# 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:** 7
**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 17, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/121 "2026-08-17T02:10:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a blonde pop singer whose hits include “Espresso”, “Manchild”, and “Please Please Please”? 2. Were you a Jewish LA Dodger? 3. Did you direct _Clerks_, _Mallrats_, _Chasing Amy_, and _Dogma_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/122 "2026-08-17T03:41:59Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the queen in the **Arrows of The Queen** trilogy? 2. Are you Rohan’s wife in the **Dragon Prince** and **Dragon Star** trilogies by Melanie Rawn? 3. Are you the protagonist of the Finishing School series by Gail Carriger? ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/123 "2026-08-17T04:12:29Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you adopt you pen name while an undergraduate at Dartmouth College? > 2. Were you the first female superhero for the revamped Marvel line of comics? > 3. Did you write “Valley of the Dolls”? DQ DQ Not Jacquelyn (sp?) Susann > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a blonde pop singer whose hits include “Espresso”, “Manchild”, and “Please Please Please”? > 2. Were you a Jewish LA Dodger? > 3. Did you direct _Clerks_, _Mallrats_, _Chasing Amy_, and _Dogma_? DQ x3 > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the queen in the **Arrows of The Queen** trilogy? > 2. Are you Rohan’s wife in the **Dragon Prince** and **Dragon Star** trilogies by Melanie Rawn? > 3. Are you the protagonist of the Finishing School series by Gail Carriger? DQ x3 (I really should know 1 & 3. . . .) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/124 "2026-08-17T07:08:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did Jesus call you the Rock? 2. Are you the title star of a preschool science kids program? 3. Are you the title star of an AMC prequel series? ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/125 "2026-08-17T13:59:36Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a blonde pop singer whose hits include “Espresso”, “Manchild”, and “Please Please Please”? > 2. Were you a Jewish LA Dodger? > 3. Did you direct _Clerks_, _Mallrats_, _Chasing Amy_, and _Dogma_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Sabrina Carpenter; 2 was Sandy Koufax; 3 was Kevin Smith. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? 3. first name begins with S? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/126 "2026-08-17T15:10:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you adopt you pen name while an undergraduate at Dartmouth College? > > 2. Were you the first female superhero for the revamped Marvel line of comics? > > 3. Did you write “Valley of the Dolls”? > > DQ > DQ > Not Jacquelyn (sp?) Susann Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) Sue Storm (Invisible Girl, Fantastic Four) Correct 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/127 "2026-08-17T16:26:27Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Jesus call you the Rock? > 2. Are you the title star of a preschool science kids program? > 3. Are you the title star of an AMC prequel series? Not Simon, called Peter DQ DQ **S** 1. Fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with S ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/128 "2026-08-17T16:37:31Z")
DQs: Human? First appeared in prose fiction? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/129 "2026-08-17T17:11:49Z")
DQs: American creator? First appeared after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/130 "2026-08-17T17:22:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did you collaborate with Luis Bunuel on the film _Un Chien Andalou_? 2. Did you star in an eponymous TV show in 1972? 3. Did you marry Anne Hathaway when you were 18 years old? ---
**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 17, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/131 "2026-08-17T17:28:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by Barack Obama? 2. Did you review movies with Roger Ebert? 3. Did Kevin Smith nonverbally play you in _Clerks_, _Mallrats_, _Chasing Amy_, _Dogma_, and _Jay and_ [you] _Strike Back_? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/132 "2026-08-17T17:57:52Z")
1. Are you the Waltz King,? 2. Did you compose ‘The Rite of Spring’? 3. Did your band often play as an encore a song about roosters laying eggs? ---
**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 17, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/133 "2026-08-17T20:13:56Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you collaborate with Luis Bunuel on the film _Un Chien Andalou_? > 2. Did you star in an eponymous TV show in 1972? > 3. Did you marry Anne Hathaway when you were 18 years old? DQ DQ not … William Shakespeare? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by Barack Obama? > 2. Did you review movies with Roger Ebert? > 3. Did Kevin Smith nonverbally play you in _Clerks_, _Mallrats_, _Chasing Amy_, _Dogma_, and _Jay and_ [you] _Strike Back_? DQ ot Gene Siskel not Silent Bob > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you the Waltz King,? > 2. Did you compose ‘The Rite of Spring’? > 3. Did your band often play as an encore a song about roosters laying eggs? not Johann Strauss not Igor Stravinsky DQ **S** 1. Fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with S 4. human 5. did not first appear in prose fiction 6. American creator 7. first appeared after 1900 ---
**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 17, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/134 "2026-08-17T20:24:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > ot Gene Siskel > not Silent Bob 1 was Sonia Sotomayor. DQ: first appeared in movies/TV? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/135 "2026-08-17T20:37:10Z")
1. Johann Strauss, correct 2. Igor Stravinsky, correct 3. John Philip Sousa 1 Dq reserved ---
**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 17, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/136 "2026-08-17T20:37:47Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with S 4. human 5. did not first appear in prose fiction 6. American creator 7. first appeared after 1900 8. not certain if first appearance in a movie/on TV – don’t have exact dates ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/137 "2026-08-18T00:30:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you collaborate with Luis Bunuel on the film _Un Chien Andalou_? > > 2. Did you star in an eponymous TV show in 1972? > > 3. Did you marry Anne Hathaway when you were 18 years old? > > DQ > DQ > not … William Shakespeare? Salvador Dali Sandy Duncan Correct DQs: Main character? First appeared before 1960? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/138 "2026-08-18T00:54:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you once say “If nominated I will not run; if elected I will not serve?” 2. Did you once say “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I’d live in Hell and rent out Texas?” 3. Did you in one season win 27 games pitching for a team that only won 59? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/139 "2026-08-18T01:42:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the queen in the **Arrows of The Queen** trilogy? > 2. Are you Rohan’s wife in the **Dragon Prince** and **Dragon Star** trilogies by Melanie Rawn? > 3. Are you the protagonist of the Finishing School series by Gail Carriger? Selenay, Sioned, Sophronia. DQ: Known from a genre? 2 DQs 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:** [August 18, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/140 "2026-08-18T02:08:51Z")
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