# 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:** 2
**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 14, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/21 "2025-03-14T02:59:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first AG, a Missouri-born veteran of the War of 1812? - Edward Bates Did you win the insulting nickname “Spoons” in Nawlins? - Gen. Benjamin Butler, for allegedly stealing silverware from the homes in which he stayed while military governor there during the Civil War Did your shipmates joke that your vocabulary was pretty much limited to the word “Right”? - Brett, the doomed assistant engineer, in _Alien_ DQs: Actress? Considered a beauty? Greatest fame before 1980? IQs: Was your pet name for your famous lover “Steve”? Did you break up with a guy because he was just too damn upbeat and cheerful? Did you (undeservedly IMHO) win an acting Oscar for _L.A. Confidential_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/22 "2025-03-14T03:32:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you design a time machine… out of a Delorean? 2. Did you design the oscillation overthruster? 3. Did you design the U.S. Capitol building? ---
**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, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/23 "2025-03-14T09:54:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was your pet name for your famous lover “Steve”? > Did you break up with a guy because he was just too damn upbeat and cheerful? > Did you (undeservedly IMHO) win an acting Oscar for _L.A. Confidential_? Take 3 DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you design a time machine… out of a Delorean? > 2. Did you design the oscillation overthruster? > 3. Did you design the U.S. Capitol building? I am not Doc Brown and take 2 DQs ---
**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, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/24 "2025-03-14T09:57:05Z")
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. 9. Actress 10. Not, to my knowledge, considered a beauty. By which I mean she is not hired because “she’s pretty” 11. Greatest fame before 1980. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/25 "2025-03-14T15:22:29Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you design a time machine… out of a Delorean? > > 2. Did you design the oscillation overthruster? > > 3. Did you design the U.S. Capitol building? > > I am not Doc Brown and take 2 DQs Correct on the first. The next two are Buckaroo Banzai and Benjamin Latrobe, respectively. DQs: First name starts with A-M? 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:** [March 14, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/26 "2025-03-14T15:28:56Z")
DQ: Known mainly from TV? ---
**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 14, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/27 "2025-03-14T18:58:04Z")
IQs: 1. Back in the 90s, were you in a very famous TV show (_Horsin’ Around_)? 2. Did you write _Ten Days in a Madhouse_? 3. Were you a British diplomat best known for vanishing in 1809? ---
**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/28 "2025-03-14T19:14:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the town drunk in _The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming_? 2. Do you play Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? 3. Did you write the poem, _How Do I Love Thee?_ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/29 "2025-03-15T00:30:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Back in the 90s, were you in a very famous TV show (_Horsin’ Around_)? > 2. Did you write _Ten Days in a Madhouse_? > 3. Were you a British diplomat best known for vanishing in 1809? Take a DQ, I am not Nellie Bly, I am not Benjamin Bathurst. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the town drunk in _The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming_? > 2. Do you play Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? > 3. Did you write the poem, _How Do I Love Thee?_ Take 2 DQs and I am not a Browning. Elizabeth Barrett, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/30 "2025-03-15T00:32:32Z")
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. 9. Actress 10. Not, to my knowledge, considered a beauty. By which I mean she is not hired because “she’s pretty” 11. Greatest fame before 1980. 12. First name begins with A-M. 13. Born after 1945. 14. Not known mainly from TV. ---
**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 15, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/31 "2025-03-15T02:18:46Z")
Previous IQs: Was your pet name for your famous lover “Steve”? - That’s what Lauren Bacall called Bogie Did you break up with a guy because he was just too damn upbeat and cheerful? - Phoebe Buffay, [on _Friends_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CckWAfRINNQ) Did you (undeservedly IMHO) win an acting Oscar for _L.A. Confidential_? - Kim Basinger (she was fine, but not _that_ good, I thought) DQs: Greatest fame before 1965? Won an Oscar? Best known for a single role? IQs: You were a real person; did your daughter have an encounter with a fictional character in a sitcom? Where you a pugnacious feminist Congresswoman with two two-syllable names? Did your subordinates sign a petition to the President, asking that you be relieved of command? ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/32 "2025-03-15T12:47:00Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Take a DQ, I am not Nellie Bly, I am not Benjamin Bathurst. 1 was BoJack Horseman (on _BoJack Horseman_). DQ: best known from movies? ---
**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 15, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/33 "2025-03-15T14:09:41Z")
IQs: 1. Are you currently preserved as an “auto-icon”? 2. Are you the mascot of the Michelin tire company? 3. Were you Zelda on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/34 "2025-03-15T14:51:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You were a real person; did your daughter have an encounter with a fictional character in a sitcom? > Where you a pugnacious feminist Congresswoman with two two-syllable names? > Did your subordinates sign a petition to the President, asking that you be relieved of command? Take a DQ, I am not Bella Abzug, take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you currently preserved as an “auto-icon”? > 2. Are you the mascot of the Michelin tire company? > 3. Were you Zelda on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_? I don’t know what an auto-icon is. Tske a DQ I am not Beth Broderick ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/35 "2025-03-15T14:54:48Z")
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. 9. Actress 10. Not, to my knowledge, considered a beauty. By which I mean she is not hired because “she’s pretty” 11. Greatest fame before 1980. 12. First name begins with A-M. 13. Born after 1945. 14. Not known mainly from TV. 15. Greatest fame after 1965 16. Has not won an Oscar 17. Best known for a single role 18. Best known from movies And that’s it for asking IQs. Please ask.all DQs by 8 PM Pacific Time Monday. ---
**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 15, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/36 "2025-03-15T19:52:50Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I don’t know what an auto-icon is. > Tske a DQ > I am not Beth Broderick 1 was [Jeremy Bentham](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jeremy-benthams-auto-icon); 2 was Bibendum. DQ: best known for iconic sci-fi, fantasy, or horror movie? 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 15, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/37 "2025-03-15T23:21:51Z")
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. 9. Actress 10. Not, to my knowledge, considered a beauty. By which I mean she is not hired because “she’s pretty” 11. Greatest fame before 1980. 12. First name begins with A-M. 13. Born after 1945. 14. Not known mainly from TV. 15. Greatest fame after 1965 16. Has not won an Oscar 17. Best known for a single role 18. Best known from movies 19. Best known from an iconic science fiction, fantasy or horror movie ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/38 "2025-03-16T00:16:44Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play the town drunk in _The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming_? > > 2. Do you play Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? > > 3. Did you write the poem, _How Do I Love Thee?_ > > Take 2 DQs and I am not a Browning. Elizabeth Barrett, maybe. #1 was Ben Blue. #2 was Benedict Wong. Correct on Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 2 DQs reserved. IQ: 1. Did you play a possessed child in _The Exorcist_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/39 "2025-03-16T01:23:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Did you play a possessed child in _The Exorcist_? Yes! i am actress Linda Blair!! Good job, Prof. Pepperwinkle! ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/40 "2025-03-16T02:09:18Z")
Well done, **Prof. P.**! I was a long way from guessing her. Previous IQs: You were a real person; did your daughter have an encounter with a fictional character in a sitcom? - Ingrid Bergman’s daughter Isabella Rosellini met Ross Geller in an episode of _Friends_ Where you a pugnacious feminist Congresswoman with two two-syllable names? - Yes, Bella Abzug Did your subordinates sign a petition to the President, asking that you be relieved of command? - Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, arguably the worst general of the war (Jefferson Davis did not oblige them) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=3)