# 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:** 4
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/61 "2025-03-16T20:51:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Mr. Olds. (??) > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Oliver Stone; 2 was indeed Ransom Eli Olds; 3 was April O’Neil. 2 DQs 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:** [March 16, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/62 "2025-03-16T21:59:53Z")
IQs: Were you part of a biracial Venetian couple, undone by jealousy? Were you AKA Tharkun? Were you Fawn Hall’s NSC boss? ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/63 "2025-03-16T23:04:23Z")
1. I am not Othello. 2. I am not Olorin. 3. I am not Oliver North. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/64 "2025-03-16T23:19:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you struck down for refusing to sleep with your brother’s wife? 2. Did you build your business into an empire that offers free science lesson plans for teachers in public schools? 3. [EDITED] Withdrawn because of duplication. ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/65 "2025-03-16T23:20:25Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Japanese baseball player whose translator got caught stealing from you to cover his gambling debts? 2. In McDonald’s ads are you Grimace’s Irish uncle, appearing around this time of year to promote the Shamrock Shake? 3. Did your cow (allegedly) start the Great Chicago Fire? DQs: 1. originally from comic strips/comic books? 2. has appeared in movies? ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/66 "2025-03-16T23:29:11Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you struck down for refusing to sleep with your brother’s wife? > 2. Did you build your business into an empire that offers free science lesson plans for teachers in public schools? > 3. [EDITED] Withdrawn because of duplication. 1. I am not Onan (??) 2. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Japanese baseball player whose translator got caught stealing from you to cover his gambling debts? > 2. In McDonald’s ads are you Grimace’s Irish uncle, appearing around this time of year to promote the Shamrock Shake? > 3. Did your cow (allegedly) start the Great Chicago Fire? Take 2 DQs. 1. I am not Mrs. O’Leary. ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/67 "2025-03-16T23:30:43Z")
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 7. Not from comic strips or comic books 8. Has not appeared in movies (with one possible exception, but IMDB doesn’t actually list the cast and no copies are known to exist) ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/68 "2025-03-16T23:30:46Z")
Swept me! Well done. IQs: Did you shoot a tiger while serving as a policeman in India? Were you Mork’s boss? Were you probably not, in fact, descended from Lincoln’s SECNAV? ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/69 "2025-03-16T23:31:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you shoot a tiger while serving as a policeman in India? > Were you Mork’s boss? > Were you probably not, in fact, descended from Lincoln’s SECNAV? 1. I am not George Orwell. 2. I am not Orson. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/70 "2025-03-16T23:35:18Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a Japanese baseball player whose translator got caught stealing from you to cover his gambling debts? > 2. In McDonald’s ads are you Grimace’s Irish uncle, appearing around this time of year to promote the Shamrock Shake? > 3. Did your cow (allegedly) start the Great Chicago Fire? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > > 1. I am not Mrs. O’Leary. 1 was Shohei Ohtani; 2 is Uncle O’Grimacey. DQs: 1. from theater? 2. created after 1960? ---
**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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/71 "2025-03-16T23:36:09Z")
1. Onan is correct 2. Otto Orkin DQ: First name begins A-M? ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/72 "2025-03-16T23:45:44Z")
Previous IQs: Did you shoot a tiger while serving as a policeman in India? - Yes, George Orwell Were you Mork’s boss? - Yes, Orson Were you probably not, in fact, descended from Lincoln’s SECNAV? - Orson Welles / Gideon Welles DQ: American character? IQs: Were you played by Shelley Duvall in a movie with Robin Williams? Are you the heroine of _The Handmaid’s Tale_? Did you invent the Klingon language? ---
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/73 "2025-03-16T23:53:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a chaotic _Night at the Opera_? 2. Now you are become Death, destroyer of worlds? 3. Did you host _Ask Me Another_ on NPR? ---
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/74 "2025-03-16T23:53:52Z")
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 7. Not from comic strips or comic books 8. Has not appeared in movies (with one possible exception, but IMDB doesn’t actually list the cast and no copies are known to exist) 9. Not from theater 10. Created before 1960 11. American character ---
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/75 "2025-03-16T23:55:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Qs: > > Were you played by Shelley Duvall in a movie with Robin Williams? > Are you the heroine of _The Handmaid’s Tale_? > Did you invent the Klingon language? 1. I am not Olive Oyl. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a chaotic _Night at the Opera_? > 2. Now you are become Death, destroyer of worlds? > 3. Did you host _Ask Me Another_ on NPR? 1. I am not Otis B. Driftwood. 2. I am not Mr. Oppenheimer. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/76 "2025-03-17T00:01:21Z")
Missed one! > [@knoodler](#): > > DQ: > > First name begins A-M? ---
**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 17, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/77 "2025-03-17T00:09:05Z")
Previous IQs: Were you played by Shelley Duvall in a movie with Robin Williams? - Yes, Olive Oyl Are you the heroine of _The Handmaid’s Tale_? - Offred (“Of Fred”) Did you invent the Klingon language? - Marc Okrand DQs: Considered a beauty? Eventually got married? IQs: A Marylander, did you fall short in your recent bid to become DNC Chair? Did Roald Dahl write about your erotic exploits? Did you win an Oscar for your role in _Moonstruck_? ---
**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 17, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/78 "2025-03-17T00:29:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Otis B. Driftwood. > 2. I am not Mr. Oppenheimer. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 (_Ask Me Another_) was Ophira Eisenberg. DQ: created before 1900? ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/79 "2025-03-17T02:38:14Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:74, topic:1015443, full:true”] 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 7. Not from comic strips or comic books 8. Has not appeared in movies (with one possible exception, but IMDB doesn’t actually list the cast and no copies are known to exist) 9. Not from theater 10. Created before 1960 11. American character 12. First name begins with A-M 13. Personal appearance is not mentioned 14. Eventual marital status is not mentioned 15. Created before 1900 ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443/80 "2025-03-17T02:38:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > A Marylander, did you fall short in your recent bid to become DNC Chair? > Did Roald Dahl write about your erotic exploits? > Did you win an Oscar for your role in _Moonstruck_? Take 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2025/1015443.md?page=5)