# 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:** 4
**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 8, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/61 "2026-01-08T02:14:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have binders full of women? 2. Did you fly like paper, get high like planes? 3. Did you play for the Chicago Bulls, wearing #23? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/62 "2026-01-08T02:46:39Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 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?” > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Gen. Marmaduke and dunno. Correct on #2 (Major General John Marmaduke, to be precise). #1 was Dr. Moira Gunn. #3 was Mallard Fillmore. DQs: 1. Created before 1600? 2. Main character? ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/63 "2026-01-09T05:29:51Z")
M. 1. fictional 2. not originally from a work of prose 3. female 4. last name starts with M 5. created before 1900 6. created after 1600 7. not the main character ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/64 "2026-01-09T16:43:47Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character of a _Black Mirror_ episode who turns out to be a werewolf? 2. Did you tell your husband to “screw his courage to the sticking point?” 3. Were you the title protagonist of a Daniel Defoe novel? ---
**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 9, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/65 "2026-01-09T21:17:00Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 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? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Mike Connors play you on TV? > 2. Did you play Whiplash in _Iron Man 2_? > 3. Did you warn Jerusalem that Assyria was going to come and destroy it? Not Mannix, dunno and Matthew. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you have binders full of women? > 2. Did you fly like paper, get high like planes? > 3. Did you play for the Chicago Bulls, wearing #23? Not Mitt Romney, dunno and not Michael Jordan. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of a _Black Mirror_ episode who turns out to be a werewolf? > 2. Did you tell your husband to “screw his courage to the sticking point?” > 3. Were you the title protagonist of a Daniel Defoe novel? Dunno, not Lady MacBeth 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 9, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/66 "2026-01-09T21:22:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mitt Romney, dunno and not Michael Jordan. 2 was rapper M.I.A. DQ: originally from a play? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/67 "2026-01-09T21:27:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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? > > Dunno x3. Mercury Maia Mercutio DQ: Created before 1800? 2 DQs 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 9, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/68 "2026-01-09T21:39:05Z")
M. 1. fictional 2. not originally from a work of prose 3. female 4. last name starts with M 5. created before 1900 6. created after 1600 7. not the main character 8. originally from a play 9. created before 1800 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/69 "2026-01-09T21:43:21Z")
IQs: 1. Were both you and your stunt double severely injured while working on your best-remembered movie? 2. Do you consider yourself romantically involved with a precocious young boy, despite his pronounced dislike of you? 3. Were you awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously by President Jimmy Carter? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/70 "2026-01-09T22:07:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the title character of a _Black Mirror_ episode who turns out to be a werewolf? > > 2. Did you tell your husband to “screw his courage to the sticking point?” > > 3. Were you the title protagonist of a Daniel Defoe novel? > > Dunno, not Lady MacBeth and dunno. #1 was Mazey Day. Correct on #2. #3 was Moll Flanders. DQs: Originally from a work in English? European author? ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/71 "2026-01-09T22:36:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 14th-century incredibly wealthy emperor of Mali? 2. Did you recently appear in a Criterion Closet video with your husband Ted? 3. Were you one of the basketball players whose skills were stolen in _Space Jam_? ---
**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 10, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/72 "2026-01-10T01:41:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Mike Connors play you on TV? > > 2. Did you play Whiplash in _Iron Man 2_? > > 3. Did you warn Jerusalem that Assyria was going to come and destroy it? > > Not Mannix, dunno and Matthew. Correct on Mannix. #2 was Mickey Rourke. #3 was the O.T. prophet Micah. 2 DQs 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 11, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/73 "2026-01-11T05:35:10Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were both you and your stunt double severely injured while working on your best-remembered movie? > 2. Do you consider yourself romantically involved with a precocious young boy, despite his pronounced dislike of you? > 3. Were you awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously by President Jimmy Carter? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a 14th-century incredibly wealthy emperor of Mali? > 2. Did you recently appear in a Criterion Closet video with your husband Ted? > 3. Were you one of the basketball players whose skills were stolen in _Space Jam_? Dunno, dunno and not Michael Jordan. M. 1. fictional 2. not originally from a work of prose 3. female 4. last name starts with M 5. created before 1900 6. created after 1600 7. not the main character 8. originally from a play 9. created before 1800 10. originally from a work in English 11. European author ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/74 "2026-01-11T06:39:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were both you and your stunt double severely injured while working on your best-remembered movie? > > 2. Do you consider yourself romantically involved with a precocious young boy, despite his pronounced dislike of you? > > 3. Were you awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously by President Jimmy Carter? > > Dunno x3. Margaret Hamilton _(The Wizard of Oz)_ Margaret Wade _(Dennis the Menace)_ Margaret Mead Margaret x3! DQs: Married? English author? 3 DQs reserved ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/75 "2026-01-11T14:33:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Michael Jordan. Respectively: 1 (emperor of Mali) was Mansa Musa; 2 (Criterion Closet) was Mary Steenburgen; 3 (skills stolen in _Space Jam_) was not Michael Jordan but Muggsy Bogues. DQs: 1. created after 1700? 2. from a comedy? 3. side character? ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/76 "2026-01-11T21:51:38Z")
M. 1. fictional 2. not originally from a work of prose 3. female 4. last name starts with M 5. created before 1900 6. created after 1600 7. not the main character 8. originally from a play 9. created before 1800 10. originally from a work in English 11. European author 12. married 13. not an English author 14. created after 1700 15. from a comedy 16. side character ---
**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 11, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/77 "2026-01-11T22:05:13Z")
DQs 1. Irish author? 2. Has her name entered the language as a type of mistake? ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/78 "2026-01-12T19:24:59Z")
Dingdingding! Yes, I am # Mrs. Malaprop Well done, **Prof. P.** Thought I might get away with it this time. For more: [Malapropism - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism) ---
**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 12, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/79 "2026-01-12T19:42:08Z")
And on to… # N! ---
**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 12, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/80 "2026-01-12T20:01:04Z")
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