# Botticelli - Aug 2026

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035>\
**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:** 9\
**Page:** 20

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**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/381 "2026-09-03T23:54:16Z")

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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
16. Known for sports.

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**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/382 "2026-09-03T23:56:16Z")

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CC correct on all three. Swept me.

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**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 4, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/383 "2026-09-04T00:12:12Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 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?

1 was Narendra Modi; 2 was Nancy Wheeler, on _Stranger Things_; 3 was Natalia Dyer.

DQ: athlete in a team sport?

2 DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/384 "2026-09-04T00:12:12Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the first gymnast to score a perfect 10.0?
2. Were you an alien who was also a member of the Voyager crew?
3. Did you portray “the brainy one” of the four friends in _Sex and the City_?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/385 "2026-09-04T01:38:40Z")

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I am not Neelix or Cynthia Nixon, but yes!

I am **Nadia Comaneci**!!!

Good job!

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**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 4, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/386 "2026-09-04T01:42:34Z")

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Congrats, Knoodler! Please start the next thread.

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**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 4, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/387 "2026-09-04T01:49:48Z")

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Well done, **knoodler!**

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/388 "2026-09-04T03:08:20Z")

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[New game here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812)

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**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:** [September 4, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/389 "2026-09-04T20:54:13Z")

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Good on ya, **knoodler**!

Previous IQs:

Have you played a princess, a retired Army officer, a prima ballerina and a First Lady? - Natalie Portman, in _Phantom Menace, Annihilation, Black Swan_ and _Jackie_  
Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, during the Civil War, after Confederate troops captured an enormous trove of supplies from him  
Were you a very stupid member of a British rock band? - Yes, Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap

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