# Botticelli - March 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109 "2026-03-01T15:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/181 "2026-03-16T20:49:51Z")
OK, I’ll take a crack. Are you Damien… Thorn? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/182 "2026-03-16T21:03:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Are you Damien… Thorn? Yes! I am… **DAMIEN THORN**! Otherwise known as “The Omen!” Good job **SunUp**! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/183 "2026-03-16T21:05:31Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Could be main character (Sorry, that’s as close as I can say without giving away more) I didn’t know how to answer this: Damien is a central character (he is The Omen, after all), but Gregory Peck had more screen time as well as top billing. Which one qualifies as the main character? ---
**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, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/184 "2026-03-16T21:36:47Z")
Damien, I would say. ---
**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, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/185 "2026-03-16T21:42:19Z")
Damien is the main character, and the one who appeared in later versions. Good job, SunUp! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/186 "2026-03-16T21:54:26Z")
Thanks for the input! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/187 "2026-03-17T15:04:34Z")
Glad I remembered the last name right! OK, next one up: I am # K Let’s hear your IQs! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/188 "2026-03-17T15:19:42Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Scottish privateer? 2. Are you a 2011 NBA champion? 3. Did you headline an alternative Super Bowl halftime show? ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/189 "2026-03-17T15:20:48Z")
IQ1: Did you write _The Duck-Footed Hound_? IQ2: Did your boat sink after being rammed by _Amagiri_? IQ3: Were you one of the people killed in that collision? ---
**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, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/190 "2026-03-17T15:28:36Z")
IQs 1. Did you play Captain Kangaroo on TV? 2. Did you create Pogo? 3. Did you write _Critique of Pure Reason_? ---
**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, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/191 "2026-03-17T16:16:06Z")
Congrats, SunUp! IQs: 1. Did you write a letter from a Birmingham jail? 2. Did you voice Alice on _Dilbert_? 3. Did you foil the Wet Bandits? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/192 "2026-03-17T17:05:46Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Scottish privateer? > 2. Are you a 2011 NBA champion? > 3. Did you headline an alternative Super Bowl halftime show? I am not Captain Kidd. I am not Jason Kidd. I am not Kid[d] Rock. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _The Duck-Footed Hound_? > IQ2: Did your boat sink after being rammed by _Amagiri_? > IQ3: Were you one of the people killed in that collision? Take a DQ. I am not John F. Kennedy. Take another DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you play Captain Kangaroo on TV? > 2. Did you create Pogo? > 3. Did you write _Critique of Pure Reason_? I am not Bob Keesham. I am not Walt Kelly. I am not Immanuel Kant. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write a letter from a Birmingham jail? > 2. Did you voice Alice on _Dilbert_? > 3. Did you foil the Wet Bandits? I am not Martin Luther King, Jr. Take a DQ. I am not Kevin… Arnold? No, that was the _Wonder Years_ kid, but the real last name isn’t coming to me now. Take another 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 17, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/193 "2026-03-17T17:23:36Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Martin Luther King, Jr. > Take a DQ. > I am not Kevin… Arnold? No, that was the _Wonder Years_ kid, but the real last name isn’t coming to me now. Take another DQ. 2 was Kathy Griffin; 3 was Kevin McCallister (and I don’t get a DQ, because you got the name beginning with “K”.) DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/194 "2026-03-17T17:26:57Z")
# K 1. Real ---
**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, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/195 "2026-03-17T17:33:42Z")
Good job, **SunUp**! K it is. IQs: Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? Were you the (fictional) senior sergeant of the 20th Maine? According to _Doonesbury,_ was your life saved when your surgeon remembered the Hippocratic Oath? ---
**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, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/196 "2026-03-17T17:52:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have the easiest acting job in _Uncut Gems_, because you were playing yourself? 2. Likewise, are you not a professional actor, but didn’t have to stretch to voice anchorwhale Tom Jumbo-Grumbo on _BoJack Horseman_? 3. Are you Bruce Wayne’s cousin? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/197 "2026-03-17T18:28:10Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Captain Kidd. > I am not Jason Kidd. > I am not Kid[d] Rock. Swept me! Kid(d) x3! ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/198 "2026-03-17T18:29:13Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Q1: Did you write _The Duck-Footed Hound_? > > IQ2: Did your boat sink after being rammed by _Amagiri_? > > IQ3: Were you one of the people killed in that collision? > > Take a DQ. > I am not John F. Kennedy. > Take another DQ. Jim Kjelgaard correct Andrew Jackson Kirksey DQ: Male? One DQ reserved pending decision on how well-known Kirksey is. (My sister bought ma a book about _PT-109_ when I was eight or nine, so I’ve known the names of Kirksey and Marney for over sixty years, but YMMV.) ---
**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, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/199 "2026-03-17T18:30:48Z")
Swept me. IQs 1. Were you the Shadow’s **real** secret identity? 2. Did Drax and Mantis kidnap you as a Christmas present for Quill? 3. Did you play Uncle Buck on the TV series? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/200 "2026-03-17T18:40:34Z")
IQs: 1. Were you cast as a minor character before having your role substantially expanded in _Stranger Things_? 2. Did you play a “sexy” grandmother opposite of Steve Carell? 3. Did you describe your role in a Steven Spielberg movie as “not much more than a dumb screaming blonde”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=11)