# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/81 "2025-06-12T07:31:33Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 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. Correct on #1 and #2 of course. #3 was Bobby McGee. DQ: Writer of fiction? ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/82 "2025-06-12T13:05:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Barbie, I am not Burke and take a DQ. 1 is [correct](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rO6En7flmg); 2 is correct; 3 was Samantha Bond. DQ: born before 1945? ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/83 "2025-06-12T13:24:05Z")
DQs: 1. First name starts with Ba - Be? 2. Caucasian? ---
**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, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/84 "2025-06-12T13:30:51Z")
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. 14.Writer of fiction 14. First name starts with Ba-Be 15. Caucasian 16. Born after 1945. ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/85 "2025-06-12T13:30:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > > > 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 2 and 3 are correct. Good guess on #1, but Barry drew another 90s free-weekly comic staple, _Ernie Pook’s Comeek._. DTWOF was created by Alison Bechdel of “test” fame. (As an aside, her just-released graphic novel _Spent_ is one of the funniest things I have ever read in my life) DQ reserved. ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/86 "2025-06-12T13:34:44Z")
Well, that was quick! DQ: Would she be classified as a “genre” writer? ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/87 "2025-06-12T13:38:13Z")
IQs: 1. Do you hold the record for the most entries in _Who’s Who_? 2. Are you the current Attorney General of the U.S.A.? 3. Are you the eponymous leading character of two movies made 36 years apart, and a Broadway musical? ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/88 "2025-06-12T13:43:48Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a member of Project Mayhem who had unfortunate physical changes in _Fight Club_? 2. Were some of your writings collected in _Fart Proudly_? 3. Oops, you did it again–you played with our heart, got lost in the game? ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/89 "2025-06-12T16:58:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you hold the record for the most entries in _Who’s Who_? > 2. Are you the current Attorney General of the U.S.A.? > 3. Are you the eponymous leading character of two movies made 36 years apart, and a Broadway musical? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a member of Project Mayhem who had unfortunate physical changes in _Fight Club_? > 2. Were some of your writings collected in _Fart Proudly_? > 3. Oops, you did it again–you played with our heart, got lost in the game? Take 2 DQs and I am not Britney Spears. ---
**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 12, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/90 "2025-06-12T17:00:46Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside Did you lose the Battle of Nashville? - Gen. John Bell Hood (he, and historian subsequently, always use his middle name) Did you win the Battle of El Alamein? - Gen. Bernard Montgomery Three DQs reserved. IQs: Are you a writer with a 10-letter last name that might suggest you’re from Berlin, Stuttgart or Dusseldorf? Were you and your later-famous husband married on the day the Treaty of Versailles was signed? Were you long the conductor of the famous Marlboro, Vt. Music Festival? ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/91 "2025-06-12T17:01:01Z")
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. 14.Writer of fiction. 14. First name starts with Ba-Be 15. Caucasian 16. Born after 1945 17. Writes genre fiction. And no more IQs. Please ask all DQs by Saturday noon, Pacific Time ---
**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 12, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/92 "2025-06-12T17:08:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you hold the record for the most entries in _Who’s Who_? > > 2. Are you the current Attorney General of the U.S.A.? > > 3. Are you the eponymous leading character of two movies made 36 years apart, and a Broadway musical? > > Take 3 DQs. #1 was Barbara Cartland. #2 is Pam Bondi. #3 was the star of _Beetlejuice_, _Beetlejuice Beetlejuice_ and the musical _Beetlejuice_. DQ: Known for writing fantasy? 2 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 12, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/93 "2025-06-12T17:46:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a writer with a 10-letter last name that might suggest you’re from Berlin, Stuttgart or Dusseldorf? > Were you and your later-famous husband married on the day the Treaty of Versailles was signed? > Were you long the conductor of the famous Marlboro, Vt. Music Festival? 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, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/94 "2025-06-12T17:47:32Z")
[quote=“kitap, post:91, topic:1019118, full:true”] 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. 14. 15.Writer of fiction. 16. First name starts with Ba-Be 17. Caucasian 18. Born after 1945 19. Writes genre fiction. 20. Known for writing fantasy. ---
**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, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/95 "2025-06-12T17:56:26Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@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. Correct, correct, and Betty Horn, aka “Betty Spaghetti” (played by Tracy Reiner, daughter of director Penny Marshall and Rob Reiner). Betty x3! 1 DQ 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 12, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/96 "2025-06-12T18:02:56Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a writer with a 10-letter last name that might suggest you’re from Berlin, Stuttgart or Dusseldorf? - Barbara Ehrenreich Were you and your later-famous husband married on the day the Treaty of Versailles was signed? - Bess (and Harry) Truman Were you long the conductor of the famous Marlboro, Vt. Music Festival? - Blanche Moyse Six DQs reserved. Not Marion Zimmer Bradley; the B is her last name. Thinkthinkthink… ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/97 "2025-06-12T18:14:21Z")
DQ: Are you Barbara Hambly? 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 12, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/98 "2025-06-12T19:14:12Z")
YES! I am **Barbara Hambly!** **Those Who Hunt the Night** is my favorite vampire book bar none. ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/99 "2025-06-12T20:58:35Z")
Ah. You should check out _'Salem’s Lot_ by Stephen King and _Fevre Dream_ by George R.R. Martin, if you haven’t already. Congrats, **SCAdian**! Never heard of Hambly meself. ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/100 "2025-06-12T21:26:36Z")
I’ve read 'Salem’s Lot and dislike Martin’s writings. The premiseof TWHTN is an Oxford don in the Edwardian era is told “find out who is killing the vampires of London, or we kill your wife.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=6)