# Botticelli (Part Whatever)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [May 21, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653 "2012-05-21T21:04:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author: ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/181 "2012-06-05T15:10:00Z")

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Well, I’m stumped.

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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: [June 5, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/182 "2012-06-05T15:16:03Z")

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Anyone else?

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### Author: ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/183 "2012-06-05T15:16:25Z")

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I have no idea

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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: [June 5, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/184 "2012-06-05T17:14:03Z")

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**Le Ministre** was warm.

> **[Mr. Darcy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzwilliam_Darcy)**
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> Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire, generally referred to as Mr. Darcy, is one of the two central characters in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. He is an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist. The story's narration is almost exclusively from Elizabeth's perspective; the reader is given a one-sided view of Darcy for much of the novel, but hints are given throughout that there is much more to his character than meets the ey...

Mr. Darcy has been played by a number of great actors, but none that I could find have won an award for playing him.

Thanks, everybody! I’ll start the next round in a day or so.

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### Author: ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/185 "2012-06-05T18:13:23Z")

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I don’t think I would have guessed Fitzwilliam Darcy in a million years. Good one, and I’m looking forward to the next round!

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### Author: ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/186 "2012-06-05T21:49:03Z")

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Well played, **Elendil’s Heir**! I don’t think I’ve ever read ‘Pride and Prejudice’, though I have loved the little Austin that I have read.

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### Author: ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/187 "2012-06-05T22:11:00Z")

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I’ve read _Pride and Prejudice_, but I wouldn’t have gotten Darcy in a million years - good show! See you all in the next thread.

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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: [June 6, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/188 "2012-06-06T03:41:55Z")

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Thanks. Mr. Darcy’s first name isn’t all that well known, but Austen definitely gave him one.

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### Author: ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/189 "2012-06-07T16:19:49Z")

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_ **Missy** walks into the thread, clears cobwebs from the corners, sits and waits patiently…_

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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: [June 7, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/190 "2012-06-07T17:26:44Z")

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Thanks for your patience. The next game thread: [Botticelli - June 2012 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=654455)

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