# 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:** 9
**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 24, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/161 "2026-04-24T15:24:00Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Wendell Wilkie I already guessed Willkie. ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/162 "2026-04-24T16:07:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the announcer for that all-leather talking-type 1950’s radio series I frequently mention? You know, the British 1950’s one with Harry Secombe and a couple of other blokes? The one with such lively catchphrases as “I don’t wish to know that!”, “Whatwhatwhatwhatwhat?” and “He’s fallen in the wa-ter.”? 2. Did your artwork on the earlier _Mars Attacks!_ trading cards prompt Tim Burton’s vision for the movie? 3. Were you the title character of a 1950’s TV series that had parents concerned because their kids were drawing on the TV screen? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/163 "2026-04-24T16:24:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I already guessed Willkie. Ah, I missed that. @Elendil_s_Heir ignore my second DQ (commissioned officer) ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/164 "2026-04-25T00:43:39Z")
IQ1-2: Did you often need food badly? IQ3: Were you a bear of very little brain? ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/165 "2026-04-25T04:21:46Z")
D’oh! It was incumbent Vice President Henry Wallace, not later GOP presidential candidate George Wallace, whom FDR dumped in 1944, with Truman then becoming his running mate. I shouldn’t have mentioned his first name. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint a portrait of your mother? > 2. Was your adopted brother Perry the focus of your eponymous comic strip? > 3. Are you colorfully nicknamed “hog of steel”? Not Whistler, dunno and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the announcer for that all-leather talking-type 1950’s radio series I frequently mention? You know, the British 1950’s one with Harry Secombe and a couple of other blokes? The one with such lively catchphrases as “I don’t wish to know that!”, “Whatwhatwhatwhatwhat?” and “He’s fallen in the wa-ter.”? > 2. Did your artwork on the earlier _Mars Attacks!_ trading cards prompt Tim Burton’s vision for the movie? > 3. Were you the title character of a 1950’s TV series that had parents concerned because their kids were drawing on the TV screen? Dunno x3. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1-2: Did you often need food badly? > IQ3: Were you a bear of very little brain? Not Wimpy, dunno, and not Winnie the Pooh. W. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not known for the Arts 5. known for politics/military, and more 6. died before 1950 7. American 8. never held elective office 9. first name begins with W 10. died after 1900 11. not also known for business **SunUp** , in light of the answer to question 10, ask another DQ, if you like. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/166 "2026-04-25T04:38:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **SunUp** , in light of the answer to question 10, ask another DQ, if you like. Thanks. I missed **knoodler** ’s DQ. Last name begins with A-M? ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/167 "2026-04-25T05:06:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1-2: Did you often need food badly? > > IQ3: Were you a bear of very little brain? > > Not Wimpy, dunno, and not Winnie the Pooh. Warrior and Wizard, from the Gauntlet arcade game correct IQ: Were you the US commander in Vietnam? DQ1: Known better for military than for politics? 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 25, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/168 "2026-04-25T15:37:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the announcer for that all-leather talking-type 1950’s radio series I frequently mention? You know, the British 1950’s one with Harry Secombe and a couple of other blokes? The one with such lively catchphrases as “I don’t wish to know that!”, “Whatwhatwhatwhatwhat?” and “He’s fallen in the wa-ter.”? > > 2. Did your artwork on the earlier _Mars Attacks!_ trading cards prompt Tim Burton’s vision for the movie? > > 3. Were you the title character of a 1950’s TV series that had parents concerned because their kids were drawing on the TV screen? > > Dunno x3. 1 was Wallace Greenslade. 2 was Wally Wood. 3 was Winky Dink. Parents could be a removable and washable clear plastic screen for the TV and a set of crayons. The kids could then, for instance, draw a bridge to help Winky Dink escape. The problem came, obviously, when kids decided to color the screen without benefit of the plastic screen. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/169 "2026-04-25T15:50:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Whistler, dunno and dunno. Correct Winnie Winkle Wonder Warthog 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/170 "2026-04-26T03:17:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > > > IQ1-2: Did you often need food badly? > > > > > > IQ3: Were you a bear of very little brain? > > > > Not Wimpy, dunno, and not Winnie the Pooh. > > Warrior and Wizard, from the Gauntlet arcade game > > correct > > IQ: Were you the US commander in Vietnam? > > DQ1: Known better for military than for politics? > One DQ reserved… I think Wimpy is a valid answer to your IQ. He was always asking for a loan to buy a hamburger. And I’m not Gen. William Westmoreland. W. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not known for the Arts 5. known for politics/military, and more 6. died before 1950 7. American 8. never held elective office 9. first name begins with W 10. died after 1900 11. not also known for business 12. last name doesn’t begin with A-M 13. known better for military than for politics ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/171 "2026-04-26T15:47:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I think Wimpy is a valid answer to your IQ. He was always asking for a loan to buy a hamburger. But did he ever say he needed food badly? “Warrior needs food badly” and “Wizard needs food badly” are direct quotes from the game. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/172 "2026-04-26T15:55:56Z")
DQs 1. A general? 2. Known for actions in a World War? 1 DQ reserved. I think Wimpy should count, considering the number of times he’s betrayed his friends for a meal. ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/173 "2026-04-27T04:14:59Z")
W. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not known for the Arts 5. known for politics/military, and more 6. died before 1950 7. American 8. never held elective office 9. first name begins with W 10. died after 1900 11. not also known for business 12. last name doesn’t begin with A-M 13. known better for military than for politics 14. not a general 15. not known for actions in a world war ---
**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 27, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/174 "2026-04-27T11:45:07Z")
DQ: Known from the Civil War? ---
**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 27, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/175 "2026-04-27T11:51:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I think Wimpy should count, considering the number of times he’s betrayed his friends for a meal. I’ve always had the impression he was just looking for a meal – not in danger of becoming incapacitated by lack of food. But whatever. ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/176 "2026-04-27T14:51:09Z")
IQs: 1. Does Zapp Brannigan mistakenly address “you” in “The Problem with Popplers”? 2. Did you inspire Zapp Brannigan? 3. Was your spouse imprisoned on Robben Island? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/177 "2026-04-27T16:05:34Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the namesake of two US presidents? 2. Did you play a boy with unstoppable powers in an episode of _Star Trek_? 3. Are you one of Ricky Bobby’s sons? ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/178 "2026-04-27T16:26:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you host the _Love Connection_? 2. Do you host _Let’s Make A Deal_? 3. Did you host _Tic-Tac-Dough_? ---
**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 27, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/179 "2026-04-27T18:26:38Z")
IQ1: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son? IQ2: Were you that son? IQ3: Was Manfred von Richthofen shot down whilst attempting to shoot you down? ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923/180 "2026-04-28T03:02:55Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Does Zapp Brannigan mistakenly address “you” in “The Problem with Popplers”? > 2. Did you inspire Zapp Brannigan? > 3. Was your spouse imprisoned on Robben Island? Not William Shatner, also not William Shatner, and not Winnie Mandela. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the namesake of two US presidents? > 2. Did you play a boy with unstoppable powers in an episode of _Star Trek_? > 3. Are you one of Ricky Bobby’s sons? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you host the _Love Connection_? > 2. Do you host _Let’s Make A Deal_? > 3. Did you host _Tic-Tac-Dough_? Not Wink Martindale, Wink Martindale or Wink Martindale. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son? > IQ2: Were you that son? > IQ3: Was Manfred von Richthofen shot down whilst attempting to shoot you down? Dunno x3. W. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not known for the Arts 5. known for politics/military, and more 6. died before 1950 7. American 8. never held elective office 9. first name begins with W 10. died after 1900 11. not also known for business 12. last name doesn’t begin with A-M 13. known better for military than for politics 14. not a general 15. not known for actions in a world war 16. not known from the Civil War We’re going to be well over 20 DQs, so no more IQs, please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2026/1028923.md?page=10)