# 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:** 2
**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, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/21 "2025-07-04T02:10:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a boy inventor/adventurer created by Edward Stratemeyer? 2. Were you the defendant in _The Devil and Daniel Webster_? 3. In the novel by Bram Stoker, did you summon Dr. Van Helsing to combat Dracula? ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/22 "2025-07-04T02:34:20Z")
IQs: 1. On Weekend Update, did you invariably recommend New York’s hottest club? 2. Were you president of FIFA? 3. Were you the female lead actor in _See How They Run_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/23 "2025-07-04T04:15:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a boy inventor/adventurer created by Edward Stratemeyer? > 2. Were you the defendant in _The Devil and Daniel Webster_? > 3. In the novel by Bram Stoker, did you summon Dr. Van Helsing to combat Dracula? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. On Weekend Update, did you invariably recommend New York’s hottest club? > 2. Were you president of FIFA? > 3. Were you the female lead actor in _See How They Run_? I am not Stefan[sp?] Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/24 "2025-07-04T04:17:11Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Not known from movies or TV 5. Not created by American(s) 6. Not from prose fiction ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/25 "2025-07-04T12:41:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did George Eads play you on **CSI**? 2. Did you play Mickey Kostmayer on the **The Equalizer**? 3. Was this Jameson Parker’s most famous role? DQ: 1. Caucasian? 2 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 4, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/26 "2025-07-04T13:15:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. On Weekend Update, did you invariably recommend New York’s hottest club? > 2. Were you president of FIFA? > 3. Were you the female lead actor in _See How They Run_? > [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Stefan[sp?] > Take 2 DQs 2 was Sepp Blatter; 3 was Saoirse Ronan. DQs: 1. main character? 2. from theater? ---
**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, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/27 "2025-07-04T14:46:51Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a boy inventor/adventurer created by Edward Stratemeyer? > > 2. Were you the defendant in _The Devil and Daniel Webster_? > > 3. In the novel by Bram Stoker, did you summon Dr. Van Helsing to combat Dracula? > > Take 3 DQs #1 was Tom Swift. #2 was Jabez Stone. #3 was Dr. John Seward, a student of Dr. Van Helsing. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/28 "2025-07-04T16:19:48Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Not known from movies or TV 5. Not created by American(s) 6. Not from prose fiction 7. Caucasian 8. One of the main characters 9. Not from theater ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/29 "2025-07-04T16:21:39Z")
DQs: 1. Created by a European or Europeans? 2. Created after 1900? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/30 "2025-07-04T16:22:17Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did George Eads play you on **CSI**? > 2. Did you play Mickey Kostmayer on the **The Equalizer**? > 3. Was this Jameson Parker’s most famous role? DQ DQ I am not one of the Simon brothers ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/31 "2025-07-04T16:23:30Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Not known from movies or TV 5. Not created by American(s) 6. Not from prose fiction 7. Caucasian 8. One of the main characters 9. Not from theater 10. Created by European(s) 11. Created before 1900 12. Not from a song ---
**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, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/32 "2025-07-04T16:27:02Z")
DQ: From a song? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/33 "2025-07-04T16:30:49Z")
That’s pretty impressive! Knoodler answered 3 min before Prof asked! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/34 "2025-07-04T16:32:03Z")
I’m psychic! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/35 "2025-07-04T18:21:35Z")
Nick Stokes, Keith Szarabajka and yes, AJ Simon. DQs: 1. From a poem? 2. Created before 1700? 3 DQs 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 4, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/36 "2025-07-04T21:16:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Robin Hood’s cousin who dressed all in red? 2. Were you one of Sherlock Holmes’s aliases? 3. Are you a horrible skinflint who gets redeemed by the visitation of ghosts? ---
**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 4, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/37 "2025-07-04T21:31:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Orchid Thief_? 2. Did you play the above person in the 2002 film quasi-adaptation? 3. “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/38 "2025-07-04T22:55:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Robin Hood’s cousin who dressed all in red? > 2. Were you one of Sherlock Holmes’s aliases? > 3. Are you a horrible skinflint who gets redeemed by the visitation of ghosts? DQ DQ I am not Ebeneezer Scrooge > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Orchid Thief_? > 2. Did you play the above person in the 2002 film quasi-adaptation? > 3. “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”? I am not Susan Orleans I am not Meryl Streep DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/39 "2025-07-04T22:58:40Z")
**S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name begins with S 4. Not known from movies or TV 5. Not created by American(s) 6. Not from prose fiction 7. Caucasian 8. One of the main characters 9. Not from theater 10. Created by European(s) 11. Created before 1900 12. Not from a song 13. From a poem 14. Created before 1700 ---
**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 4, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/40 "2025-07-04T23:02:56Z")
IQ1: Did you have a triphibian atomicar? IQ2: Did I say that I don’t care what your daddy do? IQ3: Are your cheeks rosy, and do you look a little nosey? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=3)