# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/421 "2025-07-30T20:43:49Z")
FTR I have heard of St Quentin but not the San Quentin connection. ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/422 "2025-07-30T20:47:00Z")
Well, that was a surprise! I didn’t expect to win. Next up… # C! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/423 "2025-07-30T20:54:58Z")
Good guessing Prof! 1. Does Huckleberry Hound sing about you? 2. Did you work with Al Michaels for several months each year? 3. Did you serve as Secretary of State in 2001? ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/424 "2025-07-30T23:21:25Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > FTR I have heard of St Quentin but not the San Quentin connection. I figured if there was a San (St) Quentin Prison, there must have been a St (San) Quentin for it to have been named after. Other than that I’d never heard of him. IQ1: Did you play an engineer’s valet? IQ2: Is your son the current Baron Kilkeel? IQ3: Was Prof Archimedes Q Porter your father-in-law? ---
**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 31, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/425 "2025-07-31T01:49:10Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > - Does Huckleberry Hound sing about you? > - Did you work with Al Michaels for several months each year? > - Did you serve as Secretary of State in 2001? I am not Clementine. Take 2 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play an engineer’s valet? > IQ2: Is your son the current Baron Kilkeel? > IQ3: Was Prof Archimedes Q Porter your father-in-law? 1. I am not Jackie Chan (in _Around The World In Eighty Days_) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Caractacus (sp?) Potts. (?) ---
**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 31, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/426 "2025-07-31T02:48:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you play an engineer’s valet? > > IQ2: Is your son the current Baron Kilkeel? > > IQ3: Was Prof Archimedes Q Porter your father-in-law? > > 1. I am not Jackie Chan (in _Around The World In Eighty Days_) > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Caractacus (sp?) Potts. (?) Fogg was an engineer? I’ll try again. King Charles III John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Caractacus (sp?) Correct spelling. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Did you play the valet of an engineer who lived in NYC? IQ2: Were you also known as Korak the Killer? IQ3: Were you a Chinese man often portrayed by a white Swedish actor? ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/427 "2025-07-31T03:45:45Z")
Congrats, Prof.! > [@SCAdian](#): > > DLR’s third was a different Q, and I think his second was Quint(?). The second question was indeed Quint; 3 was indeed James Bond’s Q; 1 (Howard Stern co-host) was Robin Quivers. IQs: 1. Were you ironically nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”? 2. Did you write _Piranesi_? 3. Did Archibald Leach say that everybody wanted to be you–even _he_ wanted to be you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/428 "2025-07-31T04:40:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > - Does Huckleberry Hound sing about you? > > - Did you work with Al Michaels for several months each year? > > - Did you serve as Secretary of State in 2001? > > I am not Clementine. Take 2 DQs Correct; Chris Collingsworth, Colin Powell DQs: First name begin with C? 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 31, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/429 "2025-07-31T05:00:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a rival of Millie the Model? 2. Are you a fictional loan shark who is trying to make it in Hollywood? 3. Were you created by Walter Lantz Studios? ---
**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 31, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/430 "2025-07-31T13:31:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last Name begins with C ---
**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 31, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/431 "2025-07-31T13:32:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the valet of an engineer who lived in NYC? > IQ2: Were you also known as Korak the Killer? > IQ3: Were you a Chinese man often portrayed by a white Swedish actor? 1. I am not Charlie Chan. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you ironically nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”? > 2. Did you write _Piranesi_? > 3. Did Archibald Leach say that everybody wanted to be you–even _he_ wanted to be you? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Susanna Clarke. 3. I am not Cary Grant. 4. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a rival of Millie the Model? > 2. Are you a fictional loan shark who is trying to make it in Hollywood? > 3. Were you created by Walter Lantz Studios? 1. I am not Chilly Willy. Take 2 DQs. #2’s probably from _Get Shorty_ but I don’t remember the names. ---
**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 31, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/432 "2025-07-31T14:34:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Susanna Clarke. > 3. I am not Cary Grant. 1 was Ty Cobb. DQ: living? ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/433 "2025-07-31T15:15:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you play the valet of an engineer who lived in NYC? > > IQ2: Were you also known as Korak the Killer? > > IQ3: Were you a Chinese man often portrayed by a white Swedish actor? > > 1. I am not Charlie Chan. Take 2 DQs. Sebastian Cabot Jack Clayton (Tarzan’s son) correct DQ1: American? DQ2: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/434 "2025-07-31T15:18:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Lastname begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/435 "2025-07-31T16:33:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a rival of Millie the Model? > > 2. Are you a fictional loan shark who is trying to make it in Hollywood? > > 3. Were you created by Walter Lantz Studios? > > 1. I am not Chilly Willy. Take 2 DQs. > #2’s probably from _Get Shorty_ but I don’t remember the names. Correct, and I’ll give you the next: Chili Palmer The last is Chilly Willy Chili (Chilly) x3! DQ: Alive after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/436 "2025-07-31T17:48:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you originate a role on stage later played by Marilyn Monroe on film? 2. Did you play the girlfriend of Victor Frankenstein? 3. Did you play a title role satirized on _Futurama_ as _Single Female Lawyer_? ---
**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 31, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/437 "2025-07-31T20:17:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Ghostbusters: Afterlife_ and _Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire_? 2. Was J. Edgar Hoover _very_ close to you? 3. Were you a non-human crew member on _Red Dwarf_? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/438 "2025-08-01T00:52:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Lastname begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Alive after 1900 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/439 "2025-08-01T00:53:30Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you originate a role on stage later played by Marilyn Monroe on film? > 2. Did you play the girlfriend of Victor Frankenstein? > 3. Did you play a title role satirized on _Futurama_ as _Single Female Lawyer_? 1. I am not Carol Channing (??) Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Ghostbusters: Afterlife_ and _Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire_? > 2. Was J. Edgar Hoover _very_ close to you? > 3. Were you a non-human crew member on _Red Dwarf_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/440 "2025-08-01T00:54:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Correct, and I’ll give you the next: Chili Palmer No, you really should get a DQ for that. I didn’t remember the name at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=23)