# 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:** 3
**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, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/41 "2026-01-04T13:12:03Z")
Yes, I am the Queen of Soul, # Aretha Franklin! Way to start the new year, **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 6, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/42 "2026-01-06T05:15:28Z")
Thanks! New round to start later today. ---
**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 6, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/43 "2026-01-06T17:57:29Z")
Updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #139 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/139) Right. Our new letter is # M Have at you! ---
**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 6, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/44 "2026-01-06T20:35:43Z")
IQs 1. Did you prevent a train from leaving its. Station so that you could paint a picture of its smoke? 2. Did you write “they also serve who only stand and wait”? 3. Are you secretly Daredevil? ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/45 "2026-01-06T22:43:29Z")
Not Monet, dunno and not Matt. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/46 "2026-01-06T23:04:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you return home, only to take up arms against some Ruffians? 2. Did you snitch on Frodo to a Ringwraithe? 3. Did Charles Picard and Todd Hanson portray the same character as did you? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/47 "2026-01-07T00:28:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play “Cousin Larry!” 2. Did you coin the term “EGOT”? 3. Were you the third person to complete an “EGOT”? ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/48 "2026-01-07T02:52:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you prevent a train from leaving its. Station so that you could paint a picture of its smoke? > 2. Did you write “they also serve who only stand and wait”? > 3. Are you secretly Daredevil? 1. Correct on Monet. 2. Was John Milton. 3. Correct on Matt Murdock. DQ: 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 7, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/49 "2026-01-07T04:00:21Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you return home, only to take up arms against some Ruffians? > 2. Did you snitch on Frodo to a Ringwraithe? > 3. Did Charles Picard and Todd Hanson portray the same character as did you? Not Merry, not Farmer Maggot (and no “e” on the end of Ringwraith), and dunno. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play “Cousin Larry!” > 2. Did you coin the term “EGOT”? > 3. Were you the third person to complete an “EGOT”? Dunno x3. M. 1. fictional ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/50 "2026-01-07T08:27:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play “Cousin Larry!” > > 2. Did you coin the term “EGOT”? > > 3. Were you the third person to complete an “EGOT”? > > Dunno x3. Mark-Linn Baker, Phillip Michael Thomas, and Rita Moreno. DQs: Originally from a work of prose? Male? Last name starts with M? ---
**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 7, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/51 "2026-01-07T15:10:11Z")
M. 1. fictional 2. not originally from a work of prose 3. female 4. last name starts with M According to Google AI as to question 2. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/52 "2026-01-07T18:42:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you return home, only to take up arms against some Ruffians? > > 2. Did you snitch on Frodo to a Ringwraithe? > > 3. Did Charles Picard and Todd Hanson portray the same character as did you? > > Not Merry, not Farmer Maggot (and no “e” on the end of Ringwraith), and dunno. In all fairness, I looked up those questions to see if I could stump you. The third answer is Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf, but no DQs awarded. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/53 "2026-01-07T18:49:07Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the first winners in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments? 2. Was your first credited onscreen role in the movie _Meatballs_? 3. Were you never seen (but frequently mentioned) on _Frasier_? ---
**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 7, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/54 "2026-01-07T20:31:36Z")
Dunno, not Bill Murray and not Maris Crane, Niles’s very thin and very high-strung wife. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/55 "2026-01-07T20:34:10Z")
#1 is Chris Momeymaker. 2&3 are correct DQ: Created before 1900? ---
**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 7, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/56 "2026-01-07T20:53:20Z")
M. 1. fictional 2. not originally from a work of prose 3. female 4. last name starts with M 5. created before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/57 "2026-01-07T20:55:36Z")
IQs: 1. Do you host the public radio show Tech Nation? 2. Were you a CSA cavalry commander who shared a name with a comics dog? 3. Were you once shown in a parody with the punch line “Oops! I forgot to tell a joke?” ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/58 "2026-01-07T21:18:44Z")
Dunno, not Gen. Marmaduke and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/59 "2026-01-07T23:34:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you both a peer and servant to the gods of Olympus? 2. Were you his mother? 3. Did you die by the hand of someone you deeply admired, while defending the honor of your best friend? ---
**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 7, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/60 "2026-01-07T23:39:58Z")
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