# 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:** 12
**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 27, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/221 "2025-06-27T19:14:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Do your friends include an ichthyologist and a one-legged baseball coach? > > IQ2: Did you write _Counting Up,Counting Down_? > > IQ3: Are you a former football player who became a journalist? > > 1. I am not Thor from B.C. > Take 2 DQs. correct Harry Turtledove Tank McNamara Figured we’d go through a dozen or so real football players before reaching this point. DQ1: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you visit Athne, Sumatra, and Pal-ul-Don? IQ2: Do you hang out with Honey and Jim? IQ3: Were you the jeddak of Thark? ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/222 "2025-06-27T19:33:10Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. First name begins with A - M 7. Known for the Arts ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/223 "2025-06-27T19:34:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you visit Athne, Sumatra, and Pal-ul-Don? > IQ2: Do you hang out with Honey and Jim? > IQ3: Were you the jeddak of Thark? 1. I am not Thor Heyerdahl (??) Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/224 "2025-06-27T19:49:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you visit Athne, Sumatra, and Pal-ul-Don? > > IQ2: Do you hang out with Honey and Jim? > > IQ3: Were you the jeddak of Thark? > > 1. I am not Thor Heyerdahl (??) > Take 2 DQs. Tarzan Trixie Belden Tars Tarkas DQ: Known for the performing arts? Three DQs reserved. ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/225 "2025-06-27T20:10:32Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. First name begins with A - M 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not known for the Performing Arts ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/226 "2025-06-27T20:12:51Z")
DQ: Known for writing? Two DQs reserved. IQ: Are you also known as Samuel Clemens? ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/227 "2025-06-27T21:40:53Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.** , and thanks for the Gen. George H. Thomas question, **SunUp**! Previous IQs: Did you, in an Irish-American folk song from the Civil War, share your opinions on various matters? - 'Twas [Paddy Magee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBiMFpfmIyM&list=RDiBiMFpfmIyM&start_radio=1) Did the Germans essentially just drive around elaborate fortifications named after you? - Yes, Maginot Were you AKA Olorin and Tharkun? - Mithrandir AKA Gandalf, in Tolkien’s writings On to T. Were you a recurring female character in the writings of Samuel Clemens? Were you a recurring male character in the writings of Samuel Clemens? Did Gillian Anderson play you on _The Crown_? ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/228 "2025-06-27T21:46:36Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. First name begins with A - M 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not known for the Performing Arts 9. Known for Writing ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/229 "2025-06-27T21:48:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you also known as Samuel Clemens? I am not Mark Twain. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > On to T. > > Were you a recurring female character in the writings of Samuel Clemens? > Were you a recurring male character in the writings of Samuel Clemens? > Did Gillian Anderson play you on _The Crown_? 1. I am not Becky Thatcher. 2. I am not Tom Sawyer. 3. 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 27, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/230 "2025-06-27T22:12:37Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an American football coach hired to coach a professional European football team? 2. Did you play opposite of Marlo Thomas in a TV sitcom? 3. Did Volkswagen create a print ad based on a scandal in your life? ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/231 "2025-06-28T03:26:15Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a recurring female character in the writings of Samuel Clemens? - Yes, Becky Thatcher Were you a recurring male character in the writings of Samuel Clemens? - Yes, Tom Sawyer Did Gillian Anderson play you on _The Crown_? - Margaret Thatcher DQ: Best known for fiction? IQs: Have you written several books set in a town in which the MLB team is called the Trappers? Are you a noted writer who attended Oberlin College but didn’t graduate from there? Did you write _The Killer Inside Me_? ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/232 "2025-06-28T12:33:32Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an American football coach hired to coach a professional European football team? > 2. Did you play opposite of Marlo Thomas in a TV sitcom? > 3. Did Volkswagen create a print ad based on a scandal in your life? 1. I am not Ted Lasso. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you written several books set in a town in which the MLB team is called the Trappers? > Are you a noted writer who attended Oberlin College but didn’t graduate from there? > Did you write _The Killer Inside Me_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/233 "2025-06-28T12:33:58Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. First name begins with A - M 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not known for the Performing Arts 9. Known for Writing 10. Known for Fiction ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/234 "2025-06-28T15:05:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you an American football coach hired to coach a professional European football team? > > 2. Did you play opposite of Marlo Thomas in a TV sitcom? > > 3. Did Volkswagen create a print ad based on a scandal in your life? > > 1. I am not Ted Lasso. > Take 2 DQs. Correct, Ted Bessell, Edward “Ted” Kennedy (although the ad was not from Volkswagen, it was a parody by [The National Lampoon](https://www.theretrosite.com/national-lampoon-ted-kennedy-vw-ad/)). I withdraw my third IQ. 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:** [June 28, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/235 "2025-06-28T19:49:36Z")
IQ1: Have you been played by Pernell Roberts, Elliott Gould and Wayne Rogers? IQ2: Did you lead a slave rebellion in Virginia? IQ3: Did you run off to join the circus? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/236 "2025-06-29T01:59:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Have you been played by Pernell Roberts, Elliott Gould and Wayne Rogers? > IQ2: Did you lead a slave rebellion in Virginia? > IQ3: Did you run off to join the circus? 1. I am not Trapper John. 2. I am not Nat Turner. 3. I am not Toby Tyler. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/237 "2025-06-29T02:35:06Z")
IQs: 1. Are you queen of the fairies? 2. Are you Buck’s dad in _Zombieland_? 3. Did you produce the soundtrack to _O Brother, Where Art Thou_? ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/238 "2025-06-29T02:35:48Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you queen of the fairies? > 2. Are you Buck’s dad in _Zombieland_? > 3. Did you produce the soundtrack to _O Brother Where Art Thou_? 1. I am not Titania. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/239 "2025-06-29T02:38:29Z")
Correct, Tallahassee, T Bone Burnett DQs: 1. Known for science fiction? 2. Alive after 2000? 2 DQs rerserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/240 "2025-06-29T03:45:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you record “Sixteen Tons”? 2. Were you the manager of the Washington Senators when they became the Texas Rangers? 3. Did you have a sidekick named Al Borland on your show(-within-a-show)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=13)