# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/241 "2026-08-25T06:12:09Z")
DQ: Movie released after 1990? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/242 "2026-08-25T08:08:22Z")
# 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 8. Movie released after 1970 9. Character is American 10. Movie is American 11. Not best known from sci-fi or fantasy genre 12. Not best known as a hero or protagonist 13. Movie released before 2000 14. Best known from comedy, romance, or action genre 15. Movie released after 1985 16. Best known from comedy genre 17. Race is unknown, presumably Caucasian 18. Last name starts with A-M 19. First name starts with Aa-Al 20. Movie released before 1990 One DQ left (@Elendil_s_Heir ) Please have all DQs asked by 6:00 p.m. CDT, August 25th. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/243 "2026-08-26T14:53:10Z")
I guess it’s time for “Are you Firstname Lastname” questions. Talk amongst yourselves to trade ideas. It’s pretty obscure, but I guarantee you some of you have heard the name. I’ll close it out by 6:00 p.m. CDT tomorrow, August 27th. ---
**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 26, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/244 "2026-08-26T18:37:14Z")
Still baffled. Thinkthinkthink… ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/245 "2026-08-27T01:13:40Z")
Are you Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago? If so, your table is ready. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/246 "2026-08-27T01:26:54Z")
Ding ding ding! We have a winner! Yes, I am # Abe Frohman the unseen “sausage king of Chicago”, who Ferris Bueller impersonated in a (successful) attempt to get a table at an extra ritzy French restaurant. **De\_La\_Rue** , you are up! ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/247 "2026-08-27T01:51:22Z")
Great job, DLR!! ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/248 "2026-08-27T03:15:02Z")
OK: I am **O**. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/XG_144_opus_de_emandatione_08059_O.jpg/250px-XG_144_opus_de_emandatione_08059_O.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/XG_144_opus_de_emandatione_08059_O.jpg/250px-XG_144_opus_de_emandatione_08059_O.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/249 "2026-08-27T14:36:17Z")
Would not have come up with Abe Froman, have see. _ferris Bueller_ probably about three years ago. O 1. Are you a pig? 2. Did Virginia Woolf write a book about your life? 3. Are you a mighty archer. Now found in the night sky? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/250 "2026-08-27T14:55:42Z")
I know of the Abe Froman character and I probably would not have ever guessed it. Tip o’ the hat to @De_La_Rue. IQs: 1. Are you a grouch? 2. Did Sylvester Stallone play you in a movie? 3. Did you take in your poker buddy after his wife kicked him out? ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/251 "2026-08-27T15:18:41Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > O > > 1. Are you a pig? > 2. Did Virginia Woolf write a book about your life? > 3. Are you a mighty archer. Now found in the night sky? 1. I am not Orson. 2. I am not Orlando. 3. I am not Orion. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a grouch? > 2. Did Sylvester Stallone play you in a movie? > 3. Did you take in your poker buddy after his wife kicked him out? 1. I am not Oscar. 2. I am not Oscar. 3. I am not Oscar Madison. ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/252 "2026-08-27T15:26:39Z")
IQs 1. Did you write _The Iceman Cometh_? 2. Were you a Marvel superhero with Superman-like powers who was an alien robot but didn’t know he was a robot? 3. Are you a Disney character who is finally getting his own movie? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/253 "2026-08-27T17:20:24Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the narrator of _The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress_? 2. Were you an early manager of the Rolling Stones with your own “orchestra”? 3. Did you play a nurse in _Empty Nest_? ---
**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 27, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/254 "2026-08-27T17:38:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write _The Iceman Cometh_? > 2. Were you a Marvel superhero with Superman-like powers who was an alien robot but didn’t know he was a robot? > 3. Are you a Disney character who is finally getting his own movie? 1. I am not Eugene O’Neill. 2. I am not Omega the Unknown? 3. I am not Olaf the snowman? > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the narrator of _The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress_? > 2. Were you an early manager of the Rolling Stones with your own “orchestra”? > 3. Did you play a nurse in _Empty Nest_? Take three DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/255 "2026-08-27T17:46:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the narrator of _The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress_? > > 2. Were you an early manager of the Rolling Stones with your own “orchestra”? > > 3. Did you play a nurse in _Empty Nest_? > > Take three DQs. Manuel “Manny” O’Kelly-Davis, Andrew Oldham, and Park Overall. DQs: Real? Male? First name begins with O? ---
**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 27, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/256 "2026-08-27T17:58:57Z")
[quote=“De\_La\_Rue, post:254, topic:1032035”] > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write _The Iceman Cometh_? > 2. Were you a Marvel superhero with Superman-like powers who was an alien robot but didn’t know he was a robot? > 3. Are you a Disney character who is finally getting his own movie? 1. I am not Eugene O’Neill. 2. I am not Omega the Unknown? 3. I am not Olaf the Snowman. Correct, correct, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/257 "2026-08-27T18:10:23Z")
1. Orson was not the pig I was looking for, but does appear to be a pig 2. Orlando, yes 3. Orion, Yes No DQs for me. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/258 "2026-08-27T18:12:00Z")
Trying again 1. Are you a pig with a big imagination? 2. Are you one of a quartet of sisters on Barrayar? 3. Were you one of the original stars of _Hamilton_? ---
**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 27, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/259 "2026-08-27T18:18:08Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. only name (as commonly referred to for part of life) begins with O Prof., your DQ already has been asked; pick another. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you a pig with a big imagination? > 2. Are you one of a quartet of sisters on Barrayar? > 3. Were you one of the original stars of _Hamilton_? 1. I am not Olivia? 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Leslie Odom. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/260 "2026-08-27T18:27:35Z")
1. Yes, Olivia 2. Olivia Koudelka (Vorkosigan series) 3. Yes, Leslie Odom Jr. DQ: Alive? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=14)