# 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:** 3
**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 7, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/41 "2025-08-07T14:27:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > There’s a number of possibilities just from _Dune_. Don’t ask me – I bought a copy back in '79 or '80; still have it, still haven’t read it. I did see three or four minutes of the movie when I was on the boat, though. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/42 "2025-08-07T17:36:48Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > DQ: Weapons master? YES! I am **Gurney Halleck** , weapons master of House Atreides! @SunUp is up! ---
**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 7, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/43 "2025-08-07T22:37:12Z")
I was actually thinking more of the Harkonnen clan. Good call,SunUp! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/44 "2025-08-07T23:55:22Z")
I thought, a little after posting it, that I should have gone with “A Harkonnen?” instead, to have a shot at another one with my second DQ. But, it worked out. Or, I guess I could have gone with the classic question “A good guy?” and gotten pretty much the same thing. At any rate, it takes away some of the sting from Mafia. Let’s go with: # T ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/45 "2025-08-08T01:08:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a number of bald-headed brutes in the 1950’s? 2. Did you sail the _Kon-Tiki_? 3. Are you a trickster hero from Germanic folklore whose name is a reference to the moon? ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/46 "2025-08-08T02:07:04Z")
IQ1: Were you terrible, untamed, and magnificent? IQ2: Were you a 0-6-0T? IQ3: Were you one of the most notable people killed at the Battle of Five Armies? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/47 "2025-08-08T02:37:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you sail the Queen Anne’s Revenge? 2. Are you a lieutenant colonel who endorsed Biden in 2020 and now a member of the current administration’s cabinet? 3. Did you claim to be in love with a pigeon? ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/48 "2025-08-08T02:50:23Z")
Previous IQs: Although often mistaken for a Frenchman, did you always note that you were, in fact, Belgian? - Yes, Hercule Poirot Were you a Civil War general known, among other things, for his nervous habit of rubbing his elbows? - Henry Halleck Are you a non-American featured in the decor of the U.S. House of Representatives? - [Hammurabi](https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/hammurabi-relief-portrait) On to T. IQs: You were a leading character in an early movie of a particular director; your name later appeared, slightly changed, in dialogue for a later movie by the same director. Who were you? Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? Did you hold Cmdr. Spock’s job in an alternate timeline? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/49 "2025-08-08T04:20:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a number of bald-headed brutes in the 1950’s? > 2. Did you sail the _Kon-Tiki_? > 3. Are you a trickster hero from Germanic folklore whose name is a reference to the moon? I am not Tor Johnson. I am not Thor Heyerdahl. Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you terrible, untamed, and magnificent? > IQ2: Were you a 0-6-0T? > IQ3: Were you one of the most notable people killed at the Battle of Five Armies? Take a DQ. I am not Thomas the Tank Engine. I am not Thorin Oakenshield. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you sail the Queen Anne’s Revenge? > 2. Are you a lieutenant colonel who endorsed Biden in 2020 and now a member of the current administration’s cabinet? > 3. Did you claim to be in love with a pigeon? Take a DQ. I am not Tulsi Gabbard. Take another DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You were a leading character in an early movie of a particular director; your name later appeared, slightly changed, in dialogue for a later movie by the same director. Who were you? > Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? > Did you hold Cmdr. Spock’s job in an alternate timeline? Take a DQ. I am not Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas. Take a DQ. ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/50 "2025-08-08T04:47:42Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you terrible, untamed, and magnificent? > > IQ2: Were you a 0-6-0T? > > IQ3: Were you one of the most notable people killed at the Battle of Five Armies? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Thomas the Tank Engine. > I am not Thorin Oakenshield. Tarzan correct (I’m impressed) correct DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/51 "2025-08-08T04:59:20Z")
# T 1. Fictional ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/52 "2025-08-08T13:50:01Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play a number of bald-headed brutes in the 1950’s? > > 2. Did you sail the _Kon-Tiki_? > > 3. Are you a trickster hero from Germanic folklore whose name is a reference to the moon? > > I am not Tor Johnson. > I am not Thor Heyerdahl. > Take a DQ. correct, correct, and Tyll Eulenspiegel (which means Owl-glass, or Owl’s Mirror). DQ: Male? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/53 "2025-08-08T13:57:58Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you sail the Queen Anne’s Revenge? > > 2. Are you a lieutenant colonel who endorsed Biden in 2020 and now a member of the current administration’s cabinet? > > 3. Did you claim to be in love with a pigeon? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Tulsi Gabbard. > Take another DQ. Correct; Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) and Nikola Tesla DQs: Created after 1950? American creator? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/54 "2025-08-08T14:43:19Z")
Augh! I was in a covid-haze last night when I answered the first DQ. It should have been “real”, not fictional, so I’m throwing back @knoodler 's DQs and setting things to: # T 1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/55 "2025-08-08T15:09:27Z")
Yeesh! I hope you bonce back quickly! 😷 DQs: Living? American? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/56 "2025-08-08T15:22:55Z")
IQs: 1. Did you marry Professor Ian Miller in a huge, lavish wedding? 2. Were you an Anglican bishop who was also an activist against Apartheid? 3. Are you the CEO of one of the world’s largest companies who also supports LGBTQ+ rights and equality? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/57 "2025-08-08T15:28:02Z")
# T 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/58 "2025-08-08T15:29:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you marry Professor Ian Miller in a huge, lavish wedding? > 2. Were you an Anglican bishop who was also an activist against Apartheid? > 3. Are you the CEO of one of the world’s largest companies who also supports LGBTQ+ rights and equality? Take a DQ. I am not Desmond Tutu. I am not Tim Apple… uh, I mean, Tim Cook. ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/59 "2025-08-08T16:54:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Jaguars Ripped My Flesh_? 2. Did you promote hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19? 3. Were you the rat in _Charlotte’s Web_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/60 "2025-08-08T17:15:21Z")
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