# Botticelli – July 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 30, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301 "2026-06-30T15:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/1 "2026-06-30T15:08:42Z")
It’s not quite July, but we’ll start a new thread… I am # F As in, Fourth of July 🎆 ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/2 "2026-06-30T16:23:41Z")
Rules are [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVLOdq6IptN1UPXz3Tu9WAVrnQPyWSZ65Tqr5TS4L40/edit?tab=t.0). IQs: 1. Did you star in _Network_? 2. Did you write _Bossypants_? 3. Were you mayor of Philadelphia? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/3 "2026-06-30T17:35:21Z")
1. Is the theater where the _Prairie Home Companion_ was performed named for you,? 2. Were you #1’s wife? 3. Is there a famous wreck in Lake Superior named for you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/4 "2026-06-30T17:49:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you star in _Network_? > 2. Did you write _Bossypants_? > 3. Were you mayor of Philadelphia? I am not Faye Dunaway I am not Tina Fey Take a DQ > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Is the theater where the _Prairie Home Companion_ was performed named for you,? > 2. Were you #1’s wife? > 3. Is there a famous wreck in Lake Superior named for you? Take 2 DQs I am not Edmund Fitzgerald ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/5 "2026-06-30T17:57:17Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Faye Dunaway > I am not Tina Fey > Take a DQ 3 was Frank Rizzo. DQ: real? IQs: 1. Did you sing “1234”? 2. Asking for a “map of the cat”? Cracking safes at Los Alamos? Painting a topless Marie Curie? _Surely_ you’re joking, Mr… 3. Did you play Howard Beale in _Network_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/6 "2026-06-30T18:40:11Z")
IQs: 1 & 2. Were you mayor of New York City during a major war? 3. Were you a scientist for Gizmonics Institute? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/7 "2026-06-30T19:58:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you sing “1234”? > 2. Asking for a “map of the cat”? Cracking safes at Los Alamos? Painting a topless Marie Curie? _Surely_ you’re joking, Mr… > 3. Did you play Howard Beale in _Network_? Take 2 DQs I am not Peter Finch > [@SunUp](#): > > 1 & 2. Were you mayor of New York City during a major war? > 3. Were you a scientist for Gizmonics Institute? I am not Fiorello LaGuardia [sp?] Take a DQ Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/8 "2026-06-30T19:59:54Z")
# F 1. Fictional ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/9 "2026-06-30T20:03:24Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Take 2 DQs > I am not Peter Finch 1 (“1234”) was Feist; 2 (“_Surely_ you’re joking…”) was Richard Feynman. DQs: 1. from prose? 2. female? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/10 "2026-06-30T20:20:38Z")
F it is! IQs: Did your future wife overhear you insulting her to your friend? Were you the first Cuyahoga County Executive? Were you President Bartlet’s first CJCS? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/11 "2026-06-30T21:24:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a home for imaginary friends? 2. Were you in _The Most Dangerous Game_, right before that other movie? 3. Were you mayor of Toronto? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/12 "2026-06-30T22:09:16Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1 & 2. Were you mayor of New York City during a major war? > > 3. Were you a scientist for Gizmonics Institute? > > I am not Fiorello LaGuardia [sp?] > Take a DQ > Take a DQ Correct on #1 (or #2). The other was Fernando Wood, mayor at the start of the Civil War. #3 was Dr. Clayton Forrester. DQs: Human? First name starts with F? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/13 "2026-06-30T22:20:17Z")
1. F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. Zelda Fitzgerald 3. Edmund Fitzgerald, correct Fitzgerald X3! 2DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/14 "2026-06-30T22:57:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write **Little Lord Fauntleroy**? 2. Did you write **The Magical Monarch of Mo**? 3. Were you one of the Doves in the book **The Flight of the Doves?** ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/15 "2026-06-30T23:47:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you power a car with your feet? 2. Did you take children to the land of Make Believe? 3. Were you associated with Westboro Baptist Church ? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/16 "2026-07-01T00:02:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your future wife overhear you insulting her to your friend? > Were you the first Cuyahoga County Executive? > Were you President Bartlet’s first CJCS? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you have a home for imaginary friends? > 2. Were you in _The Most Dangerous Game_, right before that other movie? > 3. Were you mayor of Toronto? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/17 "2026-07-01T00:04:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **Little Lord Fauntleroy**? > 2. Did you write **The Magical Monarch of Mo**? > 3. Were you one of the Doves in the book **The Flight of the Doves?** 1. I am not Frances Burnett 2. Take 2 DQs > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did you power a car with your feet? > 2. Did you take children to the land of Make Believe? > 3. Were you associated with Westboro Baptist Church ? I am not Fred Flintstone Take a DQ I am not Fred Phelps ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/18 "2026-07-01T00:05:58Z")
# F 1. Fictional 2. From prose 3. Sexless, but occasionally presents as male 4. Not human 5. First name starts with F ---
**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 1, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/19 "2026-07-01T00:36:25Z")
IQ1: Was your brother Dingus murdered by being shot in the back? IQ2: Were you the one who murdered Dingus? IQ3: Were you a fictional civil engineer’s valet? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/20 "2026-07-01T01:07:03Z")
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