# Botticelli, Nov. 2022

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093 "2022-10-31T20:23:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 14

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/261 "2022-11-25T04:38:32Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a black member of Our Gang?  
> IQ2: Were you a white member of Our Gang?  
> IQ3: Were you burned alive by the parents of children you’d killed?

Not Fbuckwheat, not Fspanky and dunno.

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/262 "2022-11-25T04:42:14Z")

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F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F

**SCAdian** , please ask another DQ, as **Prof. P.** had already asked if this person is real.

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/263 "2022-11-25T05:24:51Z")

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Held DQ: Would be alive today, if real?

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/264 "2022-11-25T05:43:43Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you a black member of Our Gang?  
> > IQ2: Were you a white member of Our Gang?  
> > IQ3: Were you burned alive by the parents of children you’d killed?
> 
> Not Fbuckwheat, not Fspanky and dunno.

Farina  
Froggy  
Freddy Krueger

DQ1: American creator(s)?  
DQ2: Originally from prose fiction?  
DQ3: Created after 1950?  
Two DQs reserved.

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/265 "2022-11-25T17:25:11Z")

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F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F
4. would not be alive today, if real
5. American creator(s)
6. not originally from prose fiction
7. created before 1950

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/266 "2022-11-25T17:39:25Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > 1. Were you in love with Dudley Do-right’s Horse?
> > 2. Are you the title character of a decades-long comic strip that is being retired?
> > 3. Did you write _A Coney Island of the Mind_?
> 
> Dunno, not Forth and dunno.

#1 was Nell Fenwick.  
#2 is Funky Winkerbean.  
#3 was Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

DQs:

1. Created before 1900?

2 DQs reserved.

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/267 "2022-11-25T17:57:21Z")

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F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F
4. would not be alive today, if real
5. American creator(s)
6. not originally from prose fiction
7. created before 1950
8. created after 1900

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/268 "2022-11-25T18:37:49Z")

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DQs:

1. Originally from a movie?
2. Protagonist?

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/269 "2022-11-25T18:41:02Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you an occasionally occurring comic strip character in a now defunct comic strip who is a parody of another comic strip character in another strip which is still ongoing?
2. Did you write _Hard Sayings of Jesus_?
3. Did you read the funnies to kids on the radio during a newspaper strike?

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/270 "2022-11-25T19:17:09Z")

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Dunno x2; not Fiorello LaGuardia.

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/271 "2022-11-25T19:17:55Z")

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#1 was Fearless Fosdick.  
#2 was F. F. Bruce.  
Correct on Fiorello.

2 DQs reserved.

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/272 "2022-11-25T19:18:00Z")

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F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F
4. would not be alive today, if real
5. American creator(s)
6. not originally from prose fiction
7. created before 1950
8. created after 1900
9. originally from a movie
10. not the protagonist

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/273 "2022-11-25T19:18:40Z")

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DQs:

1. Antagonist?
2. Genre movie?

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**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:** [November 25, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/274 "2022-11-25T19:21:33Z")

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F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F
4. would not be alive today, if real
5. American creator(s)
6. not originally from prose fiction
7. created before 1950
8. created after 1900
9. originally from a movie
10. not the protagonist
11. not the antagonist
12. not a genre movie, I’d say, but YMMV

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**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:** [November 26, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/275 "2022-11-26T00:58:32Z")

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DQ: Human?  
One DQ reserved.

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**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:** [November 26, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/276 "2022-11-26T01:42:30Z")

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IQ1: Were you Gertrude’s brother and Joe’s father?  
IQ2: Were you Callie Shaw’s boyfriend?  
IQ3: Were you Trixie Belden’s boyfriend?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/277 "2022-11-26T01:58:22Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Did Michael Emerson play you on **Person of Interest**?
> 2. Are you the mother of Peter, Paige and Jason and the husband of Roger in a long-running comic strip?
> 3. Were you known as “The Lost Sister of the Wyoming”?

Correct, Andy Fox [the comic strip Foxtrot], Frances Slocum.

DQ:

1. Portrayed by a well-known actor?

One DQ reserved.

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**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:** [November 26, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/278 "2022-11-26T03:07:44Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Gertrude’s brother and Joe’s father?  
> IQ2: Were you Callie Shaw’s boyfriend?  
> IQ3: Were you Trixie Belden’s boyfriend?

Dunno x3.

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**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:** [November 26, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/279 "2022-11-26T03:09:12Z")

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F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F
4. would not be alive today, if real
5. American creator(s)
6. not originally from prose fiction
7. created before 1950
8. created after 1900
9. originally from a movie
10. not the protagonist
11. not the antagonist
12. not a genre movie, I’d say, but YMMV
13. human
14. portrayed by a well-known actor

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/280 "2022-11-26T04:41:06Z")

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IQ1: Was Scrooge your apprentice?  
IQ2: You’re a hot dog and you’d better not hurt her, (you)?  
IQ3: Did IQ2 wonder what ever happened to you and your delicate satin-draped frame?

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