# Botticelli February 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905 "2025-02-05T04:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/43 "2025-02-10T05:58:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? > Have you played different British Prime Ministers in two TV series since 2010? > Did you badly lose the Battle of Chickamauga? This sounds like something from the legendarium. Ah, take a DQ. I am not Rory Kinnear. I am not William Starke Rosecrans. > [@NellietheElephant](#): > > Did you have a close relationship with Nathaniel Branden? > > Were you ever Secretary of State? > > Do you sell hamburgers? Take a DQ. I am not Rex Tillerson. I am (was?) not… Ray Kroc? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/44 "2025-02-10T15:31:35Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a football player who also wrote a book on needlepoint for men? 2. Were you the mother of Jacob and Esau? 3. Were you the jazz bandleader on the highly acclaimed, pneumocatatstrophic, antepythonal, brass-tinted 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/45 "2025-02-10T15:58:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you and your husband denied clemency by incoming president Eisenhower? 2. Were you a neighbor and best friend to a working woman named Mary? 3. Were you a former pinup girl who later joined a gospel quartet that included Jane Russell? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/46 "2025-02-10T16:51:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you a football player who also wrote a book on needlepoint for men? > 2. Were you the mother of Jacob and Esau? > 3. Were you the jazz bandleader on the highly acclaimed, pneumocatatstrophic, antepythonal, brass-tinted 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? I am not Rosie Grier. I am not Rac- er, Rebecca. I am not a _Goon Show_ trivia expert, so take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Were you and your husband denied clemency by incoming president Eisenhower? > 2. Were you a neighbor and best friend to a working woman named Mary? > 3. Were you a former pinup girl who later joined a gospel quartet that included Jane Russell? I am not Ethel Rosenberg. Take 2 DQs. # R 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American 5. Born since 1950 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/47 "2025-02-10T18:07:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you and your husband denied clemency by incoming president Eisenhower? > > 2. Were you a neighbor and best friend to a working woman named Mary? > > 3. Were you a former pinup girl who later joined a gospel quartet that included Jane Russell? > > I am not Ethel Rosenberg. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Correct 2. Rhoda Morgenstern 3. Rhonda Fleming DQ: 1. Last name begin with R? 2. Known for arts? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/48 "2025-02-10T22:22:01Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you a football player who also wrote a book on needlepoint for men? > > 2. Were you the mother of Jacob and Esau? > > 3. Were you the jazz bandleader on the highly acclaimed, pneumocatatstrophic, antepythonal, brass-tinted 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > I am not Rosie Grier. > I am not Rac- er, Rebecca. > I am not a _Goon Show_ trivia expert, so take a DQ. Correct, correct, and Ray Ellington. DQ: Born since 1980? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/49 "2025-02-11T03:18:12Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Radagast the Brown Have you played different British Prime Ministers in two TV series since 2010? - Yes, Rory Kinnear, in both _Black Mirror_ and _The Diplomat_ Did you badly lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Yes, Gen. William S. Rosecrans DQ: Considered a beauty? IQs: Did you lead the same US Cabinet department twice, almost 30 years apart? Were you a shrubber who lamented the saying of “Ni” to peasants? Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/50 "2025-02-11T03:29:30Z")
# R 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American 5. Born since 1950 6. Last name begins with R. 7. Known for the arts 8. Born since 1980 9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/51 "2025-02-11T03:32:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you lead the same US Cabinet department twice, almost 30 years apart? > Were you a shrubber who lamented the saying of “Ni” to peasants? > Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? I should know this, but take a DQ. I am not Roger, the Shrubber. I am not George Rogers Clark. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/52 "2025-02-11T03:35:24Z")
Donald Rumsfeld led the Department of Defense for both Gerald Ford and George W. Bush. On the other two, correct and correct. DQ: Actress? IQs: Did Erwin Griswold (perhaps jokingly) ask why you were at a particular place? Was it said that your roommate was the loneliest man in baseball? Were you a notable Old Testament woman? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/53 "2025-02-11T05:19:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did Jennifer Lawrence portray a younger version of a character you played? 2. Were you married to a man once known as “the baddest man on the planet”? 3. Did you perform on the most-watched televised event of the year while in your first trimester? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/54 "2025-02-11T05:57:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Erwin Griswold (perhaps jokingly) ask why you were at a particular place? > Was it said that your roommate was the loneliest man in baseball? > Were you a notable Old Testament woman? I am not… Rusty Griswold? (on reflection, I think I’m missing a Ruth here) I am not Babe Ruth. I am not Ruth. > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did Jennifer Lawrence portray a younger version of a character you played? > 2. Were you married to a man once known as “the baddest man on the planet”? > 3. Did you perform on the most-watched televised event of the year while in your first trimester? I am not Rebecca Romijn. Take two DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/55 "2025-02-11T08:21:57Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you accompany Prince Inga in his quest to free his parents in one Oz book? > 2. Are you the best known Masterharper of Pern? > 3. Did you play Cosmo Topper in 3 films in the 1930s? Rinkitink, Robinton and Roland Young. 3 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/56 "2025-02-11T14:43:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did Jennifer Lawrence portray a younger version of a character you played? > > 2. Were you married to a man once known as “the baddest man on the planet”? > > 3. Did you perform on the most-watched televised event of the year while in your first trimester? > > I am not Rebecca Romijn. > Take two DQs. 1. Correct 2. Robin Givens 3. Rhianna 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/57 "2025-02-11T15:32:42Z")
Whoops, overlooked the DQ. # R 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American 5. Born since 1950 6. Last name begins with R. 7. Known for the arts 8. Born since 1980 9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV 10. Not an actress ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/58 "2025-02-11T16:38:21Z")
DQs: 1. First name begins A - M? 2. Stage performer? IQs: 1. Did you amputate a finger while playing in a professional sport? 2. Were you a top country music performer despite having a disability? 3. Did you consider a career in boxing and baseball before starting a popular southern rock band? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/59 "2025-02-11T17:08:47Z")
Previous IQs: Did Erwin Griswold (perhaps jokingly) ask why you were at a particular place? - Ruth Bader Ginsburg (he was dean of Harvard Law School, and actually supported admitting women to HLS) Was it said that your roommate was the loneliest man in baseball? - Yes, Babe Ruth, long known for going out on the town Were you a notable Old Testament woman? - Yes, Ruth Ruth x3! DQ: Has won a top award in her field? IQs: Did you dub your Vermont country house Hildene? Were you actually not Prince Joffrey’s biological father? Did you wear two pairs of sunglasses in a Seventies movie? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/60 "2025-02-11T18:30:06Z")
DQ: 1. Caucasian? Two DQs reservedr ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/61 "2025-02-11T20:58:55Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did you amputate a finger while playing in a professional sport? > 2. Were you a top country music performer despite having a disability? > 3. Did you consider a career in boxing and baseball before starting a popular southern rock band? I am not Ronnie Lott. I am not Ronnie Milsap. I am not… oh, let’s say Ronnie Spector, just for grins. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you dub your Vermont country house Hildene? > Were you actually not Prince Joffrey’s biological father? > Did you wear two pairs of sunglasses in a Seventies movie? I am not… Robert Todd Lincoln? I am not Robert Baratheon. I am not Robert Stack. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/62 "2025-02-11T21:01:10Z")
# R 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American 5. Born since 1950 6. Last name begins with R. 7. Known for the arts 8. Born since 1980 9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV 10. Not an actress 11. First name begins A-M 12. Stage performer 13. Has won a top award in her field 14. Caucasian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905.md?page=4)