# 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:** 9

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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 12, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/161 "2022-11-12T00:02:44Z")

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#1 was Butch Cavendish.  
Correct on Ted.  
#3 is Kent Clark.

DQ: From a movie?

1 DQ reserved.

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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 12, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/162 "2022-11-12T02:01:19Z")

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**C**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with C
4. Created after 1950
5. Not American creator(s)
6. Created after 1980
7. European creator(s)
8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
9. Originally from film/TV
10. Not from a sitcom
11. Not a lead character
12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
13. From a movie

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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 12, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/163 "2022-11-12T02:56:15Z")

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DQ: Creator from the UK or Ireland?

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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 12, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/164 "2022-11-12T04:45:24Z")

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IQ1: Have you played a sheriff, a lawyer, and a zookeeper?  
IQ2: Did you costar in the second and third shows mentioned in #1?  
IQ3: Did you sing “Roses for Mama”?

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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 12, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/165 "2022-11-12T04:57:48Z")

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**C**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with C
4. Created after 1950
5. Not American creator(s)
6. Created after 1980
7. European creator(s)
8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
9. Originally from film/TV
10. Not from a sitcom
11. Not a lead character
12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
13. From a movie
14. Creator from the UK or Ireland

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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 12, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/166 "2022-11-12T04:59:18Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Have you played a sheriff, a lawyer, and a zookeeper?  
> IQ2: Did you costar in the second and third shows mentioned in #1?  
> IQ3: Did you sing “Roses for Mama”?

3 DQs

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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 12, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/167 "2022-11-12T05:04:44Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you LBJ’s best-known biographer? - Robert Caro  
Has SJP played you for many years? - Yes, Carrie Bradshaw of _Sex and the City_  
Were you killed on a Hawaiian beach? - Yes, Capt. James Cook

DQ:

British character?

IQs:

Were you a prominent Kentucky abolitionist?  
Were you a noted Kentucky-born boxer?  
Were you a noted pre-Civil War Kentucky statesman who lost every time he ran for President?

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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 12, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/168 "2022-11-12T05:28:05Z")

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**C**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with C
4. Created after 1950
5. Not American creator(s)
6. Created after 1980
7. European creator(s)
8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
9. Originally from film/TV
10. Not from a sitcom
11. Not a lead character
12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
13. From a movie
14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
15. British character

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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 12, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/169 "2022-11-12T05:32:43Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you a prominent Kentucky abolitionist?  
> Were you a noted Kentucky-born boxer?  
> Were you a noted pre-Civil War Kentucky statesman who lost every time he ran for President?

DQ  
Not Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali  
DQ

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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 12, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/170 "2022-11-12T16:44:42Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > IQ1: Have you played a sheriff, a lawyer, and a zookeeper?  
> > IQ2: Did you costar in the second and third shows mentioned in #1?  
> > IQ3: Did you sing “Roses for Mama”?
> 
> 3 DQs

John Cleese (_Silverado_, _A Fish Called Wanda_, and _Fierce Creatures_)  
Jamie Lee Curtis  
C W McCall

DQ1: Genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)?  
DQ2: Created after 2000?  
One DQ reserved.

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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 12, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/171 "2022-11-12T17:52:14Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Giacomo in _The Court Jester_?
2. Are you #1’s actor son?
3. Did you say “Big book, big evil.”?

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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 12, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/172 "2022-11-12T19:18:40Z")

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**C**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with C
4. Created after 1950
5. Not American creator(s)
6. Created after 1980
7. European creator(s)
8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
9. Originally from film/TV
10. Not from a sitcom
11. Not a lead character
12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
13. From a movie
14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
15. British character
16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
17. Created before 2000

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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 12, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/173 "2022-11-12T19:19:11Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Did you play Giacomo in _The Court Jester_?
> 2. Are you #1’s actor son?
> 3. Did you say “Big book, big evil.”?

3 DQs for you

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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 12, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/174 "2022-11-12T19:48:46Z")

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#1 was John Carradine.  
#2 was David Carradine.  
#3 was Callimachus.

DQs:

1. From a film before 1990?
2. From a comedy?

1 DQ reserved.

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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 12, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/175 "2022-11-12T20:12:37Z")

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**C**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with C
4. Created after 1950
5. Not American creator(s)
6. Created after 1980
7. European creator(s)
8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
9. Originally from film/TV
10. Not from a sitcom
11. Not a lead character
12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
13. From a movie
14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
15. British character
16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
17. Created before 2000
18. From a film before 1990
19. From a comedy

There are at least 4 outstanding DQs, so I am going to close this one to further IQs.

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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 12, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/176 "2022-11-12T20:56:44Z")

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DQ: Actor’s last name begins with A-M?

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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 12, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/177 "2022-11-12T21:01:10Z")

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**C**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with C
4. Created after 1950
5. Not American creator(s)
6. Created after 1980
7. European creator(s)
8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
9. Originally from film/TV
10. Not from a sitcom
11. Not a lead character
12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
13. From a movie
14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
15. British character
16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
17. Created before 2000
18. From a film before 1990
19. From a comedy
20. Actor’s last name begins with A-M

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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 12, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/178 "2022-11-12T22:41:41Z")

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DQ: Did the film star at least one of the Monty Pythons?

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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 12, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/179 "2022-11-12T23:58:03Z")

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**C**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with C
4. Created after 1950
5. Not American creator(s)
6. Created after 1980
7. European creator(s)
8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
9. Originally from film/TV
10. Not from a sitcom
11. Not a lead character
12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
13. From a movie
14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
15. British character
16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
17. Created before 2000
18. From a film before 1990
19. From a comedy
20. Actor’s last name begins with A-M
21. Film starred at least one of the Monty Pythons

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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 13, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/180 "2022-11-13T03:24:31Z")

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So, a character from an 80’s British Comedy starring a Python (but not Michael Palin).  
Not a genre film, so that’s Brazil, Jabberwocky and Time Bandits gone.  
Hmmm…

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