# 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:** 3
**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 7, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/41 "2026-03-07T04:10:21Z")
Previous IQs: Is a fort named after you in central Pennsylvania? - Lord Ligonier (Ft. Ligonier) Were you Sherlock Holmes’s Scotland Yard frenemy? - Yes, Insp. G. Lestrade (Conan Doyle never revealed his full first name) Were you Lincoln’s occasional bodyguard? - The redoubtable [Ward Hill Lamon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hill_Lamon) DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Were you a militia captain during the Black Hawk War? Were you that person’s wife? Were you their youngest son? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/42 "2026-03-07T07:22:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take DQs for 1 and 2. > Lon Chaney was the Man of a thousand faces. Mel Blanc was the Man of a thousand voices. 1. “Little Steven” Van Zant 2. Little Richard 3. Rich Little (referred to as such [on his Wikipedia page.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Little)) Unfortunately I can’t find another reference to back this up, but plenty of links that call Mel Blanc “Man of a Thousand Voices.” IQ withdrawn. Little x3! 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 7, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/43 "2026-03-07T14:42:28Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you fake your death and reappear as your “son” (with plenty of hair)? 2. Did you marry Jordan Elliot? 3. Were you played by Annette O’Toole? ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/44 "2026-03-07T17:01:47Z")
\*\* > DQs: \*\* 1. Fictional 2. Female ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/45 "2026-03-07T17:03:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a militia captain during the Black Hawk War? > Were you that person’s wife? > Were you their youngest son? I am not the Marquis de Lafayette. I am not Mme. Lafayette. I am not George Washington Lafayette. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you fake your death and reappear as your “son” (with plenty of hair)? > 2. Did you marry Jordan Elliot? > 3. Were you played by Annette O’Toole? 1. I am not Lex Luthor. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/46 "2026-03-07T17:17:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Lex Luthor. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Lois Lane (in “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?”); 3 was Lana Lang. DQs: 1. first name begins with L? 2. originally from prose? ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/47 "2026-03-07T17:19:02Z")
**\> DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name begins with L 4. Not originally from prose ---
**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 7, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/48 "2026-03-07T23:42:30Z")
DQ1: Are you Superman’s mermaid girlfriend? One DQ 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 8, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/49 "2026-03-08T00:20:56Z")
DQs 1 fictional 2 female 3 last name starts with L 4 not originally from prose 5 I am not Lori Lemaris. ---
**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 8, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/50 "2026-03-08T00:33:46Z")
DQ: Originally from TV or a movie? ---
**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 8, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/51 "2026-03-08T00:47:35Z")
DQs 1 fictional 2 female 3 last name starts with L 4 not originally from prose 5 I am not Lori Lemaris. 6 originally from TV or movies ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/52 "2026-03-08T03:34:41Z")
DQs: Did TV or movie premiere before 1970? Was the star or lead? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/53 "2026-03-08T03:38:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you lose a large wager at an underground betting site? 2. Were you a co-founder of one of the first casualties of the 2008 global financial crisis? 3. Were you the other co-founder? ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/54 "2026-03-08T03:45:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Superman’s Secret Weapon (pre-adoption)? 2. Were you a Kryptonian actress, and Kal-El’s wife in the Black Mercy dream world of “For the Man Who Has Everything”? 3. In the story from the _Elseworlds 80-Page Giant_ that got it pulped, and then was ironically the only one from it to be reprinted, were you Superman’s babysitter? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/55 "2026-03-08T04:28:11Z")
IQs; 1. Were you a show girl at the Copa? 2. Did you write, among other books, **Strawberry Girl**? 3. Did you play Dan Fielding? ---
**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 8, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/56 "2026-03-08T04:40:48Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a militia captain during the Black Hawk War? - Not Lafayette, but Abraham Lincoln (he later said his election by his troops gave him more pleasure than any other win at the polls) Were you that person’s wife? - Mary Todd Lincoln Were you their youngest son? - Tad Lincoln DQs: American? Created after 1970? Originally from TV? IQs: A retired soldier, did you die aboard the seedship _Ark_? Did Bogie and Bacall get married on your farm? Were you mean to your younger son after your wife died giving birth to him? ---
**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 8, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/57 "2026-03-08T12:09:15Z")
DQs 1 fictional 2 female 3 last name starts with L 4 not originally from prose 5 I am not Lori Lemaris. 6 originally from TV or movies 7 premiere after 1970 8 was one of two stars/leads 9 American 10 originally from TV **EH** , knoodler already asked about 1970, so take another 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 8, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/58 "2026-03-08T12:10:41Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you lose a large wager at an underground betting site? > 2. Were you a co-founder of one of the first casualties of the 2008 global financial crisis? > 3. Were you the other co-founder? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Superman’s Secret Weapon (pre-adoption)? > 2. Were you a Kryptonian actress, and Kal-El’s wife in the Black Mercy dream world of “For the Man Who Has Everything”? > 3. In the story from the _Elseworlds 80-Page Giant_ that got it pulped, and then was ironically the only one from it to be reprinted, were you Superman’s babysitter? 1. I am not Linda Lee. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Lois Lane. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs; > > 1. Were you a show girl at the Copa? > 2. Did you write, among other books, **Strawberry Girl**? > 3. Did you play Dan Fielding 1. I am not Lola. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not John Larroquette. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A retired soldier, did you die aboard the seedship _Ark_? > Did Bogie and Bacall get married on your farm? > Were you mean to your younger son after your wife died giving birth to him? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/59 "2026-03-08T15:09:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Linda Lee. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Lois Lane. 2 was Lyla Lerrol; 3 was Letitia Lerner. DQs: 1. created after 1990? 2. from a comedy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/60 "2026-03-08T16:02:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you lose a large wager at an underground betting site? > > 2. Were you a co-founder of one of the first casualties of the 2008 global financial crisis? > > 3. Were you the other co-founder? > > Take 3 DQs. 1. Doyle Lonnegan (_The Sting_) 2. Emanuel Lehman (Lehman Brothers) 3. Mayer Lehman DQ: Married character? 2 DQs reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=4)