# Botticelli, June 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118 "2025-06-02T19:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/181 "2025-06-24T05:37:23Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you have the highest starting salary of all UNC geography graduates in 1986? > > 2. According to _Weird: The Al Yankovic Story_, did you write a parody of one of Al’s original songs? > > 3. Were you introduced by saying the phrase “Face it, Tiger, you just hit the jackpot!”? > > Take 3 DQs Michael Jordan. Michael Jackson. Mary Jane Watson. MJ x 3! DQ: Last name begins with M? 2 DQs 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:** [June 24, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/182 "2025-06-24T11:07:57Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you called “King Philip”? > > IQ2: Did you tell your mother not to go down to the end of the town without you? > > IQ3: Were you a Jewish tax collector? > > I am not Metacomet and take 2 DQs. correct James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree, from the poem by A A Milne Matthew Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/183 "2025-06-24T11:54:15Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with M. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/184 "2025-06-24T13:40:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a villainous magician in _Ojo in Oz_? 2. Did you create the Metal Men? 3. Did you order that a train not depart from its station on time so that you could paint its smoke? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/185 "2025-06-24T14:54:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did Scott Baio play you in a gangster movie spoof? 2. Are you an all-star NBA player who “always delivered?” 3. Did you play Dr Ellie Arroway in _Contact_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/186 "2025-06-24T15:33:46Z")
DQs: Known from prose fiction? American creator? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/187 "2025-06-25T02:13:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a villainous magician in _Ojo in Oz_? > 2. Did you create the Metal Men? > 3. Did you order that a train not depart from its station on time so that you could paint its smoke? Take 3 DQs and clearly it’s time to reread the Oz books. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Scott Baio play you in a gangster movie spoof? > 2. Are you an all-star NBA player who “always delivered?” > 3. Did you play Dr Ellie Arroway in _Contact_? I am not Bugsy Malone, I am not Karl Malone and I am not Jena Malone. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/188 "2025-06-25T02:20:51Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with M. 4. Not known from prose fiction. 5. American creator. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/189 "2025-06-25T02:46:06Z")
Swept me! Malone x3! IQs: 1. Are you a fictional elderly spinster who is also a consulting detective? 2. Did Elsa Lanchester portray a parodied version of the above in a comedy/spoof detective movie? 3. Are you a dirty old man who sleeps in a hole in the road? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/190 "2025-06-25T03:08:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did you aid the protagonist in Niven and Pournelle’s _Inferno_? 2. Did you found the Foursquare Church? 3. Did you appear as an ethereal “angel” in a _Star Trek: TOS_ episode? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/191 "2025-06-25T10:52:35Z")
DQ1: American character? DQ2: Known from movies/TV? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/192 "2025-06-25T15:21:46Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a villainous magician in _Ojo in Oz_? > > 2. Did you create the Metal Men? > > 3. Did you order that a train not depart from its station on time so that you could paint its smoke? > > Take 3 DQs and clearly it’s time to reread the Oz books. #1 was the malevolent Mooj. #2 was Dr. Will Magnus. #3 was Claude Monet, the Archimpressionist. DQ: Created after 1980? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/193 "2025-06-25T20:14:28Z")
Nitpick: Jodie Foster played Dr. Ellie Arroway in _Contact_; Jena Malone played her as a pre-doctorate little girl. IQs: Did you, in an Irish-American folk song from the Civil War, share your opinions on various matters? Did the Germans essentially just drive around elaborate fortifications named after you? Were you AKA Olorin and Tharkun? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/194 "2025-06-26T06:44:33Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Swept me! Malone x3! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a fictional elderly spinster who is also a consulting detective? > 2. Did Elsa Lanchester portray a parodied version of the above in a comedy/spoof detective movie? > 3. Are you a dirty old man who sleeps in a hole in the road? I am not Jane Marple, take a DQ and take another. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you aid the protagonist in Niven and Pournelle’s _Inferno_? > 2. Did you found the Foursquare Church? > 3. Did you appear as an ethereal “angel” in a _Star Trek: TOS_ episode? Take 2 DQs and I am not Melvin Belli > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Nitpick: Jodie Foster played Dr. Ellie Arroway in _Contact_; Jena Malone played her as a pre-doctorate little girl. > > IQs: > > Did you, in an Irish-American folk song from the Civil War, share your opinions on various matters? > Did the Germans essentially just drive around elaborate fortifications named after you? > Were you AKA Olorin and Tharkun? Take a DQ, I am not Maginot and take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/195 "2025-06-26T06:47:23Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with M. 4. Not known from prose fiction. 5. American creator. 6. American 7. Not known from movies/TV 8. Created in 1980 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/196 "2025-06-26T14:34:46Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you aid the protagonist in Niven and Pournelle’s _Inferno_? > > 2. Did you found the Foursquare Church? > > 3. Did you appear as an ethereal “angel” in a _Star Trek: TOS_ episode? > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Melvin Belli The others were Benito Mussolini and Aimee Semple McPherson, respectively. DQs: From a song? Last name starts with A-L? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/197 "2025-06-26T15:01:53Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with M. 4. Not known from prose fiction. 5. American creator. 6. American 7. Not known from movies/TV 8. Created in 1980 9. Not from a song 10. Last name starts with A-L. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/198 "2025-06-26T16:22:15Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you a fictional elderly spinster who is also a consulting detective? > > 2. Did Elsa Lanchester portray a parodied version of the above in a comedy/spoof detective movie? > > 3. Are you a dirty old man who sleeps in a hole in the road? > > I am not Jane Marple, take a DQ and take another. 1. Correct 2. Miss Jessica Marbles, _Murder By Death_ 3. Mean Mister Mustard ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/199 "2025-06-26T16:23:58Z")
DQ: Known from stage? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/200 "2025-06-26T19:01:01Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with M. 4. Not known from prose fiction. 5. American creator. 6. American 7. Not known from movies/TV 8. Created in 1980 9. Not from a song 10. Last name starts with A-L. 11. Not from the stage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=11)