# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/361 "2026-09-03T13:16:24Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you boycott an SNL episode because of the featured host (and his comic persona)? > 2. Are you a daughter of Ravi Shankar? > 3. Was your husband attacked by a hammer-wielding assailant who wanted to find you? Take a DQ, I am not Norah Jones and I am not Nncy Pelosi. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a cute and annoying kitten in _Garfield_? > 2. Did you found a hot dog stand-turned-Famous restaurant chain? > 3. Did you play Nikki in _Obsession_? I am not Nermal, I am not Nathan and take a DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played a princess, a retired Army officer, a prima ballerina and a First Lady? > Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? > Were you a very stupid member of a British rock band? Take a DQ, take another and I am not Niles Tufnel ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/362 "2026-09-03T13:20:33Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Not known from the arts. 5. First name begins with N. 6. Born after 1960 7. Became an American citizen 8. White 9. Not, as far as I am aware, considered a beauty @Eureka I’m afraid @knoodler beat you to Ollie North. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/363 "2026-09-03T13:37:36Z")
I saw that. But given that I didn’t get a DQ for that one, wasn’t concerned about it. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/364 "2026-09-03T13:42:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you boycott an SNL episode because of the featured host (and his comic persona)? > > 2. Are you a daughter of Ravi Shankar? > > 3. Was your husband attacked by a hammer-wielding assailant who wanted to find you? > > Take a DQ, I am not Norah Jones and I am not Nncy Pelosi. The first was Nora Dunn. Correct on Jones and Pelosi. DQ: Known from science or technology? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/365 "2026-09-03T13:43:07Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Nermal, I am not Nathan and take a DQ 3 was Inde Navarrette. DQ: born after 1985? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/366 "2026-09-03T13:59:07Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Captain Haddock’s butler? 2. Did you write about the Superman? 3. Speaking of which, did you play Gertrude Vanderworth, the elderly woman Lex Luthor has married who dies early in _Superman Returns_? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/367 "2026-09-03T14:28:09Z")
1. Naomi Novik 2. Oliver North yes. Also not the first to use him in a question 3. Nora Roberts, yes 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:** [September 3, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/368 "2026-09-03T14:54:42Z")
IQs 1. Did you write about the Kzinti? 2. Did you write the poem _The Highwayman_? 3. Did you write _Cryptonomicon_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/369 "2026-09-03T18:59:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you Captain Haddock’s butler? > 2. Did you write about the Superman? > 3. Speaking of which, did you play Gertrude Vanderworth, the elderly woman Lex Luthor has married who dies early in _Superman Returns_? Take a DQ, I am not Nietsche and take a DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you write about the Kzinti? > 2. Did you write the poem _The Highwayman_? > 3. Did you write _Cryptonomicon_? I am not Larry Niven, I am not Alfred Noyes and I am drawing a blank. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/370 "2026-09-03T19:01:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, I am not Nietsche and take a DQ 1 was Nestor; 3 was Noel Neill. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/371 "2026-09-03T19:01:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Not known from the arts. 5. First name begins with N. 6. Born after 1960 7. Became an American citizen 8. White 9. Not, as far as I am aware, considered a beauty 10. Not known from science or technology 11. Born before 1985 ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/372 "2026-09-03T19:02:31Z")
DQs: 1. born after 1972? 2. known from politics? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/373 "2026-09-03T19:50:03Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Not known from the arts. 5. First name begins with N. 6. Born after 1960 7. Became an American citizen 8. White 9. Not, as far as I am aware, considered a beauty 10. Not known from science or technology 11. Born before 1985 12. Not known for politics 13. Born before 1972 ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/374 "2026-09-03T20:05:31Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Did you write about the Kzinti? > > 2. Did you write the poem _The Highwayman_? > > 3. Did you write _Cryptonomicon_? > > I am not Larry Niven, I am not Alfred Noyes and I am drawing a blank. Take a DQ. Correct x2, Neal Stephenson. DQ: known for business? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/375 "2026-09-03T21:53:33Z")
DQ: Married? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/376 "2026-09-03T22:18:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. Not known from the arts. 5. First name begins with N. 6. Born after 1960 7. Became an American citizen 8. White 9. Not, as far as I am aware, considered a beauty 10. Not known from science or technology 11. Born before 1985 12. Not known for politics 13. Born before 1972 14. Not known for business 15. Married ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/377 "2026-09-03T22:47:11Z")
1. Did you play _a lot_ of baseball for the Texas Rangers? 2. Did you provide the singing voice for Eliza Doolittle in _My Fair Lady_? 3. Did you star in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/378 "2026-09-03T23:39:50Z")
DQ: Known from sports? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/379 "2026-09-03T23:45:57Z")
IQs: 1. Are you prime minister of India? 2. Were you Mike’s sister, Barb’s friend, and an aspiring journalist in Hawkins, Indiana? 3. Or the person who played her? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/380 "2026-09-03T23:53:11Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did you play _a lot_ of baseball for the Texas Rangers? > 2. Did you provide the singing voice for Eliza Doolittle in _My Fair Lady_? > 3. Did you star in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”? I am not Nolan Ryan, I am not Marni Nixon and I am not Paul Newman. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you prime minister of India? > 2. Were you Mike’s sister, Barb’s friend, and an aspiring journalist in Hawkins, Indiana? > 3. Or the person who played her? Take 3 DQs; I’m drawing a blank. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=20)