# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/321 "2026-03-25T01:54:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the best-known member of the Cocles family? > IQ2: Are you the best-known member of the Barca family? > IQ3: Were you murdered by a Christian mob in Alexandria? Take a DQ Take a DQ I am not… Demosthenes? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you _very_ close to Clyde Tolson? > 2. Are you a former _Saturday Night Live_ cast member known for the Co-worker who Is Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing, Every Boxer’s Girlfriend From Every Boxing Movie Ever, and absolutely losing it in the Beavis and Butt-head sketch? > 3. Did you come to Frogtown? Take a DQ I am not… Heidi Gardner? Take a DQ ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/322 "2026-03-25T02:03:12Z")
IQs 1. Are you Johann Spyri’s best known character? 2. Are you the Discworld equivalent of Father Christmas? 3. Is your school color yelow? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/323 "2026-03-25T02:10:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you Johann Spyri’s best known character? > 2. Are you the Discworld equivalent of Father Christmas? > 3. Is your school color yelow? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/324 "2026-03-25T02:32:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you the best-known member of the Cocles family? > > IQ2: Are you the best-known member of the Barca family? > > IQ3: Were you murdered by a Christian mob in Alexandria? > > Take a DQ > Take a DQ > I am not… Demosthenes? Horatius Hannibal Hypatia DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? One DQ 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 25, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/325 "2026-03-25T02:49:08Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you _very_ close to Clyde Tolson? > 2. Are you a former _Saturday Night Live_ cast member known for the Co-worker who Is Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing, Every Boxer’s Girlfriend From Every Boxing Movie Ever, and absolutely losing it in the Beavis and Butt-head sketch? > 3. Did you come to Frogtown? > [@knoodler](#): > > Take a DQ > I am not… Heidi Gardner? > Take a DQ 1 was J. Edgar Hoover; 2 was indeed the one and only Heidi Gardner; 3 was Sam Hell. DQ: first name begins with H? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/326 "2026-03-25T03:32:31Z")
Great round last time - good pick and good guess! On to H. IQs: 1. Were you a Roman poet famous for odes? 2. Were you the title character of sixty-six western films? 3. Did you draw your own adventures using a purple crayon? 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 25, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/327 "2026-03-25T03:45:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a First Lady-turned-senator-turned-cabinet member-turned-presidential candidate? 2. Were you the above person’s chief of staff? 3. Did Triana Orpheus say you dressed like Fred from Scooby-Doo? ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/328 "2026-03-25T04:05:31Z")
Good job, **knoodler**! I’d heard of Bessie Coleman awhile back. Previous IQs: Did Harry Harrison write about you, [a Galactic Hero? - Bill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill,_the_Galactic_Hero) Did you excitedly tell your wife that your very young daughter understood gravity? - Bill Clinton, when little Chelsea rolled away from the edge of a bed (before eventually falling off, unharmed) Did you write of a little girl who lived in a house in Paris all covered in vines (the house, not her)? - Ludwig Bemelmans, author of the _Madeline_ books On to H! IQs: Were you “the Happy Warrior”? Did the same actor who played a noted lawyer in black and white play you, a naval officer, in color? Were you a top crime scene investigator? ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/329 "2026-03-25T12:17:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you Johann Spyri’s best known character? > 2. Are you the Discworld equivalent of Father Christmas? > 3. Is your school color yelow? 1 is Heidi (the Shirley Temple role) 2 is Hogfather. 3 is Helga Hufflepuff, from Harry Potter. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/330 "2026-03-25T12:48:26Z")
IQs 1. Did you star opposite Valerie Perrine in _Lenny_? 2. Did you star opposite Valerie Perrine in _Superman_? 3. Did you star opposite Valerie Perrine in _Mr. Billion_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/331 "2026-03-25T15:48:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ2: Are you the best-known member of the Barca family? Well, that went quickly. I wasn’t aware he had another name, I just knew him as **Hannibal** , the military commander who led an army across the Mediterranean Sea, and over the Alps, to attack Rome. @SCAdian wins! ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/332 "2026-03-25T16:13:47Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**! ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/333 "2026-03-26T15:36:11Z")
Huh. Certainly wasn’t expecting that! I am _ **C** _. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/334 "2026-03-26T15:49:59Z")
Back from H: > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Roman poet famous for odes? > 2. Were you the title character of sixty-six western films? > 3. Did you draw your own adventures using a purple crayon? Horace, Hopalong Cassidy, and Harold, respectively. On to C! IQs: 1. Did you issue a set of end-of-the-word prophecies between 1994 and 2011? 2. Was your rough-tough-and-rude persona of prose given a clean-cut hero’s makeover when adapted for movies? 3. Were you a former major league second baseman for the Yankees and Padres? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/335 "2026-03-26T16:22:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the mother of a boy with a peculiar ability? 2. Are you the boy? 3. Are you the doctor who tries to help the boy? ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/336 "2026-03-26T16:26:10Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the “Georgia Peach”? 2. Did you direct _Titanic_? 3. Are you an Asian-American comedienne? ---
**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 26, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/337 "2026-03-26T18:08:52Z")
IQs 1. Was your catchphase “Delenda est Carthago.”? 2. Did you write the longest running British play? 3. Were you the creator of the mobile? ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/338 "2026-03-27T04:36:12Z")
Well done, **SunUp**! Previous IQs: Were you “the Happy Warrior”? - Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. Did the same actor who played a noted lawyer in black and white play you, a naval officer, in color? - The title character of _Captain Horatio Hornblower_, by Gregory Peck, who also played Atticus Finch in _To Kill A Mockingbird_ Were you a top crime scene investigator? - Horatio Caine (David Caruso) on _CSI: Miami_ Horatio x3! IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his first SECTREAS? Did you command the 20th Maine at Gettysburg? ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/339 "2026-03-27T15:00:06Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you issue a set of end-of-the-word prophecies between 1994 and 2011? > 2. Was your rough-tough-and-rude persona of prose given a clean-cut hero’s makeover when adapted for movies? > 3. Were you a former major league second baseman for the Yankees and Padres? DQ Not Hopalong Cassidy DQ > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the mother of a boy with a peculiar ability? > 2. Are you the boy? > 3. Are you the doctor who tries to help the boy? DQ x3 > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the “Georgia Peach”? > 2. Did you direct _Titanic_? > 3. Are you an Asian-American comedienne? Not … Ty Cobb? Not Mr Cameron DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Was your catchphase “Delenda est Carthago.”? > 2. Did you write the longest running British play? > 3. Were you the creator of the mobile? Not Cato Not Agatha Christie DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his first SECTREAS? > Did you command the 20th Maine at Gettysburg? DQ x3 ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/340 "2026-03-27T15:28:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Ty Cobb? > Not Mr Cameron > DQ 1 was indeed Ty Cobb; correct on James Cameron; 3 was Margaret Cho. DQ: real? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=18)