# 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:** 4
**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 10, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/61 "2025-06-10T21:47:40Z")
IQ1: Were you country when country wasn’t cool? IQ2: Were you King Linus’s avian friend? IQ3: Were you an ursine character on Linus’s show? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/62 "2025-06-11T00:53:52Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title subject of a KISS song? 2. Did you play center back for the US Women’s national soccer team? 3. Are you a pro surfer who survived a shark attack (though your arm did not)? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/63 "2025-06-11T04:52:09Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an English comedian famously known for his fear of flying? > 2. Are you an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the “King of Swing”? > 3. Is your best friend a dragon named Cecil? Take a DQ, I am not Benny Goodman, I am not Beany. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you country when country wasn’t cool? > IQ2: Were you King Linus’s avian friend? > IQ3: Were you an ursine character on Linus’s show? Take 3 DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title subject of a KISS song? > 2. Did you play center back for the US Women’s national soccer team? > 3. Are you a pro surfer who survived a shark attack (though your arm did not)? I am not Beth, take a DQ, I am noy Bethany Haney(?). ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/64 "2025-06-11T04:53:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American 5. First name starts with B 6. Known from the arts 7. Born before 1960. ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/65 "2025-06-11T05:04:54Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a computer expert, a concierge and an NBC executive? - Not Sandra Bullock, but Bob Balaban, in _Absence of Malice, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, The Grand Budapest Hotel_ and _Seinfeld_ Were you the best-known person from Russell, Kan.? - Not L. Frank Baum (who was, I see, from in Chittenango, NY), but Bob Dole Did you play a PR guy advising Lincoln on the Gettysburg Address? - Bob Newhart Bob x3! DQs: Best known for the performing arts? Considered a beauty? Has won a top award in her field? IQs: Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium? Are you married to a costar of the original _Westworld_? Did David Sedaris imagine that you had a Christmas album? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/66 "2025-06-11T05:48:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Are you the title subject of a KISS song? > > 2. Did you play center back for the US Women’s national soccer team? > > 3. Are you a pro surfer who survived a shark attack (though your arm did not)? > > I am not Beth, take a DQ, I am noy Bethany Haney(?). Correct on #1. #2 was Becky Sauerbrunn. #3 is Bethany Hamilton, first name and last initial are right so I’ll give that to you. 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 11, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/67 "2025-06-11T11:24:32Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you country when country wasn’t cool? > > IQ2: Were you King Linus’s avian friend? > > IQ3: Were you an ursine character on Linus’s show? > > Take 3 DQs Barbara Mandrell Billy Bird Sugar Bear Three 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 11, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/68 "2025-06-11T12:10:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium? > Are you married to a costar of the original _Westworld_? > Did David Sedaris imagine that you had a Christmas album? I am not Belinda Carlisle and take two DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/69 "2025-06-11T12:18:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American 5. First name starts with B 6. Known from the arts 7. Born before 1960. 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. I have no idea if she is considered a beauty, but I would guess no. 10. Has won major awards in her field, but at least one most people would consider obscure. By which I mean if she was a tulip raiser those familiar with the field would be impressed that she won the William of Orange Tipsy Tulip Award, but everyone else would be all “never heard of that award”. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/70 "2025-06-11T14:41:10Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you an English comedian famously known for his fear of flying? > > 2. Are you an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the “King of Swing”? > > 3. Is your best friend a dragon named Cecil? > > Take a DQ, I am not Benny Goodman, I am not Beany. 1. Benny Hill 2 & 3: Correct 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/71 "2025-06-11T14:51:11Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an iconic character of Fleischer Studios? 2. Are you a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for food and recipes? 3. Did you receive “the telegram” in _A League of Their Own_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/72 "2025-06-11T17:54:14Z")
DQ: Known for politics/military? IQs: 1. Did you lose “The Battle of the Sexes”? 2. Did you win “The Battle of the Sexes”? 3. Were you the title subject of a posthumous Billboard #1 hit by Janis Joplin? ---
**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 11, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/73 "2025-06-11T18:20:02Z")
IQs: 1. In a 1970 animated ad, does an excited girl inform another, calmer girl that it’s Special You Month, and with the purchase of a silver doll outfit one can get all sorts of you-related items (a poster, a magazine, a you club membership, etc.) free at participating toy stores all through June? 2. Were you a murderer and body-snatcher, with Hare? 3. Did you play Moneypenny? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/74 "2025-06-11T19:04:50Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the creator of _Dykes to Watch Out For?_ 2. Are you the author of multiple award-winning young adult novels, many of which have been controversial due to frank depictions of sex and menstruation? 3. Did you recently write a well received novel based on “David Copperfield”? ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/75 "2025-06-11T20:51:17Z")
Previous IQs: Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium? - Yes, [Belinda Carlisle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NvUv7OdTQw&list=RD9NvUv7OdTQw&start_radio=1) Are you married to a costar of the original _Westworld_? - Barbra Streisand is married to James Brolin (another B!) Did David Sedaris imagine that you had a Christmas album? - [Billie Holiday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAUJb1fRx8) DQs: Best known for writing? Greatest fame before 2000? IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Did you lose the Battle of Nashville? Did you win the Battle of El Alamein? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/76 "2025-06-11T23:07:29Z")
Just a quick aside… When did Cecil turn into a dragon? In the puppet show on TV (yes, I’m that old), he was a (sea-sick) sea serpent. Did he morph into a dragon in one of his and Beany’s subsequent reincarnations? ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/77 "2025-06-11T23:45:57Z")
Maybe people are conflating him with Ollie? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/78 "2025-06-12T01:54:46Z")
You’re right, I mistook him for a dragon. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/79 "2025-06-12T06:25:54Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an iconic character of Fleischer Studios? > 2. Are you a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for food and recipes? > 3. Did you receive “the telegram” in _A League of Their Own_? I am not Betty Boop, Betty Crocker and take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you lose “The Battle of the Sexes”? > 2. Did you win “The Battle of the Sexes”? > 3. Were you the title subject of a posthumous Billboard #1 hit by Janis Joplin? I am not Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King and take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. In a 1970 animated ad, does an excited girl inform another, calmer girl that it’s Special You Month, and with the purchase of a silver doll outfit one can get all sorts of you-related items (a poster, a magazine, a you club membership, etc.) free at participating toy stores all through June? > 2. Were you a murderer and body-snatcher, with Hare? > 3. Did you play Moneypenny? I am not Barbie, I am not Burke and take a DQ. > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the creator of _Dykes to Watch Out For?_ > 2. Are you the author of multiple award-winning young adult novels, many of which have been controversial due to frank depictions of sex and menstruation? > 3. Did you recently write a well received novel based on “David Copperfield”? I am not Lynda Barry, Judy Blume or Barbara Kingsolver > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? > Did you lose the Battle of Nashville? > Did you win the Battle of El Alamein? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/80 "2025-06-12T06:32:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American 5. First name starts with B 6. Known from the arts 7. Born before 1960. 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. I have no idea if she is considered a beauty, but I would guess no. 10. Has won major awards in her field, but at least one most people would consider obscure. By which I mean if she was a tulip raiser those familiar with the field would be impressed that she won the William of Orange Tipsy Tulip Award, but everyone else would be all “never heard of that award”. 11. Not known for politcs/military. 12. Best known for writing 13. Greatest fame before 2000. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=5)