# Botticelli May 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078 "2025-05-08T03:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/1 "2025-05-08T03:06:03Z")
Hello and welcome to the May 2025 Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. [Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476) is last month’s thread, and [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVLOdq6IptN1UPXz3Tu9WAVrnQPyWSZ65Tqr5TS4L40/edit?tab=t.0) are the rules in convenient document form. I am **M**. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/2 "2025-05-08T13:26:17Z")
1. Are you the captain of the Argentine men’s football team? 2. Did Rosalind Russell play you in the movie? 3. Are you a popular musician who strongly advocates veganism? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/3 "2025-05-08T13:41:37Z")
M it is. IQs: Did you lead The Citadel after WWII? Did your theories on naval power influence TR? Did a younger sibling say your first name repeatedly in frustration? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/4 "2025-05-08T13:53:48Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > 1. Are you the captain of the Argentine men’s football team? > 2. Did Rosalind Russell play you in the movie? > 3. Are you a popular musician who strongly advocates veganism? 1. I am not Lionel Messi. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Steven Morrissey. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lead The Citadel after WWII? > Did your theories on naval power influence TR? > Did a younger sibling say your first name repeatedly in frustration? Respectively: I am not Mark Clark. Take a DQ. I am not Marcia Brady. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/5 "2025-05-08T15:01:11Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of SpiderMan’s girlfriends? 2. Were you referred to as “Raggedy Man” in one of your movies? 3. Are you a former NBA Rookie of the Year who was part of “Run-TMC”? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/6 "2025-05-08T15:04:37Z")
Rosalind Russell played _Auntie Mame_ in the 1958 film based on Patrick Dennis’ 1955 novel. I recommend both. DQ: Are you real? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/7 "2025-05-08T15:51:25Z")
Let’s M! IQs: 1. Do you know me? I once played General Omar Bradley, and did some credit card ads. 2. Were you basketball’s “The Mailman”? 3. Did you write a set of articles for the _New York Tribune_ and _Die Presse_ of Vienna about the early Civil War? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/8 "2025-05-08T15:58:31Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of SpiderMan’s girlfriends? > 2. Were you referred to as “Raggedy Man” in one of your movies? > 3. Are you a former NBA Rookie of the Year who was part of “Run-TMC”? 1. I am not Mary Jane Watson. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Muggsy Bogues? > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you know me? I once played General Omar Bradley, and did some credit card ads. > 2. Were you basketball’s “The Mailman”? > 3. Did you write a set of articles for the _New York Tribune_ and _Die Presse_ of Vienna about the early Civil War? 1. I am not Karl Malden? 2. I am not Karl Malone. 3. I am not Karl Marx? DQs: 1. fictional ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/9 "2025-05-08T16:11:53Z")
IQs: 1. Have nuns labeled you as problematic? 2. Are you a wanted criminal on your home planet of Gallifrey? 3. Is your alter ego the youngest employee of WHIZ? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/10 "2025-05-08T17:32:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you one of SpiderMan’s girlfriends? > > 2. Were you referred to as “Raggedy Man” in one of your movies? > > 3. Are you a former NBA Rookie of the Year who was part of “Run-TMC”? > > 1. I am not Mary Jane Watson. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Muggsy Bogues? 1. Correct 2. Mel Gibson (_Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome_) 3. Close, but it’s Mitch Richmond DQs: Male? Known from arts? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/11 "2025-05-08T20:42:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lead The Citadel after WWII? - Yes, Gen. Mark Clark Did your theories on naval power influence TR? - Alfred Thayer Mahan Did a younger sibling say your first name repeatedly in frustration? - Yes, Marcia “Marcia, Marcia!” Brady DQ: First appeared since 1900? IQs: Were you “the Vilnius Schoolmaster”? Did you go to Vienna to meet up with your ol’ pal Harry Lime? Were you Anne Frank’s older sister? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/12 "2025-05-08T21:16:28Z")
I’m new here, so please bear with me: Is it OK to ask IQs that can’t possibly be right based on already-known information? (Anne Frank’s older sister was not a fictional character) ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/13 "2025-05-08T21:22:00Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have nuns labeled you as problematic? > 2. Are you a wanted criminal on your home planet of Gallifrey? > 3. Is your alter ego the youngest employee of WHIZ? 1. I am not a problem like Maria. 2. I am not the Master. 3. I am not Captain Marvel. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Vilnius Schoolmaster”? > Did you go to Vienna to meet up with your ol’ pal Harry Lime? > Were you Anne Frank’s older sister? Take 3 DQs. DQs: 1. fictional 2. female 3. first appeared after 1900 Regarding your second question, knoodler, are you thinking this a real person? Because I said before you asked that that she’s fictional. > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Is it OK to ask IQs that can’t possibly be right based on already-known information? Yes, we do it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/14 "2025-05-08T21:33:38Z")
IQs: 1. Does your alter ego share an unusual first name with a former US Vice President? 2. Are you a comedienne who was mentored by Lenny Bruce? 3. Were you responsible for Miss Trunchbull’s abrupt departure from her job? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/15 "2025-05-08T23:00:34Z")
Welcome to the game, **Thing.Fish!** IQs: 1. Are you the current Prime Minister of Canada? 2. Were you Henry Crum’s main squeeze on the highly acclaimed, radio-inactive, plushly basemented 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/16 "2025-05-08T23:01:56Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does your alter ego share an unusual first name with a former US Vice President? > 2. Are you a comedienne who was mentored by Lenny Bruce? > 3. Were you responsible for Miss Trunchbull’s abrupt departure from her job? 1. I am not Ms. Marvel. 2. I am not the marvelous Midge Maisel. 3. I am not Matilda Wormwood. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the current Prime Minister of Canada? > 2. Were you Henry Crum’s main squeeze on the highly acclaimed, radio-inactive, plushly basemented 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? 1. I am not Mark Carney? Is it Mark? 2. I am not Minnie Bannister. 3. I am not Montague Summers. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/17 "2025-05-08T23:07:36Z")
Swept me! Yes, it’s Mark. IQs: 1. Did you play Falseface on the 1960’s Batman TV series? 2. Did you play Mrs. Nussbaum on Fred Allen’s radio series? 3. Are you a racecar driver who won the Indianapolis 500 once, and whose family, though in the race every year since for decades, has never won again? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/18 "2025-05-08T23:31:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you kill Bellatrix Lestrange? 2. Do you live in St. Mary Mead? 3. Did you once get a shot of adrenaline directly into your heart to revive you after a heroin overdose? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/19 "2025-05-09T01:14:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you Impress 10 fire lizards in the Pern books? 2. Are you a helpful, friendly witch in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles? 3. Did you die of starvation while living (with your sister Olive) with the Mohave Indians? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078/20 "2025-05-09T02:29:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Falseface on the 1960’s Batman TV series? > 2. Did you play Mrs. Nussbaum on Fred Allen’s radio series? > 3. Are you a racecar driver who won the Indianapolis 500 once, and whose family, though in the race every year since for decades, has never won again? 1. I am not Malachi Throne. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Mario Andretti? > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill Bellatrix Lestrange? > 2. Do you live in St. Mary Mead? > 3. Did you once get a shot of adrenaline directly into your heart to revive you after a heroin overdose? 1. I am not Molly Weasley. 2. I am not Miss Marple? 3. I am not Mia Wallace. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you Impress 10 fire lizards in the Pern books? > 2. Are you a helpful, friendly witch in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles? > 3. Did you die of starvation while living (with your sister Olive) with the Mohave Indians? Take 3 DQs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2025/1018078.md?page=2)