# Botticelli - Sep 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928 "2013-09-03T22:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 20
**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 4, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/381 "2013-10-04T04:20:30Z")
I have a feeling I’m not gonna know this guy. I give up. ---
**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 4, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/382 "2013-10-04T11:20:21Z")
I give up, too (in case it’s not already obvious). ---
**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 4, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/383 "2013-10-04T12:18:21Z")
Ditto what SCAdian said. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/384 "2013-10-04T16:33:21Z")
Since I see most of you are stumped and have nobody in mind, I will reveal my identity. I am Halldór Laxness, Iceland’s most famous writer known for his poetry, novels, plays and short stories. He is also the first and only Icelandic Nobel laureate (he won one in Literature obviously). ---
**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 4, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/385 "2013-10-04T16:36:41Z")
Ah. Hmm. Never heard of him. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/386 "2013-10-04T17:02:40Z")
No, call it laxness on my part, but I’ve never heard of him either. Off to the library… ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/387 "2013-10-04T17:19:31Z")
Sorry about that guys… I thought he was well-known. ---
**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 4, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/388 "2013-10-04T17:22:11Z")
Hey, it happens. He IS well-known, just not by me in this case. I just had the same thing happen with French artist Theodore Gericault. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/389 "2013-10-04T18:45:50Z")
I, too, have had people who are household names to me turn out to be less well known than I thought. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/390 "2013-10-04T18:55:44Z")
Missed the edit window - Graham Yost and Urbain Grandier spring to mind… ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/391 "2013-10-04T20:22:00Z")
So, what now? I start the new round right away or do I wait for the October thread to be created? ---
**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 4, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/392 "2013-10-04T22:15:49Z")
Better wait until Elendil’s Heir and SCAdian have had a chance to weigh in. Then, start the October thread. ---
**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 4, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/393 "2013-10-04T23:18:13Z")
Don’t look at me - I never heard of him, either. Nor have I heard of Le Ministre’s two… ---
**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 5, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/394 "2013-10-05T01:33:03Z")
Never heard of him either. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/395 "2013-10-05T01:51:29Z")
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