# Botticelli - Sept. 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843 "2024-09-06T03:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/241 "2024-09-30T22:25:48Z")
M it is! IQs: Were you the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? Were you born in New Lisbon, Ohio and were a kingmaker for a President from that state? Were you that President? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/242 "2024-10-01T00:48:32Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Did your presidential campaign spread and establish that most ubiquitous Americanism, “OK”? > Did you claim to drive off the devil by throwing shit at him, a claim later bowdlerized to throwing ink? > Were you an 12th c. Irish saint, supposed author of a series of prophecies about future popes, that most historians think was a 16th c. forgery? I am not Martin Van Buren. I am not Martin Luther. I am not St. Martin. Martin x3! > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Do you dote over your second-born son, much to the consternation of his older brother? > 2. Did you trade sexual favors to a client for, among other things, free Omaha Steaks? > 3. Did you weigh over 200 lbs. in high school? DQx3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you a major on the hunt for the elusive “Puppet Master” in _Ghost in the Shell_? > 2. Were you chief of the SIS? > 3. Did you have an early role in _All About Eve_? I am not Major Major Major Major. (from the famous mash-up _Catch-22 in the Shell_) Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? > Were you born in New Lisbon, Ohio and were a kingmaker for a President from that state? > Were you that President? Take 2 DQs. I am not William McKinley. (Gonna kick myself when I hear the name of his campaign manager…) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/243 "2024-10-01T00:53:50Z")
# M 1. Fictional. 2. First name starts with M. 3. Human. 4. Female. 5. Created after 1950. 6. American creator. 7. Best known from TV/movies. 8. Protagonist. 9. Best known from TV. 10. Last name begins A-M. 11. Created after 1980. I’m going to throw “Comedic actor?” back to @Slow_Moving_Vehicle for reconsideration. Do you mean “played by a comedic actor?” or “appeared in a comedy show?” or “was the character a comedic actor” (ala Joey on _Friends_)? ---
**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 1, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/244 "2024-10-01T00:56:41Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Major Major Major Major. (from the famous mash-up _Catch-22 in the Shell_) > Take 2 DQs. 1 (_GITS_) was Major Motoko Kusanagi; 2 (SIS) was Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming; 3 (_All About Eve_) was Marilyn Monroe. DQs: 1. created after 2000? 2. from network show? 3. show in an obviously identifable genre (sitcom, sci-fi, etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/245 "2024-10-01T00:59:14Z")
IQs: 1. Were you famously pregnant as a single parent and kept the baby? 2. Were you a baseball player who refused to be photographed being hugged by women? 3. Were you a Hall Of Fame quarterback who’s last name is also the name of a state? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/246 "2024-10-01T01:00:50Z")
# M 1. Fictional. 2. First name starts with M. 3. Human. 4. Female. 5. Created after 1950. 6. American creator. 7. Best known from TV/movies. 8. Protagonist. 9. Best known from TV. 10. Last name begins A-M. 11. Created after 1980. 12. Created before 2000. 13. From a network show. 14. Show was a mix of genres, but mostly comedy. ---
**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 1, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/247 "2024-10-01T02:29:54Z")
IQ: Do you own the Blue Moon Detective Agency? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/248 "2024-10-01T02:33:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Do you dote over your second-born son, much to the consternation of his older brother? > > 2. Did you trade sexual favors to a client for, among other things, free Omaha Steaks? > > 3. Did you weigh over 200 lbs. in high school? > > DQx3. 1. Marie Barone, _Everybody Loves Raymond_ 2. Meredith Palmer, _The Office_ (US) 3. Monica Gellar/Bing, _Friends_ 3 DQs reserved ---
**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 1, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/249 "2024-10-01T02:56:47Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > establish that most ubiquitous Americanism, “OK”? > > Did you claim to drive off the devil by throwing shit at him, a claim later bowdlerized to throwing ink? > > Were you an 12th c. Irish saint, supposed author of a series of prophecies about future popes, that most historians think was a 16th c. forgery? > > I am not Martin Van Buren. > I am not Martin Luther. > I am not St. Martin. > > Martin x3! Ha! You fell into my clever trap! The Martins are correct, but the Irish archbishop was Saint Malachy. DQ: From an ensemble show? > [@SunUp](#): > > I’m going to throw “Comedic actor?” back to @Slow_Moving_Vehicle for reconsideration. Do you mean “played by a comedic actor?” or “appeared in a comedy show?” or “was the character a comedic actor” (ala Joey on _Friends_)? Brain fart on my part - I forgot that we’re talking about a fictional character. So I’ll rephrase: Comic character? ---
**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 1, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/250 "2024-10-01T03:24:38Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a former writer for the 1950-54 sketch series _Your Show of Shows_? 2. Does one of your works begin “A spectre is haunting Europe”? 3. Did you solve supernatural mysteries with your twin sibling in Gravity Falls, Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/251 "2024-10-01T03:59:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Do you own the Blue Moon Detective Agency? And… we have a winner! I am # Madolyn "Maddie" Hayes former model and owner of the “tax writeoff” Blue Moon Detective Agency, opposite her associate David Addison; played by Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, respectively. Good guess, and you can start us off in the new month! ---
**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 1, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/252 "2024-10-01T13:43:07Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Madolyn “Maddie” Hayes _Moonlighting_, right? Never watched it, but I remember that it existed. ---
**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 1, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/253 "2024-10-01T14:58:42Z")
I watched it every week. Well, every week there was an actual new episode. Onwards to October! > [@Botticelli - October 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2024/1008337): > > We have D! September thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/252](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/252) ---
**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 2, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/254 "2024-10-02T19:32:54Z")
Good job, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? - Frederick Muhlenberg Were you born in New Lisbon, Ohio and were a kingmaker for a President from that state? - Marcus Hanna, later himself elected to the US Senate Were you that President? - Yes, William McKinley [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843.md?page=12)