Botticelli - January 2026

[De_La_Rue]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Were you a composer whose last name included the name of another, earlier composer?
Did your younger sister serve on the Oberlin College board of trustees?
Were you the villain in an early work of Star Trek fanfic?

Respectively:
I am not Jacques Offenbach.
Take a DQ.
Take a DQ.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs

1. Did you create Felix the Cat?
2. Are you a congresswoman who was recently sprayed with a liquid at a town hall?
3. Were you a singer known as the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement?

1. I am not Otto Messmer.
2. Take a DQ.
3. Take a DQ.

DQs:
1. real
2. last name starts with O
4. female
5. not known for the arts
6. living
7. known for politics
8. American

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@De_La_Rue

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs

1. Did you create Felix the Cat?
2. Are you a congresswoman who was recently sprayed with a liquid at a town hall?
3. Were you a singer known as the Voice of the Civil Rights Movement?

1. I am not Otto Messmer.
2. Take a DQ.
3. Take a DQ.

1 is correct.
2 is Ilhan Omar.
3 was Odetta.

DQs

1. Caucasian?
2. Elected official?

[De_La_Rue]

DQs:
1. real
2. last name starts with O
3. female
4. not known for the arts
5. living
6. known for politics
7. American
8. not Caucasian
9. not elected

[SunUp]

DQ: Republican?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you a composer whose last name included the name of another, earlier composer? - Yes, Jacques Offenbach
Did your younger sister serve on the Oberlin College board of trustees? - Katharine Wright, sister of Orville
Were you the villain in an early work of Star Trek fanfic? - Omne

DQs:

Now holding appointive office?
Best known for national politics?

IQs:

Are you a former First Lady from Chicago?
Were you a noted American atheist who died under suspicious circumstances?
Are you the prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga County (greater Cleveland), Ohio?

[De_La_Rue]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Are you a former First Lady from Chicago?

I am indeed Michelle Obama! Next game goes to Elendil’s Heir.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Goodone, EH !

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Thanks! I’m a fan, and once met her, as it happens: In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady

Previous IQs:

Were you a noted American atheist who died under suspicious circumstances? - Madalyn Murray O’Hair
Are you the prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga County (greater Cleveland), Ohio? - Michael O’Malley

Next letter to come shortly.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

The letter is

C

Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #140 by Elendil_s_Heir

[SCAdian]

IQ1: Are you the king of Canada?
IQ2: Are you the Queen of Australia?
IQ3: Was the Glorious Revolution aimed at your brother?

[knoodler]

C it is!

IQs:

1. Is your first name “Ernesto”?
2. Are you best known for delivering current news?
3. Do you share a name with a town in Maryland?

[SunUp]

Going forward with C!

IQs:

1. Were you a Wisconsin politician and businessman who served as a general in the Civil War?
2. Were you once arrested by the commander of IX Corps?
3. Are you Frank Hardy’s girlfriend?

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Are you to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live tomorrow?
2. Were you the musical guest on the final (December) SNL of last year?
3. Did you perform “Manchild” on SNL?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Have you played Sherlock Holmes, Superman and Napoleon Solo?
2. Were you a TV show detective whose character was inspired by the police detective in Crime and Punishment?
3. Were you one of the Big Three Crooners of the 1930’s, along with Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@SCAdian

IQ1: Are you the king of Canada?
IQ2: Are you the Queen of Australia?
IQ3: Was the Glorious Revolution aimed at your brother?

Not Charles III, not Camilla and not… Charles II?

@knoodler

…
IQs:

1. Is your first name “Ernesto”?
2. Are you best known for delivering current news?
3. Do you share a name with a town in Maryland?

Not Che Guervara, not Walter Cronkite and not Chevy Chase.

@SunUp

…
IQs:

1. Were you a Wisconsin politician and businessman who served as a general in the Civil War?
2. Were you once arrested by the commander of IX Corps?
3. Are you Frank Hardy’s girlfriend?

Dunno x3.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Are you to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live tomorrow?
2. Were you the musical guest on the final (December) SNL of last year?
3. Did you perform “Manchild” on SNL?

Dunno x3.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Have you played Sherlock Holmes, Superman and Napoleon Solo?
2. Were you a TV show detective whose character was inspired by the police detective in Crime and Punishment?
3. Were you one of the Big Three Crooners of the 1930’s, along with Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee?

Not Henry Cavill (sp?), dunno and dunno.

[De_La_Rue]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Dunno x3.

1 was Cardi B; 2 was Cher; 3 was Sabrina Carpenter.

DQs:
1. real?
2. female?
3. first name starts with C?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

C.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with C

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

Qs:

1. Have you played Sherlock Holmes, Superman and Napoleon Solo?
2. Were you a TV show detective whose character was inspired by the police detective in Crime and Punishment?
3. Were you one of the Big Three Crooners of the 1930’s, along with Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee?

#1 is correct.
#2 was Lt. Columbo. (The whole “just one more thing” came from Dostoevsky’s character.)
#3 was Russ Columbo.

DQs:

1. Known for the Arts?
2. Living?

[SunUp]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Were you a Wisconsin politician and businessman who served as a general in the Civil War?
2. Were you once arrested by the commander of IX Corps?
3. Are you Frank Hardy’s girlfriend?

Dunno x3.

Cadwallader Washburn, Clement Vallandigham, and Callie Shaw.

3 DQs reserved.

[SCAdian]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@SCAdian

IQ1: Are you the king of Canada?
IQ2: Are you the Queen of Australia?
IQ3: Was the Glorious Revolution aimed at your brother?

Not Charles III, not Camilla and not… Charles II?

correct x3