# Botticelli - October 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 3, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641 "2025-10-03T15:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/101 "2025-10-09T19:37:14Z")
Those are some big fat clues listed, but I’m not making the connection. I’ll yield my DQs to anyone who wants to use them. ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/102 "2025-10-09T22:06:45Z")
DQs: 1. Domestic animal? 2. Anthropomorphic 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 9, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/103 "2025-10-09T23:36:12Z")
**R**. 1. Fictional 2. Last part of name begins with R 3. Male 4. Literary character 5. Main character 6. Created before 1950 7. American creator(s) 8. Not created before 1900 9. Name appears in book title 10. Work adapted into film 11. Character is American 12. Not from genre fiction (scifi, fantasy, horror, mystery, western, etc.)? 13. From children’s literature 14. First part of name begins with A-M 15. Not created before 1925 16. Author or creator known for other works 17. Not human 18. “The” is not part of my full name 19. Considered a “good guy,” although not human 20. An Earth animal 21. Domestic animal 22. Non-anthropomorphic character I show knoodler with two remaining DQs, up for grabs, and DLR with one. Please ask them by noon EDT tomorrow, Friday 10 October. ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/104 "2025-10-10T00:54:01Z")
I’ll take one of **knoodler’s**. DQ: Character a cat or dog? ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/105 "2025-10-10T01:02:29Z")
**R**. 1. Fictional 2. Last part of name begins with R 3. Male 4. Literary character 5. Main character 6. Created before 1950 7. American creator(s) 8. Not created before 1900 9. Name appears in book title 10. Work adapted into film 11. Character is American 12. Not from genre fiction (scifi, fantasy, horror, mystery, western, etc.)? 13. From children’s literature 14. First part of name begins with A-M 15. Not created before 1925 16. Author or creator known for other works 17. Not human 18. “The” is not part of my full name 19. Considered a “good guy,” although not human 20. An Earth animal 21. Domestic animal 22. Non-anthropomorphic character 23. A cat or dog ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/106 "2025-10-10T02:46:10Z")
Final DQ: created after 1940? ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/107 "2025-10-10T02:49:42Z")
**R**. 1. Fictional 2. Last part of name begins with R 3. Male 4. Literary character 5. Main character 6. Created before 1950 7. American creator(s) 8. Not created before 1900 9. Name appears in book title 10. Work adapted into film 11. Character is American 12. Not from genre fiction (scifi, fantasy, horror, mystery, western, etc.)? 13. From children’s literature 14. First part of name begins with A-M 15. Not created before 1925 16. Author or creator known for other works 17. Not human 18. “The” is not part of my full name 19. Considered a “good guy,” although not human 20. An Earth animal 21. Domestic animal 22. Non-anthropomorphic character 23. A cat or dog 24. Created after 1940 Anybody want to take knoodler’s last DQ? ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/108 "2025-10-10T14:57:08Z")
Knoodler’s final DQ: character is a dog? ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/109 "2025-10-10T16:12:46Z")
**R**. 1. Fictional 2. Last part of name begins with R 3. Male 4. Literary character 5. Main character 6. Created before 1950 7. American creator(s) 8. Not created before 1900 9. Name appears in book title 10. Work adapted into film 11. Character is American 12. Not from genre fiction (scifi, fantasy, horror, mystery, western, etc.)? 13. From children’s literature 14. First part of name begins with A-M 15. Not created before 1925 16. Author or creator known for other works 17. Not human 18. “The” is not part of my full name 19. Considered a “good guy,” although not human 20. An Earth animal 21. Domestic animal 22. Non-anthropomorphic character 23. A cat or dog 24. Created after 1940 25. A dog Now that the earned DQs are out of the way, please ask your “Firstname Lastname” DQs by 9:00 PM tomorrow, Sat 11 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 10, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/110 "2025-10-10T17:04:55Z")
Hmmm… Rex? Rover? Red? Thinking… ---
**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 10, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/111 "2025-10-10T18:53:18Z")
Ronald? Ricardo? Ralph? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/112 "2025-10-10T22:21:08Z")
Could it be a learning-to-read book? A primer? Or Dr. Seuss, maybe? ---
**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 10, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/113 "2025-10-10T22:38:54Z")
The Cat in the Hat didn’t come out until the 50s. ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/114 "2025-10-11T19:45:46Z")
Did everybody run off to join the circus? Or have y’all been devoured by mice? ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/115 "2025-10-11T19:49:11Z")
I’ve got nuthin’. ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/116 "2025-10-11T19:54:57Z")
I have an idea,but I am gonna wait until close to 9. ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/117 "2025-10-11T20:31:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I have an idea,but I am gonna wait until close to 9. Hoping to avoid hosting another game so soon? 😃 ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/118 "2025-10-11T20:42:09Z")
Yep…😁 ---
**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, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/119 "2025-10-12T00:39:23Z")
Well, are you Big Red? ---
**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, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/120 "2025-10-12T01:59:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Red? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Well, are you Big Red? Yes! Not Irish Red, not Outlaw Red, but their sire, Big **R** ed\> Sorry about the delay. It’s a good book. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=7)