# Botticelli - February 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 7, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466 "2026-02-07T12:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 26, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/221 "2026-02-26T16:24:46Z")
IQs 1. Did you foil Thanos? 2. Is your brother the Human Torch? 3. Are you Jafar’s parrot? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/222 "2026-02-26T19:14:38Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the 142nd fastest gun in the west? 2. Did you write _A Prayer for Owen Meany_? 3. Were you a centenarian songwriter born in Russia? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/223 "2026-02-26T19:28:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you foil Thanos? > 2. Is your brother the Human Torch? > 3. Are you Jafar’s parrot? 1. I am not Iron Man. 2. I am not the Invisible Woman. 3. I am not Iago. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the 142nd fastest gun in the west? > 2. Did you write _A Prayer for Owen Meany_? > 3. Were you a centenarian songwriter born in Russia? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not John Irving. 3. I am not Irving Berlin. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/224 "2026-02-26T19:41:46Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the 142nd fastest gun in the west? > > 2. Did you write _A Prayer for Owen Meany_? > > 3. Were you a centenarian songwriter born in Russia? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not John Irving. > 3. I am not Irving Berlin. [Irving](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCty-Yis-N0), correct and correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/225 "2026-02-26T20:11:26Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _At Seventeen_? 2. Did you portray Magneto? 3. Were you a world leader who was assassinated by your bodyguard? ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/226 "2026-02-26T20:58:02Z")
It is I, I mean, I it is. IQs: Were you a noted European Catholic who had an American institution of higher learning named after him? Were you Othello’s frenemy? Are you a novelist from a prominent South American political family? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/227 "2026-02-26T21:02:55Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a brick-throwing cartoon mouse? 2. Were you born as James Newell Osterberg, Jr? 3. Are you also known as “the Barefoot Contessa?” ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/228 "2026-02-26T23:17:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _At Seventeen_? > 2. Did you portray Magneto? > 3. Were you a world leader who was assassinated by your bodyguard? 1. I am not Janis Ian. 2. I am not Ian McKellen. 3. I am not Indira Gandhi. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted European Catholic who had an American institution of higher learning named after him? > Were you Othello’s frenemy? > Are you a novelist from a prominent South American political family? Respectively: I am not Ignatius Loyola. I am not Iago. I am not Isabel Allende. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a brick-throwing cartoon mouse? > 2. Were you born as James Newell Osterberg, Jr? > 3. Are you also known as “the Barefoot Contessa?” 1. I am not Ignatz. 2. I am not Iggy Pop. 3. I am not Ina Garten. DQs: 1. real ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/229 "2026-02-27T05:44:43Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Are you a winged messenger to the gods of Olympus? 2. Were you the official wife of Paul Atreides? 3. Were you known in Hollywood as the “Master of Disaster”? ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/230 "2026-02-27T15:46:17Z")
Swept again! IQs: 1. Were you a musician and comic, aka Merwyn Bogue? 2. Were you a 20th Century Polish pianist and composer? 3. Were you portrayed by both Bing Crosby and Johnny Depp? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/231 "2026-02-27T15:51:25Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a winged messenger to the gods of Olympus? > 2. Were you the official wife of Paul Atreides? > 3. Were you known in Hollywood as the “Master of Disaster”? 1. I am not Iris. 2. I am not Irulan. 3. I am not Irwin Allen. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a musician and comic, aka Merwyn Bogue? > 2. Were you a 20th Century Polish pianist and composer? > 3. Were you portrayed by both Bing Crosby and Johnny Depp? 1. I am not Ish Kabibble. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ichabod Crane. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/232 "2026-02-27T16:04:09Z")
Swept again! IQs: 1. Did you meet your namesake when you were six, and he conferred his blessings upon you? 2. Were you a strong contender for 2011 NCAA Freshman of the Year (basketball) before being sidelined with a toe injury? 3. Did you appear in Michael Jackson’s video “Remember the Time”? ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/233 "2026-02-27T16:08:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a musician and comic, aka Merwyn Bogue? > > 2. Were you a 20th Century Polish pianist and composer? > > 3. Were you portrayed by both Bing Crosby and Johnny Depp? > > 1. I am not Ish Kabibble. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Ichabod Crane Correct, Ignace Paderewski, correct. DQ: Last name starts with I? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/234 "2026-02-27T16:18:41Z")
IQs: 1-3. Were you, respectively, the seventh, eighth and tenth Kings of Xanth during the Nextwave crisis? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/235 "2026-02-27T16:32:25Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you meet your namesake when you were six, and he conferred his blessings upon you? > 2. Were you a strong contender for 2011 NCAA Freshman of the Year (basketball) before being sidelined with a toe injury? > 3. Did you appear in Michael Jackson’s video “Remember the Time”? 1. I am not Washington Irving. 2. I am not Kyrie Irving? 3. Take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1-3. Were you, respectively, the seventh, eighth and tenth Kings of Xanth during the Nextwave crisis? 1-3. Take three DQs. DQs: 1. real 2. only name begins with I ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/236 "2026-02-27T16:34:48Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you meet your namesake when you were six, and he conferred his blessings upon you? > > 2. Were you a strong contender for 2011 NCAA Freshman of the Year (basketball) before being sidelined with a toe injury? > > 3. Did you appear in Michael Jackson’s video “Remember the Time”? > > 1. I am not Washington Irving. > 2. I am not Kyrie Irving? > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, correct, Iman (super model, married to David Bowie) DQ: Alive? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/237 "2026-02-27T16:38:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1-3. Were you, respectively, the seventh, eighth and tenth Kings of Xanth during the Nextwave crisis? > > 1-3. Take three DQs. Iris, Irene, and the Mare Imbri. DQs: Living? Male? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/238 "2026-02-27T16:44:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Canadian-born, adopted by an American Jewish family? 2. Were you present at a historic gun battle, only to run away when it began? 3. Are you a literary adult antagonist to a boy half your age? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/239 "2026-02-27T20:24:27Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Canadian-born, adopted by an American Jewish family? > 2. Were you present at a historic gun battle, only to run away when it began? > 3. Are you a literary adult antagonist to a boy half your age? Take three DQs. DQs: 1. real 2. only name begins with I 3. dead 4. male ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/240 "2026-02-27T21:35:51Z")
Swept me! IQs: Were you Queequeg’s bunkmate? Were you a noted British engineer played in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony by Kenneth Branagh? Were you a young man, saved from the Borg, who came to consider Seven of Nine to be almost a mother to him? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466.md?page=13)