# 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:** 7
**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 13, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/121 "2026-03-13T01:46:44Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > just to the DQ asked That’s the way I do it. However, if I go back to the game and see that people have asked about both names, I’ll answer both questions. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/122 "2026-03-13T04:18:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you beat up your cousin frequently until he saved your life? > - Are you secretly a superhero, but only in Italian comic books? > - Did you write _The Idiot_? Take a DQ Take a DQ I am not Dostoyevsky (sp?) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you W. Mark Felt? > 2. Were you Janet on _The Good Place_? > 3. Did you play M? I an not Deep Throat Take a DQ I am not Judy Dench ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/123 "2026-03-13T04:24:15Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > A rules question: if the person being sought has both names starting in the given letter, is is customary to answer that to a first name/last name question, or just to the DQ asked? > > IQs: I’ve seen answers that reveal the hidden name to have both names begin with the same letter. If this isn’t how the game is player, please let me know. > [@SCAdian](#): > > That’s the way I do it. I try to answer each question as presented. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/124 "2026-03-13T04:25:10Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Do you have a cousin who does animal rescues? > 2. Are you the cousin of #1? > 3. Were you played by George Hamilton in a dual role? Take a DQ Take a DQ I am not… Dracula? ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/125 "2026-03-13T12:44:02Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I an not Deep Throat > Take a DQ > I am not Judy Dench 2 (Janet) was D’arcy Carden. DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/126 "2026-03-13T14:49:40Z")
**D** 1. Fictional ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/127 "2026-03-13T15:17:06Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you beat up your cousin frequently until he saved your life? > > - Are you secretly a superhero, but only in Italian comic books? > > - Did you write _The Idiot_? > > Take a DQ > Take a DQ > I am not Dostoyevsky (sp?) #1 was Dudley Dursley, cousin of Harry Potter. #2 is Donald Duck, known as Paperinik in Italy. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Paperinik.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Paperinik.jpg) #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with D? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/128 "2026-03-13T15:40:36Z")
**D** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with D ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/129 "2026-03-13T16:13:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > A rules question: if the person being sought has both names starting in the given letter, is is customary to answer that to a first name/last name question, or just to the DQ asked? > > IQs: Technically. I believe, DQs are supposed to have “yes/no” answers, and the only reply required is “yes” or “no”. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/130 "2026-03-13T16:39:56Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Do you have a cousin who does animal rescues? > > 2. Are you the cousin of #1? > > 3. Were you played by George Hamilton in a dual role? > > Take a DQ > Take a DQ > I am not… Dracula? Dora (the explorer), Diego, and Don Diego de la Vega from _Zorro the Gay Blade_. Hamilton did play Dracula in _Love at First Bite_ but it was not a dual role. DQs: First appearance in prose fiction? American character? American creator? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/131 "2026-03-13T21:28:15Z")
**D** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with D 4. Did not first appear in prose fiction 5. American character 6. American creator ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/132 "2026-03-14T00:42:07Z")
IQs 1. Did Kipling write about your hanging? 2. Did the Kingston Trio sing about your hanging? 3. Did you have a hit with _Take the ‘A’ Train_? ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/133 "2026-03-14T01:01:07Z")
IQ1: Are you Ned Nickerson’s girlfriend? IQ2: Did you take over Erich Raeder’s job after he resigned? IQ3: Were you an 11th-century king of Alba? ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/134 "2026-03-14T02:35:53Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of Alex’s droogs? 2. Were your last words “French Canadian bean soup”? 3. Did you voice Lurleen Lumpkin? ---
**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 14, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/135 "2026-03-14T05:02:19Z")
Good job, **knoodler**! I agree, questions may be answered narrowly but accurately. IQs: Do you have a pet whose name has the same last four letters as yours? Were you a Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? Were you sworn in on Washington’s birthday in 1861? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/136 "2026-03-14T06:03:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you shoot “Bull” Nelson? 2. Have you played an immigrant waiter, Cyrano de Bergerac, and a FIFA official? 3. Are you AKA Childish Gambino? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/137 "2026-03-14T06:34:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did Kipling write about your hanging? > 2. Did the Kingston Trio sing about your hanging? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Take the ‘A’ Train_? I am not Danny Dever I am not Tom Dooley I am not… Duke Ellington? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you Ned Nickerson’s girlfriend? > IQ2: Did you take over Erich Raeder’s job after he resigned? > IQ3: Were you an 11th-century king of Alba? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you one of Alex’s droogs? > 2. Were your last words “French Canadian bean soup”? > 3. Did you voice Lurleen Lumpkin? I am not Dim? Take a DQ I am not… Dolly Parton? Homer thinks I should give a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/138 "2026-03-14T06:37:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Do you have a pet whose name has the same last four letters as yours? > Were you a Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? > Were you sworn in on Washington’s birthday in 1861? Take 3 DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you shoot “Bull” Nelson? > 2. Have you played an immigrant waiter, Cyrano de Bergerac, and a FIFA official? > 3. Are you AKA Childish Gambino? Take a DQ Take a DQ I am not Donald Glover ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/139 "2026-03-14T07:54:30Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you shoot “Bull” Nelson? > > 2. Have you played an immigrant waiter, Cyrano de Bergerac, and a FIFA official? > > 3. Are you AKA Childish Gambino? > > Take a DQ > Take a DQ > I am not Donald Glover General Jefferson C. Davis, Gerard Depardieu, and correct. 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 14, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/140 "2026-03-14T13:10:17Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Dim? > Take a DQ > I am not… Dolly Parton? Homer thinks I should give a DQ. 1 was indeed Dim; 2 was Dutch Schultz; 3 was Beverly D’Angelo. DQs: 1. first appeared in movies or TV? 2. main character? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109.md?page=8)