# 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:** 17
**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 27, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/321 "2025-05-27T17:40:10Z")
**Prof. P.** was on the right track. It was # Emily She was the girl who was [Jessie the Cowgirl’s previous owner in _Toy Story 2._](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElhbTsKsros) For more: [Jessie (Toy Story) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_(Toy_Story)) As I mentioned, there’s a fan theory that Emily is actually [the mom of Andy, Sheriff Woody’s owner.](https://jonnegroni.com/2014/02/24/andys-mom-toy-story/) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/322 "2025-05-27T19:07:14Z")
I’ve seen both TS 1 and 2 a dozen times, and I could not remember the name of Jessie’s owner. I remember the song, it damn near had me welling up, but her name? Total blank. ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/323 "2025-05-27T20:24:24Z")
It’s a great song, in arguably the saddest scene in any Pixar movie. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/324 "2025-05-27T23:40:40Z")
I think Ellie Fredricksen in _Up_ would disagree. Or Sully telling Boo he has to go. It’s getting dusty over here. ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/325 "2025-05-28T00:08:00Z")
Yeah, but… Carl and Ellie had their whole life together. Sully did reunite with Boo thanks to Mike. Jessie never saw Emily again. ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/326 "2025-05-28T02:53:34Z")
Or did she…? But I did use the word “arguably.” Our next letter will be # L ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/327 "2025-05-28T03:12:51Z")
IQ1: Did you write about a Jewish charioteer? IQ2: Were you and your grandson among those killed by an IRA bomb in 1979? IQ3: Were you Crystal Gayle’s oldest sister? ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/328 "2025-05-28T03:13:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you voice Garfield? 2. Hair toss, check your nails–are you feeling “Good as Hell”? 3. L’etat, c’est you? ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/329 "2025-05-28T03:19:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a Jewish charioteer? > IQ2: Were you and your grandson among those killed by an IRA bomb in 1979? > IQ3: Were you Crystal Gayle’s oldest sister? Not Lew Wallace, Lord Louis Mountbatten or Loretta Lynn. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you voice Garfield? > 2. Hair toss, check your nails–are you feeling “Good as Hell”? > 3. L’etat, c’est you? Dunno, not Lizzo and not Louis XIV. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/330 "2025-05-28T03:36:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Lizzo and not Louis XIV. Respectively: 1 was Lorenzo Music; 2 and 3 are correct. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/331 "2025-05-28T12:26:03Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a novelty hit with the song _Little Arrow_? 2. Did Roger Daltry play you in a movie about your life? 3. Did you have a hit with _If I Had A Boat_? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/332 "2025-05-28T14:09:07Z")
IQs: 1. Speaking of Garfield, were you Odie’s original owner? 2. Did you co-found Google? 3. Did you invite us to do the Locomotion? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/333 "2025-05-28T14:44:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write about a Jewish charioteer? > > IQ2: Were you and your grandson among those killed by an IRA bomb in 1979? > > IQ3: Were you Crystal Gayle’s oldest sister? > > Not Lew Wallace, Lord Louis Mountbatten or Loretta Lynn. correct x3! ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/334 "2025-05-28T16:22:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the epistolary alter ego of Don Novello? 2. Are you a morbidly obese associate of Richie Rich? 3. Did the Weathermen help you break out of prison and smuggle you into Algeria? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/335 "2025-05-28T17:10:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the “mother” of a very peculiar little boy? 2. Did you finish second in your class and commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers? 3. Were you the oldest artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2023? ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/336 "2025-05-28T20:33:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a novelty hit with the song _Little Arrow_? > 2. Did Roger Daltry play you in a movie about your life? > 3. Did you have a hit with _If I Had A Boat_? Dunno, not Lizst and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Speaking of Garfield, were you Odie’s original owner? > 2. Did you co-found Google? > 3. Did you invite us to do the Locomotion? Dunno x3. > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the epistolary alter ego of Don Novello? > 2. Are you a morbidly obese associate of Richie Rich? > 3. Did the Weathermen help you break out of prison and smuggle you into Algeria? Not Lazlo Toth, not Lawrence Large and dunno. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the “mother” of a very peculiar little boy? > 2. Did you finish second in your class and commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers? > 3. Were you the oldest artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2023? Dunno, not Robert E. Lee and dunno. L. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/337 "2025-05-28T21:04:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Speaking of Garfield, were you Odie’s original owner? > 2. Did you co-found Google? > 3. Did you invite us to do the Locomotion? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was Lyman; 2 was Larry Page; 3 was Little Eva. DQs: 1. first name begins with L? 2. main character? 3. from movies and/or TV? ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/338 "2025-05-28T23:00:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you have a novelty hit with the song _Little Arrow_? > > 2. Did Roger Daltry play you in a movie about your life? > > 3. Did you have a hit with _If I Had A Boat_? > > Dunno, not Lizst and dunno. #1 was Leapy Lee. #2 is correct. #3 was Lyle Lovett. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/339 "2025-05-28T23:14:36Z")
IQs: 1. Speaking of Garfield, are you Garfield’s veterinarian? 2. Do you keep bleeding love when you are cut open? 3. Did you lead your brigade to the high water mark of the Confederacy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/340 "2025-05-29T02:15:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you play the “mother” of a very peculiar little boy? > > 2. Did you finish second in your class and commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers? > > 3. Were you the oldest artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2023? > > Dunno, not Robert E. Lee and dunno. 1. Lee Remick (Katherine Thorn; The Omen (1976)) 2. Correct 3. Brenda Lee (“Rockin’ Around the Chrisrtmas Tree”) Lees x3! **DQs:** Created before 1950? American creator? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078.md?page=18)