# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/441 "2025-08-01T00:59:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@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. Correct on the star of _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_. Cloris Leachman (“I vas his GIRLFRIEND”) Callista Flockhart (as Ally McBeal) DQs: Known for the performing arts? Died after 2000? ---
**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, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/442 "2025-08-01T01:00:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Lastname begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Alive after 1900 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 2000 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/443 "2025-08-01T01:16:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 (_Ghostbusters_) was Carrie Coon; 2 (_very_ close to J. Edgar Hoover) was Clyde Tolson; 3 (crew member on _Red Dwarf_) was the Cat. DQs: 1. known for acting? 2. died after 2010? 3. first name begins from A-M? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/444 "2025-08-01T01:43:58Z")
IQ1: Did you star in a '70s movie about a dangerous ball sport? IQ2: Were you one of the twins in _The Rolling Stones_? IQ3: Were you the main character in a series of films about a stolen diamond? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/445 "2025-08-01T01:44:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you also Secretary of State of the US in the 2000s? 2. After writing a profile of an art forger, did you fake the diaries of a famous recluse? 3. Were you Mon-El’s short-lived secret identity, a traveling salesman? ---
**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, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/446 "2025-08-01T01:50:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Lastname begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Alive after 1900 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 2000 10. Acted, but not best known for acting 11. Died before 2010 12. First name begins with N-Z ---
**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, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/447 "2025-08-01T01:51:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you star in a '70s movie about a dangerous ball sport? > IQ2: Were you one of the twins in _The Rolling Stones_? > IQ3: Were you the main character in a series of films about a stolen diamond? #1. I am not James Caan from _Rollerball_. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Inspector Clousseau. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you also Secretary of State of the US in the 2000s? > 2. After writing a profile of an art forger, did you fake the diaries of a famous recluse? > 3. Were you Mon-El’s short-lived secret identity, a traveling salesman? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Clifford Irving. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/448 "2025-08-01T02:52:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Clifford Irving. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Condoleezza Rice; 3 was Bob Cobb. DQs: known for music? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/449 "2025-08-01T03:13:15Z")
OK, I’ll keep the DQ. IQs: 1. Are you an Olympic gold medalist who performed as Peter Pan? 2. Were you the highest paid actor on TV who was fired from your hit series? 3. Are you the alliterative quarterback of the Texas Longhorns who lost in the Heisman Trophy race to another alliterative QB, Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/450 "2025-08-01T03:17:48Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you a dragon in **Tik-Tok of Oz?** > 2. Did David Selby play you on **Dark Shadows?** > 3. Did you produce **Barnaby Jones** among other TV shows? Late but: Quox, correct, Quinn Martin. IQs: 1. Did Misha Collins play you on **Supernatural**? 2. Did John Hannah play you in **The Mummy**? 3. Did you create, among other characters, Henri Bencolin? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/451 "2025-08-01T03:44:43Z")
IQs: 1. According to Montgomery Burns, are you that “person who’s always standing and walking”? 2. Are you the villainess from the Disney movie the above episode spoofs–and if you don’t scare us, no evil thing will? 3. Speaking of Disney, did you discover Pluto? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/452 "2025-08-01T14:04:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you star in a '70s movie about a dangerous ball sport? > > IQ2: Were you one of the twins in _The Rolling Stones_? > > IQ3: Were you the main character in a series of films about a stolen diamond? > > #1. I am not James Caan from _Rollerball_. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Inspector Clousseau. correct Castor (his twin brother, of course, being Pollux) correct 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:** [August 1, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/453 "2025-08-01T14:30:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Lastname begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Alive after 1900 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 2000 10. Acted, but not best known for acting 11. Died before 2010 12. First name begins with N-Z 13. Known for music ---
**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, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/454 "2025-08-01T14:32:48Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Are you an Olympic gold medalist who performed as Peter Pan? > 2. Were you the highest paid actor on TV who was fired from your hit series? > 3. Are you the alliterative quarterback of the Texas Longhorns who lost in the Heisman Trophy race to another alliterative QB, Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators? 1. I am not Cathy Rigby. Take 2 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Misha Collins play you on **Supernatural**? > 2. Did John Hannah play you in **The Mummy**? > 3. Did you create, among other characters, Henri Bencolin? 1. I am not Jonathan Carnahan. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. According to Montgomery Burns, are you that “person who’s always standing and walking”? > 2. Are you the villainess from the Disney movie the above episode spoofs–and if you don’t scare us, no evil thing will? > 3. Speaking of Disney, did you discover Pluto? 1. I am not Cruella deVil. Take 2 DQs. It’s the one who isn’t Percival Lowell. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/455 "2025-08-01T15:04:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Cruella deVil. Take 2 DQs. It’s the one who isn’t Percival Lowell. 1 was Rory Calhoun; 3 was Clyde Tombaugh. DQ: known for singing? Two 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:** [August 1, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/456 "2025-08-01T15:09:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Lastname begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Alive after 1900 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 2000 10. Acted, but not best known for acting 11. Died before 2010 12. First name begins with N-Z 13. Known for music 14. Known for singing ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/457 "2025-08-01T17:12:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you an Olympic gold medalist who performed as Peter Pan? > > 2. Were you the highest paid actor on TV who was fired from your hit series? > > 3. Are you the alliterative quarterback of the Texas Longhorns who lost in the Heisman Trophy race to another alliterative QB, Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators? > > 1. I am not Cathy Rigby. Take 2 DQs. Correct; Charlie Sheen; Colt McCoy DQs: Caucasian? Was part of a group/band? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/458 "2025-08-01T17:29:58Z")
IQ1: Did you have a #1 hit with a song your father had written and recorded almost thirty years earlier? IQ2: Did you sing about a Methodist who burned his driver’s licence and got drafted? IQ3: Were you #2’s mother-in-law? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/459 "2025-08-01T22:19:42Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > IQs: > > 1. Did Misha Collins play you on **Supernatural**? > 2. Did John Hannah play you in **The Mummy**? > 3. Did you create, among other characters, Henri Bencolin? Castiel, correct, John Dickson Carr. 2 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:** [August 1, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/460 "2025-08-01T22:32:40Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:456, topic:1020412, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Lastname begins with C 4. Dead 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Alive after 1900 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 2000 10. Acted, but not best known for acting 11. Died before 2010 12. First name begins with N-Z 13. Known for music 14. Known for singing 15. Caucasian 16. Solo singer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=24)