# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/141 "2026-07-09T10:12:01Z")
1. Mother Maybelle Carter 2. Joe Mullins 3. Marilyn Monroe, correct DQs 1. died after 1950? 2. Known for science? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/142 "2026-07-09T12:13:36Z")
IQs. 1. Were you known for dancing while wearing a fruit hat on your head? 2. Did you write (and perform in) _Hamilton_, the musical? 3. Are you a youtuber famous for singing poorly with badly applied lipstick? ---
**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 9, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/143 "2026-07-09T12:14:50Z")
IQs: 1. Were you mayor of Philadelphia? 2. Were you so fine, were you so fine you blew Toni Basil’s mind? 3. Did you play a woman who falls in love with a time traveler and travels in time herself in a 1979 movie, and then a woman who falls in love with a time traveler and travels in time herself in a 1990 movie? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/144 "2026-07-09T14:29:48Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Were you known for dancing while wearing a fruit hat on your head? > 2. Did you write (and perform in) _Hamilton_, the musical? > 3. Are you a youtuber famous for singing poorly with badly applied lipstick? I am not Carmen Miranda I am not Lin Manuel Miranda Take a DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you mayor of Philadelphia? > 2. Were you so fine, were you so fine you blew Toni Basil’s mind? > 3. Did you play a woman who falls in love with a time traveler and travels in time herself in a 1979 movie, and then a woman who falls in love with a time traveler and travels in time herself in a 1990 movie? Take a DQ I am not Mickey He’s-So-Fine 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:** [July 9, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/145 "2026-07-09T14:32:00Z")
# M 1. Real 2. Last name begins with M 3. Male 4. Not living 5. Not American 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known from the arts 8. Not European 9. Not Caucasian 10. Asian 11. Died after 1950 12. Not known for science 13. Not known for politics 14. From East Asia ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/146 "2026-07-09T14:34:30Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Take a DQ > I am not Mickey He’s-So-Fine > Take a DQ 1 (mayor) was Michael Nutter; 3 (time travel) was Mary Steenburgen (in _Time After Time_ and _Back to the Future Part III_). DQs: 1. known for politics? 2. from East Asia (as defined [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia))? ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/147 "2026-07-09T15:33:13Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a former evangelist who became an actor? > > IQ2: Were you an actor who qualified for this round in three ways? > > IQ3: Were you FDR’s private secretary? > > Take 3 DQs Marjoe Gortner Marion Michael Morrison Missy LeHand Three DQs reserved. DQ: Were you a Korean religious leader whose followers were not known as being sunny? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/148 "2026-07-09T16:02:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Were you a Korean religious leader whose followers were not known as being sunny? Yes! I am **Sun Myung Moon** , founder of the Unification Church, whose followers are commonly known as “Moonies.” Good job, **SCA**! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/149 "2026-07-09T16:12:34Z")
1. Carmen Miranda. Correct 2. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Correct 3. Miranda Sings Miranda X 3! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/150 "2026-07-09T16:13:15Z")
Good job. Scadian, I thought that was an oddly specific question. ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/151 "2026-07-09T23:20:08Z")
I am E. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/152 "2026-07-10T00:02:20Z")
IQs. 1. Did you see a wheel, way up in the middle of the air? 2. Was the car named for you a spectacular failure? 3. Are you Sherlock Holmes’s much younger sister? ---
**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 10, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/153 "2026-07-10T00:38:44Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > Qs. > > 1. Did you see a wheel, way up in the middle of the air? > 2. Was the car named for you a spectacular failure? > 3. Are you Sherlock Holmes’s much younger sister? Not Ezekiel Not Edsel Ford DQ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/154 "2026-07-10T01:27:47Z")
E it is, and a good guess with Moon! IQs: 1. Did you turn out to be a vehicle for a Chinger spy? 2. Did you write _Love Story_? 3. Did you play a character who loved Chachi? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/155 "2026-07-10T02:05:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write **The Moffats**? 2. Did you write **The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet**? 3. Did you write **The Time Garden**? ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/156 "2026-07-10T03:46:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you in Monty Python? 2. Have you starred in the _Quiet Place_ movies, _Mary Poppins Returns_, and _Disclosure Day_? 3. Were you Second Gentleman of the US? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/157 "2026-07-10T04:42:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a night manager at a pizza parlor before moving to LA with your closest friends? 2. Were you in a rap group with Dr Dre and Ice Cube? 3. Did you successfully sue the President of the United States? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/158 "2026-07-10T08:12:28Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > Qs. > > 1. Did you see a wheel, way up in the middle of the air? > 2. Was the car named for you a spectacular failure? > 3. Are you Sherlock Holmes’s much younger sister? Not Ezekiel Not Edsel Ford DQ 1. correct 2. correct 3. Enola Holmes 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 10, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/159 "2026-07-10T13:03:52Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you turn out to be a vehicle for a Chinger spy? > 2. Did you write _Love Story_? > 3. Did you play a character who loved Chachi? DQ DQ Not Erin Lastname. > [@kitap](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Did you write **The Moffats**? > 2. Did you write **The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet**? > 3. Did you write **The Time Garden**? Not Eleanor Estes DQ (pretty sure that’s E Cameron, but can’t remember her first name) Not Edward Eager > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you in Monty Python? > 2. Have you starred in the _Quiet Place_ movies, _Mary Poppins Returns_, and _Disclosure Day_? > 3. Were you Second Gentleman of the US? Not Eric Idle DQ DQ > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a night manager at a pizza parlor before moving to LA with your closest friends? > 2. Were you in a rap group with Dr Dre and Ice Cube? > 3. Did you successfully sue the President of the United States? DQ x3! ---
**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 10, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301/160 "2026-07-10T13:18:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Eric Idle > DQ > DQ 2 was Emily Blunt; 3 was Doug Emhoff. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with E? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2026/1031301.md?page=9)