# Botticelli - January 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186 "2025-12-31T02:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/1 "2025-12-31T02:03:53Z")
Happy New Year! I am… [![](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/507968212/photo/red-light-letter-a.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=4toXC2XfRCd2LgsuIB8KnWAFZIUVyc4GbDmuKKZ8lbM=) ](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/507968212/photo/red-light-letter-a.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=4toXC2XfRCd2LgsuIB8KnWAFZIUVyc4GbDmuKKZ8lbM=) That’s… # A! Previous month’s thread: [Botticellii -- Dec 2025 - #290 by Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/290) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/2 "2025-12-31T03:31:34Z")
1. Did you write **Escape to Witch Mountain**? 2. Did you write **The Classics Reclassified**? 3. Did you write **HMS. Ulysses**? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/3 "2025-12-31T04:10:32Z")
1. I am not Richard Armour. 2. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/4 "2025-12-31T05:17:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you give yourself the nickname “Wolf”? 2. Were you abducted under the name “Zeev Zichroni”? 3. Did you play a leader who orders his subordinates to take “the Anthill” in _Paths of Glory_? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/5 "2025-12-31T05:28:23Z")
A it is! IQs: Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first CO in the 20th Maine? Were you a Scotland Yard detective known to Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson? Did you badly lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/6 "2025-12-31T16:10:00Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > - Did you give yourself the nickname “Wolf”? > - Were you abducted under the name “Zeev Zichroni”? > - Did you play a leader who orders his subordinates to take “the Anthill” in _Paths of Glory_? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first CO in the 20th Maine? > Were you a Scotland Yard detective known to Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson? > Did you badly lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? I don’t know Lestrade’s first name. 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:** [December 31, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/7 "2025-12-31T16:11:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > - Did you give yourself the nickname “Wolf”? > > - Were you abducted under the name “Zeev Zichroni”? > > - Did you play a leader who orders his subordinates to take “the Anthill” in _Paths of Glory_? > > Take 3 DQs. Adolf Hitler Adolf Eichhmann Adolphe Menjou Adolf/phe x3! DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Known from the Arts? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/8 "2025-12-31T16:31:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known from the Arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/9 "2025-12-31T21:03:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did Voila Davis play you in _The Help_? 2. Where you in both _Elvis_ and _Once Upon a Time In Hollywood_? 3. Were you mocked by a Southwest Airlines’ employee in a viral post? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/10 "2025-12-31T22:06:54Z")
1. I am not Ann Margret (??) Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/11 "2025-12-31T23:22:00Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **Escape to Witch Mountain**? > 2. Did you write **The Classics Reclassified**? > 3. Did you write **HMS. Ulysses**? Alexander Key, correct, Alistair MacLean. DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Known from the Performing Arts? ---
**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 1, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/12 "2026-01-01T00:46:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known from the Arts 4. Not Caucasian 5. Known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/13 "2026-01-01T05:18:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ann Margret (??) > Take 2 DQs. 1. Abileen Clark 2. Austin Butler 3. [Abcde Redford](https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/us/abcde-southwest-apologizes-scli-intl) DQs: 1. Alive? 2. American? 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:** [January 1, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/14 "2026-01-01T05:26:41Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first CO in the 20th Maine? - Col. Adelbert Ames, who later became a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi Were you a Scotland Yard detective known to Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson? - Not Lestrade, whose first initial (Conan Doyle never told us his first name) was “G.,” but Athelney Jones Did you badly lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside DQs: Actress? Considered a beauty? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did both Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos play you? Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem? Were you MYCROFT’s fake public identity on the Moon? ---
**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 1, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/15 "2026-01-01T13:25:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known from the Arts 4. Not Caucasian 5. Known for the performing arts 6. Dead 7. American 8. Did act, but really not known for it 9. Not a traditional beauty ---
**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 1, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/16 "2026-01-01T13:27:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did both Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos play you? > Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem? > Were you MYCROFT’s fake public identity on the Moon? 1. I am not Commander Adama. 2. I am not Bella Abzug. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/17 "2026-01-01T17:00:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Little Miss Sunshine? 2. Did you often give advice to strangers? 3. Were you her estranged sister? ---
**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 1, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/18 "2026-01-01T19:18:31Z")
1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Abigail van Buren. 3. I am not Ann Landers. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/19 "2026-01-01T19:40:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did Jane Curtin play you in a sitcom co-starring Susan Saint James? 2. Are you Gary Sanders’s most famous role? 3. Was your wife Nefertiti? ---
**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 1, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/20 "2026-01-01T20:21:48Z")
1. I am not Allie. 2. I am not WKRP’s Andy. 3. Take a DQ. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=2)