# 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:** 4
**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, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/61 "2025-08-08T17:29:55Z")
#1 was Tim Cahill. Correct on the others. Get well soon. DQ: Born after 1970? ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/62 "2025-08-08T19:06:32Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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. Toula Portokalos; correct and correct DQ: European? ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/63 "2025-08-08T19:40:01Z")
Previous 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? - The title character of _THX-1138_, mentioned in _Star Wars_, too (minus a “1,” if memory serves) Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - Yes, the great Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas Did you hold Cmdr. Spock’s job in an alternate timeline? - [Cmdr. Thelin](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Thelin) DQs: Best known the Arts? Last name starts with T? IQs: Were you Odysseus’s fine young son? Were you a noted writer who attended Oberlin College but didn’t graduate? Were you a noted Athenian statesman and admiral? ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/64 "2025-08-08T20:41:58Z")
# T 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Born after 1970 6. European 7. Best known for the arts 8. Last name starts with T ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/65 "2025-08-08T20:44:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Odysseus’s fine young son? > Were you a noted writer who attended Oberlin College but didn’t graduate? > Were you a noted Athenian statesman and admiral? I am not Telemachus. I am not… Thoreau? I am not… Themisticles? ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/66 "2025-08-08T20:45:57Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an artist whose name is sometimes given as a color of women’s hair? 2. Did you travel with P. T. Bridgeport in _Pogo_? 3. Did you travel with St. Paul to Macedonia? ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/67 "2025-08-08T21:42:06Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Were you Odysseus’s fine young son? > > Were you a noted writer who attended Oberlin College but didn’t graduate? > > Were you a noted Athenian statesman and admiral? > > I am not Telemachus. > I am not… Thoreau? > I am not… Themisticles? Correct, Thornton Wilder, and close enough - it’s Themistocles. DQ: Native English speaker? IQs: Did you play Capt. Frank Furillo of Hill Street Station? Are you playing Sherlock Holmes in a new TV series? Did you have a long, epic rant about the shortcomings of American culture while driving? ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/68 "2025-08-08T21:48:40Z")
IQ1: Are you Jim Frayne’s girlfriend? IQ2: Did you have a triphibian atomicar? IQ3: Did you have a motor cycle, a airship, and a submarine boat? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/69 "2025-08-09T01:54:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you play Capt. Frank Furillo of Hill Street Station? > Are you playing Sherlock Holmes in a new TV series? > Did you have a long, epic rant about the shortcomings of American culture while driving? I am not Daniel J. Travanti. Take 2 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you Jim Frayne’s girlfriend? > IQ2: Did you have a triphibian atomicar? > IQ3: Did you have a motor cycle, a airship, and a submarine boat? Take a DQ. Take another DQ, unless it’s Tom Swift Jr. I am not Tom Swift. ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/70 "2025-08-09T02:41:48Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you Jim Frayne’s girlfriend? > > IQ2: Did you have a triphibian atomicar? > > IQ3: Did you have a motor cycle, a airship, and a submarine boat? > > Take a DQ. > Take another DQ, unless it’s Tom Swift Jr. > I am not Tom Swift Trixie Belden correct correct DQ: Known for the 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 9, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/71 "2025-08-09T03:12:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an artist whose name is sometimes given as a color of women’s hair? > 2. Did you travel with P. T. Bridgeport in _Pogo_? > 3. Did you travel with St. Paul to Macedonia? I am not Titian. Take a DQ. I am not Titus. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/72 "2025-08-09T03:13:54Z")
# T 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Born after 1970 6. European 7. Best known for the arts 8. Last name starts with T 9. Native English speaker 10. 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 9, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/73 "2025-08-09T03:31:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a superhero modeled after The Batman with a perverted fascination with holes? 2. Were you called “El Rey de los Timbales"? 3. Were you a Hollywood actor who took up writing horror/mystery novels? ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/74 "2025-08-09T13:14:40Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you an artist whose name is sometimes given as a color of women’s hair? > > 2. Did you travel with P. T. Bridgeport in _Pogo_? > > 3. Did you travel with St. Paul to Macedonia? > > I am not Titian. > Take a DQ. > I am not Titus. Correct, Tammanany Tiger, Correct. DQ: Known for acting? ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/75 "2025-08-10T02:26:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Capt. Frank Furillo of Hill Street Station? - Yes, Daniel J. Travanti, on _Hill Street Blues_ Are you playing Sherlock Holmes in a new TV series? - David Thewlis, on _Sherlock & Daughter_ Did you have a long, epic rant about the shortcomings of American culture while driving? - Terry Thomas in [_It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hln19l9RtWg) DQs: Has won a top award in his field? Considered handsome? IQs: Were you killed with an ice pick, probably on Stalin’s orders? Were you name-checked, once and only once, in a song in _Grease_? Did you not take your husband’s last name of Dragon professionally? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/76 "2025-08-10T03:09:09Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a superhero modeled after The Batman with a perverted fascination with holes? > 2. Were you called “El Rey de los Timbales"? > 3. Were you a Hollywood actor who took up writing horror/mystery novels? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you killed with an ice pick, probably on Stalin’s orders? > Were you name-checked, once and only once, in a song in _Grease_? > Did you not take your husband’s last name of Dragon professionally? I am not Leon Trotsky. I am not Troy Donahue. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/77 "2025-08-10T03:12:00Z")
# T 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. Not American 5. Born after 1970 6. European 7. Best known for the arts 8. Last name starts with T 9. Native English speaker 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Not known for acting 12. Has won awards, but not really a top award, in his field 13. Considered handsome ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/78 "2025-08-10T04:04:07Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a superhero modeled after The Batman with a perverted fascination with holes? > > 2. Were you called “El Rey de los Timbales"? > > 3. Were you a Hollywood actor who took up writing horror/mystery novels? > > Take 3 DQs. Tek Knight (_The Boys_) Tito Puente Tom Tryon DQs: Known for singing? First name start with A-M? 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 10, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/79 "2025-08-10T04:10:27Z")
Previous IQs: Were you killed with an ice pick, probably on Stalin’s orders? - Yes, Leon Trotsky Were you name-checked, once and only once, in a song in _Grease_? - Yes, Troy Donahue Did you not take your husband’s last name of Dragon professionally? - The latter of Captain & Tennille DQs: Was knighted or ennobled? IQs: Did you star in _The Limey_? Were you the odd butler in _Manos: The Hands of Fate_? Did you arrange for the remains of John Paul Jones to be reburied at the U.S. Naval Academy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/80 "2025-08-10T04:11:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of Kellogg’s most enduring cereal mascots since the 1950s? 2. Did you voice the above for from the 1950s until your death in 2005? 3. Are you the portly best friend of Little Lulu? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=5)