# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/281 "2026-08-29T18:19:36Z")
1. Did you write **Jolene**? 2. Were you her male co-star in **9 to 5**? 3. Were you Perry Mason’s secretary? ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/282 "2026-08-29T18:24:47Z")
1. Are you 100 years old? 2. Are you his brother? 3. Are you #1’s son and co-star on a murder mystery series? ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/283 "2026-08-29T23:27:14Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 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? #2. I am not Donny Osmond? Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? It’s been too long since I read _The Phantom Tollbooth_. Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > 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? Take 3 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **Jolene**? > 2. Were you her male co-star in **9 to 5**? > 3. Were you Perry Mason’s secretary? I am not Dolly Parton. I am not Dabney Coleman. I am not Della Street. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you 100 years old? > 2. Are you his brother? > 3. Are you #1’s son and co-star on a murder mystery series? I am not Dick van Dyke. I am not Jerry van Dyke. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/284 "2026-08-29T23:27:28Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/285 "2026-08-29T23:59:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > It’s been too long since I read _The Phantom Tollbooth_. > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Dorothy Parker; 2 was Watergate informant Deep Throat; 3 was Dr. Kakafonous A. Dischord. DQs: 1. first name begins with D? 2. female? 3. originally from prose? ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/286 "2026-08-30T00:13:03Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Only name begins with D 3. Female 4. Originally from prose ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/287 "2026-08-30T00:22:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 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? > > Take 3 DQs. Olivia Dean, Dean Thomas, and Harry Dean Stanton. Dean x3! IQs: Originally appeared before 1900? Main character? 1 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 30, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/288 "2026-08-30T01:16:42Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Only name begins with D 3. Female 4. Originally from prose 5. First appeared after 1900 6. Supporting character ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/289 "2026-08-30T02:02:02Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did Shaun Cassidy sing a song about you? 2. Are you Peter Fox’s blind girlfriend? 3. Did you write **The Problem of the Green Capsule**? ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/290 "2026-08-30T02:06:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Supreme? 2. Did your delirious last words include the phrase “French-Canadian bean soup”? 3. Speaking of Dabney Coleman movies, did you and your perfectly average family move to the perfectly average town of Median, OH, where you were planning to destroy human society from within? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/291 "2026-08-30T03:46:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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? > > #2. I am not Donny Osmond? > Take 2 DQs. Dean Wormer (_Animal House_) Correct Danny Partridge (_The Partridge Family)_ DQs: First appeared after 1950? American creator? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/292 "2026-08-30T03:57:52Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the “Brain” of a dystopian version of New York City? 2. Did you play Matt Helm in a series of movies? 3. Are you a comic book character loosely based on the above mentioned person? ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/293 "2026-08-30T04:29:13Z")
D it is! IQs: Were you a plump former judge whom Lincoln appointed to SCOTUS? Did Anthony Sher play you very, very well in _Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown_? Did a magazine profile note that you, a big-city mayor, owned five tuxedos? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/294 "2026-08-30T05:20:56Z")
DQ: From genre fiction? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/295 "2026-08-30T08:29:55Z")
1. Dick van Dyke, correct 2. Jerry Van Dyke, correct 3. Barry Van Dyke (Diagnosis Murder) 1 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 30, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/296 "2026-08-30T12:11:17Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Shaun Cassidy sing a song about you? > 2. Are you Peter Fox’s blind girlfriend? > 3. Did you write **The Problem of the Green Capsule**? 1. I am not Denise (sp?). Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Supreme? > 2. Did your delirious last words include the phrase “French-Canadian bean soup”? > 3. Speaking of Dabney Coleman movies, did you and your perfectly average family move to the perfectly average town of Median, OH, where you were planning to destroy human society from within? 1. I am not Diana Ross. 2. I am not Dutch Schultz. 3. Take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the “Brain” of a dystopian version of New York City? > 2. Did you play Matt Helm in a series of movies? > 3. Are you a comic book character loosely based on the above mentioned person? 1. I am not Harry Dean Stanton. 2. I am not Dean Martin. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a plump former judge whom Lincoln appointed to SCOTUS? > Did Anthony Sher play you very, very well in _Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown_? > Did a magazine profile note that you, a big-city mayor, owned five tuxedos? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/297 "2026-08-30T12:12:44Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Only name begins with D 3. Female 4. Originally from prose 5. First appeared after 1900 6. Supporting character 7. First appeared after 1950 8. American creator 9. From genre fiction ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/298 "2026-08-30T12:32:26Z")
1. Are you an aging fictional silent movie star? 2. Are you the real director that made her famous? 3. Were you known for wearing short shorts? ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/299 "2026-08-30T12:39:31Z")
1. I am not Norma Desmond. 2. I am not Cecil B. DeMille. 3. I am not Daisy Duke. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/300 "2026-08-30T13:11:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Diana Ross. > 2. I am not Dutch Schultz. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was Dick Applegate, in _The Applegates_. DQ: first appeared after 1990? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=16)