# 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:** 4
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/63 "2025-02-11T21:36:01Z")
Swept me. Robert x3! IQs: Did you assist Gary Seven? Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? Did you eat applesauce with a fork and also have a trident? ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/65 "2025-02-11T23:19:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you assist Gary Seven? > Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? > Did you eat applesauce with a fork and also have a trident? I am not Roberta Lincoln. I am not Roderick Blaine. 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:** [February 11, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/66 "2025-02-11T23:24:02Z")
# 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 15. To my best knowledge, not a member of a union, but has agitated for artist’s rights. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/67 "2025-02-12T01:12:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@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. It made me grin, but it’s Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Ronnie x3! 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:** [February 12, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/68 "2025-02-12T19:20:38Z")
Previous IQs: Did you assist Gary Seven? - Yes, Roberta Lincoln (Terri Garr) in an episode of _ST:TOS_ Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser _MacArthur_? - Yes, Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle’s _The Mote in God’s Eye_ Did you eat applesauce with a fork and also have a trident? - [Prince Ruprecht](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDX-qJaJ08) DQs: Best known as a singer? IQs: Are you a noted Latina stage performer and, I think, an EGOT winner? Did you star in _A Soldier’s Story_ but have a drug problem? Were you a private eye played by Denzel Washington? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/69 "2025-02-13T00:13:28Z")
# 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 15. To my best knowledge, not a member of a union, but has agitated for artist’s rights 16. Best known as a singer ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/70 "2025-02-13T00:15:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a noted Latina stage performer and, I think, an EGOT winner? > Did you star in _A Soldier’s Story_ but have a drug problem? > Were you a private eye played by Denzel Washington? I am not Rita Moreno. I am not… Howard Rollins, Jr.? I am not Easy Rawlins. ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/71 "2025-02-13T00:59:41Z")
IQ: Did you win Best New Artist at this year’s Grammy awards? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/72 "2025-02-13T01:54:34Z")
We have a winner! Yes, I am # Chappell Roan singer/songwriter known for a camp aesthetic and hits like “Pink Pony Club” and “Hot to Go!” You are our next host, **Prof.**! ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/73 "2025-02-13T03:10:07Z")
Yay! I am # N! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/74 "2025-02-13T05:18:37Z")
Congrats, Prof! IQs: 1. Were you encouraged to start up your iconic restaurant chain by singing waiters Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante? 2. Are you a teen sleuth from River Heights? 3. Are you currently under fire for making a spectacular one-sided trade in sports? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/75 "2025-02-13T05:41:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you team up with Deadpool in his movies? 2. Were you the second leader of Dumbledore’s Army? 3. Do you accompany your sister on guitar? ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/76 "2025-02-13T12:05:53Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you encouraged to start up your iconic restaurant chain by singing waiters Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante? > 2. Are you a teen sleuth from River Heights? > 3. Are you currently under fire for making a spectacular one-sided trade in sports? 1. I really should know this one. I just read _Inka Dinka Doo_ a couple o’ months ago. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Nancy Drew. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you team up with Deadpool in his movies? > 2. Were you the second leader of Dumbledore’s Army? > 3. Do you accompany your sister on guitar? 1. I am not Negasonic Teenage Warhead. 2. I am not Neville Longbottom. 3. 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:** [February 13, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/77 "2025-02-13T14:30:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you team up with Deadpool in his movies? > > 2. Were you the second leader of Dumbledore’s Army? > > 3. Do you accompany your sister on guitar? > > 1. I am not Negasonic Teenage Warhead. > 2. I am not Neville Longbottom. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Nancy Wilson of Heart. DQ: Fictional? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/78 "2025-02-13T18:27:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you encouraged to start up your iconic restaurant chain by singing waiters Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante? > > 2. Are you a teen sleuth from River Heights? > > 3. Are you currently under fire for making a spectacular one-sided trade in sports? > > 1. I really should know this one. I just read _Inka Dinka Doo_ a couple o’ months ago. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Nancy Drew. > 3. Take a DQ. 1. Nathan Handwerker (of Nathan’s Famous) 2. Correct 3. Nico Harrison, GM of the Dallas Mavericks DQ: Male? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/80 "2025-02-14T01:53:54Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Were you Ben’s love interest in **'Salem’s Lot**? 2. Are you the longtime boyfriend of the above Nancy Drew? 3. Did you star as the victim of a cult in the movie **Ticket to Heaven**? ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/81 "2025-02-14T01:58:10Z")
IQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/82 "2025-02-14T01:59:28Z")
> [@NellietheElephant](#): > > Are you a naval officer with a column named after you in square named after a battle? > > Did you ever call someone worthless and weak? > > Did you found the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen? 1. I am not Horatio Nelson. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Niels Bohr (??) > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Ben’s love interest in **'Salem’s Lot**? > 2. Are you the longtime boyfriend of the above Nancy Drew? > 3. Did you star as the victim of a cult in the movie **Ticket to Heaven**? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/83 "2025-02-14T05:16:09Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a house ghost of Gryffindor? 2. Did you successfully make the transition from child star to ingénue at age 16 in 1955? 3. Are you famous for playing the wife of a wealthy castaway? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/84 "2025-02-14T06:34:58Z")
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