# 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:** 4
**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 5, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/61 "2026-08-05T04:32:14Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosghobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown, in the writings of JRR Tolkien Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Yes, Gen. Rosecrans Are you the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? - Ronald Reagan DQ: American? IQs: Were you named Chief Justice of the United States by President Reagan? Were you poisoned while on duty alone in Engineering aboard the USS _Enterprise_? Did you and your friend and coworker Nino make a cameo appearance in an opera? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/62 "2026-08-05T10:52:13Z")
1. Are you a meter maid? 2. Did you perform in both movie versions of _West Side Story_? 3. Are you a journalist (and also a mosquito)? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/63 "2026-08-05T14:36:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you named Chief Justice of the United States by President Reagan? > Were you poisoned while on duty alone in Engineering aboard the USS _Enterprise_? > Did you and your friend and coworker Nino make a cameo appearance in an opera? I am not William H. Rehnquist. Take a DQ. I am not Ruth Bader “the notorious RBG” Ginsberg. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you a meter maid? > 2. Did you perform in both movie versions of _West Side Story_? > 3. Are you a journalist (and also a mosquito)? I am not lovely Rita. I am not the also lovely Rita Moreno. I am not the less-than-lovely Rita Skeeter. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/64 "2026-08-05T14:37:38Z")
# R 1. Real 2. Male 3. American ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/65 "2026-08-05T16:42:23Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you an influential mystic who was assassinated in 1916? > > 2. Were you stranded on an uncharted island, after a mysterious “illness” claimed the other members of your party? > > 3. Were you able to spin straw into gold? > > I am not Rasputin. > I am not… Robinson Crusoe? > I am not Rumplestiltskin. Correct Danielle Rousseau (_Lost_) - I’m not familiar with Robinson Crusoe, so if he fits that description I will yield my IQ. Correct 1 DQ tentatively reserved ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/66 "2026-08-05T17:56:27Z")
Swept me. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/67 "2026-08-05T18:05:03Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Danielle Rousseau (_Lost_) - I’m not familiar with Robinson Crusoe, so if he fits that description I will yield my IQ. Take the DQ; Crusoe’s ship was wrecked on the island’s sandbar, not left due to an illness. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/68 "2026-08-06T14:08:20Z")
Thanks! DQ: Living? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/69 "2026-08-06T14:24:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you possessed by the demon Pazuzu? 2. Were you White House Chief of Staff from 1985-1987? 3. Are you a popular “clean” stand up comic who’s been working since 1989, and never starred in a movie or TV series? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/70 "2026-08-06T18:38:37Z")
Take a DQ. I am not Donald Regan. Take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/71 "2026-08-06T18:39:08Z")
# R 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/72 "2026-08-06T19:02:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did Katie Cassidy play you on **Supernatural**? 2. Did you play Crowley’s mother on **Supernatural**? 3. Are you Crowley’s mother on **Supernatural**? DQ: Known for 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 6, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/73 "2026-08-06T23:51:47Z")
1. Are you a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? 2. Do you sing with a group called The Rage? 3. Are you a country music singer who had a sitcom? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/74 "2026-08-07T01:27:12Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you possessed by the demon Pazuzu? > 2. Were you White House Chief of Staff from 1985-1987? > 3. Are you a popular “clean” stand up comic who’s been working since 1989, and never starred in a movie or TV series? Regan MacNeil (_The Exorcist_) Correct Brian Regan Regan x3! DQs: Last name begin with R? Born before 1970? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/75 "2026-08-07T15:54:23Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Katie Cassidy play you on **Supernatural**? > 2. Did you play Crowley’s mother on **Supernatural**? > 3. Are you Crowley’s mother on **Supernatural**? > > DQ: Known for the Arts? Take 3 Supernatural DQs. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? > 2. Do you sing with a group called The Rage? > 3. Are you a country music singer who had a sitcom? I am not Raphael. Take a DQ. I am not Reba McIntire. # R 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living 5. Known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/76 "2026-08-07T16:17:13Z")
DQs: Last name begin with R? Born before 1970? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/77 "2026-08-07T16:23:09Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Mr. Fantastic? 2. Did you play a TV dad to six precocious children? 3. Did you bequeath your name to a private Oregon college? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/78 "2026-08-07T16:38:12Z")
1. Raphael, correct 2. Rhonda Vincent 3. Reba McIntyre, correct Phew! One question that wasn’t too easy. Known for the performing arts? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/79 "2026-08-07T16:42:51Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Mr. Fantastic? > 2. Did you play a TV dad to six precocious children? > 3. Did you bequeath your name to a private Oregon college?6. 6. 7. I am not Reed Richards. I am not Robert Reed. I am not… Rodney Reed? (I know of Reed College, but not who it was named for) # R 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Living 5. Known for the arts 6. Last name does not begin with R 7. Born before 1970 8. Known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/80 "2026-08-07T20:04:58Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Reed Richards. > I am not Robert Reed. > I am not… Rodney Reed? (I know of Reed College, but not who it was named for) I’ll give you the last: Simeon Reed, an early pioneer to Portland. Reed x3! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035.md?page=5)