# 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:** 10
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/181 "2025-07-16T18:12:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Are you Oddjob from the James Bond stories? YES!!! I am **Oddjob** Main henchman of Auric Goldfinger and master wielder of the flying top hat. ---
**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 16, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/182 "2025-07-16T18:40:54Z")
And now… # D! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/183 "2025-07-16T19:35:17Z")
IQ1: Was your cockney accent badly flawed? IQ2: Did you have a barrow in the marketplace? IQ3: Were you a conscientious objector who was awarded the Medal of Honor? ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/184 "2025-07-16T20:08:46Z")
Congrats, Prof.! “British character” threw me off (Oddjob is Korean). IQs: 1. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_? 2. Were you, as it turned out, Mark Felt? 3. Were you a voiceover actor noted for narrating movie trailers? ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/185 "2025-07-16T20:34:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your cockney accent badly flawed? > IQ2: Did you have a barrow in the marketplace? > IQ3: Were you a conscientious objector who was awarded the Medal of Honor? #1. I am not Dick van Dyke, whose misfortune it was to hire a dialect coach who didn’t know what he was doing. #2. I am not Obla-Desmond. #3 Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_? > 2. Were you, as it turned out, Mark Felt? > 3. Were you a voiceover actor noted for narrating movie trailers? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/186 "2025-07-16T20:37:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Was your cockney accent badly flawed? > > IQ2: Did you have a barrow in the marketplace? > > IQ3: Were you a conscientious objector who was awarded the Medal of Honor? > > #1. I am not Dick van Dyke, whose misfortune it was to hire a dialect coach who didn’t know what he was doing. > #2. I am not Obla-Desmond. > #3 Take a DQ. correct correct Desmond Doss DQ: Real? ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/187 "2025-07-16T20:38:48Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/188 "2025-07-16T20:45:06Z")
IQ1: Did you have a special relationship with a 1928 Porter? IQ2: Are you a sailor named Fauntleroy? IQ3: Are you #2’s nephew? ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/189 "2025-07-16T20:53:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_? > 2. Were you, as it turned out, Mark Felt? > 3. Were you a voiceover actor noted for narrating movie trailers? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was D’arcy Carden; 2 was “Deep Throat”; 3 was Don “In a world…” LaFontaine. DQs: 1. living? 2. female? 3. first name begins with D? ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/190 "2025-07-16T20:55:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Living 3. Male 4. First name begins with D ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/191 "2025-07-16T21:02:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you share secrets with two reporters in _All the President’s Men_? 2. Did Homer Simpson include your name in his recitation of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? 3. Are you the “sweet” one in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_? ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/192 "2025-07-16T21:03:30Z")
IQs: 1. 1953-1961? 2. Did you go on adventures with your twin brother, your washed-up super-scientist father, and your bodyguard Brock Samson? (And does a song by your brother’s band mention the jacket named after the above person?) 3. Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong, And you are Marie of Roumania? ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/193 "2025-07-16T21:27:07Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you share secrets with two reporters in _All the President’s Men_? > 2. Did Homer Simpson include your name in his recitation of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? > 3. Are you the “sweet” one in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_? 1. I am not Deep Throat. 2. I am not Dasher or Dancer. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. 1953-1961? > 2. Did you go on adventures with your twin brother, your washed-up super-scientist father, and your bodyguard Brock Samson? (And does a song by your brother’s band mention the jacket named after the above person?) > 3. Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, > A medley of extemporanea; > And love is a thing that can never go wrong, > And you are Marie of Roumania? 1. Take a DQ. 2. That’s gotta be from _The Venture Brothers_, but I don’t know. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Dorothy Parker. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/194 "2025-07-16T21:55:56Z")
Oy! > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a special relationship with a 1928 Porter? > IQ2: Are you a sailor named Fauntleroy? > IQ3: Are you #2’s nephew? .. ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/195 "2025-07-16T22:03:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. That’s gotta be from _The Venture Brothers_, but I don’t know. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Dorothy Parker. 1 was Dwight Eisenhower; 2 was Dean Venture. DQs: 1. born after 1960? 2. American? ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/196 "2025-07-16T22:05:01Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:190, topic:1020412, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Living 3. Male 4. First name begins with D 5. Born after 1960 6. American ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/197 "2025-07-16T22:05:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a special relationship with a 1928 Porter? > IQ2: Are you a sailor named Fauntleroy? > IQ3: Are you #2’s nephew? Sorry. #1. I am not Jerry van Dyke. #2. I am not Donald Duck? #3. I am not Dewey Duck? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/198 "2025-07-16T22:24:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Jerry van Dyke. > #2. I am not Donald Duck? > #3. I am not Dewey Duck? correct x3! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/199 "2025-07-16T23:22:37Z")
Good call on Oddjob, Prof! IQs: 1. Did you score the injury-time goal to send the U.S. into the round of 16 in the 2010 World Cup? 2. Did you try to score a few seconds earlier, but were snuffed by the goalie? 3. Are you a presidential scion who may have designs of his own on the Oval Office? ---
**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 16, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/200 "2025-07-16T23:32:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did your ex-husband Charles recently take over his mother’s position after seventy years? 2. Did you explore mysteries with your twin sister in the town of Gravity Falls? 3. Speaking of TV shows about weird shit in small Pacific northwest towns, did you create _Twin Peaks_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=11)