# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/281 "2026-07-17T15:13:14Z")
Works for me! ---
**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 19, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/282 "2026-07-19T17:46:09Z")
Likewise. Let’s do this thang. ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/283 "2026-07-23T14:58:12Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Which would be… you! Oops. Many apologies for my absence. Very little has been accomplished the last few days except eating, sleeping and reading – there’ve been a couple days I didn’t even touch the computer. Y’all can blame David Weber for it! I am **M**. ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/284 "2026-07-23T20:25:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play basketball for the Chicago Bulls? 2. Did you perform at the 2026 World Cup final halftime show? 3. Were you a precocious girl with unusual abilities in a Roald Dahl book? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/285 "2026-07-23T20:37:31Z")
IQs: 1. Are you James Bond’s handler? 2. Are you Dorothy’s aunt? 3. Are you known for your last words: “Clever girl”? ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/286 "2026-07-23T20:42:15Z")
M it is! IQs: Did Peter Lorre play you, a European pedophile? Was TR impressed by your theories of naval power? Did your photography cause a ruckus in Cincinnati? ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/287 "2026-07-23T21:21:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play basketball for the Chicago Bulls? > 2. Did you perform at the 2026 World Cup final halftime show? > 3. Were you a precocious girl with unusual abilities in a Roald Dahl book Not … Michael Jordan? DQ Not Matilda > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you James Bond’s handler? > 2. Are you Dorothy’s aunt? > 3. Are you known for your last words: “Clever girl”? Not … M? DQ (If you mean _Wizard of Oz_ Dorothy, her aunt was named Em.) DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Peter Lorre play you, a European pedophile? > Was TR impressed by your theories of naval power? > Did your photography cause a ruckus in Cincinnati? DQ Not Alfred Thayer Mahan 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:** [July 23, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/288 "2026-07-23T21:26:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Michael Jordan? > DQ > Not Matilda 1 was correct; 2 was Madonna; 3 was correct. DQ: real? ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/289 "2026-07-23T21:35:42Z")
Previous IQs: Did Peter Lorre play you, a European pedophile? - Another M: [M (1931 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(1931_film)) Was TR impressed by your theories of naval power? - Yes, Alfred Thayer Mahan Did your photography cause a ruckus in Cincinnati? - Robert Mapplethorpe. For more: [The Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial — Priceless](https://pricelessblog.squarespace.com/articles/the-mapplethorpe-obscenity-trial) DQs: American? Male? IQs: Were you Capt. Aubrey’s particular friend? Were you a Seventies Congresswoman with a particularly WASPy name? Did you play Tony Soprano’s pissed-off mom? ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/290 "2026-07-23T21:49:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play for the Miami Dolphins? 2. Did you and your brother spend a summer in the town of Gravity Falls, OR? 3. Did you write _Watchmen_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/291 "2026-07-23T22:47:29Z")
1. Did you write **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? 2. Did you die of starvation due to a famine while living with the Mohave tribe? 3. Did you write the book **The Blue Tattoo**? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/292 "2026-07-24T01:52:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you James Bond’s handler? > > 2. Are you Dorothy’s aunt? > > 3. Are you known for your last words: “Clever girl”? > > Not … M? > DQ (If you mean _Wizard of Oz_ Dorothy, her aunt was named Em.) > DQ Correct And also correct: IQ withdrawn Roger Muldoon, game warden at Jurassic Park, just before killed by raptors 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:** [July 24, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/293 "2026-07-24T13:41:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Capt. Aubrey’s particular friend? > Were you a Seventies Congresswoman with a particularly WASPy name? > Did you play Tony Soprano’s pissed-off mom? Not Dr Maturin DQ DQ (did he also have a happy, cheerful mom?) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play for the Miami Dolphins? > 2. Did you and your brother spend a summer in the town of Gravity Falls, OR? > 3. Did you write _Watchmen_? DQ x3 > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? > 2. Did you die of starvation due to a famine while living with the Mohave tribe? > 3. Did you write the book **The Blue Tattoo**? Not Sharyn McCrumb (who also writes very good mysteries) DQ DQ **M** 1. Real 2. Not originally American 3. Male ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/294 "2026-07-24T13:43:34Z")
1. Are you ou friends and rivals with Chris Everett Lloyd? 2. Are you a country music singer whose last name could be associated with quickie weddings? 3. Did you play a person of significance to the Israeli intelligence community on NCIS after Ziva’s father died? ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/295 "2026-07-24T13:45:58Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you ou friends and rivals with Chris Everett Lloyd? > 2. Are you a country music singer whose last name could be associated with quickie weddings? > 3. Did you play a person of significance to the Israeli intelligence community on NCIS after Ziva’s father died? DQ x3 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/296 "2026-07-24T13:53:13Z")
DQ: Alive? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/297 "2026-07-24T14:01:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a complicated relationship with you first cousin? 2. Did you play that first cousin? 3. Were you often called “the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage”? ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/298 "2026-07-24T14:12:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you play for the Miami Dolphins? > 2. Did you and your brother spend a summer in the town of Gravity Falls, OR? > 3. Did you write _Watchmen_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Dan Marino; 2 was Mabel Pines; 3 was Alan Moore. DQs: 1. known from the arts? 2. originally European? 3. first name begins with M? ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/299 "2026-07-24T16:53:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you found Christian Science? 2. Are you the creator of _King of the Hill_? 3. Were you a character on _The Goon Show_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/300 "2026-07-24T18:43:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? > 2. Did you die of starvation due to a famine while living with the Mohave tribe? > 3. Did you write the book **The Blue Tattoo**? Correct, Mary Ann Oatman, Margot Mifflin. 2 DQs reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=16)