# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/121 "2025-07-11T16:55:54Z")
OK, let’s put this to bed. I am # Mauricio Pochettino former center back for Newell’s Old Boys, Espanyol, Paris St. Germain and his native Argentina, manager for the latter two of those clubs, plus Chelsea, Southampton and Spurs, but most notably the current coach of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team. Qualifying celebrity, or does it go back to @knoodler ? ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/122 "2025-07-11T17:25:34Z")
I’m afraid I do not know Mr. Pochettino. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/123 "2025-07-11T18:57:15Z")
He’s definitely a celebrity, IMO. I never heard of him before being named coach of the USMNT, and the team has been in the news of late, so I don’t think this bounces back to me. I think you stumped the lot of us. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/124 "2025-07-11T19:38:24Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/125 "2025-07-12T01:03:41Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/126 "2025-07-12T04:43:38Z")
Nor I. ---
**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 12, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/127 "2025-07-12T22:40:10Z")
Looks like it goes back to **knoodler**. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/128 "2025-07-13T14:12:49Z")
OK then. I am # O ---
**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 13, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/129 "2025-07-13T18:23:04Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Third, also called the All-Father, Blindi and Fimbultyr? 2. Are you aka Sir Roland? 3. Are you Nobody? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/130 "2025-07-13T18:25:05Z")
I am not Odin DQ I am not… Bob Odenkirk? ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/131 "2025-07-13T19:05:50Z")
IQ1: Do you speak for a pig and a bear? IQ2: Are you a dino-riding caveman? IQ3: Are you famous for your dyke? ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/132 "2025-07-13T19:33:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Third, also called the All-Father, Blindi and Fimbultyr? > 2. Are you aka Sir Roland? > 3. Are you Nobody? > [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Odin > DQ > I am not… Bob Odenkirk? 1. is correct. 2. is Orlando, paladin of Charlemagne, in Italian epic poems such as _Orlando Furioso_. 3. is Odysseus, who called himself “Nemo” (which is Greek for Nobody) in his fight with the Cyclops Polyphemus. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/133 "2025-07-13T19:44:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you in _Martha Marcy May Marlene_? 2. Were two car brands named after you? 3. Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/134 "2025-07-13T20:18:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you speak for a pig and a bear? > IQ2: Are you a dino-riding caveman? > IQ3: Are you famous for your dyke? DQ I am not Alley Oop DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you in _Martha Marcy May Marlene_? > 2. Were two car brands named after you? > 3. Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker? DQ I am not [Blank] Oldsmobile (I can’t remember his first name, so if it’s another car then take a DQ) DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/135 "2025-07-13T20:19:21Z")
# O 1. Fictional 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 13, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/136 "2025-07-13T20:34:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Do you speak for a pig and a bear? > > IQ2: Are you a dino-riding caveman? > > IQ3: Are you famous for your dyke? > > DQ > I am not Alley Oop > DQ Frank Oz correct Offa DQ1: Originally from prose fiction? DQ2: American creator(s)? ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/137 "2025-07-13T21:01:26Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > DQ > I am not [Blank] Oldsmobile (I can’t remember his first name, so if it’s another car then take a DQ) > DQ 1 was Elizabeth Olsen; close enough for Ransom E. Olds; 3 was Ogden Nash. DQs: 1. main character? 2. first name begins with O? ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/138 "2025-07-13T21:07:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Athos in _The Three Musketeers_ alongside Michael York? 2. Did you recently break up with Katy Perry? 3. Were you the princess of a planet that was frequently misspelled? ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/139 "2025-07-13T21:45:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Edward Drinker Cope’s fossil-hunting rival in the 19th century Bone Wars? 2. Were you an associate of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and Allan Quartermain and Mina Murray in particular)? 3. Can you be heard on the Beatles’ “Bungalow Bill”? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/140 "2025-07-13T22:28:33Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Moor of Venice? 2. Did you adopt a daughter who later became a senator and a general? 3. Were you in command of the Army of the James at the end of the Civil War? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412.md?page=8)