# Botticelli -- Aug 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645 "2020-07-28T21:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/181 "2020-08-11T11:40:27Z")
I suppose Christo is out… ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/182 "2020-08-11T12:33:40Z")
Correct: I am not Christo. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/183 "2020-08-11T13:39:59Z")
I’m gonna call it a little early, since I have some chores to do on a schedule… I am entrepreneur-philanthropist **Craig Newmark!** [https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5a847baed03072280b8b45de-750-375.jpg](https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5a847baed03072280b8b45de-750-375.jpg) Best known as the creator of the eponymous **Craigslist.** Yes, I would definitely have accepted “Are you the Craig from Craigslist?” as a correct answer. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/184 "2020-08-11T13:42:25Z")
Ah, good one! Wouldn’t have guessed him. If I may say, better to give us all the time allotted and then return later, than to post early and deprive someone of a possible last-minute successful guess. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/185 "2020-08-11T14:41:03Z")
I apologize for my impatience. Next up: _ **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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/186 "2020-08-12T01:18:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am entrepreneur-philanthropist **Craig Newmark!** Never heard of him. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/187 "2020-08-12T01:23:34Z")
IQ1: Are you a super-powered murid? IQ2: Are you a capreoline who associates with a sciurid? IQ3: Are you a murid who associates with a hot-tempered anatid? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/188 "2020-08-12T02:19:35Z")
1. I am not Mighty Mouse. 2. I am not Bullwinkle J. Moose. 3. I am not Mickey Mouse. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/189 "2020-08-12T02:34:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play twins in _The Parent Trap_? 2. Are you a big clock-eating alien who teaches kids foreign languages? 3. Were you an unsuccessful US presidential candidate with binders full of women? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/190 "2020-08-12T06:30:31Z")
1. Were you, along with your sister, traded to the Mojave Indians by Yavapai Indians? 2. Were you the main character of Anne McCaffrey’s books **Dragonsong** and **Dragonsinger**? 3. Were you a ghost in love with Cosmo Topper? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/191 "2020-08-12T10:47:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play twins in _The Parent Trap_ ? > 2. Are you a big clock-eating alien who teaches kids foreign languages? > 3. Were you an unsuccessful US presidential candidate with binders full of women? #1. I am not Hayley Mills. #2. I am not Muzzy. #3. I am not Mitt Romney. > [@kitap](#): > > - Were you, along with your sister, traded to the Mojave Indians by Yavapai Indians? > - Were you the main character of Anne McCaffrey’s books **Dragonsong** and **Dragonsinger**? > - Were you a ghost in love with Cosmo Topper? Take 3 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:** [August 12, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/192 "2020-08-12T12:39:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a super-powered murid? > IQ2: Are you a capreoline who associates with a sciurid? > IQ3: Are you a murid who associates with a hot-tempered anatid? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a super-powered murid? > IQ2: Are you a capreoline who associates with a sciurid? > IQ3: Are you a murid who associates with a hot-tempered anatid? ✅ x3 ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/193 "2020-08-12T12:42:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Hayley Mills. > #2. I am not Muzzy. > #3. I am not Mitt Romney. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Are you a girl with telekinetic powers who loves reading, created by Roald Dahl? 2. Did you play the above person? 3. Are your notebooks radioactive? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/194 "2020-08-12T13:04:38Z")
IQ1: Are you the girl I love? IQ2: Were you succeeded in a top job by your half-sister? IQ3: Did your cousin take over a top job you were meant to have (and did your son succeed him)? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/195 "2020-08-12T13:18:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a girl with telekinetic powers who loves reading, created by Roald Dahl? > 2. Did you play the above person? > 3. Are your notebooks radioactive? Take 3 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the girl I love? > IQ2: Were you succeeded in a top job by your half-sister? > IQ3: Did your cousin take over a top job you were meant to have (and did your son succeed him)? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/196 "2020-08-12T13:27:05Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you, along with your sister, traded to the Mojave Indians by Yavapai Indians? > 2. Were you the main character of Anne McCaffrey’s books **Dragonsong** and **Dragonsinger**? > 3. Were you a ghost in love with Cosmo Topper? 1. Mary Ann Oatman 2. Menolly 3. Marion Kerby DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. American? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/197 "2020-08-12T13:36:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the girl I love? > IQ2: Were you succeeded in a top job by your half-sister? > IQ3: Did your cousin take over a top job you were meant to have (and did your son succeed him)? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Mo’ bettah! 😃 Bloody Mary (is the girl I love. Now ain’t that too damn bad!) The other Bloody Mary (Mary I of England). Empress Matilda. Three DQs reserved. IQ1: Did you marry William of Orange? IQ2: Was your second husband murdered, allegedly by your third husband? IQ3: Did you disappear in New Guinea in the early '60s? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/198 "2020-08-12T13:39:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. Last name starts with 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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/199 "2020-08-12T13:40:29Z")
DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? 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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/200 "2020-08-12T13:40:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you marry William of Orange? > IQ2: Was your second husband murdered, allegedly by your third husband? > IQ3: Did you disappear in New Guinea in the early '60s? #1. I am not Mary (of William & Mary) Take 2 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=11)