# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/321 "2025-07-23T21:37:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you create the business jet that bears your name? > > 2. Did you create a set of equations to describe the behavior of spacetime near lightspeed? > > 3. Were you one of the original Not Ready For Prime Time players? > > 1. I am not Mr. Lear. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Larraine Newman (sp?) William Lear, and correct. DQ: Died before 1800? ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/322 "2025-07-23T21:49:43Z")
DQs: 1. born north of Vienna? 2. born west of Vienna? 1 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:** [July 23, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/323 "2025-07-23T21:54:08Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name begins with A - M 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Last name begins with L 8. European 9. Known for Science 10. Died before 1950 11. Known for Chemistry 12. Died before 1800 13. Born in Paris, France I really dislike messing with longitude and latitude. ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/324 "2025-07-23T23:16:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I really dislike messing with longitude and latitude. I just look the city up in Wikipedia and see what lat/long are given there. ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/325 "2025-07-23T23:18:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Was Kenneth Robeson usually you? > > IQ2: Does the national historical park near Barataria LA bear your name? > > IQ3: Did you play a widow with eight children? > > 1. I am not Lester Dent. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. correct Jean Lafitte, leader of the Baratarian pirates Lucille Ball (_Yours, Mine and Ours_) DQ: Are you Antoine Lavoisier? 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:** [July 24, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/326 "2025-07-24T02:11:29Z")
Oui, c’est moi, # Antoine Lavisier! Tres bon, **SCAdian!** ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/327 "2025-07-24T14:33:58Z")
Merci. 🙂 I am **T**. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/328 "2025-07-24T14:59:55Z")
Good work SCAdian! IQs: 1. Did your music career take off after you divorced your singing partner? 2. Are you perhaps best remembered for covering a contemporary’s own hit song? 3. Did you take over a role on TV that Jack Lemmon played in the movie? ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/329 "2025-07-24T15:10:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you embark on the “Eras Tour”? 2. Are you the football player dating the above person? 3. Did you play Spider-man in _Spider-man: Homecoming_ and the other Spider-man movies with “home” in the title? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/330 "2025-07-24T15:54:13Z")
Great call on Lavoisier! On to T. 1. Were you a pitchman for the Player’s Club card? 2. Did you perform in porn movies while underage, leading to the banning of most of your filmography? 3. Were you half of a pair of twin telepaths in _Time for the Stars_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/331 "2025-07-24T20:03:58Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Did Kim Richards play you in 1975’s **Escape to Witch Mountain**? 2. Did Ike Eisenmann play you in the same movie? 3. Did you play Danny Dallas on **Soap**? ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/332 "2025-07-24T22:43:51Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your music career take off after you divorced your singing partner? > 2. Are you perhaps best remembered for covering a contemporary’s own hit song? > 3. Did you take over a role on TV that Jack Lemmon played in the movie? DQ DQ Not Tony Randall > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you embark on the “Eras Tour”? > 2. Are you the football player dating the above person? > 3. Did you play Spider-man in _Spider-man: Homecoming_ and the other Spider-man movies with “home” in the title? DQ x3 > [@SunUp](#): > > On to T. > > 1. Were you a pitchman for the Player’s Club card? > 2. Did you perform in porn movies while underage, leading to the banning of most of your filmography? > 3. Were you half of a pair of twin telepaths in _Time for the Stars_? DQ DQ Not Tom [Lastname] > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Kim Richards play you in 1975’s **Escape to Witch Mountain**? > 2. Did Ike Eisenmann play you in the same movie? > 3. Did you play Danny Dallas on **Soap**? Not Tia. Not Tony. Not Ted [Lastname] Nine DQs already… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/333 "2025-07-24T23:01:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > On to T. > > > > 1. Were you a pitchman for the Player’s Club card? > > 2. Did you perform in porn movies while underage, leading to the banning of most of your filmography? > > 3. Were you half of a pair of twin telepaths in _Time for the Stars_? > > DQ > DQ > Not Tom [Lastname] #1 was Telly Savalas, #2 was Traci Lords. #3 was Thomas Paine (Tom) Bartlett, brother of Patrick Henry (Pat) Bartlett. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 24, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/334 "2025-07-24T23:21:37Z")
**T** 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/335 "2025-07-25T00:25:19Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Did Kim Richards play you in 1975’s **Escape to Witch Mountain**? > 2. Did Ike Eisenmann play you in the same movie? > 3. Did you play Danny Dallas on **Soap**? Swept me! Ted’s last name is Wass. IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School quartet? 2. Are you the main character in Gail Carriger’s book **Soulless**? 3. Are you a caveman who had a part of a stegosaurus named after you? ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/336 "2025-07-25T00:41:15Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School quartet? > 2. Are you the main character in Gail Carriger’s book **Soulless**? > 3. Are you a caveman who had a part of a stegosaurus named after you? DQ DQ Not the late Thag Simmons ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/337 "2025-07-25T01:44:53Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did your music career take off after you divorced your singing partner? > > 2. Are you perhaps best remembered for covering a contemporary’s own hit song? > > 3. Did you take over a role on TV that Jack Lemmon played in the movie? > > DQ > DQ > Not Tony Randall Tina Turner Tanya Tucker (“Delta Dawn”) Correct DQs: Known from prose? Last name starts with T? ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/338 "2025-07-25T02:42:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you embark on the “Eras Tour”? > 2. Are you the football player dating the above person? > 3. Did you play Spider-man in _Spider-man: Homecoming_ and the other Spider-man movies with “home” in the title? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Taylor Swift; 2 was Travis Kelce; 3 was Tom Holland. DQs: 1. main character? 2. created after 1930? 3. created by Americans? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/339 "2025-07-25T02:54:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School quartet? > 2. Are you the main character in Gail Carriger’s book **Soulless**? > 3. Are you a caveman who had a part of a stegosaurus named after you? Sophronia Temminick, Alexia Tarabotti and correct. 2 DQs 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:** [July 25, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/340 "2025-07-25T03:24:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > … > > 3. Are you a caveman who had a part of a stegosaurus named after you? > > … > Not the late Thag Simmons And now it’s semi-official!: [Thagomizer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer) IQs: Did both the Secretary of Defense and the Governor of Virginia praise you in 2016? Did you work for the Fat Controller? Did you sing “What’d I Miss?” in _Hamilton_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=18)