# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/261 "2025-08-27T16:10:06Z")
IQs: Did you direct a movie of yourself directing a documentary? Was your film debut in _Do the Right Thing_? Were you an undefeated MMA fighter who left the sport after suffering two defeats in the ring? ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/262 "2025-08-27T16:41:31Z")
IQs: Did you play President Reagan in _The Butler_? Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? Were you a shrubber who rebuked King Arthur? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/263 "2025-08-28T02:39:58Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > Did you direct a movie of yourself directing a documentary? > Was your film debut in _Do the Right Thing_? > Were you an undefeated MMA fighter who left the sport after suffering two defeats in the ring? DQ x3 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play President Reagan in _The Butler_? > Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? > Were you a shrubber who rebuked King Arthur? DQ Not … Rosecrans? DQ **R** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with R. 4. Not American 5. Not known for arts 6. Not born after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/264 "2025-08-28T13:32:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > Did you direct a movie of yourself directing a documentary? > > Was your film debut in _Do the Right Thing_? > > Were you an undefeated MMA fighter who left the sport after suffering two defeats in the ring? > > DQ x3 Rob Reiner (_This Is Spinal Tap_) Rosie Perez Ronda Rousey DQs: Born after 1900? European? 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 28, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/265 "2025-08-28T15:29:59Z")
**R** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with R. 4. Not American 5. Not known for arts 6. Not born after 1950 7. Not born after 1900 8. European ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/266 "2025-08-28T15:31:42Z")
IQs: 1. Were you born Leonard Slye? 2. Were you a master Impressionist who refused to use black? 3. Are you Dr. Frank -N-Furter’s only somewhat faithful servant? ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/267 "2025-08-28T15:42:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born Leonard Slye? > 2. Were you a master Impressionist who refused to use black? > 3. Are you Dr. Frank -N-Furter’s only somewhat faithful servant? Not Roy Rogers DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/268 "2025-08-28T15:46:20Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Chief Justice of the United States? 2. Are you his immediate predecessor in the same position? 3. Did you, while occupying that same position, write one of the most reviled opinions of that that time and since? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/269 "2025-08-28T16:59:57Z")
IQs: 1. Do you hold a singular position from your term as POTUS? 2. Are you the main human character of _Inside Out_? 3. Did you play the main antagonist in 1987’s _Robocop_? ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/270 "2025-08-28T19:18:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Are you the Chief Justice of the United States? > 2. Are you his immediate predecessor in the same position? > 3. Did you, while occupying that same position, write one of the most reviled opinions of that that time and since? Not Roberts DQ DQ > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you hold a singular position from your term as POTUS? > 2. Are you the main human character of _Inside Out_? > 3. Did you play the main antagonist in 1987’s _Robocop_? Not … Teddy Roosevelt? DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/271 "2025-08-28T19:36:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Are you the Chief Justice of the United States? > > 2. Are you his immediate predecessor in the same position? > > 3. Did you, while occupying that same position, write one of the most reviled opinions of that that time and since? > > Not Roberts > DQ > DQ Correct on CJUS John Roberts. #2 was William Rehnquist. #3 was Roger B. Taney. DQ: Known from politics / military? 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 28, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/272 "2025-08-28T20:49:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Do you hold a singular position from your term as POTUS? > > 2. Are you the main human character of _Inside Out_? > > 3. Did you play the main antagonist in 1987’s _Robocop_? > > Not … Teddy Roosevelt? > DQ > DQ Richard Nixon (first and so far the only sitting president to resign from office) Riley Ronny Cox DQs: Born after 1850? Born west of Vienna? Born north of Vienna? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/273 "2025-08-28T21:22:03Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play President Reagan in _The Butler_? - Alan Rickman (and he was very good, too) Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Yes, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans Were you a shrubber who rebuked King Arthur? - Behold [Roger the Shrubber!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YWbO0IR-2U) Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? Did Nigel Bruce play your character’s bumbling sidekick in many movies? Have you played a different contemporary fictional British prime minister on two different shows? ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/274 "2025-08-28T22:35:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? > Did Nigel Bruce play your character’s bumbling sidekick in many movies? > Have you played a different contemporary fictional British prime minister on two different shows? Not Radagast the Brown DQ DQ **R** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with R. 4. Not American 5. Not known for arts 6. Not born after 1950 7. Not born after 1900 8. European 9. Kinda sorta known from politics / military, though not best known for that 10. Not born after 1850 11. Born west of Vienna 12. Born north of Vienna ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/275 "2025-08-28T23:02:00Z")
DQ: Known more for business? ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/276 "2025-08-29T00:32:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you born Leonard Slye? > > 2. Were you a master Impressionist who refused to use black? > > 3. Are you Dr. Frank -N-Furter’s only somewhat faithful servant? > > Not Roy Rogers > DQ > DQ Correct, Renoir and Riff Raff. DQ: Known for science? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/277 "2025-08-29T02:54:16Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown Did Nigel Bruce play your character’s bumbling sidekick in many movies? - Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes and Bruce’s Dr. Watson (_much_ more bumbling than in Conan Doyle’s stories) Have you played a different contemporary fictional British prime minister on two different shows? - Rory Kinnear, on _Black Mirror_ and _The Diplomat_ DQs: Native English speaker? Knighted or ennobled? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Was your middle name suggested by a novelist to be Thelonious, but eventually revealed to be Thomas? Did you, in a credit-card ad, pretend to be talking to your dad on the phone? Did a butler offer to take your trident? ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/278 "2025-08-29T13:29:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your middle name suggested by a novelist to be Thelonious, but eventually revealed to be Thomas? > Did you, in a credit-card ad, pretend to be talking to your dad on the phone? > Did a butler offer to take your trident? DQ x3 **R** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with R. 4. Not American 5. Not known for arts 6. Not born after 1950 7. Not born after 1900 8. European 9. Kinda sorta known from politics / military, though not best known for that 10. Not born after 1850 11. Born west of Vienna 12. Born north of Vienna 13. Not known more for business 14. Not known for science 15. Probably not a native English speaker 16. Not knighted or ennobled ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/279 "2025-08-29T14:00:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create the best known thesaurus? 2. Were you a comic known as “Oklahoma’s Favorite Son”? 3. Did Patton Oswalt voice you in _Ratatouille_? ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/280 "2025-08-29T14:04:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the best known thesaurus? > 2. Were you a comic known as “Oklahoma’s Favorite Son”? > 3. Did Patton Oswalt voice you in _Ratatouille_? Not Roget Not Will Rogers DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=15)