# 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:** 14
**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, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/261 "2026-01-28T15:00:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Respectively: I am not Jacques Offenbach. Take a DQ. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Otto Messmer. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. last name starts with O 4. female 5. not known for the arts 6. living 7. known for politics 8. American ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/262 "2026-01-28T16:09:12Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 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? > > 1. I am not Otto Messmer. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 is correct. 2 is Ilhan Omar. 3 was Odetta. DQs 1. Caucasian? 2. Elected official? ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/263 "2026-01-29T03:39:17Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. last name starts with O 3. female 4. not known for the arts 5. living 6. known for politics 7. American 8. not Caucasian 9. not elected ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/264 "2026-01-29T03:57:47Z")
DQ: Republican? ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/265 "2026-01-29T05:09:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a composer whose last name included the name of another, earlier composer? - Yes, [Jacques Offenbach](https://www.instagram.com/p/C4G1rCRAPvE/) Did your younger sister serve on the Oberlin College board of trustees? - [Katharine Wright, sister of Orville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Wright_Haskell) Were you the villain in an early work of _Star Trek_ fanfic? - [Omne](https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Omne) DQs: Now holding appointive office? Best known for national politics? IQs: Are you a former First Lady from Chicago? Were you a noted American atheist who died under suspicious circumstances? Are you the prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga County (greater Cleveland), Ohio? ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/266 "2026-01-29T15:41:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a former First Lady from Chicago? I am indeed **Michelle Obama**! Next game goes to Elendil’s Heir. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/267 "2026-01-29T16:13:47Z")
Goodone, **EH !** ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/268 "2026-01-30T04:59:01Z")
Thanks! I’m a fan, and once met her, as it happens: [In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-meet-the-president-and-smooch-the-first-lady/557592) Previous IQs: Were you a noted American atheist who died under suspicious circumstances? - Madalyn Murray O’Hair Are you the prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga County (greater Cleveland), Ohio? - Michael O’Malley Next letter to come shortly. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/269 "2026-01-30T05:20:17Z")
The letter is # C Updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #140 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/140) ---
**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 30, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/270 "2026-01-30T10:28:01Z")
IQ1: Are you the king of Canada? IQ2: Are you the Queen of Australia? IQ3: Was the Glorious Revolution aimed at your brother? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/271 "2026-01-30T14:42:28Z")
C it is! IQs: 1. Is your first name “Ernesto”? 2. Are you best known for delivering current news? 3. Do you share a name with a town in Maryland? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/272 "2026-01-30T15:28:18Z")
Going forward with C! IQs: 1. Were you a Wisconsin politician and businessman who served as a general in the Civil War? 2. Were you once arrested by the commander of IX Corps? 3. Are you Frank Hardy’s girlfriend? ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/273 "2026-01-30T15:50:20Z")
IQs: 1. Are you to be the musical guest on _Saturday Night Live_ tomorrow? 2. Were you the musical guest on the final (December) _SNL_ of last year? 3. Did you perform “Manchild” on _SNL_? ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/274 "2026-01-30T17:13:31Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played Sherlock Holmes, Superman and Napoleon Solo? 2. Were you a TV show detective whose character was inspired by the police detective in _Crime and Punishment_? 3. Were you one of the Big Three Crooners of the 1930’s, along with Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee? ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/275 "2026-01-30T17:49:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the king of Canada? > IQ2: Are you the Queen of Australia? > IQ3: Was the Glorious Revolution aimed at your brother? Not Charles III, not Camilla and not… Charles II? > [@knoodler](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Is your first name “Ernesto”? > 2. Are you best known for delivering current news? > 3. Do you share a name with a town in Maryland? Not Che Guervara, not Walter Cronkite and not Chevy Chase. > [@SunUp](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Wisconsin politician and businessman who served as a general in the Civil War? > 2. Were you once arrested by the commander of IX Corps? > 3. Are you Frank Hardy’s girlfriend? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you to be the musical guest on _Saturday Night Live_ tomorrow? > 2. Were you the musical guest on the final (December) _SNL_ of last year? > 3. Did you perform “Manchild” on _SNL_? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played Sherlock Holmes, Superman and Napoleon Solo? > 2. Were you a TV show detective whose character was inspired by the police detective in _Crime and Punishment_? > 3. Were you one of the Big Three Crooners of the 1930’s, along with Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee? Not Henry Cavill (sp?), dunno and dunno. ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/276 "2026-01-30T18:16:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was Cardi B; 2 was Cher; 3 was Sabrina Carpenter. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? 3. first name starts with C? ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/277 "2026-01-30T18:20:17Z")
C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/278 "2026-01-30T19:31:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Have you played Sherlock Holmes, Superman and Napoleon Solo? > 2. Were you a TV show detective whose character was inspired by the police detective in _Crime and Punishment_? > 3. Were you one of the Big Three Crooners of the 1930’s, along with Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee? #1 is correct. #2 was Lt. Columbo. (The whole “just one more thing” came from Dostoevsky’s character.) #3 was Russ Columbo. DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Living? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/279 "2026-01-30T21:30:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a Wisconsin politician and businessman who served as a general in the Civil War? > > 2. Were you once arrested by the commander of IX Corps? > > 3. Are you Frank Hardy’s girlfriend? > > Dunno x3. Cadwallader Washburn, Clement Vallandigham, and Callie Shaw. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/280 "2026-01-30T23:05:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you the king of Canada? > > IQ2: Are you the Queen of Australia? > > IQ3: Was the Glorious Revolution aimed at your brother? > > Not Charles III, not Camilla and not… Charles II? correct x3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=15)