# Botticelli - Sept. 2016
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651 "2016-09-01T13:28:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/1 "2016-09-01T13:28:45Z")
Last month’s thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=801175](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=801175)
Next up in the alphabet, the letter
S
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/2 "2016-09-01T20:36:51Z")
IQs:
1. Did you have a hit with _Kodachrome_?
2. Did you have a hit with _Attitude Dancing_?
3. Are you aka the Saint?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/3 "2016-09-02T03:47:42Z")
Not Paul Simon, dunno, and not Simon Templar.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/4 "2016-09-02T12:01:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you have a hit with _Kodachrome_?
> 2. Did you have a hit with _Attitude Dancing_?
> 3. Are you aka the Saint?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Paul Simon, dunno, and not Simon Templar.
Correct. #2 was Carly Simon. Correct.
DQ: Real?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/5 "2016-09-02T12:02:49Z")
IQs:
1. Are you a long-time player of Botticelli who has been sadly absent from this thread for months?
2. Did you compose _The Carnival of the Animals_?
3. Did you lead the orchestra in Disney’s _Fantasia_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/6 "2016-09-02T19:13:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you a long-time player of Botticelli who has been sadly absent from this thread for months?
> 2. Did you compose _The Carnival of the Animals_?
> 3. Did you lead the orchestra in Disney’s _Fantasia_?
Dunno, not Saint-Saens (sp?), and not Leopold (Leopold!) Stokowski.
S.
1. fictional
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/7 "2016-09-03T12:06:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you a long-time player of Botticelli who has been sadly absent from this thread for months?
> 2. Did you compose _The Carnival of the Animals_?
> 3. Did you lead the orchestra in Disney’s _Fantasia_?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, not Saint-Saens (sp?), and not Leopold (Leopold!) Stokowski.
>
> S.
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> 1. fictional
How soon we forget. #1 is SCAdian. Correct on the others.
DQ: Male?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/8 "2016-09-03T12:08:56Z")
IQs:
1. Are you a giant fisherman in American tall tales?
2. Did you tell your husband 1,001 cliffhangers?
3. Are you aka Norrin Radd?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/9 "2016-09-03T17:18:04Z")
Ah, **SCAdian** , of course. Thanks.
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you a giant fisherman in American tall tales?
> 2. Did you tell your husband 1,001 cliffhangers?
> 3. Are you aka Norrin Radd?
Not Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, Scheherazade (sp?) and dunno.
S.
1. fictional
2. male
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/10 "2016-09-03T21:37:36Z")
Correct, correct, and the Silver Surfer.
DQ: Created since 1950?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/11 "2016-09-03T21:39:22Z")
IQs:
1. Did you write _The Vampire: His Kith and Kin_?
2. Are you a fictional relative of #1?
3. Did you write _The Human Comedy_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/12 "2016-09-04T02:04:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _The Vampire: His Kith and Kin_?
> 2. Are you a fictional relative of #1?
> 3. Did you write _The Human Comedy_?
Dunno x3.
S.
1. fictional
2. male
3. created since 1950
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/13 "2016-09-05T16:10:14Z")
#1 was Montague Summers, Victorian writer.
#2 was Buffy Summers, from _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_.
#3 was William Saroyan.
DQs:
1. Last name starts with S?
2. Created for a work of prose fiction?
3. Protagonist?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/14 "2016-09-05T16:13:29Z")
IQs:
1. Were you one of the players on the acclaimed BBC 1950’s/60’s radio series _The Goon Show_?
2. Were you another of the players on the highly esteemed Goon Show?
3. Needle nardle noo: were you a third player on the radio series that inspired the Monty Python troupe, _The Goon Show_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/15 "2016-09-06T02:48:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you one of the players on the acclaimed BBC 1950’s/60’s radio series _The Goon Show_?
> 2. Were you another of the players on the highly esteemed Goon Show?
> 3. Needle nardle noo: were you a third player on the radio series that inspired the Monty Python troupe, _The Goon Show_?
Dunno x3.
S.
1. fictional
2. male
3. created since 1950
4. first name starts with S
5. not created for a work of prose fiction
6. not the protagonist
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/16 "2016-09-06T14:06:04Z")
The cast of _The Goon Show_ consisted mainly of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.
DQs:
1. From a movie or series of movies?
2. Created since 2000?
3. By an American creator (or creators)?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/17 "2016-09-06T14:08:29Z")
IQs:
1. Did you star in the movie _Swashbuckler_?
2. Did you star in the movie _Carrie_? (the original one)
3. Did you write _Ida: A Novel_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/18 "2016-09-06T15:05:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Did you star in the movie _Swashbuckler_?
> 2. Did you star in the movie _Carrie_? (the original one)
> 3. Did you write _Ida: A Novel_?
Not Spencer Tracy (guessing), not Sissy Spacek (sp?), and not Sinclair Lewis (also guessing).
S.
1. fictional
2. male
3. created since 1950
4. first name starts with S
5. not created for a work of prose fiction
6. not the protagonist
7. from a movie or series of movies
8. created before 2000
9. by an American creator or creators
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/19 "2016-09-07T12:33:46Z")
#1 was Robert Shaw (who also played the villain in _The Sting_)
#2 is Cissy Spacek, correct.
#3 was Gertrude Stein.
DQs:
1. Antagonist?
2. From a science-fiction or fantasy movie or series?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2016/764651/20 "2016-09-07T13:37:04Z")
S.
1. fictional
2. male
3. created since 1950
4. first name starts with S
5. not created for a work of prose fiction
6. not the protagonist
7. from a movie or series of movies
8. created before 2000
9. by an American creator or creators
10. not the antagonist
11. from a kinda-sorta science fiction or fantasy movie or series
But not usually thus categorized.
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