# January 2014, Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669 "2014-01-02T00:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/401 "2014-01-21T04:06:26Z")
I have three, as well, but we only get twenty total, so there’s just one DQ left to be asked. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/402 "2014-01-21T12:47:27Z")
I think I still have at least a half-dozen. Might it help if we knew the sex of the author? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/403 "2014-01-21T12:56:55Z")
In the past DQs that take the total beyond 20 have been answered, but I don’t know if there’s a rule for it. Maybe I could allow each individual to ask as many as would take the total to 20 if they were the only one asking? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/404 "2014-01-21T16:38:09Z")
Very generous of you - thanks! DQs: Is the author male? First appearance after 1980? Did she kill or cause the death of anybody? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/405 "2014-01-21T17:06:50Z")
My intention was less generous than you seem to have interpreted it. In retrospect, I should have said “I could allow each individual to ask as many as would take the total to 20 if they were the only one asking **from that point on**?” So if someone takes the total to twenty, other players can ask DQs as if that person hasn’t asked - so in this case, I’m allowing each player 1 DQ. Pick one of your 3. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/406 "2014-01-21T17:39:25Z")
If I were hosting, and came home to find enough DQs waiting for me to bring the total up to say, 21-25, I would answer all of them (and have done so). On the other hand, once the current total - and the remainder to 20 - has been pointed out to everyone, then I would start with the first question asked and continue until there were exactly 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:** [January 21, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/407 "2014-01-21T17:53:32Z")
Okely-dokely. DQ: Is the author male? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/408 "2014-01-21T18:08:06Z")
My initial letter is C and… 1: I am not real 2: I am not male 3: My first name begins with C 4: I am not American 5: I was created in the twentieth century 6: I originally appeared in a book 7: I am not European 8: My death has not been written 9: I am not Asian 10: I have not appeared in a big-screen movie 11: I am generally not considered a goodie 12: My first appearance in print was after 1950 13: I appeared in a book by an American author 14: I am from a work of Science Fiction or Fantasy 15: I am not the main character 16: I am human 17: As a consequence of 14, my life can’t be put on a timeline that features today. 18: I am from a work of Fantasy, rather than Science Fiction 19: I would generally be considered a villain. 20: My author is male. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/409 "2014-01-21T19:10:53Z")
DQ: First appearance after 1980? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/410 "2014-01-21T19:13:25Z")
Hmmm. Jordan? Martin? I haven’t read any of their books. What other men have been writing fantasy? I can mostly only think of female fantasy authors… ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/411 "2014-01-21T19:37:28Z")
Well, there’s Piers Anthony’s _Xanth_ series, Asprin’s _Myth Adventures_, Peter S. Beagle’s _The Last Unicorn_, Bellairs’ _The Face in the Frost_, Bradbury’s _Something Wicked This Way Comes_, and so on. But I’m not coming up with a villainess whose first or only name starts with C yet. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/412 "2014-01-21T20:01:53Z")
My initial letter is C and… 1: I am not real 2: I am not male 3: My first name begins with C 4: I am not American 5: I was created in the twentieth century 6: I originally appeared in a book 7: I am not European 8: My death has not been written 9: I am not Asian 10: I have not appeared in a big-screen movie 11: I am generally not considered a goodie 12: My first appearance in print was after 1950 13: I appeared in a book by an American author 14: I am from a work of Science Fiction or Fantasy 15: I am not the main character 16: I am human 17: As a consequence of 14, my life can’t be put on a timeline that features today. 18: I am from a work of Fantasy, rather than Science Fiction 19: I would generally be considered a villain. 20: My author is male. 21: The first book in which I appeared was published after 1980 ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/413 "2014-01-21T20:52:33Z")
IQ: Are you Joffrey’s mother by your brother Jaime? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/414 "2014-01-21T21:22:17Z")
Welcome back, Le Ministre! As for your guess, my own reaction is :smack:! ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/415 "2014-01-21T21:29:13Z")
Ooo. That could be it! ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/416 "2014-01-21T22:40:56Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you Joffrey’s mother by your brother Jaime? I am indeed Cersei Lannister, Queen of Westeros ! Congratulations, Ministre! ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/417 "2014-01-21T22:50:26Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > I am indeed Cersei Lannister, Queen of Westeros ! Congratulations, Ministre! What book is that? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/418 "2014-01-21T22:51:00Z")
Well, _that_ is a fun way to come back to one of my favourite games!! I’m going to go away and have a think, and start a new round either late tonight or early tomorrow. My apologies for a long absence, my friends. I have been rather swamped of late. However, the website is launched, my current show has opened, and my CD launches in a few weeks - I have a little more time to spare now. > [@SCAdian](#): > > What book is that? It’s a whole series, “A Song of Ice and Fire”, by George R. R. Martin. The series is better known as “A Game of Thrones”, the title of the first book. I think the telly series is just called “Game of Thrones”. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/419 "2014-01-22T01:20:41Z")
Way to go, **Le Ministre**! Looking forward to the next round! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/420 "2014-01-22T02:23:35Z")
Likewise - good job! Kicking myself that I didn’t get her. I’m a _Game of Thrones_ fan from 'way back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=22)