# Botticelli - May 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 5, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159 "2024-05-05T15:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/21 "2024-05-06T23:53:15Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the father of the “plump little partridge” courted by Ichabod Crane? 2. Was your diary discovered in a story by H. P. Lovecraft? 3. Do you “pity the fool” that gets in your way? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/22 "2024-05-07T01:58:09Z")
Not Mr. Van Tassel, dunno and not Mr. T. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/23 "2024-05-07T12:00:23Z")
Correct, Alonzo Typer, Correct. DQ: From a work by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft or Mark Twain? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/24 "2024-05-07T16:08:08Z")
IQs: 1. Are you acquainted with Vitamin Flintheart, B.O. Plenty, and Sam Catchem? 2. Are you a Swedish climate activist? 3. Did you observe that “It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years”? (Currently, you’ve outlived Mozart by 61 years.) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/25 "2024-05-07T19:12:43Z")
Not Dick Tracy, Greta Thunberg (sp?) and dunno. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. American creator 5. created before 1950 6. originally from prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. does not actually appear in-story; is an unseen character or an alias of another character or something else like that 9. unseen character 10. created before 1900 11. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft or Mark Twain Answer #8 tweaked for clarity. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/26 "2024-05-07T19:21:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Dick Tracy, Greta Thunberg (sp?) and dunno. 3 was Tom Lehrer. DQ (let’s get it out of the way): from a work by Edgar Allan Poe? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/27 "2024-05-07T19:24:36Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. American creator 5. created before 1950 6. originally from prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. does not actually appear in-story; is an unseen character or an alias of another character or something else like that 9. unseen character 10. created before 1900 11. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft or Mark Twain 12. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/28 "2024-05-07T19:31:17Z")
DQ: From a story with C. Auguste Dupin? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/29 "2024-05-07T20:49:39Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. American creator 5. created before 1950 6. originally from prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. does not actually appear in-story; is an unseen character or an alias of another character or something else like that 9. unseen character 10. created before 1900 11. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft or Mark Twain 12. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe 13. not from a story with C. Auguste Dupin ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/30 "2024-05-07T21:27:44Z")
Hmm. It’s probably Mr. Tell-tale, or his heart… 🤪 Thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/31 "2024-05-08T13:07:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a Super Bowl-winning quarterback who had an unusual way of holding the ball for a pass? > > 2. Were you punished in Greek mythology by being tormented with hunger and thirst, in the midst of grapes and clean water that retreated at your grasp? > > 3. Were you played by Peter Sellers in @Prof.Pepperwinkle favorite radio show?.. > > Not Terry Bradshaw, not Tantalus and dunno. Correct, correct, and Hercules Grytpype-Thynne. 1 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:** [May 8, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/32 "2024-05-08T14:16:12Z")
You silly twisted boy. IQs: 1. Was Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog your pet? 2. Did you command a genie who lived in your ballpoint pen? 3. Are you a talking cat in a short story by Saki? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/33 "2024-05-08T14:55:44Z")
IQs: 1. Was Jane Foster you for a bit? 2. Were you a tall, name-dropping socialite and member of Team Cockroach on _The Good Place_? 3. Did you say you never gave them hell, you told the truth and they thought it was hell? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/34 "2024-05-08T16:09:53Z")
DQ: From one of Poe’s short stories? IQs: 1. Are you a homespun humorist, best known for a series of hotel commercials? 2. Are you a senator from a Southern state, whose apparent qualifications for that role are your previous successful career as a college football coach? 3. Were you a devoutly religious quarterback whose touchdown celebrations lent your name to a style of prayer? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/35 "2024-05-08T17:21:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Was Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog your pet? > 2. Did you command a genie who lived in your ballpoint pen? > 3. Are you a talking cat in a short story by Saki? Dunno, dunno and not Tom. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Was Jane Foster you for a bit? > 2. Were you a tall, name-dropping socialite and member of Team Cockroach on _The Good Place_? > 3. Did you say you never gave them hell, you told the truth and they thought it was hell? Not Thor, dunno, and not Harry Truman. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you a homespun humorist, best known for a series of hotel commercials? > > 2. Are you a senator from a Southern state, whose apparent qualifications for that role are your previous successful career as a college football coach? > > 3. Were you a devoutly religious quarterback whose touchdown celebrations lent your name to a style of prayer? Not Tom Bodet (sp?), Tommy Tuberville (feh) or Tim Tebow. T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. American creator 5. created before 1950 6. originally from prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. does not actually appear in-story; is an unseen character or an alias of another character or something else like that 9. unseen character 10. created before 1900 11. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft or Mark Twain 12. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe 13. not from a story with C. Auguste Dupin 14. from one of Poe’s short stories ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/36 "2024-05-08T17:28:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog your pet? > 2. Did you command a genie who lived in your ballpoint pen? > 3. Are you a talking cat in a short story by Saki? Dunno, dunno and not Tom. [/quote] #1 was Tom Terrific. #2 was Johnny Thunder. #3 is Tobermory. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/37 "2024-05-08T17:40:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Was Jane Foster you for a bit? > 2. Were you a tall, name-dropping socialite and member of Team Cockroach on _The Good Place_? > 3. Did you say you never gave them hell, you told the truth and they thought it was hell? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Thor, dunno, and not Harry Truman. 2 was Tahani. DQ: name is in title? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/38 "2024-05-08T17:42:40Z")
DQ: Story title begins with A-M, not counting “A”, “An” or “The”? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/39 "2024-05-08T17:47:02Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. male 3. last name starts with T 4. American creator 5. created before 1950 6. originally from prose fiction 7. created by American(s) 8. does not actually appear in-story; is an unseen character or an alias of another character or something else like that 9. unseen character 10. created before 1900 11. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft or Mark Twain 12. from a work by Edgar Allan Poe 13. not from a story with C. Auguste Dupin 14. from one of Poe’s short stories 15. name is in title 16. story title does not begin with A-M, not counting “A”, “An” or “The” ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2024/1001159/40 "2024-05-08T21:07:57Z")
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