# 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:** 4
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/61 "2026-03-08T16:22:29Z")
IQ: Were you half of a pair of fictional NYPD female detectives? ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/62 "2026-03-08T16:41:11Z")
> [@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? Correct, Lois Lenski, correct. IQs: 1. Did you write **A Sand County Almanac**? 2. Were you Michael Dunn’s most famous,role? 3. Did Phil Spector kill you? ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/63 "2026-03-08T17:27:19Z")
IQ2: Were you a plagiarising Russian scientist? IQ3: Did you the world about said scientist? ---
**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, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/64 "2026-03-08T18:04:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you half of a pair of fictional NYPD female detectives? Yes, I am **Mary Beth Lacey** from _Cagnet & Lacey_! Good play, **SCA!** ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/65 "2026-03-09T01:23:52Z")
Thanks. I am **R** ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/66 "2026-03-09T01:53:05Z")
Uh, **SCA**? Guess what letter was used in the round before the last. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/67 "2026-03-09T02:09:38Z")
Senility is a wonderful thing, no? The “letters used” post goes through the first post in February, so I went through the February thread looking to see what letters had been used but didn’t think there’d been enough time for another round in March. ☹ Is it safe to claim that I am **P**? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/68 "2026-03-09T03:28:42Z")
P it is! IQs: 1. Are you known for keeping your wife in a relatively tiny space? 2. Are you the first person a newly-deceased person hopes to meet? 3. Was you first love Betty Bryant? ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/69 "2026-03-09T03:36:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and Nicole Ritchie explore _The Simple Life_? 2. Were you Mitt Romney’s running mate? 3. Did you star in _I Am Sam_? ---
**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 9, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/70 "2026-03-09T11:56:39Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you known for keeping your wife in a relatively tiny space? > 2. Are you the first person a newly-deceased person hopes to meet? > 3. Was you first love Betty Bryant? Not Peter Pumpkin-Eater Not St Peter Not Peter Parker (assuming you actually meant Betty Brant) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and Nicole Ritchie explore _The Simple Life_? > 2. Were you Mitt Romney’s running mate? > 3. Did you star in _I Am Sam_? Three 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 9, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/71 "2026-03-09T13:31:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs 1 was Paris Hilton; 2 was Paul Ryan; 3 was Sean Penn. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? 3. first name begins with P? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/72 "2026-03-09T14:26:07Z")
Starting back with P! 1. Did you assault a Senator on the floor of that chamber? 2. Did you organize a River City Boys Band? 3. Did you found the Boston Braves football team and then move them to the nation’s capital? ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/73 "2026-03-09T14:54:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Walter White’s partner in crime on _Breaking Bad_? 2. Or the actor who played him? 3. Are you Prince William’s sister-in-law? ---
**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 9, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/74 "2026-03-09T16:47:23Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with P ---
**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 9, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/75 "2026-03-09T16:53:03Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you assault a Senator on the floor of that chamber? > 2. Did you organize a River City Boys Band? > 3. Did you found the Boston Braves football team and then move them to the nation’s capital? DQ Not Professor Harold Hill DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you Walter White’s partner in crime on _Breaking Bad_? > 2. Or the actor who played him? > 3. Are you Prince William’s sister-in-law? DQ DQ Not Pippa Middleton EH, Prof P: Have we ever ruled on the use of titles (Sir, Lord, Prof, Dr, &c)? I once did Doc Savage, but as an "S’, not a ‘D’. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/76 "2026-03-09T17:25:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not Pippa Middleton 1 was Jesse Pinkman; 2 was Aaron Paul. DQs: 1. originally from prose? 2. main character? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Have we ever ruled on the use of titles (Sir, Lord, Prof, Dr, &c)? I got dinged recently for doing Genghis Khan under the letter K, given that Khan is a title. See post and the Prof.'s response [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/270). ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/77 "2026-03-09T17:44:26Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the oldest of five children in a series of books by Margaret Sidney? 2. Did you have hits with _Roar_ and _Teenage Dream_? 3. Did you marry Leonard Hoffstadter? ---
**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 9, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/78 "2026-03-09T18:33:42Z")
IQs: 1. Were you and Al _Married with Children_? 2. Are you the title character, played by Chadwick Boseman, in a critically acclaimed and box office smash 2018 blockbuster movie? 3. Were you made ineligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, given your permanent ban from baseball for gambling on your own games, though said ineligibility has ended given the change last year that lifts permanent bans after death? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/79 "2026-03-09T19:40:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you assault a Senator on the floor of that chamber? > > 2. Did you organize a River City Boys Band? > > 3. Did you found the Boston Braves football team and then move them to the nation’s capital? > > DQ > Not Professor Harold Hill > DQ I withdraw the second IQ; it was supposed to be who played the character (Robert Preston), but I dropped part of what I was writing. My apologies. #1 was Representative Preston Brooks. #3 was George Preston Marshall. Preston x3! (if I had done it right) DQs: From a work of prose fiction? American character? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/80 "2026-03-09T19:43:01Z")
The next time you want to use him, [use this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFofqe26t-4&list=RDEFofqe26t-4&start_radio=1). Go, you chicken fat, go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=5)