# Botticelli October 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977 "2023-10-02T01:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/141 "2023-10-13T22:17:16Z")
**F** 1. Fictional 2. Could be alive today, if real 3. Male 4. First name excluding title begins with F 5. Not a main character - concept of main character does not really apply to the ensemble work character is from 6. Not American 7. Not a Professional/academic title, as opposed to a title of nobility. 8. From the performing arts 9. Created by American(s)? - unclear - actor portraying me is American, but work in which I appear is not American 10. From a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.) 11. Not a European character 12. First appeared after 1970 13. Not from a movie 14. Not Asian 15. Not from the Southern hemisphere 16. First appeared before 1995 17. From a TV show 18. Not from Science Fiction or Fantasy 19. From a show created by Canadians 20. Title represents some form of royalty/nobility 21. From a comedy show 22. From SCTV 23. A fake vampire played by an SCTV actor, unhappily introducing not-very-scary movies late at night ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/142 "2023-10-15T03:07:45Z")
Well, then… Are you Count Floyd? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/143 "2023-10-15T05:34:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Count Floyd? ooooh, scary!! **YES** I am indeed **Count Floyd** Host of SCTV’s Monster Chiller Horror Theatre > **[Count Floyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Floyd)** > > Count Floyd is a fictional character featured in television and played by comic actor Joe Flaherty. He is a fictional horror host in the tradition of TV hosts on local television in both the United States and Canada. > The Count Floyd character originated on the Canadian sketch show SCTV, but also later appeared on The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (clips of which were used on Cartoon Planet), as well as Rush’s Grace Under Pressure tour. > As originally conceived, Count Floyd was th... Congrats EH!! ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/144 "2023-10-15T14:34:40Z")
Nice job, **EH!** Very nice pick, **Chock!** ---
**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 15, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/145 "2023-10-15T18:17:30Z")
Thanks! I remember Count Floyd (“Oooo, really scary, kids!”) on _SCTV_ back in the Seventies. Our next letter is # T ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/146 "2023-10-15T20:21:08Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the voice of Tony the Tiger? 2. Are you Peter Dinklage’s character in his latest movie? 3. Did Elendil\_s\_Heir and his wife run away from the character you portrayed in _Marvel’s The Avengers_? ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/147 "2023-10-15T20:31:41Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the “Georgia Peach”? 2. Did you originally sing “Hound Dog”? 3. Did you co-create Vampirella? ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/148 "2023-10-15T23:56:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the voice of Tony the Tiger? > 2. Are you Peter Dinklage’s character in his latest movie? > 3. Did Elendil\_s\_Heir and his wife run away from the character you portrayed in _Marvel’s The Avengers_? Not Thurl Ravenscroft (a name I learned here!), dunno, and not Tom Hiddleston (and I don’t actually know if she _was_ my wife). ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/149 "2023-10-15T23:57:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you the “Georgia Peach”? > 2. Did you originally sing “Hound Dog”? > 3. Did you co-create Vampirella? Not Ty Cobb, not Telvis Tpresley and dunno. ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/150 "2023-10-16T00:00:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ty Cobb, not Telvis Tpresley and dunno. 2 was Big Mama Thornton; 3 was artist Trina Robbins. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with T? ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/151 "2023-10-16T00:34:50Z")
T. 1. fictional 2. last name starts with T ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/152 "2023-10-16T00:43:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the voice of Tony the Tiger? > > 2. Are you Peter Dinklage’s character in his latest movie? > > 3. Did Elendil\_s\_Heir and his wife run away from the character you portrayed in _Marvel’s The Avengers_? > > Not Thurl Ravenscroft (a name I learned here!), dunno, and not Tom Hiddleston (and I don’t actually know if she _was_ my wife). Correct, The Toxic Avenger, and correct. DQ: Male? IQs: 1. Are you the Burninator? 2. Are you also known as Fangorn? 3. Do you very famously have troubles when the moon is full? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/153 "2023-10-16T11:14:55Z")
IQs: 1. Do you play opposite Peter Dinklage in his latest movie, the one that’s actually in theaters now? 2. Are you in the process of rereleasing all your songs, so that you will own the masters and rights to them? 3. Are you a comedian whose first Netflix special was called “Quarter Life Crisis”? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/154 "2023-10-16T17:50:15Z")
(Back after a long hiatus) Lets head to Japan IQs 1. Are you the Mascot of a popular Anime studio 2. Are you a adolescent motorcycle punk who develops immeasurable psychic power accompanied by excruciating headaches in a popular Manga series and Anime movie. 3. Are you a feline Samurai who cuts a bloody swath through space, time and genre to hunt down the killers of his master. ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/155 "2023-10-16T18:33:42Z")
Welcome back, **Buck!** ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/156 "2023-10-16T22:57:57Z")
IQ1: Are you a satyr who takes care of the place while the Master is away? IQ2: Did you write _Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat_? IQ3: Did you and your father team up to kill the 108 dudes that were hitting on your mom while you father was delayed on a trip? ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/157 "2023-10-17T23:15:17Z")
Yes, welcome back, **Buck**! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Burninator? > 2. Are you also known as Fangorn? > 3. Do you very famously have troubles when the moon is full? Dunno, not Treebeard, and not Timmy Werewolf. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/158 "2023-10-18T01:53:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the Burninator? > > 2. Are you also known as Fangorn? > > 3. Do you very famously have troubles when the moon is full? > > Dunno, not Treebeard, and not Timmy Werewolf. > > DQs: > > 1. Male? > 2. From TV or moives? > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn _Rock of Ages_? > 2. Did you write _The Magnificent Ambersons_? > 3. Are you the protagonist in the film _The Imitation Game_? #1 is Trogdor! #2 is correct. #3 is Lawrence “The Wolfman” Talbot. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/159 "2023-10-18T01:59:02Z")
IQs: 1. Were you on the PMRC? 2. Were you a cat that learned to talk, in a story by Saki? 3. Did you do cover illustrations for the _Goosebumps_ book series? ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/160 "2023-10-18T02:48:59Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you play opposite Peter Dinklage in his latest movie, the one that’s actually in theaters now? > 2. Are you in the process of rereleasing all your songs, so that you will own the masters and rights to them? > 3. Are you a comedian whose first Netflix special was called “Quarter Life Crisis”? Dunno x3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=9)