# 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:** 15
**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, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/281 "2026-03-22T15:35:58Z")
IQ1: Did you write about Caspak? IQ2: Was your character’s name changed to David for a TV show? IQ3: Were you a member of a group with Athol Guy and Keith Potger? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/282 "2026-03-22T15:41:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you put into a wheelchair following an encounter with a former partner, just released from prison? 2. Were you initially conceived as “an evil Doc Savage”? 3. Are you the son of a notorious bounty hunter? ---
**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, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/283 "2026-03-22T18:19:16Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 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”? I am not Betsy Ross and take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a Toontown cab? > 2. Did you write “Fart Proudly”? > 3. Did you sing “Toxic”? Take 3 DQs unless #3 is Natasha Bedingfield. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Caspak? > IQ2: Was your character’s name changed to David for a TV show? > IQ3: Were you a member of a group with Athol Guy and Keith Potger? Take a DQ, I am not Bruce Banner, take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you put into a wheelchair following an encounter with a former partner, just released from prison? > 2. Were you initially conceived as “an evil Doc Savage”? > 3. Are you the son of a notorious bounty hunter? Take a DQ, take another and I am not Boba Fett. ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/284 "2026-03-22T18:20:59Z")
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 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for science ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/285 "2026-03-22T18:36:50Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Take 3 DQs unless #3 is Natasha Bedingfield. 1 (cab) was Benny, in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_; 2 (“Fart Proudly”) was Benjamin Franklin; 3 (“Toxic”) was Britney Spears. DQs: 1. known from sports? 2. died after 1925? 3. last name begins from N-Z? ---
**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, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/286 "2026-03-22T18:45:39Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write about Caspak? > > IQ2: Was your character’s name changed to David for a TV show? > > IQ3: Were you a member of a group with Athol Guy and Keith Potger? > > Take a DQ, I am not Bruce Banner, take a DQ. Edgar Rice Burroughs Bill Bixby Bruce Woodley DQ: Caucasian? Four DQs reserved. ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/287 "2026-03-22T19:17:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Edgar Rice Burroughs > Bill Bixby > Bruce Woodley The Prof. already used Bill Bixby (see [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/264) and Kitap’s correct answer [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/265)), so you got two DQs and have three reserved. (Plus Bruce Banner is arguably a valid answer.) ---
**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, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/288 "2026-03-22T20:59:58Z")
IQs 1. Were you a blue cat who was part of Top Cat’s gang? 2. Are you Marvel’s superhero vampire? 3. When the 1st LOTR movie finally made it to TV, the station we watched it on showed it every day at the same tme, with commercials. It started at 6pm. At 7:45 pm, did my grandson see you die every day for 2 weeks? ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/289 "2026-03-22T21:55:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you travel the world in 72 days and spend ten in a mad-house? 2. Are you a gay former Congressman from Massachusetts? 3. Were you voiced (but not played physically) by Bob West? ---
**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 22, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/290 "2026-03-22T23:52:33Z")
IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Have you played a network exec, a prosecutor, a concierge and a computer genius? Were you, in some tellings of the Arthurian legends, the last living knight of the Round Table? ---
**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/291 "2026-03-22T23:54:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a blue cat who was part of Top Cat’s gang? > 2. Are you Marvel’s superhero vampire? > 3. When the 1st LOTR movie finally made it to TV, the station we watched it on showed it every day at the same tme, with commercials. It started at 6pm. At 7:45 pm, did my grandson see you die every day for 2 weeks? Take 2 DQs and I am not Boromir. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you travel the world in 72 days and spend ten in a mad-house? > 2. Are you a gay former Congressman from Massachusetts? > 3. Were you voiced (but not played physically) by Bob West? I am not Nellie Bly, I am not Barney Frank, and take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? > Have you played a network exec, a prosecutor, a concierge and a computer genius? > Were you, in some tellings of the Arthurian legends, the last living knight of the Round Table? Take 2 DQs and I am not Bedivere ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/292 "2026-03-22T23:56:25Z")
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 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for science 10. Not known for sports 11. Died after 1925 12. Last name does not start with N-Z 13. Not Caucasian ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/293 "2026-03-23T00:03:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > The Prof. already used Bill Bixby (see [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/264) and Kitap’s correct answer [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/265)), so you got two DQs and have three reserved. Oops – missed that. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > (Plus Bruce Banner is arguably a valid answer.) How do you come up with that? DQ1: Known for politics and/or military? DQ2: Second letter of first name is a vowel? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/294 "2026-03-23T00:20:47Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you put into a wheelchair following an encounter with a former partner, just released from prison? > > 2. Were you initially conceived as “an evil Doc Savage”? > > 3. Are you the son of a notorious bounty hunter? > > Take a DQ, take another and I am not Boba Fett. 1. Peter “Beansie” Gaeta (_The Sopranos_) 2. Bane 3. Correct 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/295 "2026-03-23T00:30:21Z")
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 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for science 10. Not known for sports 11. Died after 1925 12. Last name does not start with N-Z 13. Not Caucasian 14. Not known for politics or the military 15. Second letter of first name is a vowel. I’m going to change #5 a bit. I guess arguably what made her famous could be, very broadly, considered the Arts. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/296 "2026-03-23T00:34:25Z")
DQ: Known for a particular event or incident? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/297 "2026-03-23T01:25:39Z")
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 8. Died after 1900 9. Not known for science 10. Not known for sports 11. Died after 1925 12. Last name does not start with N-Z 13. Not Caucasian 14. Not known for politics or the military 15. Second letter of first name is a vowel. 16. Not known for a specific event or incident. I’m going to change #5 a bit. I guess arguably what made her famous could be, very broadly, considered the Arts. ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/298 "2026-03-23T14:23:19Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Were you a blue cat who was part of Top Cat’s gang? > > 2. Are you Marvel’s superhero vampire? > > 3. When the 1st LOTR movie finally made it to TV, the station we watched it on showed it every day at the same tme, with commercials. It started at 6pm. At 7:45 pm, did my grandson see you die every day for 2 weeks? > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Boromir 1 was Benny the Ball. 2 is Blade. Correct on Boromir. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/299 "2026-03-23T14:55:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Nellie Bly, I am not Barney Frank, and take a DQ. 3 (Bob West) was Barney, the purple dinosaur. DQ: known for aviation? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/300 "2026-03-23T15:12:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 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”? > > I am not Betsy Ross and take 2 DQs. Correct on Betsy Ross. #2 was Bailey Quarters. #3 was Jessie Benton Fremont. (It was she, not her father Thomas Hart Benton, who was married to John Charles Fremont, as the modifying phrase was ambiguous - hah!) 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=16)