# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/141 "2025-08-17T20:33:04Z")
@SunUp you swept me! I thought I was smart in thinking of single-named Greeks, I didn’t consider adding a second name. Good job, **Prof**! IQs: 1. Was your character physically abused by Frank Booth in _Blue Velvet_? 2. Did you land your first big role in Hollywood in exchange for Olivia de Havilland? 3. Were you inspired by watching Jim Morrison of The Doors? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/142 "2025-08-17T21:57:44Z")
I it is! IQs: 1. Were you losing a swordfight until you changed hands? 2. Were you Joe Hardy’s steady gal? 3. Were you a New Jersey-born opera singer who ran afoul of your royal paramour? ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/143 "2025-08-17T22:06:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your character physically abused by Frank Booth in _Blue Velvet_? > 2. Did you land your first big role in Hollywood in exchange for Olivia de Havilland? > 3. Were you inspired by watching Jim Morrison of The Doors? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you losing a swordfight until you changed hands? > 2. Were you Joe Hardy’s steady gal? > 3. Were you a New Jersey-born opera singer who ran afoul of your royal paramour? 1. I am not Inigo Montoya. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/144 "2025-08-17T22:10:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you losing a swordfight until you changed hands? > > 2. Were you Joe Hardy’s steady gal? > > 3. Were you a New Jersey-born opera singer who ran afoul of your royal paramour? > > 1. I am not Inigo Montoya. > Take 2 DQs. Correct on #1. #2 was Iola Morton, from _The Hardy Boys_, #3 was Irene Adler from _A Scandal In Bohemia_. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/145 "2025-08-17T22:19:40Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 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 17, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/146 "2025-08-17T23:23:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Was your character physically abused by Frank Booth in _Blue Velvet_? > > 2. Did you land your first big role in Hollywood in exchange for Olivia de Havilland? > > 3. Were you inspired by watching Jim Morrison of The Doors? > > Take 3 DQs. 1. Isabella Rossellini 2. Ingrid Bergman 3. Iggy Pop DQs: American creator? Created after 1950? Last name begins with I? ---
**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, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/147 "2025-08-18T02:20:29Z")
Swept me on the "Ara-"s, **SunUp** , and congrats, **Prof. P.**! On to I. IQs: Were you a Catholic priest who had a major American university named after you? Were you Queequeg’s bunkmate? Were you a noted Continental Army officer? ---
**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, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/148 "2025-08-18T14:18:43Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:145, topic:1021698, full:true”] # DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. The original creator was not America. The revised, named version of the character had American creators. 4. Created before 1950 5. Only name starts with I. ---
**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, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/149 "2025-08-18T14:19:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Catholic priest who had a major American university named after you? > Were you Queequeg’s bunkmate? > Were you a noted Continental Army officer? 1. I am not St. Ignatius of Loyola. 2. Don’t call me Ishmael. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/150 "2025-08-18T14:51:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon”? 2. Did you write “A Prayer for Owen Meany”? 3. Did you compose “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”? ---
**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, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/151 "2025-08-18T14:57:30Z")
IQ1: Did we like you? IQ2: Did you write “Nightfall”? IQ3: Were you the last surviving member of your tribe? ---
**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, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/152 "2025-08-18T15:27:31Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon”? > 2. Did you write “A Prayer for Owen Meany”? > 3. Did you compose “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”? 1. I am not Washington Irving. 2. I am not John Irving. 3. I am not Irving Berlin. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did we like you? > IQ2: Did you write “Nightfall”? > IQ3: Were you the last surviving member of your tribe? 1. I am not Ike. 2. I am not Isaac Asimov. 3. 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 18, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/153 "2025-08-18T15:39:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did we like you? > > IQ2: Did you write “Nightfall”? > > IQ3: Were you the last surviving member of your tribe? > > 1. I am not Ike. > 2. I am not Isaac Asimov. > 3. Take a DQ. correct correct Ishi DQ: Originally from prose fiction? ---
**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, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/154 "2025-08-18T15:54:25Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. The original creator was not America. The revised, named version of the character had American creators. 4. Created before 1950 5. Only name starts with I. 6. Not originally from prose fiction. ---
**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, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/155 "2025-08-18T16:08:41Z")
I assume you mean “American” and not “America” for DQ3? Previous IQs: Were you a Catholic priest who had a major American university named after you? - Yes, St. Ignatius of Loyola Were you Queequeg’s bunkmate? - Yes, Ishmael Were you a noted Continental Army officer? - Israel Putnam DQ: Created before 1850? IQs: Did Disney portray you as a scrawny, voraciously hungry schoolteacher? Are you a novelist from a politically-connected Latin American family? Were you Sid Caesar’s comic sidekick? ---
**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, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/156 "2025-08-18T16:12:30Z")
# DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. The original creator was not American. The revised, named version of the character had American creators. 4. Created before 1950 5. Only name starts with I. 6. Not originally from prose fiction. 7. Created after 1850 ---
**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, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/157 "2025-08-18T16:13:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Disney portray you as a scrawny, voraciously hungry schoolteacher? > Are you a novelist from a politically-connected Latin American family? > Were you Sid Caesar’s comic sidekick? 1. I am not Ichabod Crane. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Imogene Coca. ---
**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, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/158 "2025-08-18T17:32:14Z")
Correct, Isabel Allende and correct. DQ: American character? IQs: Are you the host of NPR’s _This American Life_? Were you a top Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform? Did your first initial, and that of your husband, appear on an explorer’s flag? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/159 "2025-08-18T17:38:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a German cook on _Benson_? 2. Did you narrate David Lynch’s _Dune_? 3. Did you consider yourself to be the king of Scotland? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/160 "2025-08-18T18:23:39Z")
Swept me! Irving x3! IQs: 1. Did you and your wife split up, with her going on to a bigger singing career? 2. Did your brother punt you like a football? 3. Are you a writer with a name similar to a regular on _Rowans & Martin’s Laugh-In_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=9)