# 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:** 8
**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 20, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/141 "2026-02-20T04:44:41Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s second SECWAR? - Edwin Stanton Did your ship become what we know as Venus? - Yes, Earendil the Mariner, in the writings of JRR Tolkien Were you Isildur’s dad? - Yes, Elendil, likewise DQ: European? IQs: Did you play Miss Honey in the film _Matilda_? Did you wear a blonde wig to steal many millions from a white-collar criminal? Did you say, “I do not seek windows into men’s souls”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/142 "2026-02-20T16:12:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did your father organize the ill-fated heist in _Reservoir Dogs_? > > 2. Did you and your partner, Henry Strong, develop one of the most iconic names in American history? > > 3. Did you write one of the major prophetic books in the Christian Bible? > > DQ > DQ (What is an “iconic” name?) > Not Isaiah 1. Nice Guy Eddie 2. George Eastman, one of the co-founders of what would become The Eastman Kodak Company; by “iconic” I meant the name “Kodak” is often used in the same manner as “Kleenex” or “Coke.” 3. Ezekiel DQ: Died before 1500? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/143 "2026-02-20T16:13:49Z")
IQs 1. Are you the Father of Geometry? 2. Is your book usually paired with Nehemiah? 3. Did Harold Ramis play you in _Ghostbusters_? ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/144 "2026-02-20T21:13:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Miss Honey in the film _Matilda_? > Did you wear a blonde wig to steal many millions from a white-collar criminal? > Did you say, “I do not seek windows into men’s souls”? DQx3! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you the Father of Geometry? > 2. Is your book usually paired with Nehemiah? > 3. Did Harold Ramis play you in _Ghostbusters_? DQ (I know this one, dammit!) Ezra DQ **E**. 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Died before 1950 4. Male 5. Known, though not primarily, for the Arts 6. Only name starts with E 7. Died before 1600 8. Not also known for politics or military 9. European 10. Died before 1500 ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/145 "2026-02-20T21:24:47Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Miss Honey in the film _Matilda_? - Embeth Davidtz Did you wear a blonde wig to steal many millions from a white-collar criminal? - Oops, withdrawn. I thought it was Elspeth Salander, but it’s Lisbeth, in _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ Did you say, “I do not seek windows into men’s souls”? - Queen Elizabeth I of England, trying to end religious strife in her country DQs: Best known for science? From the British Isles? IQs: Did your name include the name of a major concert tour of the past 20 years? Were you particularly noted for your love of good food and wine? Was your husband born on Corfu? ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/146 "2026-02-20T21:33:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Are you the Father of Geometry? > > 2. Is your book usually paired with Nehemiah? > > 3. Did Harold Ramis play you in _Ghostbusters_? > > DQ (I know this one, dammit!) > Ezra > DQ 1 was Euclid. 2 is correct. 3 is Egon Spengler. DQs 1. Greek? 2. Known for Science or Philosophy? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/147 "2026-02-20T21:34:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you found a gunpowder company on the banks of Brandywine Creek? 2. Was your disappearance related to a moral panic about D&D in the 1980s? 3. Were you a playwright of ancient Greece known for tragedies? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/148 "2026-02-21T05:11:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your name include the name of a major concert tour of the past 20 years? > Were you particularly noted for your love of good food and wine? > Was your husband born on Corfu? DQ DQ Not Elizabeth II > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you found a gunpowder company on the banks of Brandywine Creek? > 2. Was your disappearance related to a moral panic about D&D in the 1980s? > 3. Were you a playwright of ancient Greece known for tragedies? DQ x3 And that’s enough DQs to take us over 20, so no more IQs, please. **E**. 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Died before 1950 4. Male 5. Known, though not primarily, for the Arts 6. Only name starts with E 7. Died before 1600 8. Not also known for politics or military 9. European 10. Died before 1500 11. Best known for science 12. Not from the British Isles 13. Greek 14. Known for Science and Philosophy ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/149 "2026-02-21T07:23:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you found a gunpowder company on the banks of Brandywine Creek? > > 2. Was your disappearance related to a moral panic about D&D in the 1980s? > > 3. Were you a playwright of ancient Greece known for tragedies? > > DQ x3 Eleuthere Irenee du Pont de Nemours, James Dallas Egbert III, and Euripides. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 21, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/150 "2026-02-21T15:20:48Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Marvel superhero whose codename is Starfox? 2. Were you a Greek slave/philosopher whose Discourses were written down by one of your students? 3. Were you the Librarian of Alexandria, known as the Father of Geography? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/151 "2026-02-21T15:44:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Were you the Librarian of Alexandria, known as the Father of Geography? Ahem: > [@SCAdian](#): > > And that’s enough DQs to take us over 20, so no more IQs, please. But I may as well answer this one for you, in order to save myself from another day or two of headaches. 🙂 Yes! I am philosopher, scholar, mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist **E** ratosthenes of Cyrene, best known today as the first person to calculate the Earth’s circumference. I had it, you got it! ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/152 "2026-02-21T23:24:10Z")
Oops, and thank you. I am… # Z! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/153 "2026-02-22T03:39:13Z")
Zoiks! IQs: 1. Did Nietzsche write about you? 2. Are you Tom Holland’s current girlfriend? 3. Did Woody Allen voice your character in an animated movie? ---
**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 22, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/154 "2026-02-22T05:08:04Z")
Previous IQs: Did your name include the name of a major concert tour of the past 20 years? - Erasmus (I was thinking of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) Were you particularly noted for your love of good food and wine? - Epicurus Was your husband born on Corfu? - Yes, the late Queen Elizabeth II On to Z! IQs: Did you play the mom of doomed young women in two different popular TV shows? Did Spock have a doomed romance with you on a very cold world? Were you Ike’s favorite author? ---
**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, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/155 "2026-02-22T13:37:53Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Nietzsche write about you? > 2. Are you Tom Holland’s current girlfriend? > 3. Did Woody Allen voice your character in an animated movie? 1. I am not Zarathustra. 2. I am not Zendaya. 3. That’s from _Antz_. I haven’t seen it in years. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play the mom of doomed young women in two different popular TV shows? > Did Spock have a doomed romance with you on a very cold world? > Were you Ike’s favorite author? 1. I am not Zane Grey. 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, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/156 "2026-02-22T15:41:33Z")
Good one, Prof! Let’s go with Z! IQs: 1. Were you a general killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs? 2. Were you a general killed in action at the Battle of Gettysburg? 3. Were you a pilot wounded in action who died under the care of Dr. Rumack? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/157 "2026-02-22T16:45:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did Nietzsche write about you? > > 2. Are you Tom Holland’s current girlfriend? > > 3. Did Woody Allen voice your character in an animated movie? > > 1. I am not Zarathustra. > 2. I am not Zendaya. > 3. That’s from _Antz_. I haven’t seen it in years. Take a DQ. Correct, correct, and the character’s name was Z DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/158 "2026-02-22T16:52:22Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a 2x All Star NBA player who played for Memphis and Portland? 2. Did you play for the same team in Portland? 3. Are you currently a member of the NFL Super Bowl champions? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/159 "2026-02-22T16:59:32Z")
IQ1: Were you a student at Walden? IQ2: Was your son beheaded to please a woman? IQ3: Were you the son or grandson of Iddo? ---
**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, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466/160 "2026-02-22T17:12:47Z")
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