# 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:** 17
**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 31, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/321 "2026-08-31T12:23:33Z")
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 10. First appeared after 1990 11. Best known from scifi/fantasy 12. First appeared in a relatively unknown continuing online story that became a novel the next year 13. Not human. 14. From science fiction, but with so many fantasy elements that the line is beyond being blurred 15. Is not a robot. 16. Has not appeared in a TV or movie adaptation, but will in the next few years 17. Male author 18. Feline ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/322 "2026-08-31T13:09:02Z")
IQ 1. Do you have a pet steed named Mongo? ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/323 "2026-08-31T13:27:34Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did Sylvester Stallone play you in a movie? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 2. I am not Oscar. Nitpick: Jim Mulholland, not Stallone ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/324 "2026-08-31T13:51:25Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did you impose double-secret probation on the Deltas? > [@knoodler](#): > > Dean Wormer (_Animal House_) Wasn’t that a title, not a name? ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/325 "2026-08-31T14:55:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQ > > 1. Do you have a pet steed named Mongo? _Carl! Carl! It took them 18 DQs to guess my name! Mongo is appalled!_ Yes, I am # **GC, BWR, NW Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk!** from the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Take it away, **kitap!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/326 "2026-08-31T16:08:05Z")
Yep, his name was Vernon Wormer. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/327 "2026-08-31T16:31:31Z")
Donuts is a character I have heard of, but not one I’ve read or listened to (I’ve heard rave reviews, but also some that make me doubt whether it’s really my cup of tea,). ---
**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 31, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/328 "2026-08-31T17:35:40Z")
^ Couldn’t have said it better myself. Congrats, **kitap**! Previous IQs: Were you a plump former judge whom Lincoln appointed to SCOTUS? - David Davis Did Anthony Sher play you very, very well in _Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown_? - British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (he really should’ve won an Oscar) Did a magazine profile note that you, a big-city mayor, owned five tuxedos? - David Dinkins of NYC ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/329 "2026-08-31T19:05:19Z")
#16 is what made it click. Does this make me a member of the Princess Posse? So…I am _ **N** _ As in natron, nectarines and noodles. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/330 "2026-08-31T20:40:48Z")
Will consider that a compliment of sorts to my question -asking. Really though, it wasn’t a stunningly brilliant question, but it did have a distinctive answer. ---
**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 31, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/331 "2026-08-31T22:06:42Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Yep, his name was Vernon Wormer. So he’s a ‘V’ and a ‘W’, not a ‘D’? IQ1: Does the first ‘N’ in “never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense” refer to you? IQ2: Does the second ‘N’ in “never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense” refer to you? IQ3: Were you the son of an Atlantian princess and a human ses captain? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/332 "2026-08-31T23:32:01Z")
1. Is there a new space telescope named for you? 2. Did your years as first first lady include comments on your relationship with an astrologist? 3. Were you a teenaged sleuth for many years? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/333 "2026-09-01T01:54:36Z")
Take a DQ, I am not Nancy Reagan or Nancy Drew. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/334 "2026-09-01T02:30:06Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a member of the E Street Band? 2-3. Are you a member of Mötley Crüe? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/335 "2026-09-01T04:21:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Does the first ‘N’ in “never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense” refer to you? > IQ2: Does the second ‘N’ in “never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense” refer to you? > IQ3: Were you the son of an Atlantian princess and a human ses captain? Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/336 "2026-09-01T08:37:05Z")
1. Nancy Grace Roman launched Aug 30, 2026 2. Nancy Regan, yes 3. Nancy Forman,yes Nancy X3! DQ#1. Real? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/337 "2026-09-01T10:50:03Z")
Nancy Forman? Nancy Drew, I don’t know how my brain dug that (real but not famous nor a sleuth) 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:** [September 1, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/338 "2026-09-01T14:28:51Z")
IQs 1. Are you the rotund Welsh center of thevhighly esteemed, pancakes included, vitamin enriched 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Were you a taciturn deadpan comic of 1930s films?. 3. Did Nick Chopper lose his head over you? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/339 "2026-09-01T18:04:08Z")
1. did the Beach Boys sing about you? 2. Did the story (now novel) about you begin as a serial? 3. Did you choose your stage name intentionally as a way to distance yourself from your famous family? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/340 "2026-09-01T23:37:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Does the first ‘N’ in “never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense” refer to you? > IQ2: Does the second ‘N’ in “never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense” refer to you? > IQ3: Were you the son of an Atlantian princess and a human ses captain? Sorry! Take 2 DQs and I am not Namor > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a member of the E Street Band? > 2-3. Are you a member of Mötley Crüe? Take 2 DQs and I am not Nikki Sixx. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you the rotund Welsh center of thevhighly esteemed, pancakes included, vitamin enriched 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Were you a taciturn deadpan comic of 1930s films?. > 3. Did Nick Chopper lose his head over you? I am not Neddie Seagoon, take a DQ and I am not Nimmie Ami > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. did the Beach Boys sing about you? > 2. Did the story (now novel) about you begin as a serial? > 3. Did you choose your stage name intentionally as a way to distance yourself from your famous family? I am not Little Saint Nick, Nicholas Nickelby or Nicolas Cage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=18)