# Botticelli -- May 2026

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772>\
**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:** 16

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/301 "2026-05-23T01:47:38Z")

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# T

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Only name starts with T
4. Created after 1900
5. Not the main character

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/302 "2026-05-23T01:53:55Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”?  
> 2. Did you go _ticktickticktick_…  
> 3. Were you on the PMRC?

> [@knoodler](#):
>
> I am not Ty Cobb  
> Take 2 DQs

2 was Tock the watchdog, in _The Phantom Tollbooth_; 3 was Tipper Gore.

DQs:  
1. from prose?  
2. created by American(s)?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/303 "2026-05-23T02:09:04Z")

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# T

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Only name starts with T
4. Created after 1900
5. Not the main character
6. Not from prose
7. Not created by American(s)

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/304 "2026-05-23T03:16:15Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs
> 
> 1. Are you a very scary doll that told people “you better like me”?
> 2. Are you the main character of the _Arrows of the Queen_ trilogy?
> 3. Did you marry Prince Naveen in a Disney movie?

Talky Tina, Talia, Tiana

DQs:

1. Caucasian?
2. Originally from movies?
3. From a genre?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/305 "2026-05-23T04:23:43Z")

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Good job, **knoodler**!

On to T.

IQs:

Were you known as “the Rock of Chickamauga”?  
Were you the younger brother of the CO of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg?  
Does the same actor typically play both you and Lafayette in _Hamilton_?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/306 "2026-05-23T13:13:29Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you create Spawn?  
2. Is a New Jersey Turnpike service plaza named after you?  
3. Were you the yellow Power Ranger?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/307 "2026-05-23T14:13:14Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you known as “the Rock of Chickamauga”?  
> Were you the younger brother of the CO of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg?  
> Does the same actor typically play both you and Lafayette in _Hamilton_?

Take 3 DQs

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you create Spawn?
> 2. Is a New Jersey Turnpike service plaza named after you?
> 3. Were you the yellow Power Ranger?

Take 3 DQs

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/308 "2026-05-23T14:15:56Z")

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# T

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Only name starts with T
4. Created after 1900
5. Not the main character
6. Not from prose
7. Not created by American(s)
8. Has Caucasian appearance
9. Originally from movies
10. From a genre

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/309 "2026-05-23T14:28:08Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you create Spawn?  
> 2. Is a New Jersey Turnpike service plaza named after you?  
> 3. Were you the yellow Power Ranger?

> [@knoodler](#):
>
> Take 3 DQs

1 was Todd McFarlane; 2 was Thomas Edison; 3 was Trini Kwan.

DQs:  
1. created after 1980?  
2. from the science fiction or fantasy genre?  
3. created by British people?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/310 "2026-05-23T14:41:40Z")

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# T

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Only name starts with T
4. Created after 1900
5. Not the main character
6. Not from prose
7. Not created by American(s)
8. Has Caucasian appearance
9. Originally from movies
10. From a genre
11. Created after 1980
12. From science fiction or fantasy genre
13. Not created by British people

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/311 "2026-05-23T17:34:53Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
>
> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Were you the Good Witch of the North in the Oz books?
> > 2. Is a moon of Uranus named after you?
> > 3. Are you a cat who is the title character in a 1960’s Disney movie?
> 
> Take a DQ  
> I am not Titan  
> I am not Thomasina

1. Tattypoo, not nearly as famous as Glinda.
2. Titan is a moon of Saturn. Titania is Uranus’s moon, named after the queen of the fairies from Shakespeare’s _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_.
3. Correct.

DQ:

1. From an Animated movie?
2. Asian creator(s)?

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/312 "2026-05-23T19:34:41Z")

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1. Do you play hockey for the Providence Falconers?
2. Is the most wonderful thing about (your names) that you are the only one?
3. Are you Ben-Hur-s sister?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/313 "2026-05-23T20:56:40Z")

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Take 3 DQs

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/314 "2026-05-23T20:57:12Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you star in _Orphan Black_?  
2. Did four men pose for a picture in your bathtub?  
3. Were you the first man/boy (your age is kind of ambiguous) on the moon, in 1953?

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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:** [May 23, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/315 "2026-05-23T20:57:37Z")

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# T

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Only name starts with T
4. Created after 1900
5. Not the main character
6. Not from prose
7. Not created by American(s)
8. Has Caucasian appearance
9. Originally from movies
10. From a genre
11. Created after 1980
12. From science fiction or fantasy genre
13. Not created by British people
14. Not from an animated movie
15. Not created by Asian(s)

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/316 "2026-05-23T22:26:54Z")

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> [@Eureka](#):
>
> - Do you play hockey for the Providence Falconers?
> - Is the most wonderful thing about (your names) that you are the only one?
> - Are you Ben-Hur-s sister?

1. Alexei “Tater” Mashkov from Check Please
2. Tigger
3. Tirzah

4 DQ’s reserved

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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:** [May 24, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/317 "2026-05-24T01:42:00Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you star in _Orphan Black_?
> 2. Did four men pose for a picture in your bathtub?
> 3. Were you the first man/boy (your age is kind of ambiguous) on the moon, in 1953?

1. I am not Tatiana Mislany [sp?]
2. Is this a children’s rhyme? Take a DQ
3. Take another DQ

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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:** [May 24, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/318 "2026-05-24T01:46:42Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
>
> 1. I am not Tatiana Mislany [sp?]
> 2. Is this a children’s rhyme? Take a DQ
> 3. Take another DQ

2 was President William Taft; 3 was Tintin.

DQ: created by continental Europeans?

One DQ reserved.

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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:** [May 24, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/319 "2026-05-24T01:48:32Z")

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# T

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Only name starts with T
4. Created after 1900
5. Not the main character
6. Not from prose
7. Not created by American(s)
8. Has Caucasian appearance
9. Originally from movies
10. From a genre
11. Created after 1980
12. From science fiction or fantasy genre
13. Not created by British people
14. Not from an animated movie
15. Not created by Asian(s)
16. Not created by continental Europeans

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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:** [May 24, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/320 "2026-05-24T01:54:35Z")

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This takes us up to 20 DQs: @Eureka has 4, @Elendil_s_Heir has 3, @De_La_Rue has 1. No more IQs.

Please ask remaining DQs by Tuedsay, May 26, at 10 AM CDT.

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