# 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:** 3
**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, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/41 "2025-03-16T03:08:28Z")
Thank you! I am… # O! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/42 "2025-03-16T07:03:37Z")
Great call, @Prof.Pepperwinkle ! I was wondering if I should guess Candice Bergen or Adrienne Barbeau, so I was a ways away. IQs: 1. Were you an early leader of the Sons of Liberty? 2. Did you lock yourself into Mayberry’s jail regularly for public drunkenness? 3. Were you the leader of the Freedman’s Bureau? ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/43 "2025-03-16T13:14:29Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you play Jim Gordon in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy? 2. Were you Cope’s fossil-hunting rival? 3. Did you write _Grapefruit_? ---
**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, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/44 "2025-03-16T13:55:04Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an early leader of the Sons of Liberty? > 2. Did you lock yourself into Mayberry’s jail regularly for public drunkenness? > 3. Were you the leader of the Freedman’s Bureau? 1. I am not James Oglethorpe (??) 2. I am not Otis. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Jim Gordon in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy? > 2. Were you Cope’s fossil-hunting rival? > 3. Did you write _Grapefruit_? 1. I am not Gary Oldman. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/45 "2025-03-16T14:59:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Gary Oldman. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Othniel Marsh; 3 was Yoko Ono. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/46 "2025-03-16T15:48:40Z")
IQ1: Did Snaps Provolone’s daughter want to marry you? IQ2: Were you the eponymous protagonist of an erotic movie and the book it was based on? IQ3: Were you a member of an odd couple? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/47 "2025-03-16T15:58:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you an early leader of the Sons of Liberty? > > 2. Did you lock yourself into Mayberry’s jail regularly for public drunkenness? > > 3. Were you the leader of the Freedman’s Bureau? > > 1. I am not James Oglethorpe (??) > 2. I am not Otis. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 - Close, it was James Otis. #2 was Otis Campbell, but he pretty much always just got firstnamed. #3 was Oliver Otis Howard. Otis x3! DQ: First name starts with O? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/48 "2025-03-16T16:06:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Snaps Provolone’s daughter want to marry you? > IQ2: Were you the eponymous protagonist of an erotic movie and the book it was based on? > IQ3: Were you a member of an odd couple? 1. I am not O, from _The Story of O_ 2. I am not Oscar Madison. Take a DQ for !. ---
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/49 "2025-03-16T16:07:03Z")
DQs: 1. Last name starts with O 2. Fictional 3. Female ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/50 "2025-03-16T16:23:02Z")
DQ: From a work of prose fiction? ---
**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, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/51 "2025-03-16T17:16:22Z")
DQs: 1. Last name starts with O 2. Fictional 3. Female 4. Not from a work of prose fiction ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/52 "2025-03-16T17:47:43Z")
Good job **Prof**! Glad to see you’re back. IQs: 1. Were you a great hunter who died from an arachnid’s sting? 2. Did you conceal the galaxy on your belt? 3. Did you suffer from erotomania, which may have contributed to your death by drowning? ---
**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 16, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/53 "2025-03-16T17:49:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were you shot by Jack Ruby? 2. Are you the nameless narrator of _Red Harvest_ and other hardboiled detective stories? 3. Did Roger Ebert go on a date with you, and suggest that you syndicate your TV show? ---
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/54 "2025-03-16T18:08:04Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a great hunter who died from an arachnid’s sting? > 2. Did you conceal the galaxy on your belt? > 3. Did you suffer from erotomania, which may have contributed to your death by drowning? 1. I am not Orion. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you shot by Jack Ruby? > 2. Are you the nameless narrator of _Red Harvest_ and other hardboiled detective stories? > 3. Did Roger Ebert go on a date with you, and suggest that you syndicate your TV show? 1. I am not Lee Oswald. 2. I am not the Continental Op. 3. I am not Oprah Winfrey (??) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/55 "2025-03-16T18:10:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a great hunter who died from an arachnid’s sting? > > 2. Did you conceal the galaxy on your belt? > > 3. Did you suffer from erotomania, which may have contributed to your death by drowning? > > 1. I am not Orion. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Also Orion (_Men In Black_) 2. Ophelia (_Hamlet_) 2 DQs reserved ---
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/56 "2025-03-16T18:12:08Z")
**Knoodler,** this is a fictional character. You might wanna rethink those last DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/57 "2025-03-16T18:12:51Z")
OK thanks I’ll resubmit my DQs. DQs: Known from movies/TV? Married/partnered? ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/58 "2025-03-16T19:22:10Z")
DQs: 1. Last name starts with O 2. Fictional 3. Female 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. Not known from movies or TV 6. Girlfriend of main character ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/59 "2025-03-16T19:34:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Lee Oswald. > 2. I am not the Continental Op. > 3. I am not Oprah Winfrey (??) A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did you make a movie with Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald? 2. Are two car brands named after/inspired by you? 3. Are you Casey Marie’s mom in _The Last Ronin_? ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/60 "2025-03-16T19:38:47Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make a movie with Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald? > 2. Are two car brands named after/inspired by you? > 3. Are you Casey Marie’s mom in _The Last Ronin_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Mr. Olds. (??) 3. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=4)