# 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:** 14
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/261 "2026-08-27T18:31:31Z")
DQ: known from the Arts? ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/262 "2026-08-27T21:31:24Z")
1. Did you direct \*Citizen Kane"? 2. Did you write a series of books about a war between humans and a race of aliens? 3. Did you star in the musical _Grease_? ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/263 "2026-08-27T22:02:43Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did you direct \*Citizen Kane"? > 2. Did you write a series of books about a war between humans and a race of aliens? > 3. Did you star in the musical _Grease_? 1. I am not Orson Welles. 2. I am not Orson Scott Card. 3. I am not Olivia Newton-John. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. only name (as commonly referred to regarding part of life) begins with O 4. dead 5. not known from the arts ---
**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 28, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/264 "2026-08-28T04:23:25Z")
I remember _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_, but not that particular fake character. O it is! IQs: Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir? Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? Did you say, not long before your death, that you had done some service to the state, and they knew it? ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/265 "2026-08-28T15:22:06Z")
IQs 1. Were you king of Norway in 1000 A.D.? 2. Were you king of Sweden in 1000 A.D.? 3. Is one of Uranus’s moons named for you? ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/266 "2026-08-28T15:34:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > not that particular fake character No, we can assume he’s real, Ferris just takes his reservation. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir? > Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? > Did you say, not long before your death, that you had done some service to the state, and they knew it? Respectively: I am not Olorin. I am not Orson. I am not Othello. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you king of Norway in 1000 A.D.? > 2. Were you king of Sweden in 1000 A.D.? > 3. Is one of Uranus’s moons named for you? 1. I am not Olaf. 2. I am not Olav? 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/267 "2026-08-28T15:53:20Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Is you brother named Castor? 2. Did you play a character nicknamed “13”? 3. Did you write your song “Vampire” about Taylor Swift? ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/268 "2026-08-28T18:05:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you king of Norway in 1000 A.D.? > > 2. Were you king of Sweden in 1000 A.D.? > > 3. Is one of Uranus’s moons named for you? > > 1. I am not Olaf. > 2. I am not Olav? > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, correct, and King Oberon. Uranus’s moons are named for Shakespearean characters. DQ: Died after 1900? ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/269 "2026-08-28T18:31:12Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is you brother named Castor? > 2. Did you play a character nicknamed “13”? > 3. Did you write your song “Vampire” about Taylor Swift? 1. I am not Olive Oyl. 2. I am not Olivia Munn? 3. I am not Olivia Rodrigo? DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. only name (as commonly referred to regarding part of life) begins with O 4. dead 5. not known from the arts 6. died before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/270 "2026-08-28T20:24:54Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the lead role in a movie series that included Eddie Jemison, Scott Caan and Don Cheadle? 2. Did you sing “So Easy (To Fall in Love)”? 3. Did you record “Thinkin Bout You”? ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/271 "2026-08-28T21:29:20Z")
IQs 1. Did you change your name to Augustus? 2. Are you one of the minor prophets of the Old Testament? 3. Were you a frequent game show panelist in the 60s? ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/272 "2026-08-29T00:22:07Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the lead role in a movie series that included Eddie Jemison, Scott Caan and Don Cheadle? > 2. Did you sing “So Easy (To Fall in Love)”? > 3. Did you record “Thinkin Bout You”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you change your name to Augustus? > 2. Are you one of the minor prophets of the Old Testament? > 3. Were you a frequent game show panelist in the 60s? I am not Danny Ocean or Obadiah, but I am indeed **Octavian** , AKA Augustus! Because it’s August. (Thus the Latin in the “O” picture.) Next game goes to the Prof. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/273 "2026-08-29T05:37:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir? > > Were you Mork from Ork’s boss? > > Did you say, not long before your death, that you had done some service to the state, and they knew it? > > Respectively: > I am not Olorin. > I am not Orson. > I am not Othello. Swept me. And well done, **Prof. P.**! ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/274 "2026-08-29T13:26:23Z")
Thanks. Clue 3 signifying a name change was the big clue. I am # D! ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/275 "2026-08-29T15:11:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you design a keyboard? 2. W’ere you Janet on _The Good Place_? 3. Did you make plenty of things up in your novel _Big Trouble_? ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/276 "2026-08-29T15:33:48Z")
1. I am not Dvorak. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Dave Barry? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/277 "2026-08-29T15:36:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you impose double-secret probation on the Deltas? 2. Did you join your brothers’ band before getting a TV show? 3. Were you considered the “bad boy” of your squeaky-clean siblings? ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/278 "2026-08-29T15:50:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Dvorak. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Dave Barry? 2 was D’Arcy Carden; 3 was indeed Dave Barry. DQ: real? IQs: 1. Were you Constant Reader? 2. Were you W. Mark Felt? 3. Did you tell Milo that your middle initial stood for AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/279 "2026-08-29T16:04:27Z")
Let’s go with D, and great get, **Prof**! IQs: 1. Did you sing “So Easy (To Fall in Love)”? 2. Did you date Ginny Weasley for a while? 3. Did you play an engineer (twice), the Apostle Paul, and an army recruiter? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/280 "2026-08-29T16:30:27Z")
1. All correct. Swept me Octavian rings only faint or distant bells. I’m glad Prof. P got it because I was doing poorly at coming up with people with names starting with O who weren’t too obvious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=15)