# Botticelli - March 2026

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109>\
**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:** 8

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**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, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/141 "2026-03-14T13:22:13Z")

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Swept me!

IQs

1. Were you the cultured cop on _Barney Miller_?
2. Did you threaten to sue Jay Ward Productions over a hat?
3. Were you secretly Wonder Warthog?

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**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, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/142 "2026-03-14T13:36:46Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you voice yourself in “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”?  
2. Did you design a keyboard layout?  
3. Were you not even supposed to _be_ at the Quick Stop today?

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**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, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/143 "2026-03-14T13:49:24Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > 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

Nancy Drew  
Karl Dönitz  
Duncan

DQ1: First appeared after 1925?  
Two DQs reserved.

IQ1: Were you represented by the final word in “Never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense”?  
IQ2: Were you created by Hank Ketcham?  
IQ3: Were you an Italian war orphan adopted and brought to the US by an American soldier?

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**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/144 "2026-03-14T20:02:30Z")

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**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
7. First appeared in movie or TV
8. Could be main character (Sorry, that’s as close as I can say without giving away more)
9. First appeared after 1925

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**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/145 "2026-03-14T20:04:15Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 3 was Beverly D’Angelo.

I know Shawn Colvin voiced a different country singer in a later episode, but I didn’t know who voice Lurleen. Ignorance successfully fought!

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**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/146 "2026-03-14T20:08:23Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> - Were you the cultured cop on _Barney Miller_?
> - Did you threaten to sue Jay Ward Productions over a hat?
> - Were you secretly Wonder Warthog?

1. I am not Det Detreich (sp?)
2. Take a DQ
3. I am not Phil Desanex

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Did you voice yourself in “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”?
> 2. Did you design a keyboard layout?
> 3. Were you not even supposed to _be_ at the Quick Stop today?

Take 2 DQs, and I am not Dante Hicks

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you represented by the final word in “Never try eating nectarines since juice may dispense”?  
> IQ2: Were you created by Hank Ketcham?  
> IQ3: Were you an Italian war orphan adopted and brought to the US by an American soldier?

1. Take a DQ
2. I am not Dennis (the Menace) Mitchell
3. I am not… Dondi?

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**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/147 "2026-03-14T20:12:26Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. main character?

If you want to ask another DQ I’ll permit it.

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**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, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/148 "2026-03-14T20:13:33Z")

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DQs:

First appeared in a movie?  
First appeared after 1975?

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**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, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/149 "2026-03-14T20:15:54Z")

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**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
7. First appeared in movie or TV
8. Could be main character (Sorry, that’s as close as I can say without giving away more)
9. First appeared after 1925
10. First appeared in a movie
11. First appeared after 1975

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**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/150 "2026-03-14T20:27:36Z")

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IQs:

1. Is your father an insurance claims adjuster who occasionally moonlights as a first responder?
2. Did you go undercover as an umpire to save the queen?
3. Are you well known for your bending soccer shot?

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**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/151 "2026-03-14T20:33:31Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> - Is your father an insurance claims adjuster who occasionally moonlights as a first responder?
> - Did you go undercover as an umpire to save the queen?
> - Are you well known for your bending soccer shot?

1. Take a DQ
2. I am not Frank Drebbin
3. Take a DQ

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**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/152 "2026-03-14T20:36:50Z")

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Dash Parr, of _The Incredibles_  
correct  
David Beckham

DQs:  
Character’s name appears in title?  
First appeared after 2000?

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**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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/153 "2026-03-14T20:55:23Z")

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**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
7. First appeared in movie or TV
8. Could be main character (Sorry, that’s as close as I can say without giving away more)
9. First appeared after 1925
10. First appeared in a movie
11. First appeared after 1975
12. Character’s name does not appear in the title
13. First appeared before 2000

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**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/154 "2026-03-14T21:10:18Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> Take 2 DQs, and I am not Dante Hicks

1 (“Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”) was Dolly Parton; 2 (keyboard) was Dvorak.

DQs:  
1. first appeared after 1987?  
2. from a sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or action movie?

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**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/155 "2026-03-14T21:12:24Z")

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**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
7. First appeared in movie or TV
8. Could be main character (Sorry, that’s as close as I can say without giving away more)
9. First appeared after 1925
10. First appeared in a movie
11. First appeared after 1975
12. Character’s name does not appear in the title
13. First appeared before 2000
14. First appeared before 1987
15. From a sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or action movie

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**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, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/156 "2026-03-14T22:17:19Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
>
> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > - Were you the cultured cop on _Barney Miller_?
> > - Did you threaten to sue Jay Ward Productions over a hat?
> > - Were you secretly Wonder Warthog?
> 
> 1. I am not Det Detreich (sp?)
> 2. Take a DQ
> 3. I am not Phil Desanex

Correct on Diedrich.  
-#2 was TV personality Durward Krby, who wanted to sue because Bullwinkle had acquired the Kirwood Derby, which made him temporarily smarter.  
Correct on Philbert Desanex.

DQ: From a science fiction movie?

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**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/157 "2026-03-14T23:13:16Z")

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**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
7. First appeared in movie or TV
8. Could be main character (Sorry, that’s as close as I can say without giving away more)
9. First appeared after 1925
10. First appeared in a movie
11. First appeared after 1975
12. Character’s name does not appear in the title
13. First appeared before 2000
14. First appeared before 1987
15. From a sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or action movie
16. Not from a science fiction movie

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**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 15, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/158 "2026-03-15T04:34:33Z")

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Previous IQs:

Do you have a pet whose name has the same last four letters as yours? - Dilbert (and Dogbert)  
Were you a Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? - David Tod  
Were you sworn in on Washington’s birthday in 1861? - Jefferson Davis, as President of the Confederate States of America (ptui!)

> [@SunUp](#):
>
> - Is your father an insurance claims adjuster who occasionally moonlights as a first responder?

I love this IQ. That is all.

DQs:

From a fantasy movie?  
Good guy?  
Plot set in what was then the present day?

IQs:

Were you Capt. Frank Furillo’s boss on _Hill Street Blues_?  
Were you a retired cop’s physical therapist and, later, his daughter-in-law?  
Was Henry Drummond, Esq., very much based on you?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/159 "2026-03-15T04:55:32Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@SunUp](#):
> >
> > - Is your father an insurance claims adjuster who occasionally moonlights as a first responder?
> 
> I love this IQ. That is all.

It’s a generous description for a first responder.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2026/1028109/160 "2026-03-15T04:57:08Z")

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**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
7. First appeared in movie or TV
8. Could be main character (Sorry, that’s as close as I can say without giving away more)
9. First appeared after 1925
10. First appeared in a movie
11. First appeared after 1975
12. Character’s name does not appear in the title
13. First appeared before 2000
14. First appeared before 1987
15. From a sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or action movie
16. Not from a science fiction movie
17. Not from a fantasy movie
18. Not a good guy
19. Plot set in what was then the present day

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