# 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:** 7
**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 21, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/127 "2025-02-21T05:11:34Z")
IQs: Despite your name, are you, in fact, not an insect but a musician? Were you an AI which helped lead a lunar rebellion? Did Julia Louis-Dreyfus flirt with you in the recent _SNL50_ special? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/128 "2025-02-21T06:09:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you work for Count Petoffi on _Dark Shadows_? > 2. Did you portray the protagonist in _Enchanted_? > 3. Are you a cockroach who had been a vers libre poet in a past life? Take a DQ. I am not Amy Adams. I should remember this, but I don’t. Take another DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did you play the ultimate love interest opposite Steve Carell? > 2. Did you prank your father into taking a long-deserved vacation? > 3. Did you leave your husband and go to Calcutta to work with Mother Theresa? I am not Amy Ryan. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Despite your name, are you, in fact, not an insect but a musician? > Were you an AI which helped lead a lunar rebellion? > Did Julia Louis-Dreyfus flirt with you in the recent _SNL50_ special? I am not Adam Ant. I am not Adam Selene. I am not Adam Driver (or a golden retriever). Adam x 3! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/129 "2025-02-21T11:32:10Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the author of, among other books, **Midworld**? 2. Did Jake Abel play you on **Supernatural**? 3. Did you play Dean Winchester on **Supernatural**? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/130 "2025-02-21T16:01:04Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the author of, among other books, **Midworld**? > 2. Did Jake Abel play you on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did you play Dean Winchester on **Supernatural**? Take 2 DQs and I am not Jensen Ackles. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/131 "2025-02-21T16:16:31Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you play the ultimate love interest opposite Steve Carell? > > 2. Did you prank your father into taking a long-deserved vacation? > > 3. Did you leave your husband and go to Calcutta to work with Mother Theresa? > > I am not Amy Ryan. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Correct 2. Amélie Poulain (_Amélie_) 3. Alice Tate (_Alice_) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/132 "2025-02-21T16:19:26Z")
DQs: Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres? Created by an American? Has appeared on film and/or TV? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/133 "2025-02-21T19:42:15Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Last name starts with A-M 5. Created after 1900 6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres 7. Created by an American 8. Has appeared on film and TV ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/134 "2025-02-21T19:48:09Z")
Swept me! IQs: Were you Elladan and Elrohir’s sister? Were you Gilraen’s husband? Were you her son? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/135 "2025-02-21T20:18:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Elladan and Elrohir’s sister? > Were you Gilraen’s husband? > Were you her son? The last two are Arathorn and Aragorn, but I have no hope of getting the first. Take a DQ. ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/136 "2025-02-21T21:26:18Z")
Correct, in that order. The first is [Arwen, Aragorn’s future wife](https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Elladan_and_Elrohir). DQ: Protagonist? IQs: Did you badly lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Were you Col. J.L. Chamberlain’s predecessor as commanding officer of the 20th Maine? Were you a Vietnam-era U.S. Army general after whom a tank was later named? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/137 "2025-02-21T22:00:27Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first to serve as SLOTUS? 2. Are you a professional athlete nicknamed “Bayou Barbie”? 3. Did Meg Ryan provide your voice in a 1997 animated movie? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/138 "2025-02-21T23:08:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you badly lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? > Were you Col. J.L. Chamberlain’s predecessor as commanding officer of the 20th Maine? > Were you a Vietnam-era U.S. Army general after whom a tank was later named? I am not Ambrose Burnside. I am not Adelbert Ames. I am not Creighton Abrams. > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Were you the first to serve as SLOTUS? > 2. Are you a professional athlete nicknamed “Bayou Barbie”? > 3. Did Meg Ryan provide your voice in a 1997 animated movie? I am not Abigail Adams. I am not… A’ja Wilson? 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 21, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/139 "2025-02-21T23:09:55Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Last name starts with A-M 5. Created after 1900 6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres 7. Created by an American 8. Has appeared on film and TV 9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works. ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/140 "2025-02-22T01:20:33Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you work for Count Petoffi on _Dark Shadows_? > > 2. Did you portray the protagonist in _Enchanted_? > > 3. Are you a cockroach who had been a vers libre poet in a past life? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Amy Adams. > I should remember this, but I don’t. Take another DQ. #1 was Aristide. #2 is correct. #3 was Don Marquis’s archy. DQs: 1. First name starts with A? 2. Created after 1990? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/141 "2025-02-22T01:30:51Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Last name starts with A-M 5. Created after 1900 6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres 7. Created by an American 8. Has appeared on film and TV 9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works. 10. First name starts with A 11. Created after 1990 ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/142 "2025-02-22T02:01:17Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an Icelandic explorer who left word that you had reached the center of the earth? 2. Are you the detective in a series of mysteries by M. C. Beaton? 3. In the Discworld novels are you Capt. Carrot’s werewolf girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/143 "2025-02-22T02:13:56Z")
Alan Dean Foster, Adam Winchester, correct. DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Appeared in live action films? 3 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 22, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/144 "2025-02-22T06:07:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you an Icelandic explorer who left word that you had reached the center of the earth? > 2. Are you the detective in a series of mysteries by M. C. Beaton? > 3. In the Discworld novels are you Capt. Carrot’s werewolf girlfriend? I am not… Professor Arronax? 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:** [February 22, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/145 "2025-02-22T06:09:59Z")
# A 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Last name starts with A-M 5. Created after 1900 6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres 7. Created by an American 8. Has appeared on film and TV 9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works. 10. First name starts with A 11. Created after 1990 12. Original work implies she is Caucasian; has been played by a non-Caucasian actor in dramatic presentation 13. Appeared in live action films ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905/146 "2025-02-22T06:34:03Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you the first to serve as SLOTUS? > > 2. Are you a professional athlete nicknamed “Bayou Barbie”? > > 3. Did Meg Ryan provide your voice in a 1997 animated movie? > > I am not Abigail Adams. > I am not… A’ja Wilson? > Take a DQ. 1. Correct 2. Angel Reese 3. Anastasia (_Anastasia_) 2 DQs reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905.md?page=8)