# 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:** 5
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/81 "2026-03-09T20:52:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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) Swept me! Peter x3! ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/82 "2026-03-10T02:54:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? Three DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? Not Peg Bundy DQ Not … Pete Rose? . **P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with P 4. Originally from prose 5. A main character 6. Not an American character SU: DLR already asked about prose origin. Try another DQ. ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/83 "2026-03-10T02:57:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Peg Bundy > DQ > Not … Pete Rose? 2 was Black Panther; 3 was indeed Pete Rose. DQ: created after 1960? ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/84 "2026-03-10T03:15:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 3 was indeed Pete Rose. I have _no_ idea how I came up with that name! **P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with P 4. Originally from prose 5. A main character 6. Not an American character 7. Not created after 1960 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/85 "2026-03-10T04:04:48Z")
ReDQ: Created before 1800? ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/86 "2026-03-10T04:04:58Z")
Congrats, **SCAdian**! I don’t think titles, even ancient ones closely associated with just one person, should be used as personal names in Botticelli. Previous IQs: A retired soldier, did you die aboard the seedship _Ark_? - Jefri Lion in G.R.R. Martin’s sf novel _Tuf Voyaging_ Did Bogie and Bacall get married on your farm? - Ohio author and conservationist Louis Bromfield Were you mean to your younger son after your wife died giving birth to him? - Tywin Lannister, in Martin’s _Game of Thrones_ On to P! IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? Did Jackie Gleason play you In _The Sting II_? A US ambassador, did you die in a Paris swimming pool? ---
**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 10, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/87 "2026-03-10T12:40:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were you yet another left-handed gay Maltese-American military vet, mayor, presidential candidate, and Secretary of Transportation? 2. Did Lisa Kudrow play you on _Friends_? 3. Pete Rose’s ban from baseball was during the tenure of MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti. Are you his son? ---
**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 10, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/88 "2026-03-10T13:53:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? > Did Jackie Gleason play you In _The Sting II_? > A US ambassador, did you die in a Paris swimming pool? Not … Pendleton? DQ DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you yet another left-handed gay Maltese-American military vet, mayor, presidential candidate, and Secretary of Transportation? > 2. Did Lisa Kudrow play you on _Friends_? > 3. Pete Rose’s ban from baseball was during the tenure of MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti. Are you his son? Not … Pete Buttigieg? DQ DQ **P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with P 4. Originally from prose 5. A main character 6. Not an American character 7. Not created after 1960 8. Not created before 1800 “[Y]et another left-handed gay Maltese-American military vet” _Another_? Who was the first one? ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/89 "2026-03-10T14:38:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Pete Buttigieg? > DQ > DQ 1 was indeed Buttigieg; 2 was Phoebe; 3 was Paul Giamatti. > [@SCAdian](#): > > Who was the first one? wooooooooooooooooooosh (That’s sound of a joke going over someone’s head.) ---
**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 10, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/90 "2026-03-10T14:47:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 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? > > Three DQs 1 was Ben Pepper from the Five Little Peppers series. 2 was Katy Perry. 3 was Penny from _The Big Bang Theory_ 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/91 "2026-03-10T15:01:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the eponymous heroine of a movie serial synonymous with the “damsel in distress?” 2. Were you the actress that played her? 3. Were you last in alphabetical order of a biblically-named folk trio? ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/92 "2026-03-10T15:36:19Z")
IQs: 1. Have you been played in separate biopics recently by Austin Butler and Jacob Elordi? 2. Were you his spouse and the titular subject (played by Cailee Spaeny) of the biopic with Jacob Elordi? 3. Were you Elaine’s boss on _Seinfeld_ (or the real-life catalog company founder he was based on)? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/93 "2026-03-10T17:30:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a frequent panelist on _Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me_? 2. Are you the regular host of the above? 3. Were you a comedian and satirist whose name appeared on the New Hampshire ballot for the Democratic Primary several times? ---
**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 10, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/94 "2026-03-10T21:28:40Z")
I heard Mayor Pete speak before he ran for President, and when asked if he might jump into the race, he said, “I don’t know, but if I do, I think I’ll have the gay, small-town mayor, Maltese-American, Navy vet lane all to myself.” Previous IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? - Close: not Pendleton, but Pemberton (Gen. John C.) Did Jackie Gleason play you In _The Sting II_? - Trevor Plantagenet (I’ve always loved that name!) A US ambassador, did you die in a Paris swimming pool? - Pamela Harriman DQs: European character? Created by a European? Good guy? IQs: Were you a giant with food in his name? Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? Was Sam Adams always imposing on you in a kids’ book by Robert Lawson? ---
**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 10, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/95 "2026-03-10T22:36:24Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you the eponymous heroine of a movie serial synonymous with the “damsel in distress?” > 2. Were you the actress that played her? > 3. Were you last in alphabetical order of a biblically-named folk trio? Not Pauline DQ Not Peter Yarrow (last by both first name and last name!) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been played in separate biopics recently by Austin Butler and Jacob Elordi? > 2. Were you his spouse and the titular subject (played by Cailee Spaeny) of the biopic with Jacob Elordi? > 3. Were you Elaine’s boss on _Seinfeld_ (or the real-life catalog company founder he was based on)? Three DQs > [@knoodler](#): > > s: > > 1. Are you a frequent panelist on _Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me_? > 2. Are you the regular host of the above? > 3. Were you a comedian and satirist whose name appeared on the New Hampshire ballot for the Democratic Primary several times? DQ DQ Nor Pat Paulsen > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a giant with food in his name? > Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? > Was Sam Adams always imposing on you in a kids’ book by Robert Lawson? DQ DQ Not Paul Revere (or his horse) ---
**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 10, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/96 "2026-03-10T22:53:52Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with P 4. Originally from prose 5. A main character 6. Not an American character 7. Not created after 1960 8. Not created before 1800 9. European character 10. Created by a European 11. Good guy And the DQs I just awarded put us over twenty, so no more IQs, please. Ask your remaining DQs by noon Eastern, Thursday 12 March. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/97 "2026-03-10T23:10:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you the eponymous heroine of a movie serial synonymous with the “damsel in distress?” > > 2. Were you the actress that played her? > > 3. Were you last in alphabetical order of a biblically-named folk trio? > > Not Pauline > DQ > Not Peter Yarrow (last by both first name and last name!) Correct, the actress was Pearl White, and correct! DQ: Created before 1900? ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/98 "2026-03-11T00:53:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been played in separate biopics recently by Austin Butler and Jacob Elordi? > 2. Were you his spouse and the titular subject (played by Cailee Spaeny) of the biopic with Jacob Elordi? > 3. Were you Elaine’s boss on _Seinfeld_ (or the real-life catalog company founder he was based on)? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs 1 was Elvis Presley; 2 was Priscilla Presley; 3 was J. Peterman. DQ: created by an author from the UK? 2 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 11, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/99 "2026-03-11T02:07:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you a frequent panelist on _Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me_? > > 2. Are you the regular host of the above? > > 3. Were you a comedian and satirist whose name appeared on the New Hampshire ballot for the Democratic Primary several times? > > DQ > DQ > Nor Pat Paulsen Paula Poundstone Peter Sagal Correct 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/100 "2026-03-11T19:44:48Z")
**P** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with P 4. Originally from prose 5. A main character 6. Not an American character 7. Not created after 1960 8. Not created before 1800 9. European character 10. Created by a European 11. Good guy 12. Not created before 1900 13. Created by an author from the UK No more IQs, please. Ask your remaining DQs by noon Eastern, Thursday 12 March. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=6)