# 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:** 8
**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, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/141 "2026-01-16T14:35:51Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male 4. Main character 5. American creator 6. Created after 1950 7. Not originally from movies or TV 8. Created before 1985 ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/142 "2026-01-16T14:53:12Z")
> [@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? > [@SunUp](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Jennifer Walters, the She-Hulk; 2 was George Wallace; 3 was John Waters. DQs: 1. created after 1970? 2. originally from prose? 3. character is American? ---
**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, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/143 "2026-01-16T18:22:21Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male 4. Main character 5. American creator 6. Created after 1950 7. Not originally from movies or TV 8. Created before 1985 9. Created after 1970 10. Originally from prose 11. Character was born an American citizen ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/144 "2026-01-16T18:53:10Z")
> [@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? Manly Wade Wellman, Wes Studi, Patricia Wrede. DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. From a genre? 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 16, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/145 "2026-01-16T19:16:52Z")
DQs: 1. Did you co-star with Jackie Chan in two comedies? 2. Were you the volleyball in _Cast Away_? 3. Were you a ventriloquist who also invented an artificial heart? ---
**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 16, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/146 "2026-01-16T19:21:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play for the Edmonton Oilers? 2. Do you play the keyboard and do deadpan comedy songs on _Saturday Night Live_, such as your recent one about the _Stranger Things_ kids? 3. Are you hosting _SNL_ tomorrow? ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/147 "2026-01-16T20:27:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Did you co-star with Jackie Chan in two comedies? > 2. Were you the volleyball in _Cast Away_? > 3. Were you a ventriloquist who also invented an artificial heart? I am not Owen Wilson. I am not Wilson. I am not… some cardiologist named Wilson? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play for the Edmonton Oilers? > 2. Do you play the keyboard and do deadpan comedy songs on _Saturday Night Live_, such as your recent one about the _Stranger Things_ kids? > 3. Are you hosting _SNL_ tomorrow? I am not Wayne Gretzky (who once hosted SNL). Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/148 "2026-01-16T20:33:57Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Jane Wickline; 3 was _Stranger Things_ kid Finn Wolfhard. DQs: 1. from a novel? 2. created after 1977? ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/149 "2026-01-16T20:40:38Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > DQs: > > > > 1. Did you co-star with Jackie Chan in two comedies? > > 2. Were you the volleyball in _Cast Away_? > > 3. Were you a ventriloquist who also invented an artificial heart? > > I am not Owen Wilson. > I am not Wilson. > I am not… some cardiologist named Wilson? Correct on 1 and 2. 3 was Paul Winchell. 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 16, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/150 "2026-01-16T20:59:01Z")
Previous IQs: Did you command the USS _Kearsarge_ when she defeated the notorious Confederate commerce raider CSS _Alabama_ off the coast of France in 1864? - Capt. John A. Winslow Was an early scene in _Star Trek: Generations_ filmed on the deck of a sailing ship named after you? - Martha Washington (the ship was the _Lady Washington_) Did you play the villainous Magua opposite Daniel Day-Lewis? - Yes, the great Wes Studi (who should have won an Oscar), in _The Last of the Mohicans_ DQs: A good guy? First story set in the time in which it appeared? IQs: Did you decline a drink in order to help a woman whose house was on fire? Did your character pretend to be Eleanor Roosevelt over the phone? Did you win the Battle of Fallen Timbers? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/151 "2026-01-16T21:38:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@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? 1. Wilfred (_Wilfred_, played by Jason Gann) 2. Correct 3. Wally Walker (someone told me Wally Szczerbiak — also a former NBA forward — was called that, so I will withdraw this IQ) 1 DQ 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 16, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/152 "2026-01-16T21:58:52Z")
IQs: 1. In late 1950s ads by Jim Henson, did you _strongly_ advocate for a brand of coffee? 2. Did you dislike the brand of coffee, and were often on the receiving end of the above character’s actions? 3. Continuing in this corporate vein, is your actual first name Melinda (your siblings couldn’t pronouce the “l”, thus your nickname and what the company is called)? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/153 "2026-01-17T00:43:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you decline a drink in order to help a woman whose house was on fire? > Did your character pretend to be Eleanor Roosevelt over the phone? > Did you win the Battle of Fallen Timbers? I am not… W.C. Fields? I am not… Robin Williams? I am not William Henry Harrison. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In late 1950s ads by Jim Henson, did you _strongly_ advocate for a brand of coffee? > 2. Did you dislike the brand of coffee, and were often on the receiving end of the above character’s actions? > 3. Continuing in this corporate vein, is your actual first name Melinda (your siblings couldn’t pronouce the “l”, thus your nickname and what the company is called)? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/154 "2026-01-17T00:46:46Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male 4. Main character 5. American creator 6. Created after 1950 7. Not originally from movies or TV 8. Created before 1985 9. Created after 1970 10. Originally from prose 11. Character was born an American citizen 12. Character can be presumed Caucasian 13. From a genre work 14. From a novel 15. Created before 1977 16. Generally a good guy, certainly not a bad guy 17. First story setting was not contemporary to its writing And that’s it for the IQs. Please ask your DQs before 2 p.m. CDT Sunday the 18th. ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/155 "2026-01-17T01:07:06Z")
DQ: From a mystery? ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/156 "2026-01-17T01:11:42Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Wilkins; 2 was Wontkins; 3 was Wendy Thomas, of Wendy’s. DQ: novel adapted into film or TV? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/157 "2026-01-17T01:38:09Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male 4. Main character 5. American creator 6. Created after 1950 7. Not originally from movies or TV 8. Created before 1985 9. Created after 1970 10. Originally from prose 11. Character was born an American citizen 12. Character can be presumed Caucasian 13. From a genre work 14. From a novel 15. Created before 1977 16. Generally a good guy, certainly not a bad guy 17. First story setting was not contemporary to its writing 18. Not a mystery 19. Novel not adapted for film or TV ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/158 "2026-01-17T18:14:12Z")
I admit I’m stumped. I relinquish my 1 DQ. ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/159 "2026-01-17T18:39:24Z")
DQ: from the science fiction or fantasy genre? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186/160 "2026-01-18T00:56:16Z")
# W 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with W 3. Male 4. Main character 5. American creator 6. Created after 1950 7. Not originally from movies or TV 8. Created before 1985 9. Created after 1970 10. Originally from prose 11. Character was born an American citizen 12. Character can be presumed Caucasian 13. From a genre work 14. From a novel 15. Created before 1977 16. Generally a good guy, certainly not a bad guy 17. First story setting was not contemporary to its writing 18. Not a mystery 19. Novel not adapted for film or TV 20. From the science fiction or fantasy genre [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186.md?page=9)