# 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:** 7
**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 14, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/121 "2025-06-14T14:41:35Z")
DQs: 1. Created after 1980? 2. From a fantasy or science fiction series? ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/122 "2025-06-14T14:42:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Once more with feeling: Are you me? > > 2. Were you one of the members of The Firesign Theatre? > > 3. Were you a different member of The Firesign Theatre? > > Neither Prof Pepperwinkle nor Phil Tead > DQ > DQ Correct on #1. #2 were Peter Bergman and Phil Austin. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/123 "2025-06-14T15:01:49Z")
DQ: Are you a cartoon character? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/124 "2025-06-14T15:15:54Z")
IQs: 1. Were your glasses the only way of starting a fire on an island? 2. Are you a Mexican caricature used to advertise a South Carolina tourist trap? 3. Did you win Wimbledon seven times, and the U.S. Open five times? ---
**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 15, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/125 "2025-06-15T02:09:16Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were your glasses the only way of starting a fire on an island? > 2. Are you a Mexican caricature used to advertise a South Carolina tourist trap? > 3. Did you win Wimbledon seven times, and the U.S. Open five times? Three DQs. **P**. 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Only known name starts with P 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. American creator 6. Not created before 1950 7. American character 8. Considered a “good guy” 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. First appeared on TV 11. Name begins Pa-Pl 12. Not created after 1980 13. Not from a fantasy or science fiction series 14. Not a cartoon character ---
**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 15, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/126 "2025-06-15T02:22:40Z")
Previous IQs: Were you known for your Fifties sfx extravaganzas? - Yes, George Pal Were you Arthur the Aardvark’s pet dog? - Yes, Pal, on PBS’s _Arthur_ Were you the title character of a Sinatra movie? - Close enough; simply _Pal Joey_ Swept me. Pal x3! IQs: Did you provide an afterword for a recent audiobook reissue of E.B. White’s _Charlotte’s Web_? Were you a notoriously klutzy, unsophisticated mayor of Cleveland, Ohio? Were you a noted U.S. Army cavalry commander of the Civil War? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/127 "2025-06-15T02:42:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were your glasses the only way of starting a fire on an island? > > 2. Are you a Mexican caricature used to advertise a South Carolina tourist trap? > > 3. Did you win Wimbledon seven times, and the U.S. Open five times? > > Three DQs. Piggy, from _The Lord Of The Flies_. Pedro (of South of the Border fame). Pete Sampras. DQs: Created before 1965? Only known name is a surname (e.g. “Mr. Perry” rather than “Perseus”)? From a sitcom? ---
**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 15, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/128 "2025-06-15T21:20:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you provide an afterword for a recent audiobook reissue of E.B. White’s _Charlotte’s Web_? > Were you a notoriously klutzy, unsophisticated mayor of Cleveland, Ohio? > Were you a noted U.S. Army cavalry commander of the Civil War? Three DQs. **P**. 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Only known name starts with P 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. American creator 6. Not created before 1950 7. American character 8. Considered a “good guy” 9. Did not first appear in a movie 10. First appeared on TV 11. Name begins Pa-Pl 12. Not created after 1980 13. Not from a fantasy or science fiction series 14. Not a cartoon character 15. Created before 1965 16. Only known name is not a surname (e.g. “Mr. Perry” rather than “Perseus”)? 17. Not from a sitcom DQs just awarded to EH put us up to at least 20 DQs, so no more, please. Ask all earned DQs by noon EDT Tuesday 17 June. ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/129 "2025-06-16T00:31:15Z")
The 50s and early 60s were big on Westerns. ---
**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 16, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/130 "2025-06-16T04:10:17Z")
I had a similar thought, **Prof.P.** Previous IQs: Did you provide an afterword for a recent audiobook reissue of E.B. White’s _Charlotte’s Web_? - George Plimpton Were you a notoriously klutzy, unsophisticated mayor of Cleveland, Ohio? - Ralph Perk (who once accidentally set his own hair on fire during a welding demonstration, and turned down a White House dinner invitation because it was his wife’s bowling night) Were you a noted U.S. Army cavalry commander of the Civil War? - Gen. Alfred Pleasonton DQ: Were you a gunslinger with the same name as a D&D character class? Two 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 16, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/131 "2025-06-16T12:04:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a gunslinger with the same name as a D&D character class? Yes! I have a gun and will travel if you hire me – the “knight without armour in a savage land” called **P** aladin. All yours, EH. Almost said no to DQ10, but decided to check first before answering. Wiki says this was one of the few cases where the tv show came first, before the radio programme. ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/132 "2025-06-16T14:51:23Z")
Good one - thanks, **SCA**! Our next letter is # U ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/133 "2025-06-16T15:30:29Z")
Good job **E\_H**! IQs: 1. Did Ingmar Bergman refer to you as his muse? 2. Did Quentin Tarantino refer to you as his muse? 3. Were you the third Secretary General of the UN? ---
**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 16, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/134 "2025-06-16T17:15:58Z")
Not Liv Ullman, Uma Thurman or U Thant. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/135 "2025-06-16T17:51:56Z")
A clean sweep! I’ll try harder next time. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/136 "2025-06-16T19:01:05Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an athlete nicknamed “The Golden Arm” by your peers and admirers? 2. Is there a statue of you in your team’s stadium? 3. Did you join Coca-Cola’s board of directors in 1986, following a high-profile job in the MLB? ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/137 "2025-06-16T19:15:01Z")
Not Johnny Unitas, or also not Johnny Unitas, and dunno. ---
**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 17, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/138 "2025-06-17T00:27:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Bond girl in _Dr. No_? 2. Did you make your fortune with deviled ham? 3. Are you Sheen’s favorite hero? ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/139 "2025-06-17T02:46:21Z")
Not Ursula Andress, Underwood or ULTRALORD! I love Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/140 "2025-06-17T04:12:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an athlete nicknamed “The Golden Arm” by your peers and admirers? > 2. Is there a statue of you in your team’s stadium? > 3. Did you join Coca-Cola’s board of directors in 1986, following a high-profile job in the MLB? 1. Correct 2. Bob Uecker (there is a statue of Johnny Unitas, but it’s outside of Ravens’ stadium) 3. Peter Ueberroth DQs: Real? Male? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118.md?page=8)