# 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:** 13
**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 27, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/241 "2026-01-27T04:22:51Z")
Are you Publius Varus? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/242 "2026-01-27T15:16:13Z")
Yes! I am # Publius Quinctilius Varus Roman senator, general, and loser of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where he, three legions, and Rome’s hopes of dominating the Germanic peoples beyond the Rhine all died at once. “Varus, give me back my legions!?!” You are up, **De\_La\_Rue**! ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/243 "2026-01-27T15:30:36Z")
Great job, **DLR**! ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/244 "2026-01-27T16:56:12Z")
I am **O**. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/245 "2026-01-27T17:31:20Z")
IQ1: Were you the chauffeur in a Sylvester Stallone movie? IQ2: Were you the chauffeur in a Louis de Funès movie? IQ3: Are you a famous grouch? ---
**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 27, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/246 "2026-01-27T19:27:01Z")
O it is! Were you a nude organist? Were you the Biblical figure after whom he was named? Were you a Civil War general after whom an HBCU was named? ---
**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 27, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/247 "2026-01-27T19:32:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the chauffeur in a Sylvester Stallone movie? > IQ2: Were you the chauffeur in a Louis de Funès movie? > IQ3: Are you a famous grouch? IQ1: I am not Oscar. IQ2: I am not Oscar? IQ3: I am not _Sesame Street_’s Oscar. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a nude organist? > Were you the Biblical figure after whom he was named? > Were you a Civil War general after whom an HBCU was named? Respectively: I am not Onan. I am not Onan. 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:** [January 27, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/248 "2026-01-27T19:39:04Z")
Correct, correct, and Oliver O. Howard. DQ: Real? IQs: Did you say you had “been of some service to the State, and they know it”? Were you Mork’s unseen boss? Were you not actually related to Lincoln’s SECNAV, despite your supposition? ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/249 "2026-01-27T20:46:24Z")
IQs 1. Were you the leader of the Dwarves in _The Hobbit_? 2. Did you write _Memoirs of an Amnesiac_? 3. Were you a French Symbolist painter and printmaker of the early 20th century? ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/250 "2026-01-27T20:49:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say you had “been of some service to the State, and they know it”? > Were you Mork’s unseen boss? > Were you not actually related to Lincoln’s SECNAV, despite your supposition? Respectively: I am not Othello. I am not Orson. I am not Orson Welles. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you the leader of the Dwarves in _The Hobbit_? > 2. Did you write _Memoirs of an Amnesiac_? > 3. Were you a French Symbolist painter and printmaker of the early 20th century? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Oliver Sacks? 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/251 "2026-01-27T21:02:25Z")
Swept me! Well done. IQs: Were you a highly-regarded Alsatian priest after whom an American college was named? When asked by a US Customs officer if you had anything to declare, did you say, “Only my genius”? Were you a Civil War general with a three-letter last name? ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/252 "2026-01-27T21:12:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Were you the leader of the Dwarves in _The Hobbit_? > > 2. Did you write _Memoirs of an Amnesiac_? > > 3. Were you a French Symbolist painter and printmaker of the early 20th century? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Oliver Sacks? > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Thorin Oakenshield. 2 was Oscar Levant. 3 was Odilon Redon. DQs 1. Last name starts with O? 2. Male? 3. Known for the Arts? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/253 "2026-01-27T22:15:08Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the chauffeur in a Sylvester Stallone movie? > > IQ2: Were you the chauffeur in a Louis de Funès movie? > > IQ3: Are you a famous grouch? > > IQ1: I am not Oscar. > IQ2: I am not Oscar? > IQ3: I am not _Sesame Street_’s Oscar. correct correct correct ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/254 "2026-01-28T02:00:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in **Xanadu**? 2. Were you the oldest of the three children who ended up in another world in **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? 3. Did Grady Sutton play you in **The Bank Dick**? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/255 "2026-01-28T02:04:43Z")
We go with O. IQs: 1. Does Taylor Swift have a hit song about you currently on the charts? 2. Did you say that your nation’s boundaries would be set by “blood and iron”? 3. Did you design the Boy Scout uniform used from 1980 to 2008? ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/256 "2026-01-28T03:24:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a highly-regarded Alsatian priest after whom an American college was named? > When asked by a US Customs officer if you had anything to declare, did you say, “Only my genius”? > Were you a Civil War general with a three-letter last name? Respectively: I am not Oberlin. I am not Oscar “Your Majesty is like a big jam doughnut” Wilde. Take a DQ. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in **Xanadu**? > 2. Were you the oldest of the three children who ended up in another world in **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? > 3. Did Grady Sutton play you in **The Bank Dick**? 1. I am not Olivia Newton-John. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does Taylor Swift have a hit song about you currently on the charts? > 2. Did you say that your nation’s boundaries would be set by “blood and iron”? > 3. Did you design the Boy Scout uniform used from 1980 to 2008? 1. I am not Ophelia. 2. I am not Otto von Bismarck. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. last name starts with O 3. female 4. not known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/257 "2026-01-28T03:39:10Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in **Xanadu**? > 2. Were you the oldest of the three children who ended up in another world in **Red Moon and Black Mountain**? > 3. Did Grady Sutton play you in **The Bank Dick**? Correct, Oliver, Og Oggleby. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Known for politics? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/258 "2026-01-28T03:55:25Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Does Taylor Swift have a hit song about you currently on the charts? > > 2. Did you say that your nation’s boundaries would be set by “blood and iron”? > > 3. Did you design the Boy Scout uniform used from 1980 to 2008? > > 1. I am not Ophelia. > 2. I am not Otto von Bismarck. > 3. Take a DQ. #3 was Oscar de la Renta. 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 28, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/259 "2026-01-28T04:32:55Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a highly-regarded Alsatian priest after whom an American college was named? - Yes, John Frederick Oberlin, in some ways the Gandhi of his day When asked by a US Customs officer if you had anything to declare, did you say, “Only my genius”? - Yes, the great Oscar Wilde Were you a Civil War general with a three-letter last name? - Gen. Edward Ord DQ: American? IQs: Were you a composer whose last name included the name of another, earlier composer? Did your younger sister serve on the Oberlin College board of trustees? Were you the villain in an early work of _Star Trek_ fanfic? ---
**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 28, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/260 "2026-01-28T14:45:21Z")
IQs 1. Did you create Felix the Cat? 2. Are you a congresswoman who was recently sprayed with a liquid at a town hall? 3. Were you a singer known as the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=14)