# Botticelli - March 2026

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109>\
**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:** 12

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/221 "2026-03-18T18:57:53Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play a judge in a popular 1980s comedy?
2. Did you play the youngest child of the most popular TV sitcom family of the 80s?
3. Are you a superhero loosely based on DC’s Batman?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/222 "2026-03-18T22:26:51Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you in a band with Greg Lake and Carl Palmer?
> 2. Did you write _The Star-Spangled Banner_?
> 3. Did you write the hymn _Awake, My Soul, And With The Sun_?

I am not Keith Emerson.  
I am not Francis Scott Key.  
Take a DQ.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you transporter chief on the _Enterprise_?
> 2. Did your character appear in a brief spoof of her sitcom in “Deep Space Homer”–and then, a few years later, did you have a main role on Matt Groening’s next show?
> 3. Were your last words (allegedly) “Get out–last words are for fools who haven’t said enough”?

I am not Lt. Kyle.  
I am not Katey Sagal.  
Take a DQ.

> [@knoodler](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you play a judge in a popular 1980s comedy?
> 2. Did you play the youngest child of the most popular TV sitcom family of the 80s?
> 3. Are you a superhero loosely based on DC’s Batman?

I am not Ted Knight.  
I am not Keisha-Knight Pulliam.  
I am not… the Dark Knight?

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**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 18, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/223 "2026-03-18T23:02:25Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Were you in a band with Greg Lake and Carl Palmer?
> > 2. Did you write _The Star-Spangled Banner_?
> > 3. Did you write the hymn _Awake, My Soul, And With The Sun_?
> 
> I am not Keith Emerson.  
> I am not Francis Scott Key.  
> Take a DQ.

Correct, correct, and Thomas Ken.  
1 DQ reserved.

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**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 18, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/224 "2026-03-18T23:05:08Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> I am not Lt. Kyle.  
> I am not Katey Sagal.  
> Take a DQ.

1 (last words) was Karl Marx.

DQ: first name begins from A-G?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/225 "2026-03-19T03:37:26Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you play Elliot Spencer on **Leverage**?
> 2. Are you the host of **The Amazing Race**?
> 3. Did Cary Grant play you in **Topper**?
> 
> Christian Kane, Phil Keoghan, George Kerby.

DQ:

1. Caucasian?

4 DQs reserved

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**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 19, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/226 "2026-03-19T03:48:48Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you star in _The Hidden_?  
2. Did you nickname yourself “Black Mamba”, after the _Kill Bill_ character?  
3. Were you (presumably) a Planet Express employee, seen only once, in “Anthology of Interest II”?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/227 "2026-03-19T04:48:39Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> > [@knoodler](#):
> >
> > 1. Did you play a judge in a popular 1980s comedy?
> > 2. Did you play the youngest child of the most popular TV sitcom family of the 80s?
> > 3. Are you a superhero loosely based on DC’s Batman?
> 
> I am not Ted Knight.  
> I am not Keisha-Knight Pulliam.  
> I am not… the Dark Knight?

Correct  
Correct  
Tek Knight (_The Boys_)

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/228 "2026-03-19T04:49:15Z")

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I think you missed my earlier DQ: Known for science?

2 DQs reserved

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/229 "2026-03-19T06:16:00Z")

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# K

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with K
4. Living
5. Somewhat but not primarily known for the arts
6. American
7. Not known from politics
8. Born before 1970
9. First name begins from A-M
10. Not born before 1950
11. Not known from sports
12. Not known from science
13. First name begins from H-M
14. Caucasian

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/230 "2026-03-19T06:47:59Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you star in _The Hidden_?
> 2. Did you nickname yourself “Black Mamba”, after the _Kill Bill_ character?
> 3. Were you (presumably) a Planet Express employee, seen only once, in “Anthology of Interest II”?

Take a DQ.  
I am not Kobe Bryant.  
Take another DQ.

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**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 19, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/231 "2026-03-19T14:34:40Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
>
> Take a DQ.  
> I am not Kobe Bryant.  
> Take another DQ.

1 was Kyle MacLachlan; 3 was Katrina.

DQs:  
1. known from the media?  
2. born after 1960?

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**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 19, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/232 "2026-03-19T15:27:18Z")

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DQ: Known from business?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/233 "2026-03-19T15:40:06Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you work nights to make your first movie, using your workplace as the setting?
2. Were you chosen for an early role because of your close likeness to one of the main characters?
3. Did you leave your homeland to come to America to find your half brother?

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**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 19, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/234 "2026-03-19T15:41:35Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you invent the Segway?  
2. Was the first word you learned “water”?  
3. …I’m bored. What plaything can you offer me today?  
(“An obscure body in the S-K System, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet…‘Earth’.”)

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/235 "2026-03-19T17:28:23Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you work nights to make your first movie, using your workplace as the setting?
> 2. Were you chosen for an early role because of your close likeness to one of the main characters?
> 3. Did you leave your homeland to come to America to find your half brother?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you invent the Segway?
> 2. Was the first word you learned “water”?
> 3. …I’m bored. What plaything can you offer me today?

I am not Dean Kamens.  
I am not Helen Keller.  
Take a DQ.

I think we are over 20 DQs, so no more IQs and please get your DQs in by noon CDT Saturday the 21st.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/236 "2026-03-19T17:30:05Z")

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# K

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with K
4. Living
5. Somewhat but not primarily known for the arts
6. American
7. Not known from politics
8. Born before 1970
9. First name begins from A-M
10. Not born before 1950
11. Not known from sports
12. Not known from science
13. First name begins from H-M
14. Caucasian
15. Not really known from the media
16. Born before 1960
17. Not known from business

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/237 "2026-03-19T17:32:33Z")

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DQs:

1. Known from the military?
2. From a famous family?

2 DQs reserved

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/238 "2026-03-19T18:07:04Z")

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# K

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with K
4. Living
5. Somewhat but not primarily known for the arts
6. American
7. Not known from politics
8. Born before 1970
9. First name begins from A-M
10. Not born before 1950
11. Not known from sports
12. Not known from science
13. First name begins from H-M
14. Caucasian
15. Not really known from the media
16. Born before 1960
17. Not known from business
18. Not known from the military
19. Not from a famous family

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**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 19, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/239 "2026-03-19T20:35:09Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
>
> I am not Dean Kamens.  
> I am not Helen Keller.  
> Take a DQ.

3 was Klytus, from _Flash Gordon_. PATHETIC EARTHLING! WHO CAN SAVE YOU NOW?

Close enough on Dean Kamen.

1 DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/240 "2026-03-20T05:02:25Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
>
> > [@knoodler](#):
> >
> > 1. Did you work nights to make your first movie, using your workplace as the setting?
> > 2. Were you chosen for an early role because of your close likeness to one of the main characters?
> > 3. Did you leave your homeland to come to America to find your half brother?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Kevin Smith (_Clerks_)  
Keira Knightley (_Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace_)  
Kwai-Chang Caine (_Kung Fu_)

DQs:

Known from crime?  
Born and/or raised in New England?  
Known from a single event?

2 DQs reserved

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