# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/121 "2026-01-14T17:41:15Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/122 "2026-01-14T19:04:35Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the 43rd in line of succession? > > 2. Were you often quoted in _Dead Poets Society_? > > 3. Is your bestie named Betty? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Walt Whitman. > I am not Wilma Flintstone. 1. George W. Bush (aka “W”) 2 & 3. Correct DQ: Male? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/123 "2026-01-14T19:49:59Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/124 "2026-01-14T20:05:20Z")
IQs? 1. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Sorcerer_? 2. Did you marry Edith Galt while in office? 3. Were you the Beaver’s older brother? ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/125 "2026-01-14T20:16:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you co-create Kamala Khan? 2. Were you 8’11" tall? 3. Were you one of Ms. Frizzle’s students? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/126 "2026-01-14T22:46:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a prominent inventor who pushed for acceptance of interchangeable parts? 2. Was your mother Cissy and cousins Leontyne and Dionne famous singers? 3. Did you star in an eponymous TV sitcom? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/127 "2026-01-14T23:25:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs? > > 1. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Sorcerer_? > 2. Did you marry Edith Galt while in office? > 3. Were you the Beaver’s older brother? Take a DQ. I am not… Woodrow Wilson? I am not Wally Cleaver. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you co-create Kamala Khan? > 2. Were you 8’11" tall? > 3. Were you one of Ms. Frizzle’s students? Take a DQ. I am not Robert Wadlow. Been too long since I’ve watched _The Magic Schoolbus_. Take another DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a prominent inventor who pushed for acceptance of interchangeable parts? > 2. Was your mother Cissy and cousins Leontyne and Dionne famous singers? > 3. Did you star in an eponymous TV sitcom? I am not Eli Whitney. I am not Whitney Houston. I am not Whitney Cummings. Whitney x3 ! ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/128 "2026-01-14T23:49:37Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take a DQ. > I am not Robert Wadlow. > Been too long since I’ve watched _The Magic Schoolbus_. Take another DQ. 1 was G. Willow Wilson; 3 was Wanda. DQs: 1. main character? 2. created by American(s)? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/129 "2026-01-14T23:57:06Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male 4. Main character 5. American creator ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/130 "2026-01-15T00:31:18Z")
Yep. All good. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/131 "2026-01-15T04:33:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write stories about John the Balladeer aka Silver John? 2. Did you play Magua in a 1992 film? 3. Did you write the Enchanted Forest Chronicles? ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/132 "2026-01-15T13:25:15Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs? > > > > 1. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Sorcerer_? > > 2. Did you marry Edith Galt while in office? > > 3. Were you the Beaver’s older brother? > > Take a DQ. > I am not… Woodrow Wilson? > I am not Wally Cleaver. 1 was John Wellington Wells. Correct on the others. DQ: Created after 1950? ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/133 "2026-01-15T13:41:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Mabel Pines’ pet pig? 2. Were you a 19th century cricketer? 3. Did you give everyone in your audience a car? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/134 "2026-01-15T17:53:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write stories about John the Balladeer aka Silver John? > 2. Did you play Magua in a 1992 film? > 3. Did you write the Enchanted Forest Chronicles? I don’t remember the _Last of the Mohicans_ actor. Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Mabel Pines’ pet pig? > 2. Were you a 19th century cricketer? > 3. Did you give everyone in your audience a car? 1. I am not Oprah Winfrey. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/135 "2026-01-15T17:53:40Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male 4. Main character 5. American creator 6. Created after 1950 ---
**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 15, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/136 "2026-01-15T18:03:54Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. I am not Oprah Winfrey. Take 2 DQs. 1 was Waddles; 2 was W.G. Grace. DQs: 1. originally from movies or TV? 2. created after 1985? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/137 "2026-01-15T19:17:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an imaginary dog? 2. Did you create Pogo? 3. Were you an NBA forward nicknamed “\_\_\_ Who”? ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/138 "2026-01-15T19:37:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did John Byrne have you break the fourth wall? 2. Did Arthur Bremer attempt to assassinate you? 3. Did you direct _Female Trouble_, in which Dawn Davenport claims to have Bremer’s gun? ---
**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 16, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/139 "2026-01-16T05:36:33Z")
W it is! IQs: Did you command the USS _Kearsarge_ when she defeated the notorious Confederate commerce raider CSS _Alabama_ off the coast of France in 1864? Was an early scene in _Star Trek: Generations_ filmed on the deck of a sailing ship named after you? Did you play the villainous Magua opposite Daniel Day-Lewis? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/140 "2026-01-16T07:04:34Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an imaginary dog? > 2. Did you create Pogo? > 3. Were you an NBA forward nicknamed “\_\_\_ Who”? Take a DQ. I am not Walt Kelly. I am not… Luke Walton? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did John Byrne have you break the fourth wall? > 2. Did Arthur Bremer attempt to assassinate you? > 3. Did you direct _Female Trouble_, in which Dawn Davenport claims to have Bremer’s gun? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command the USS _Kearsarge_ when she defeated the notorious Confederate commerce raider CSS _Alabama_ off the coast of France in 1864? > Was an early scene in _Star Trek: Generations_ filmed on the deck of a sailing ship named after you? > Did you play the villainous Magua opposite Daniel Day-Lewis? I can only think of John Worden, but he commanded the _Monitor_. Take a DQ. I am not… Lieutenant Commander Worf? **kitap** already had a [Magua question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/134). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=8)