# Botticelli March 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 11, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443 "2025-03-11T19:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/1 "2025-03-11T19:24:30Z")
Okay…so reading MAD finally paid off. So, let’s see… I am B. For Bavaria, the Birkebeiner and bleps. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/2 "2025-03-11T22:07:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Mr. Haney on _Green Acres_? 2. Were you the only woman in the regular cast of _The Andy Griffith Show_? 3. Were you the role played by #2 on that show? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/3 "2025-03-12T02:50:44Z")
I am not Pat Buttram, Francis Bavier or Aunt Bea. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/4 "2025-03-12T03:45:15Z")
B it is! IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first AG, a Missouri-born veteran of the War of 1812? Did you win the insulting nickname “Spoons” in Nawlins? Did your shipmates joke that your vocabulary was pretty much limited to the word “Right”? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/5 "2025-03-12T06:01:34Z")
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:** [March 12, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/6 "2025-03-12T14:48:33Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a string-and-cardboard boy scout who is always getting deaded on the highly acclaimed, badger-coated, silver-throated, completely immersible 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you single-eggedly save Dorothy from the Nome King? 3. Are you typically listed as one of the two lowest-ranked Presidents of the United States? ---
**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:** [March 12, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/7 "2025-03-12T16:00:59Z")
IQ1: Were your associates a dog, a lion and an elephant? IQ2: Were you kicked out into the rain with nothing but a comb? IQ3: Did you first appear in a book written by an author who is also noted for writing the memoir of a fictional prostitute? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/8 "2025-03-12T16:33:13Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did you homestead on Ganymede in a Heinlein juvenile? 2. Did you play the matriarch of the Weir family in _Freaks and Geeks_? 3. Were you the butler to the Ross family on _Jessie_? ETA: Withdrew first shot at third question; decided a real-life dog was not a good celebrity. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/9 "2025-03-13T00:16:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you lead the Iceni against the Romans? 2. Did you write _Big Trouble_? (I am _not_ making this up.) 3. Oh, was Mickey so fine, was he so fine he blew your mind? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/10 "2025-03-13T00:50:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a string-and-cardboard boy scout who is always getting deaded on the highly acclaimed, badger-coated, silver-throated, completely immersible 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Did you single-eggedly save Dorothy from the Nome King? > 3. Are you typically listed as one of the two lowest-ranked Presidents of the United States? Take a DQ, I am not Billina and I am not Buchanan. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were your associates a dog, a lion and an elephant? > IQ2: Were you kicked out into the rain with nothing but a comb? > IQ3: Did you first appear in a book written by an author who is also noted for writing the memoir of a fictional prostitute? Take 3 DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > Swept me! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you homestead on Ganymede in a Heinlein juvenile? > 2. Did you play the matriarch of the Weir family in _Freaks and Geeks_? > 3. Were you the butler to the Ross family on _Jessie_? > > ETA: Withdrew first shot at third question; decided a real-life dog was not a good celebrity. Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you lead the Iceni against the Romans? > 2. Did you write _Big Trouble_? (I am _not_ making this up.) > 3. Oh, was Mickey so fine, was he so fine he blew your mind? I am not Boadicea. Or was it Boudicca? I am not Dave Barry, I am not Toni Basil. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/11 "2025-03-13T00:54:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you homestead on Ganymede in a Heinlein juvenile? > > 2. Did you play the matriarch of the Weir family in _Freaks and Geeks_? > > 3. Were you the butler to the Ross family on _Jessie_? > > > > ETA: Withdrew first shot at third question; decided a real-life dog was not a good celebrity. > > Take 3 DQs Bill Lermer, Becky Ann Baker and Bertram Winkle. DQs: Real? Male? First name begins with B? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/12 "2025-03-13T01:29:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name does not start with B. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/13 "2025-03-13T02:24:41Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Boadicea. Or was it Boudicca? I am not Dave Barry, I am not Toni Basil. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Is your house at 239 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA? 2. Did you play Dick Tracy? 3. Did YOU play Dick Tracy? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/14 "2025-03-13T03:48:07Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were your associates a dog, a lion and an elephant? > > IQ2: Were you kicked out into the rain with nothing but a comb? > > IQ3: Did you first appear in a book written by an author who is also noted for writing the memoir of a fictional prostitute? > > Take 3 DQs Bingo, of the Banana Splits Bill Bailey Bambi DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: American? DQ3: Living? IQ1: Did you marry Angier Duke? IQ2: Were you #1’s father? IQ3: Did you and your friend sell your victims to a doctor, to be used in anatomy lessons? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/15 "2025-03-13T05:07:17Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Is your house at 239 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA? > 2. Did you play Dick Tracy? > 3. Did YOU play Dick Tracy? Take a DQ, I am not Warren Beatty and I am not Ralph Bellamy. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you marry Angier Duke? > IQ2: Were you #1’s father? > IQ3: Did you and your friend sell your victims to a doctor, to be used in anatomy lessons? Take 2 DQs and I am not Burke. I can’t even tell. Is Angier a man or woman? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/16 "2025-03-13T05:09:36Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name does not start with B. 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Living ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/17 "2025-03-13T06:07:27Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you marry Angier Duke? > > IQ2: Were you #1’s father? > > IQ3: Did you and your friend sell your victims to a doctor, to be used in anatomy lessons? > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Burke. > > I can’t even tell. Is Angier a man or woman? Cordelia Biddle Anthony J Drexel Biddle correct (Angier was a man.) Two DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/18 "2025-03-13T12:38:01Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Is your house at 239 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA? > 2. Did you play Dick Tracy? > 3. Did YOU play Dick Tracy? > [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, I am not Warren Beatty and I am not Ralph Bellamy. 1 was Betsy Ross; 3 was Ralph Byrd. DQs: 1. known for the performing arts? 2. born after 1960? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/19 "2025-03-14T00:03:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a string-and-cardboard boy scout who is always getting deaded on the highly acclaimed, badger-coated, silver-throated, completely immersible 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 2. Did you single-eggedly save Dorothy from the Nome King? > > 3. Are you typically listed as one of the two lowest-ranked Presidents of the United States? > > Take a DQ, I am not Billina and I am not Buchanan. #1 was Bluebottle. Correct on the others. 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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/20 "2025-03-14T01:38:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name does not start with B. 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Living 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Born before 1960. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=2)