# 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:** 15
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/281 "2026-01-30T23:24:36Z")
IQ1: Are you a Harvey spook? IQ2: Did Patton say you were the best tank commander in the US Army? IQ3: Were you and your girlfriend killed in an ambush by Texas and Louisiana police? ---
**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, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/282 "2026-01-30T23:39:16Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a current _SNL_ cast member who sang “Get That Boy Back”? 2. Do you share a first name with the above person and did you also sing “Get That Boy Back”, in which your character goes to extreme lengths to get revenge on her boyfriend, via devious mind games? 3. Speaking of women’s revenge songs, did you take a Louisville slugger to both headlights to save a little trouble for the next girl? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/283 "2026-01-31T05:02:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@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. I’ll give you a clean sweep, although Walt hasn’t delivered _current_ news in several decades. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/284 "2026-01-31T05:08:38Z")
IQs: 1. Is your appearance based on _Bullwinkle_ creator Jay Ward? 2. Are you a fictional layabout and ne’er do well? 3. Are you his best friend? ---
**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 31, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/285 "2026-01-31T05:20:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Harvey spook? > IQ2: Did Patton say you were the best tank commander in the US Army? > IQ3: Were you and your girlfriend killed in an ambush by Texas and Louisiana police? Dunno, not Gen. Clay and not Clyde Barrow. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a current _SNL_ cast member who sang “Get That Boy Back”? > 2. Do you share a first name with the above person and did you also sing “Get That Boy Back”, in which your character goes to extreme lengths to get revenge on her boyfriend, via devious mind games? > 3. Speaking of women’s revenge songs, did you take a Louisville slugger to both headlights to save a little trouble for the next girl? Dunno, dunno and not Carrie Underwood. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your appearance based on _Bullwinkle_ creator Jay Ward? > 2. Are you a fictional layabout and ne’er do well? > 3. Are you his best friend? Dunno x3. You can rephrase your “delivering current news” IQ, if you like. C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not known for the Arts 5. dead ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/286 "2026-01-31T05:29:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Is your appearance based on _Bullwinkle_ creator Jay Ward? > > 2. Are you a fictional layabout and ne’er do well? > > 3. Are you his best friend? > > Dunno x3. Cap’n Crunch Andy Capp Chalkie > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You can rephrase your “delivering current news” IQ, if you like. I could’ve been more specific, too. I’ll retool my IQ. DQs: Died before 1900? Known for politics or military? 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 31, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/287 "2026-01-31T05:37:52Z")
C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not known for the Arts 5. dead 6. died after 1900 7. known for politics or military, among other things ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/288 "2026-01-31T06:08:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a US senator strongly opposed to President Wilson’s League of Nations? 2. Were you sitting in the Oval Office one hundred years ago? 3. Were you one of the oldest living former US presidents? ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/289 "2026-01-31T14:49:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you a Harvey spook? > > IQ2: Did Patton say you were the best tank commander in the US Army? > > IQ3: Were you and your girlfriend killed in an ambush by Texas and Louisiana police? > > Dunno, not Gen. Clay and not Clyde Barrow. Casper the Friendly Ghost Creighton Abrams correct IQ1: Were ypu a draft-dodging heavyweight boxer? IQ2: Did you sing “Yesterdays Gone”? IQ3: Did you sing “A Summer Song”? DQ1: Better known for politics than for military? DQ2: Died after 1975? ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/290 "2026-01-31T15:58:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Carrie Underwood. 1 (“Get That Boy Back”) was Chloe Fineman; 2 (also “Get That Boy Back”) was Chloe Troast. DQs: 1. American? 2. first name starts from A-M? IQs: 1. Did your husband write “Letter from Birmingham Jail”? 2. Did you star in everything from _After Hours_ to _Beetlejuice Beetlejuice_? 3. Did you play the title role in _Frankenstein_? ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/291 "2026-01-31T16:55:48Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a US senator strongly opposed to President Wilson’s League of Nations? > 2. Were you sitting in the Oval Office one hundred years ago? > 3. Were you one of the oldest living former US presidents? Not Henry Cabot Lodge, Calvin Coolidge or Jimmy Carter. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were [you] a draft-dodging heavyweight boxer? > IQ2: Did you sing “Yesterdays Gone”? > IQ3: Did you sing “A Summer Song”? Not Cassius Clay, not Perry Como and, uh, also not Perry Como. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did your husband write “Letter from Birmingham Jail”? > 2. Did you star in everything from _After Hours_ to _Beetlejuice Beetlejuice_? > 3. Did you play the title role in _Frankenstein_? Not Coretta Scott King, dunno and not Lon Cheney (sp?). C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not known for the Arts 5. dead 6. died after 1900 7. known for politics or military, among other things 8. better known for politics than for military, in a way 9. died before 1975 10. American 11. first name starts from A-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 31, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/292 "2026-01-31T17:06:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Coretta Scott King, dunno and not Lon Cheney (sp?). 2 was Catherine O’Hara; 3 was Colin Clive. DQs: 1. had elected office? 2. died before 1937? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/293 "2026-01-31T18:44:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Henry Cabot Lodge, Calvin Coolidge or Jimmy Carter. Another sweep! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/294 "2026-01-31T21:18:41Z")
DQ: Republican? 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:** [January 31, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/295 "2026-01-31T22:10:55Z")
IQs: 1. In Neil Gaiman’s _Sandman_ series, are you the brother of Nuala? 2. Are you Bill Watterson’s best known character? 3. Did you star in _Foul Play_? ---
**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 31, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/296 "2026-01-31T22:26:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you predict the Rapture in 2011? 2. Did you play Princess Leia? 3. Were you a therapy horse on _BoJack Horseman_? ---
**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 1, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/297 "2026-02-01T02:02:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were [you] a draft-dodging heavyweight boxer? > > IQ2: Did you sing “Yesterdays Gone”? > > IQ3: Did you sing “A Summer Song”? > > Not Cassius Clay, not Perry Como and, uh, also not Perry Como. correct Chad Stuart (or Jeremy Clyde) Jeremy Clyde (or Chad Stuart) One 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:** [February 1, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/298 "2026-02-01T05:44:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In Neil Gaiman’s _Sandman_ series, are you the brother of Nuala? > 2. Are you Bill Watterson’s best known character? > 3. Did you star in _Foul Play_? Dunno, not Calvin (or Hobbes), and still not Chevy Chase. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you predict the Rapture in 2011? > 2. Did you play Princess Leia? > 3. Were you a therapy horse on _BoJack Horseman_? Dunno, not Carrie Fisher and not C. Biscuit. C. 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with C 4. not known for the Arts 5. dead 6. died after 1900 7. known for politics or military, among other things 8. better known for politics than for military, in a way 9. died before 1975 10. American 11. first name starts from A-M 12. did not hold elected office, although he did run 13. died after 1937 14. was a Republican for awhile, but not throughout his career ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/299 "2026-02-01T06:57:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you date Dennis Rodman? 2. Did you do the Chiquita Banana dance? 3. Were you a member of the Lake Poets? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/300 "2026-02-01T15:00:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Carrie Fisher and not C. Biscuit. 1 was Harold Camping; 2 was Dr. Champ. DQs: 1. died after 1956? 2. connected to JFK assassination? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=16)