# Botticelli, Oct. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516 "2022-09-30T17:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/161 "2022-10-12T13:16:20Z")
DQ: from comic books/comic strips? 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:** [October 12, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/162 "2022-10-12T13:34:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you remembered as the Arch-Impressionist? > > 2. Did you drop ping-pong balls on the Captain? > > 3. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? > > Not … Manet? > DQ > DQ #1 is Claude Monet. #2 was Mr. Moose on _Captain Kangaroo_. #3 was Morocco Mole. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/163 "2022-10-12T18:14:21Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater 13. Not from ads 14. Unusual first name 15. Created after 1940 16. Created before 1950 17. “Good guy” 18. Not from a song 19. Not originally from radio 20. Not from television 21. From comic books/comic strips The Prof has three DQs, EH has two, and DLR has one. Please ask them no later than noon EDT tomorrow (13 Oct). ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/164 "2022-10-12T18:18:43Z")
DQ: From superhero comics? One 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:** [October 12, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/165 "2022-10-12T18:29:26Z")
DQ: Human? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/166 "2022-10-12T22:53:41Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater 13. Not from ads 14. Unusual first name 15. Created after 1940 16. Created before 1950 17. “Good guy” 18. Not from a song 19. Not originally from radio 20. Not from television 21. From comic books/comic strips 22. Not from superhero comics 23. Human The Prof has two DQs; EH and DLR have one each. Please ask them no later than noon EDT tomorrow (13 Oct). ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/167 "2022-10-13T00:21:33Z")
DQ: Adult character? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/168 "2022-10-13T00:41:03Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater 13. Not from ads 14. Unusual first name 15. Created after 1940 16. Created before 1950 17. “Good guy” 18. Not from a song 19. Not originally from radio 20. Not from television 21. From comic books/comic strips 22. Not from superhero comics 23. Human 24. Not an adult character The Prof, EH and DLR have one DQ each. Please ask them no later than noon EDT tomorrow (13 Oct). ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/169 "2022-10-13T01:03:39Z")
DQ: Teenage character? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/170 "2022-10-13T13:56:20Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater 13. Not from ads 14. Unusual first name 15. Created after 1940 16. Created before 1950 17. “Good guy” 18. Not from a song 19. Not originally from radio 20. Not from television 21. From comic books/comic strips 22. Not from superhero comics 23. Human 24. Not an adult character 25. Teenaged character EH and DLR have one DQ each. Please ask them no later than noon EDT today (13 Oct). ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/171 "2022-10-13T14:19:41Z")
Final DQ: secondary character, like he hasn’t had a title of his own but often appears in stories about the more major characters? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/172 "2022-10-13T14:24:10Z")
**M** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. American 5. Not political/military 6. Created after 1900 7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction 8. Not associated with NYC 9. Not from genre fiction (detective, sf, fantasy, etc.) 10. Did not originate in the movies 11. Created before 1970 12. Not from theater 13. Not from ads 14. Unusual first name 15. Created after 1940 16. Created before 1950 17. “Good guy” 18. Not from a song 19. Not originally from radio 20. Not from television 21. From comic books/comic strips 22. Not from superhero comics 23. Human 24. Not an adult character 25. Teenaged character 26. Secondary character – haven’t had a title of my own, but often appear in stories about the more major characters EH has one remaining DQ. Please ask it no later than noon EDT today (13 Oct). ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/173 "2022-10-13T16:02:36Z")
Since it’s now after noon… Final: Are you Moose Mason from _Archie_? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/174 "2022-10-13T18:08:47Z")
Yes! I am **M** armaduke **M** ason, known as “ **M** oose” to my friends at Riverdale High. All yours, Prof! ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/175 "2022-10-13T19:06:56Z")
Yay! I am… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.16a024a4ee395724b90f8fd52f785c0a?rik=54oVaaNbVFEz2Q&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.16a024a4ee395724b90f8fd52f785c0a?rik=54oVaaNbVFEz2Q&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/176 "2022-10-13T19:09:56Z")
Moose - how well I remember him from _Archie Comics_! Good one. On to R. IQs: Were you an early dog of David Sedaris’s, as discussed in “The Youth in Asia”? Did you, according to a popular kids’ author of the Fifties, have a horse named Sherry? Were you that author? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/177 "2022-10-13T19:20:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an early dog of David Sedaris’s, as discussed in “The Youth in Asia”? > Did you, according to a popular kids’ author of the Fifties, have a horse named Sherry? > Were you that author? #2. I am not Paul Revere (???) Take 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/178 "2022-10-13T19:25:12Z")
Rastus, and yes, Paul Revere, in _Mr. Revere and I_ (written as if by the Boston patriot’s horse), the author of which was actually Robert Lawson. DQs: male? real? IQs: Did you live near the eaves of Rhosgobel? Did you play Sherlock Holmes in a series of B&W movies? Are you the best-known person from Tampico, Ill.? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/179 "2022-10-13T19:27:04Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/180 "2022-10-13T19:28:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you live near the eaves of Rhosgobel? > Did you play Sherlock Holmes in a series of B&W movies? > Are you the best-known person from Tampico, Ill.? #1. I am not Radagast the Brown. (?) #2. I am not Basil Rathbone. #3. I am not Ronald Reagan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=10)