# Botticelli - April 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923 "2026-04-01T00:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/41 "2026-04-02T23:53:47Z")
1. I am not Edward Rutledge. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/42 "2026-04-03T00:02:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you fall into the deep dark well? > IQ2: Did you sing “Molasses to Rum to Slaves”? > IQ3: Were you a Boston surgeon (of the fictional variety) in the '50s? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Edward Rutledge. > Take 2 DQs. Eddie Cucha Catcha Camma Tosanara Tosanoka Samma Camma Wacky Brown (or however you want to spell it) correct Charles Emerson Winchester III DQ: Male creator? One DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/43 "2026-04-03T01:16:52Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with E 4. First appeared in print 5. First appeared before 1950 6. Protagonist, but not a hero 7. First appeared after 1900 8. First appeared in prose 9. Created by an American. 10. Caucasian 11. From mainstream literature, current with the time it was written 12. American character 13. Male creator ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/44 "2026-04-03T04:14:16Z")
Previous IQs: Did your idjit son not destroy a magical artifact when he really should have? - Elendil, not Erendil, but close enough (and the son was Isildur, of course) Were you Arwen’s husband, once crowned? - Yes, Elessar FKA Aragorn Were you, as far as we know, their only son? - Yes, Eldarion Swept me! IQs: Were you the former Rosie Cotton’s best-known daughter? Did you, unguarded and all by yourself, take the train to Oberlin during WWII to speak to a youth conference? Did Emma Thompson play you in an Ang Lee-directed movie? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/45 "2026-04-03T06:01:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Princess of the House of Llyr? 2. Did your character command Private Benjamin’s unit in basic training? 3. Were you, a warrant officer, played by Sigourney Weaver? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/46 "2026-04-03T14:44:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the former Rosie Cotton’s best-known daughter? > Did you, unguarded and all by yourself, take the train to Oberlin during WWII to speak to a youth conference? > Did Emma Thompson play you in an Ang Lee-directed movie? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/47 "2026-04-03T14:45:44Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Princess of the House of Llyr? > 2. Did your character command Private Benjamin’s unit in basic training? > 3. Were you, a warrant officer, played by Sigourney Weaver? 1. I am not Eileen Brennan. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/48 "2026-04-03T14:46:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the pair in _Absolutely Fabulous_? 2. Were you a catsuit-clad secret agent? 3. Were you the original Equalizer? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/49 "2026-04-03T14:52:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Very nice answers, DLR! Muchas danke, Prof.! IQs: 1. Were you not related to but played by Julia Roberts? 2. Were you not a living planet, but teleported someone from the red one? 3. Were you a scientifically-minded person who didn’t live in New Jersey, and developed a new model of the atom? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/50 "2026-04-03T16:12:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a Princess of the House of Llyr? > > 2. Did your character command Private Benjamin’s unit in basic training? > > 3. Were you, a warrant officer, played by Sigourney Weaver? > > 1. I am not Eileen Brennan. > Take 2 DQs. #1 was Eilonwy daughter of Angharad daughter of Regat from the Chronicles of Prydain. Correct on #2. #3 was Ellen Ripley. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/51 "2026-04-03T18:20:23Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the pair in _Absolutely Fabulous_? > 2. Were you a catsuit-clad secret agent? > 3. Were you the original Equalizer? 1. I am not Edie. 2. I am not Emma Peel. 3. I am not Edward Woodward. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you not related to but played by Julia Roberts? > 2. Were you not a living planet, but teleported someone from the red one? > 3. Were you a scientifically-minded person who didn’t live in New Jersey, and developed a new model of the atom? 1. I am not Erin Brockovich. 2. I am not Dr. Erdel. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/52 "2026-04-03T18:43:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Erin Brockovich. > 2. I am not Dr. Erdel. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was Ernest Rutherford. DQ: first appeared after 1925? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/53 "2026-04-03T18:54:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you one of the pair in _Absolutely Fabulous_? > > 2. Were you a catsuit-clad secret agent? > > 3. Were you the original Equalizer? > > 1. I am not Edie. > 2. I am not Emma Peel. > 3. I am not Edward Woodward. 1. Edina, but close enough. Swept me! DQ: Last name begins with A - M? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/54 "2026-04-03T20:17:45Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with E 4. First appeared in print 5. First appeared before 1950 6. Protagonist, but not a hero 7. First appeared after 1900 8. First appeared in prose 9. Created by an American. 10. Caucasian 11. From mainstream literature, current with the time it was written 12. American character 13. Male creator 14. First appeared after 1925 15. Last name starts with A - M ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/55 "2026-04-03T20:53:43Z")
DQ: First appeared after 1938? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/56 "2026-04-03T21:24:32Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:54, topic:1028923, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with E 4. First appeared in print 5. First appeared before 1950 6. Protagonist, but not a hero 7. First appeared after 1900 8. First appeared in prose 9. Created by an American. 10. Caucasian 11. From mainstream literature, current with the time it was written 12. American character 13. Male creator 14. First appeared after 1925 15. Last name starts with A - M 16. First appeared before 1938 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/57 "2026-04-03T23:53:18Z")
DQs: 1. Appeared in a movie or movies? 2. Work was humorous? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/58 "2026-04-04T00:11:20Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with E 4. First appeared in print 5. First appeared before 1950 6. Protagonist, but not a hero 7. First appeared after 1900 8. First appeared in prose 9. Created by an American. 10. Caucasian 11. From mainstream literature, current with the time it was written 12. American character 13. Male creator 14. First appeared after 1925 15. Last name starts with A - M 16. First appeared before 1938 17. Has appeared in a movie 18. His novel is humorous in that it is satirical. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/59 "2026-04-04T03:07:02Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the former Rosie Cotton’s best-known daughter? - Elanor, Rosie and Samwise Gamgee’s kid Did you, unguarded and all by yourself, take the train to Oberlin during WWII to speak to a youth conference? - Eleanor Roosevelt (amazing to me that they wouldn’t send along at least one Secret Service bodyguard during wartime) Did Emma Thompson play you in an Ang Lee-directed movie? - Elinor Dashwood, in the 1995 Oscar-winning film _Sense and Sensibility_ El- - -r x3! DQs: Novel won a Pulitzer or other major prize? Movie starred someone already well-known? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a corrupt evangelist with the same last name as an aerospace structure? Did Johnny Depp play you opposite Winona Ryder? Did your ship become what we know as Venus? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/60 "2026-04-04T13:22:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a corrupt evangelist with the same last name as an aerospace structure? Yes, I am… # Elmer Gantry! from the 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis, which earned him an invitation to a “Necktie Party” in the South. Well played, **EH!** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923.md?page=4)