# 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:** 8
**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 18, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/141 "2026-08-18T03:12:46Z")
FWIW, I’d never heard of Rubén Valtierra either. S it is! IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his (much better) second? Were you his only SECSTATE? ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/142 "2026-08-18T05:25:15Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 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? not Wm T Sherman not Philip Sheridan DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Miranda Priestly? > 2. Are you a senator from Vermont? > 3. Did you run the Mystery Shack in Gravity Falls, Oregon? DQ x3 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his (much better) second? > Were you his only SECSTATE? DQ DQ not Seward **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 9. not a main character 10. did not first appear before 1960 11. known from a genre ---
**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, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/143 "2026-08-18T05:59:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 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? > > not Wm T Sherman > not Philip Sheridan > DQ Correct on the two Civil War generals; the pitcher was Steve Carlton. 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:** [August 18, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/144 "2026-08-18T13:58:12Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play Miranda Priestly? > 2. Are you a senator from Vermont? > 3. Did you run the Mystery Shack in Gravity Falls, Oregon? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Meryl Streep; 2 was Bernie Sanders; 3 was Stan Pines. DQ: first appeared after 1990? Two 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 18, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/145 "2026-08-18T16:07:50Z")
**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 **9. main character** 10. did not first appear before 1960 11. known from a genre 12. did not first appear after 1990 Note correction to DQ9. ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/146 "2026-08-18T17:08:04Z")
IQs 1. Did you star in the highly acclaimed, magenta-scented, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you also star in the highly acclaimed, rhubarb-powered, mistletoe-lined 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Were you the third of that triumvirate who starred in the highly acclaimed, cosmically ordained, mongoose-flavored 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**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, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/147 "2026-08-18T17:34:55Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the Seventh Doctor on _Doctor Who_? 2. Did you shoot Andy Warhol? 3. Did you play yourself in _Mallrats_? ---
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/148 "2026-08-18T20:11:13Z")
Good to see you back, **Prof**! IQs: 1. Were you a former Page 3 girl before becoming famous? 2. Were you, and your TV series, lightly spoofed in _WandaVision_? 3. Were you the more sexually aggressive of your friends in _Sex and the City_? ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/149 "2026-08-18T21:02:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you star in the highly acclaimed, magenta-scented, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Did you also star in the highly acclaimed, rhubarb-powered, mistletoe-lined 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Were you the third of that triumvirate who starred in the highly acclaimed, cosmically ordained, mongoose-flavored 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? DQ x3 > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the Seventh Doctor on _Doctor Who_? > 2. Did you shoot Andy Warhol? > 3. Did you play yourself in _Mallrats_? Ditto > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a former Page 3 girl before becoming famous? > 2. Were you, and your TV series, lightly spoofed in _WandaVision_? > 3. Were you the more sexually aggressive of your friends in _Sex and the City_? You, too. Which puts us over twenty. No more IQs, please. ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/150 "2026-08-18T21:13:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Ditto 1 was Sylvester McCoy; 2 was Valerie Solanas; 3 was Stan Lee. DQs: 1. first appeared after 1975? 2. has appeared in movies/TV? Three DQs 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:** [August 19, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/151 "2026-08-19T01:16:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Did you star in the highly acclaimed, magenta-scented, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 2. Did you also star in the highly acclaimed, rhubarb-powered, mistletoe-lined 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 3. Were you the third of that triumvirate who starred in the highly acclaimed, cosmically ordained, mongoose-flavored 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > DQ x3 #1 was the inimitable Spike Milligan! #2 was the versatile Peter Sellers!! #3 was the ever-lovely Harry Secombe!!! 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/152 "2026-08-19T04:47:43Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Were you a former Page 3 girl before becoming famous? > 2. Were you, and your TV series, lightly spoofed in _WandaVision_? > 3. Were you the more sexually aggressive of your friends in _Sex and the City_? Samantha Fox Samantha Stevens (_Bewitched_) Samantha Jones Samantha x3! 3 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 19, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/153 "2026-08-19T05:05:37Z")
**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 **9. main character** 10. did not first appear before 1960 11. known from a genre 12. did not first appear after 1990 13. did not first appear after 1975 DLR, I think your second DQ is covered by DQ8. Try again. Note correction to DQ9. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/154 "2026-08-19T05:11:43Z")
DQ: From sci-fi/fantasy genre? 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 19, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/155 "2026-08-19T15:14:58Z")
**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 **9. main character** 10. did not first appear before 1960 11. known from a genre 12. did not first appear after 1990 13. did not first appear after 1975 14. not from sci-fi/fantasy genre DLR, I think your second DQ is covered by DQ8. Try again. Note correction to DQ9. [/quote] ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/156 "2026-08-19T15:17:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DLR, I think your second DQ is covered by DQ8. …so the character _has_ appeared in movies or TV, but you don’t know if that was his first appearance? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/157 "2026-08-19T15:22:35Z")
Last DQ: From crime or mystery genre? ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/158 "2026-08-19T15:38:45Z")
**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 **9. main character** 10. did not first appear before 1960 11. known from a genre 12. did not first appear after 1990 13. did not first appear after 1975 14. not from sci-fi/fantasy genre 15. not from crime or mystery genre Note correction to DQ9. ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/159 "2026-08-19T15:39:30Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > DLR, I think your second DQ is covered by DQ8. > > …so the character _has_ appeared in movies or TV, but you don’t know if that was his first appearance? Correct. ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/160 "2026-08-19T15:51:36Z")
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