy-Colored Clown” a bit too much? - Frank Booth, yes, from _Blue Velvet_. Were you otherwise known as “Jughead”? - Forsythe Jones, from the _Archie_ comics. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/588 "2015-06-02T12:05:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Oh, well, if you’re going to give it away… > > DQ: Are you Harry Paget Flashman? Yes I am. Congrats, Prof! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/589 "2015-06-02T12:52:10Z")
Thank you. I am B! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/590 "2015-06-02T15:14:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Thank you. I am B! Want to start a June thread first? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/591 "2015-06-02T15:55:00Z")
Oh! Good idea. BTW, I just started re-reading the Flashman books last year, so they were fairly fresh in my mind. Link to June thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18408216#post18408216](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18408216#post18408216) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571/592 "2015-06-02T17:24:08Z")
I was almost going to guess Flambeau, the master thief created by GK Chesterton as a foil for Father Brown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2015/719571.md?page=29)