# Botticelli, August 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698 "2025-08-04T18:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 24, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/221 "2025-08-24T16:10:32Z")
DQ: 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 24, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/222 "2025-08-24T16:56:40Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first player born in the 1970s to play in Major League Baseball? > 2. Did you keep a FedEx troubleshooter company on a deserted island? > 3. Were the viewpoint character (and his double) in a Poe short story? I am not Wilson the Volleyball Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/223 "2025-08-24T16:57:37Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with W 3. Female 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Known for 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 24, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/224 "2025-08-24T18:59:26Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the first player born in the 1970s to play in Major League Baseball? > > 2. Did you keep a FedEx troubleshooter company on a deserted island? > > 3. Were the viewpoint character (and his double) in a Poe short story? > > I am not Wilson the Volleyball > Take 2 DQs #1 was Wilson Alvarez, #3 was William Wilson. Known for the dramatic or comedic arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/225 "2025-08-24T19:25:24Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with W 3. Female 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Known for performing arts 7. Not primarily known for dramatic or comedic arts ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/226 "2025-08-25T01:05:45Z")
Previous IQs: Was your catchphrase, “Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, and all the ships at sea”? - Radio commentator Walter Winchell Did you, when you became a top American official, write a memo to the President that has been a model for some if not all of your successors? - Vice President Walter Mondale, to President Carter, about how he thought he could be most helpful in the role Did _Doonesbury_ joke that your colleagues were expected to rise when you got on a plane with them? - Walter Cronkite Walter x3! DQs: Considered a beauty? Born since 1950? Best known as an actress? IQs: Are you Mrs. Tom Hanks? Did _Family Guy_ joke about your (supposedly) very pointy chin? Were you the female lead in the movie _The Puppet Masters_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/227 "2025-08-25T01:15:00Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with W 3. Female 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Known for performing arts 7. Not primarily known for dramatic or comedic arts 8. Considered a beauty 9. Born since 1950 10. Not known as an actress ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/228 "2025-08-25T01:16:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you Mrs. Tom Hanks? > Did _Family Guy_ joke about your (supposedly) very pointy chin? > Were you the female lead in the movie _The Puppet Masters_? I am not Rita Wilson Take 2 DQs ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/229 "2025-08-25T01:26:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a curvaceous blonde who frequently guested on _The Tonight show_ until her unfortunate drowning? 2. Are you the host of _Let’s Make A Deal_? 3. Did you play the title role in the movie _The Man Who Came To Dinner_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/230 "2025-08-25T01:55:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you a curvaceous blonde who frequently guested on _The Tonight show_ until her unfortunate drowning? > - Are you the host of _Let’s Make A Deal_? > - Did you play the title role in the movie _The Man Who Came To Dinner_? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/231 "2025-08-25T02:52:24Z")
DQ: Best known for singing? ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/232 "2025-08-25T03:06:10Z")
IQ1: Was your mother the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom? IQ2: Was your father Cedric the Saxon? IQ3: Was your brother formerly known as Viscount Severn? ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/233 "2025-08-25T14:57:41Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you a curvaceous blonde who frequently guested on _The Tonight show_ until her unfortunate drowning? > > - Are you the host of _Let’s Make A Deal_? > > - Did you play the title role in the movie _The Man Who Came To Dinner_? > > Take 3 DQs #1 was Carol Wayne. #2 is Wayne Brady. #3 was Monty Woolley. DQs: 1. Born after 1980? 2. Caicasian? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/234 "2025-08-25T15:32:35Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with W 3. Female 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Known for performing arts 7. Not primarily known for dramatic or comedic arts 8. Considered a beauty 9. Born since 1950 10. Not known as an actress 11. Not known for singing 12. Born before 1980 13. Caucasian ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/235 "2025-08-25T15:33:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your mother the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom? > IQ2: Was your father Cedric the Saxon? > IQ3: Was your brother formerly known as Viscount Severn? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/236 "2025-08-25T15:37:55Z")
DQ: Known from TV? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/237 "2025-08-25T15:43:03Z")
**W** 1. Real 2. Last name starts with W 3. Female 4. Known for the arts 5. American 6. Known for performing arts 7. Not primarily known for dramatic or comedic arts 8. Considered a beauty 9. Born since 1950 10. Not known as an actress 11. Not known for singing 12. Born before 1980 13. Caucasian 14. Known from TV ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/238 "2025-08-25T16:44:41Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Was your mother the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom? > > IQ2: Was your father Cedric the Saxon? > > IQ3: Was your brother formerly known as Viscount Severn? > > Take 3 DQs Kaiser Wilhelm II Wilfred of Ivanhoe Lady Louise Windsor DQ1: Known for music other than singing? Two DQs reserved. DQ1: Was Doremus Jessup opposed to your policies? DQ2: Were you the most trusted man in America? DQ3: Were you one of the original X-Men? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/239 "2025-08-25T18:22:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Was Doremus Jessup opposed to your policies? > DQ2: Were you the most trusted man in America? > DQ3: Were you one of the original X-Men? Take a DQ I am not Walter Cronkite I am not Warren Worthington (assuming you’re asking about the comic book, not the movie) ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/240 "2025-08-26T01:10:27Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > DQ1: Was Doremus Jessup opposed to your policies? > > DQ2: Were you the most trusted man in America? > > DQ3: Were you one of the original X-Men? > > Take a DQ > I am not Walter Cronkite > I am not Warren Worthington (assuming you’re asking about the comic book, not the movie) Buzz Windrip correct correct (W Worthington **III** ) Three DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=13)