# Botticelli - January 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448 "2025-01-01T18:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/161 "2025-01-15T01:29:38Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with L. 4. American 5. Known for the Arts. 6. Last name begins with N-Z. 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Alive (my apologies for missing it!) 9. Born before 1970 10. Known for acting 11. Considered a beauty 12. Best known for movies. Probably. 13. Has won a top award 14. Has appeared in TV series. 15. Born before 1950. 16. Caucasian 17. Not best known for romcoms 18. First name begins with La-Le I don’t think - though I am willing to be corrected - that you get a DQ, Elendil’s Heir. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/162 "2025-01-15T15:19:52Z")
I’m stumped. If someone needs a DQ they are welcome to my last one. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/163 "2025-01-15T15:54:20Z")
Asking EH’s question with knoodler’s DQ: Won an Oscar? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/164 "2025-01-15T17:01:57Z")
Better use 'em or lose 'em. DQ: First name begins with La? DQ: Last name begins with N-S? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/165 "2025-01-15T20:35:40Z")
[quote=“kitap, post:161, topic:1012448, full:true”] 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with L. 4. American 5. Known for the Arts. 6. Last name begins with N-Z. 7. Known for the performing arts 8. Alive (my apologies for missing it!) 9. Born before 1970 10. Known for acting 11. Considered a beauty 12. Best known for movies. Probably. 13. Has won a top award 14. Has appeared in TV series. 15. Born before 1950. 16. Caucasian 17. Not best known for romcoms 18. First name begins with La-Le 19. Has not won an Oscar, but has been nominated. 20. First name begins with Le 21. Last name does not begin with N-S. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/166 "2025-01-16T03:57:51Z")
Okay, please ask all “Are you” questions by 8 PM Thursday night. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/167 "2025-01-16T18:04:27Z")
DQ: Are you Leigh Taylor (from _Peyton Place_, &c.)? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/168 "2025-01-16T18:57:40Z")
I am not Leigh Taylor. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/169 "2025-01-16T21:23:56Z")
Are you Lee Meriwether? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/170 "2025-01-16T21:39:15Z")
I’ve already had my turn, but it occurs to me the actress who played Miss Scarlet in _Clue_, along with other movies, and Lois Lane in the TV-movie _It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman_ is a contender for this. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/171 "2025-01-17T04:38:54Z")
I think the Professor’s got it! (She also was in _Victor/Victoria_, and was great.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/172 "2025-01-17T06:40:27Z")
I thought about her briefly but I did not know she won a Golden Globe. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/173 "2025-01-17T10:57:42Z")
Yes! i am Miss Scarlet herself, Lesley Ann Warren! Is this considered a win or a miss? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/174 "2025-01-17T15:05:39Z")
I’d consider it a miss, but I’ll wait for a consensus. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/175 "2025-01-17T15:28:42Z")
It’s a win for you, **kitap**. I’d already made my guess, and no one else guessed by the deadline. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/176 "2025-01-17T23:04:14Z")
So I go again? In which case I am… M ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/177 "2025-01-18T17:04:58Z")
IQs: 1. Do you play Eleven on _Stranger Things_? 2. Did you have “binders full of women”? 3. Were you so fine you blew Toni Basil’s mind? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/178 "2025-01-18T17:07:53Z")
Take 2 DQs and I am not Mickey. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/179 "2025-01-18T17:09:53Z")
IQs: 1. Are you frequently seen in the company of Mr. Henry Crum on the highly esteemed, multiplutonium, nut brown, polysyllabic 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you play Bridget on the TV series _Bridget Loves Bernie_? 3. Were you married to Arthur Miller? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/180 "2025-01-18T17:19:23Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Mickey. 1 (Eleven) was Millie Bobby Brown; 2 (binders) was Mitt Romney. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with M? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448.md?page=10)