# Botticelli May 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078 "2025-05-08T03:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 19, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/241 "2025-05-19T04:24:14Z")
Previous IQs: Did you command Hill Street station? - Capt. Frank Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ Were you the _FYI_ “action guy”? - Frank Fontana, on _Murphy Brown_ Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf Frank x3! DQs: Native speaker of English? A good guy? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/242 "2025-05-19T05:18:33Z")
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:233, topic:1018078”] 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with F 4. Not a main character 5. From prose fiction 6. Author not American 7. Author is European 8. Created before 1950 9. Not from genre fiction 10. Created before 1800 11. Author native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Not a native English speaker 13. A good guy ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/243 "2025-05-19T05:51:47Z")
DQ: Created before 1550? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/244 "2025-05-19T06:38:13Z")
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**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/245 "2025-05-19T06:39:27Z")
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:242, topic:1018078”] 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Only name begins with F 4. Not a main character 5. From prose fiction 6. Author not American 7. Author is European 8. Created before 1950 9. Not from genre fiction 10. Created before 1800 11. Author native speaker of a Germanic language 12. Not a native English speaker 13. A good guy 14. Created after 1550 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/246 "2025-05-19T15:50:59Z")
DQ: Name begins with Fa-Fl? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/247 "2025-05-19T16:17:17Z")
DQ: From a play? 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 19, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/248 "2025-05-19T16:20:21Z")
Final DQs: 1. from a work published after 1700? 2. character is from the “New World” (i.e. North America, South America, Central America, or surrounding islands)? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/249 "2025-05-19T19:37:01Z")
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:245, topic:1018078”] - Fictional - Male - Only name begins with F - Not a main character - From prose fiction - Author not American - Author is European - Created before 1950 - Not from genre fiction - Created before 1800 - Author native speaker of a Germanic language - Not a native English speaker - A good guy - Created after 1550 1. Name begins with Fm-Fz 2. Not from a play 3. First appeared after 1700 4. From the New World ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/250 "2025-05-19T19:37:24Z")
Final reserved DQ: Story was set in the present day, when published? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/251 "2025-05-19T19:38:19Z")
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:249, topic:1018078”] - Fictional - Male - Only name begins with F - Not a main character - From prose fiction - Author not American - Author is European - Created before 1950 - Not from genre fiction - Created before 1800 - Author native speaker of a Germanic language - Not a native English speaker - A good guy - Created after 1550 1. Name begins with Fm-Fz 2. Not from a play 3. First appeared after 1700 4. From the New World 5. Story set in present day at time of publication ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/252 "2025-05-19T19:45:23Z")
Hmm. I was thinking this was Friday from _Robinson Crusoe_, but Dafoe was a native English speaker. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/253 "2025-05-19T19:46:33Z")
I think that question is in reference to the character, not the author. (I think you have it!) ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/254 "2025-05-19T21:54:37Z")
Looks that way, but EH is the one who asked it, so he can decide what it meant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/255 "2025-05-19T23:54:48Z")
True, but what did @Thing.Fish mean when he answered it? That’s the real key as to whether it is Friday or not. (I guess I should have said that “I think the answer is in reference to the character, not the author.”) ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/256 "2025-05-19T23:57:18Z")
Yes, the character is not a native English speaker. The author is a native speaker of a Germanic language. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/257 "2025-05-20T17:45:58Z")
Last DQ: Are you a sidekick/associate/apprentice/student to the main character and not part of an ensemble? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/258 "2025-05-20T19:48:33Z")
That actually strikes me as two questions; it’s certainly possible to be part of an ensemble of sidekicks or students. I’ll answer the first one. - Fictional - Male - Only name begins with F - Not a main character - From prose fiction - Author not American - Author is European - Created before 1950 - Not from genre fiction - Created before 1800 - Author native speaker of a Germanic language - Not a native English speaker - A good guy - Created after 1550 1. Name begins with Fm-Fz 2. Not from a play 3. First appeared after 1700 4. From the New World 5. Story set in present day at time of publication 6. Sidekick-type character OK,@SunUp has the last DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/259 "2025-05-20T21:40:01Z")
DQ: Rescued by the protagonist? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/260 "2025-05-20T21:53:01Z")
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:258, topic:1018078”] - Fictional - Male - Only name begins with F - Not a main character - From prose fiction - Author not American - Author is European - Created before 1950 - Not from genre fiction - Created before 1800 - Author native speaker of a Germanic language - Not a native English speaker - A good guy - Created after 1550 1. Name begins with Fm-Fz 2. Not from a play 3. First appeared after 1700 4. From the New World 5. Story set in present day at time of publication 6. Sidekick-type character 7. Rescued by the protagonist OK, final guesses! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078.md?page=14)