# Botticelli - Aug 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 31, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035 "2026-07-31T01:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/201 "2026-08-23T15:22:35Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did your daughter interrupt what could have been a lynching? > > 2. Were you nicknamed “The wickedest man in the world?” > > 3. Did you appear in a movie that shared your first name? > > I am not Atticus Finch. > I am not… Adolf Hitler? > Take a DQ. Correct Aleister Crowley Annabelle Wallis (Mia, _Annabelle_) 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/202 "2026-08-23T15:52:41Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did Beverley Cleary write a book about you and your twin brother Mitch? > 2. Did you run against Mitch McConnell in 2020? > 3. Were you a character on _The Big Bang Theory_ played by someone with an advanced degree in real life? Take a DQ, though I bet she’s an “Amy”. I am not Amy McGrath. I am not Amy Farah Fowler. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the likely inspiration for Miranda Priestly? > 2. Were you a basketball player nicknamed “The Answer”? > 3. Did you play a nun in _Hudson Hawk_? I am not Anna Wintour. Take 2 DQs. # A 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with A ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/203 "2026-08-23T15:55:00Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Anna Wintour. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Allen Iverson; 3 was Andie MacDowell. DQs: 1. from prose? 2. main character? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/204 "2026-08-23T16:02:13Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with A 4. Not from prose 5. Not the main character ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/205 "2026-08-23T19:09:24Z")
1. Yes, Amy, correct ,(if she had a last name, I’m not coming up with it) 2. Yes, correct Amy McGrath 3. Yes, correct, Amy Farrah Fowler Amy X3! DQ: from a movie? ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/206 "2026-08-23T19:09:27Z")
IQs 1. Were you Jefferson’s vice president? 2. Did you write _Lysistrata_? 3. Were you the oldest son of Lucifer and Pansy Fae? ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/207 "2026-08-23T19:16:01Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Secretary-General of the UN? 2. Were you created and voiced by Paul Fusco? 3. Have you had quite a year so far, appearing in _The Odyssey_, _The End of Oak Street_, the upcoming _Verity_, and–oh yeah–that one sequel? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/208 "2026-08-23T19:53:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you Jefferson’s vice president? > 2. Did you write _Lysistrata_? > 3. Were you the oldest son of Lucifer and Pansy Fae? I am not Aaron Burr. I am not Aristophanes. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Secretary-General of the UN? > 2. Were you created and voiced by Paul Fusco? > 3. Have you had quite a year so far, appearing in _The Odyssey_, _The End of Oak Street_, the upcoming _Verity_, and–oh yeah–that one sequel? I am not… is Kofi Annan still around? If not, take a DQ. I am not Gordon Shumway, aka ALF. I am not Anne Hathaway (the actress, not the wife of Shakespeare.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/209 "2026-08-23T19:55:30Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with A 4. Not from prose 5. Not the main character 6. From a movie ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/210 "2026-08-23T20:09:26Z")
1. Are you married to a famous hockey player called Bad Bob? 2. Are you a chipmunk? 3. Do you always follow directions literally, and often hilariously? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/211 "2026-08-23T21:35:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write **It All Started with Eve**? 2. Did you write **Damia**? 3. Did you write **The Case of the Vanishing Boy**? ---
**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 23, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/212 "2026-08-23T22:18:39Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not… is Kofi Annan still around? If not, take a DQ. > I am not Gordon Shumway, aka ALF. > I am not Anne Hathaway (the actress, not the wife of Shakespeare.) 1 was Antonio Guterres; Annan’s stint as Secretary-General ended in 2006, and he died in 2018. DQ: appeared in multiple movies? ---
**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 23, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/213 "2026-08-23T22:34:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a pet snake named Emily Spinach? 2. Were you an Andalite who joined the Animorphs? 3. As _Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader_ notes, there’ve been odder political candidates than Yetta Bronstein, movements as ill-founded as the campaign to clothe naked animals, and more ludicrous rock stars than Count Von Blitzstein–but were you the mastermind and media hoaxer behind them all? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/214 "2026-08-24T00:23:30Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you married to a famous hockey player called Bad Bob? > 2. Are you a chipmunk? > 3. Do you always follow directions literally, and often hilariously? Take a DQ, I am not Alvin, and I am not Amelia Bedelia. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write **It All Started with Eve**? > 2. Did you write **Damia**? > 3. Did you write **The Case of the Vanishing Boy**? I am not Adam. Take another DQ. I am not… Agatha Christie? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a pet snake named Emily Spinach? > 2. Were you an Andalite who joined the Animorphs? > 3. As _Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader_ notes, there’ve been odder political candidates than Yetta Bronstein, movements as ill-founded as the campaign to clothe naked animals, and more ludicrous rock stars than Count Von Blitzstein–but were you the mastermind and media hoaxer behind them all? Take three DQs and celebrate your sweep. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/215 "2026-08-24T00:24:35Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with A 4. Not from prose 5. Not the main character 6. From a movie 7. Did not appear in multiple movies ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/216 "2026-08-24T01:10:15Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take three DQs and celebrate your sweep. 1 was Alice Roosevelt (Teddy’s daughter); 2 was Ax; 3 was Alan Abel. Am currently celebrating with an Arnold Palmer. DQs: 1. movie released after 1970? 2. character is American? 3. movie is American? ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/217 "2026-08-24T02:18:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Were you Duke Leto’s son? > > Did Sean Connery play what was almost certainly the nicest cinematic version of you in _Time Bandits_? > > Were you the public face of the AI brains behind a lunar rebellion? > > I am not Paul Atreides. > I am not Agamemnon. > I am not Adam Selene. Swept me! Well done. IQs: Were you Joe Biden’s SECSTATE? Did you play Capt. Benjamin Sisko? Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/218 "2026-08-24T02:20:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write **It All Started with Eve**? > 2. Did you write **Damia**? > 3. Did you write **The Case of the Vanishing Boy**? Richard Armour, Anne McCaffrey, Alexander Key 3 DQs reservec ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/219 "2026-08-24T03:06:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you say that in the future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes? 2. Are you Charles III’s grandson? 3. In _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_, does Toontown graffiti say for a good time to call “you”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/220 "2026-08-24T03:22:59Z")
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