# Botticelli, July 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 2, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412 "2025-07-02T17:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/1 "2025-07-02T17:50:29Z")
New thread here. **S** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/2 "2025-07-02T17:52:52Z")
> [@Botticelli, June 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/259): > > Great get, **knoodler**! > > On to S. > > 1. Were you played by Emile Hirsch in a Wachowski’s film? > 2. Are you the screenwriter of _Sicario_? > 3. Did you botch the attack on the north end of Missionary Ridge? I am not Speed Racer 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:** [July 2, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/3 "2025-07-02T17:54:41Z")
> [@Botticelli, June 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/259): > > > [@Botticelli, June 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/259): > > > > 1. Were you played by Emile Hirsch in a Wachowski’s film? > > 2. Are you the screenwriter of _Sicario_? > > 3. Did you botch the attack on the north end of Missionary Ridge? > > I am not Speed Racer > > Take 2 DQs Correct on 1. The other two are Taylor Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman. DQs: Real? Female? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/4 "2025-07-02T18:02:52Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the villain of _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? 2. Did you win a Tony for your performance in _Come Back, Little Sheba_? 3. Were you a Hungarian-born composer who conducted the Cleveland Orchestra? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/5 "2025-07-02T19:43:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you the villain of _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? > 2. Did you win a Tony for your performance in _Come Back, Little Sheba_? > 3. Were you a Hungarian-born composer who conducted the Cleveland Orchestra? I am not Simon Legree Take two DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/6 "2025-07-02T19:44:09Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/7 "2025-07-02T20:47:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create _The West Wing_? 2. Were you an out-there jazz bandleader who never slept and came from Saturn? 3. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by Obama? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/8 "2025-07-02T22:24:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you create _The West Wing_? > 2. Were you an out-there jazz bandleader who never slept and came from Saturn? > 3. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by Obama? 1. I can’t remember if it’s Steven Bochco or Aaron Sorkin. Take a DQ. (It’s neither, btw) 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Sonja Sotomayor ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/9 "2025-07-02T23:01:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. I can’t remember if it’s Steven Bochco or Aaron Sorkin. Take a DQ. (It’s neither, btw) > 2. Take a DQ > 3. I am not Sonja Sotomayor 1 was indeed Aaron Sorkin; 2 was Sun Ra; 3 is correct. DQ: first name begins with S? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/10 "2025-07-03T02:46:06Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School quartet? 2. Did Mitch Pileggi play you on **Supernatural**? 3. Were you created by Leslie Charteris? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/11 "2025-07-03T03:24:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Dick Cheney’s chief of staff? 2. Have you played a worm, an owl, Count Orlok, and Colin Jost’s accountant on _Saturday Night Live_? 3. Did the Doctor tell you “Don’t blink”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/12 "2025-07-03T04:46:22Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School quartet? > 2. Did Mitch Pileggi play you on **Supernatural**? > 3. Were you created by Leslie Charteris? DQ I am not… Director Walter Skinner? DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Dick Cheney’s chief of staff? > 2. Have you played a worm, an owl, Count Orlok, and Colin Jost’s accountant on _Saturday Night Live_? > 3. Did the Doctor tell you “Don’t blink”? I am not Scooter Libby I am not Sarah Sherman DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/13 "2025-07-03T04:47:59Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/14 "2025-07-03T12:20:29Z")
Sophronia Temminick, Samuel Campbell, Simon Templar 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:** [July 3, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/15 "2025-07-03T13:44:26Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Scooter Libby > I am not Sarah Sherman > DQ 1 (“Don’t blink”) was Sally Sparrow. DQ: from movies or TV? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/16 "2025-07-03T15:01:39Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Not known from movies or TV ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/17 "2025-07-03T22:24:27Z")
IQs: 1. Were your books, according to Mark Twain, the cause of the Civil War? 2. Were you a Civil War general who directed the 1st Minnesota to make a doomed attack? 3. Was your mother Frau Farbissina? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/18 "2025-07-03T23:05:03Z")
I am not Stephen Crane. DQ I am not Scottie Evil ---
**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:** [July 4, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/19 "2025-07-04T01:00:37Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Are you the villain of _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? > > 2. Did you win a Tony for your performance in _Come Back, Little Sheba_? > > 3. Were you a Hungarian-born composer who conducted the Cleveland Orchestra? > > I am not Simon Legree > Take two DQs Correct. 2 was Shirley Booth. 3 was George Szell. DQs: 1. Created by an American or Americans? 2. Originally from prose fiction? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/20 "2025-07-04T01:58:01Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Stephen Crane. > DQ > I am not Scottie Evil #1 was Sir Walter Scott. #2 was Winfield Scott Hancock. #3 was Scott Evil (correct). Scott x3 ! 2 DQs reserved. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=2)