# 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:** 2
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/21 "2026-01-01T21:11:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Take a DQ. > - I am not Abigail van Buren. > - I am not Ann Landers. 1. Abigail Breslin 2 & 3: Correct DQs: 1. Known for dance or ballet? 2. Died after 1970? ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/22 "2026-01-01T22:50:12Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:15, topic:1026186, full:true”] 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 10. Not known for dance or ballet 11. Died after 1970 ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/23 "2026-01-01T23:46:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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? Correct, correct, Akhenaton. DQ: First name starts with A? ---
**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 2, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/24 "2026-01-02T00:43:09Z")
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 10. Not known for dance or ballet 11. Died after 1970 12. First name starts with A ---
**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 2, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/25 "2026-01-02T04:54:11Z")
Previous IQs: Did both Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos play you? - Yes, Commander Adama, in each version of _Battlestar Galactica_ Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem? - Not Bella Abzug, but Adam Clayton Powell Were you MYCROFT’s fake public identity on the Moon? - Adam Selene, in Heinlein’s _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ Adam[] x3! DQs: Best known for music? Won a top award in her field? IQs: Has the same actor both played you and provided your voice in two different works? Were you the son of that person (not the actor)? Are you the most recent ex-Mayor of New York City? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/26 "2026-01-02T05:09:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Oded Fehr’s most famous role? 2. Did you play Johnny Cage in the first **Mortal Kombat** movie? 3. Did you play Peggy Carter? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/27 "2026-01-02T15:09:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the main antagonist in _Rugrats_? 2. Did you portray Morticia Adams? 3. Did you play an internet billionaire on TV? ---
**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 2, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/28 "2026-01-02T15:57:47Z")
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 10. Not known for dance or ballet 11. Died after 1970 12. First name starts with A 13. Known for music 14. Won numerous Grammys and other awards ---
**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 2, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/29 "2026-01-02T15:59:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Qs: > > Has the same actor both played you and provided your voice in two different works? > Were you the son of that person (not the actor)? > Are you the most recent ex-Mayor of New York City? 1. I am not Eric Adams. Take 2 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Oded Fehr’s most famous role? > 2. Did you play Johnny Cage in the first **Mortal Kombat** movie? > 3. Did you play Peggy Carter? Take 3 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you the main antagonist in _Rugrats_? > 2. Did you portray Morticia Adams? > 3. Did you play an internet billionaire on TV? 1. I am not Angelica Pickles. 2. I am not Angelica Huston. 3. Take a DQ. That puts us at 20 or more DQs. No more IQs please. Please ask all remaining DQs by 10pm EST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/30 "2026-01-02T18:36:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you the main antagonist in _Rugrats_? > > 2. Did you portray Morticia Adams? > > 3. Did you play an internet billionaire on TV? > > 1. I am not Angelica Pickles. > 2. I am not Angelica Huston. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 is Ashton Kutcher (_Two and a Half Men_) 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/31 "2026-01-03T00:53:59Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Oded Fehr’s most famous role? > 2. Did you play Johnny Cage in the first **Mortal Kombat** movie? > 3. Did you play Peggy Carter? Ardeth Bey ( **The Mummy & The Mummy Returns** ), Linden Ashby, Hayley Atwell. DQs: 1. Best known for being a solo act? 2. Known for rock music? One DQ 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 3, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/32 "2026-01-03T01:04:30Z")
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 10. Not known for dance or ballet 11. Died after 1970 12. First name starts with A 13. Known for music 14. Won numerous Grammys and other awards 15. Solo act 16. Has done some rock & roll, better known for another genre ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/33 "2026-01-03T05:31:54Z")
Previous IQs: Has the same actor both played you and provided your voice in two different works? - Paul Giamatti played John Adams in the HBO miniseries of the same name, and also gave voice to him in the recent Ken Burns documentary, _The American Revolution._ Were you the son of that person (not the actor)? - John Quincy Adams Are you the most recent ex-Mayor of New York City? - Yes, Eric Adams Adams x3! DQ: Greatest fame before 1980? One DQ 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 3, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/34 "2026-01-03T17:57:33Z")
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 10. Not known for dance or ballet 11. Died after 1970 12. First name starts with A 13. Known for music 14. Won numerous Grammys and other awards 15. Solo act 16. Has done some rock & roll, better known for another genre 17. Greatest fame arguably before 1980; she had most of her hits then ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/35 "2026-01-03T19:06:49Z")
Final DQ: Known for gospel? ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/36 "2026-01-03T20:14:49Z")
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 10. Not known for dance or ballet 11. Died after 1970 12. First name starts with A 13. Known for music 14. Won numerous Grammys and other awards 15. Solo act 16. Has done some rock & roll, better known for another genre 17. Greatest fame arguably before 1980; she had most of her hits then 18. Not known for gospel. She did some, but then she did almost everything. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/37 "2026-01-03T21:43:52Z")
DQ: Subject of a recent film biography? ---
**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 3, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/38 "2026-01-03T23:23:14Z")
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 10. Not known for dance or ballet 11. Died after 1970 12. First name starts with A 13. Known for music 14. Won numerous Grammys and other awards 15. Solo act 16. Has done some rock & roll, better known for another genre 17. Greatest fame arguably before 1980; she had most of her hits then 18. Not known for gospel. She did some, but then she did almost everything. 19. Subject of a recent film biography, and a more recent mini-series ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/39 "2026-01-04T03:03:48Z")
Since we don’t have 20 yet, I’m extending the deadline to tomorrow at 10 pm EST. ---
**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 4, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/40 "2026-01-04T04:47:41Z")
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