# 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:** 14

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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 21, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/261 "2026-03-21T20:51:15Z")

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Congrats, Kitap!

IQs:  
1. Does your name appear spelled phonetically on the company’s products?  
2. Do you chase Mindy, while Rita sings a verse?  
3. Did you voice Rita?

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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 21, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/262 "2026-03-21T21:01:19Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a “notorious” pinup model?
2. Did you sing “Easy Street” with Cameron Diaz?
3. Are you married to #2?

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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 21, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/263 "2026-03-21T21:51:46Z")

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Good job **Kitap**!

IQs:

1. Are you the alternate (or “living”) identity of Deadman?
2. Did you star in a spin-off of _The Andy Griffith Show_?
3. Did you work with a pompous psychiatrist in Seattle?

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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 21, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/264 "2026-03-21T22:03:31Z")

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IQs

1. Are you a chicken who accompanied Dorothy back to Oz?
2. Are you a cardboard death target with a penchant for sweets on the highly acclaimed, all-leather, superunfortified 1950s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_?
3. Did you play the Magician on the TV show of that name?

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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 22, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/265 "2026-03-22T02:29:58Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were all the chapel bells ringing at your wedding?  
> IQ2: Does one of your friends always wear a red turtleneck pulled up to cover his mouth?  
> IQ3: Are you an elephant afrothere who wears a green suit?

I am not Bill, I am not Bill Cosby??, I am not Babar

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Does your name appear spelled phonetically on the company’s products?  
> 2. Do you chase Mindy, while Rita sings a verse?  
> 3. Did you voice Rita?

Take 3 DQs

> [@SunUp](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you a “notorious” pinup model?
> 2. Did you sing “Easy Street” with Cameron Diaz?
> 3. Are you married to #2?

I am not Betty Page and take 2 DQs

> [@knoodler](#):
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> Good job **Kitap**!
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the alternate (or “living”) identity of Deadman?
> 2. Did you star in a spin-off of _The Andy Griffith Show_?
> 3. Did you work with a pompous psychiatrist in Seattle?

Take 2 DQs and I am not Bulldog

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs
> 
> 1. Are you a chicken who accompanied Dorothy back to Oz?
> 2. Are you a cardboard death target with a penchant for sweets on the highly acclaimed, all-leather, superunfortified 1950s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_?
> 3. Did you play the Magician on the TV show of that name?

I am not Billina, take a DQ I am not Bill Bixby

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**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 22, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/266 "2026-03-22T02:34:02Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Were all the chapel bells ringing at your wedding?  
> > IQ2: Does one of your friends always wear a red turtleneck pulled up to cover his mouth?  
> > IQ3: Are you an elephant afrothere who wears a green suit?
> 
> I am not Bill, I am not Bill Cosby??, I am not Babar

Jimmy Brown  
Bazooka Joe  
correct

DQs later….

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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 22, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/267 "2026-03-22T02:34:08Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Does your name appear spelled phonetically on the company’s products?  
> 2. Do you chase Mindy, while Rita sings a verse?  
> 3. Did you voice Rita?

> [@kitap](#):
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> Take 3 DQs

1 was chef Hector Boiardi; 2 was Buttons, on _Animaniacs_; 3 was Bernadette Peters.

DQs:  
1. real?  
2. first name begins with B?  
3. female?

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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 22, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/268 "2026-03-22T02:44:42Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@knoodler](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Are you the alternate (or “living”) identity of Deadman?
> > 2. Did you star in a spin-off of _The Andy Griffith Show_?
> > 3. Did you work with a pompous psychiatrist in Seattle?
> 
> Take 2 DQs and I am not Bulldog

1. Boston Brand
2. Ken Berry (_Mayberry RFD_)
3. Correct

My IQs were, in order, Boston, Berry, and Bulldog 😆

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 22, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/269 "2026-03-22T04:32:37Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@SunUp](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Were you a “notorious” pinup model?
> > 2. Did you sing “Easy Street” with Cameron Diaz?
> > 3. Are you married to #2?
> 
> I am not Betty Page and take 2 DQs

Correct on #1  
#2 was Bobby Cannavale, in the 2014 remake of _Annie_  
#3 was Rose Byrne

2 DQs reserved.

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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 22, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/270 "2026-03-22T05:05:39Z")

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DQs:

1.Real  
2. First name begins with B  
3. Female.

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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 22, 2026, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/271 "2026-03-22T05:45:29Z")

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DQs:

Living?  
Known for the arts?

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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 22, 2026, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/272 "2026-03-22T07:42:17Z")

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DQs:

1.Real  
2. First name begins with B  
3. Female.  
4. Dead  
5. Not known for the Arts.

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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 22, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/273 "2026-03-22T14:18:16Z")

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DQs:

Died before 1950?  
American?

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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 22, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/274 "2026-03-22T14:27:19Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you praised for your efforts following the destruction by Hurricane Katrina?
2. Were you working on producing engravings depicting scenes of Dante’s _Divine Comedy_ before you died?
3. Are you married to Ryan Reynolds?

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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 22, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/275 "2026-03-22T14:35:06Z")

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I am not Robert Blake, William Blake or Blake Lively

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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 22, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/276 "2026-03-22T14:35:53Z")

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DQs:

1.Real  
2. First name begins with B  
3. Female.  
4. Dead  
5. Not known for the Arts.  
6. Died before 1950  
7. American

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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 22, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/277 "2026-03-22T14:43:17Z")

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#2 was Bluebottle. Correct on the others.

DQ : Died before 1900?

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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 22, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/278 "2026-03-22T15:26:06Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> I am not Robert Blake, William Blake or Blake Lively

The first is Michael Brown, aka “Brownie” (praised by President Bush for doing “a heckuva job”)  
The other two are correct.

DQ: Known for science?

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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 22, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/279 "2026-03-22T15:26:39Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a seamstress who, according to legend, sewed the first U.S. flag?
2. Did you give a colleague a place to stay when his apartment was being fumigated?
3. Were you the daughter of a senator married to “The Pathfinder of the West”?

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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 22, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/280 "2026-03-22T15:28:39Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you a Toontown cab?  
2. Did you write “Fart Proudly”?  
3. Did you sing “Toxic”?

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