# Botticelli -- May 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 4, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772 "2026-05-04T02:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 20, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/241 "2026-05-20T15:29:01Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with F 4. Dead 5. American ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/242 "2026-05-20T15:32:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you the more cynical member of the Fabulous Freak Brothers? > > 2. Were you the title character wearing a giant head? > > 3. Were you the leader of The Pixies? > > 1. I am not Freewheelin’ Franklin. > Take 2 DQs. Correct Michael Fassbender (_Frank_) Black Francis / Frank Black DQs: Died before 1950? Known for the arts? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/243 "2026-05-20T15:40:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you considered the founder of modern nursing? 2. Were you part of a singing trio of sisters before changing your name? 3. Were you portrayed on film by the director of _Barbie_? ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/244 "2026-05-20T15:51:08Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the three leads in a movie and later the co-lead in a TV show with Lily “Ms. Frizzle” Tomlin? 2. Were you Dipper and Mabel’s great-uncle on _Gravity Falls_? 3. Did you overthrow Fulgencio Batista and then serve as First Secretary for 49 years, until you were succeeded by your brother Raúl? ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/245 "2026-05-20T15:55:12Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with F 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/246 "2026-05-20T15:55:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the three leads in a movie and later the co-lead in a TV show with Lily “Ms. Frizzle” Tomlin? > 2. Were you Dipper and Mabel’s great-uncle on _Gravity Falls_? > 3. Did you overthrow Fulgencio Batista and then serve as First Secretary for 49 years, until you were succeeded by your brother Raúl? 1. I am not Jane Fonda. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Fidel Castro. ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/247 "2026-05-20T16:04:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Jane Fonda. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Fidel Castro. 2 was Ford Pines. DQ: died after 1988? ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/248 "2026-05-20T16:07:50Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with F 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1988 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/249 "2026-05-20T16:18:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you killed defending your uncle at the Battle of the Five Armies? > > 2. Are you the title character of a tragedy by Goethe? > > 3. Were you a bard of the harp in the Chronicles of Prydain? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Faust. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Fili the Dwarf, who (along with his brother Kili) fell defending Thorin Oakenshield. Correct on #2. #3 was Fflewddur Fflam. DQ: Known for the performing arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/250 "2026-05-20T16:24:35Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with F 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1988 9. Known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/251 "2026-05-20T16:36:32Z")
DQ: Known for acting? ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/252 "2026-05-20T16:51:50Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with F 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1988 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Known for acting ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/253 "2026-05-20T16:55:39Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > IQ#1: Did you refuse to grant your nephew Ivan a divorce? > > IQ#2: Are you a famous architect? > > IQ#3: Did you direct _the GodFather_ movie? That would be Falco Vorpatril from _Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance_ by Lois McMaster Bujold. Correct on the others ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/254 "2026-05-20T17:37:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you get a 1992 Oscar nomination for an adaptation of your own book? 2. Did you play the matriarch of the Yelnats family in _Holes_? 3. Did you write the _Great Brain_ stories about growing up with your brother? ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/255 "2026-05-20T17:53:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did your wife write the “My Day” column? 2. Were you the above person’s Secretary of Labor? 3. In the comics based on the 1966 live-action Batman TV series, are you appropriately enough revealed to have been Basil Karlo? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/256 "2026-05-20T17:54:31Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you considered the founder of modern nursing? > 2. Were you part of a singing trio of sisters before changing your name? > 3. Were you portrayed on film by the director of _Barbie_? Ahem. ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/257 "2026-05-20T18:09:07Z")
Previous IQs: Did you command Hill Street Station? - Capt. Frank Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf Were you the mom of a little girl in _Les Mis_? - Fantine DQs: Considered a beauty? Best known for movie roles? Won an Oscar or Emmy? IQs: Was your palace San Souci? Did you become president of Oberlin College in 1983? Were you Frasier and Lilith’s son? ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/258 "2026-05-20T19:11:07Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you considered the founder of modern nursing? > > 2. Were you part of a singing trio of sisters before changing your name? > > 3. Were you portrayed on film by the director of _Barbie_? > > Ahem. Sorry 'bout that. 1. I am not Florence Nightingale. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/259 "2026-05-20T19:12:18Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you get a 1992 Oscar nomination for an adaptation of your own book? > 2. Did you play the matriarch of the Yelnats family in _Holes_? > 3. Did you write the _Great Brain_ stories about growing up with your brother? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your wife write the “My Day” column? > 2. Were you the above person’s Secretary of Labor? > 3. In the comics based on the 1966 live-action Batman TV series, are you appropriately enough revealed to have been Basil Karlo? 1. I am not Franklin D. Roosevelt. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Falseface. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was your palace San Souci? > Did you become president of Oberlin College in 1983? > Were you Frasier and Lilith’s son? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/260 "2026-05-20T19:13:21Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with F 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Died after 1988 9. Known for the performing arts 10. Known for acting 11. Not usually considered a beauty. 12. Not best known for movie roles 13. Winner of a Daytime Emmy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=14)