# 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:** 18
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/341 "2026-05-27T17:13:39Z")
She’s the main reason I didn’t bother with the third movie. (Two other reasons were the carnival ride inside Erebor and the dwarf with the axe in his head.) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/342 "2026-05-27T17:40:57Z")
Should I wait until Monday to begin a new (monthly) thread? ---
**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 27, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/343 "2026-05-27T18:40:15Z")
No, go-ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/344 "2026-05-27T20:22:13Z")
Today’s Wednesday. Plenty of time for us to solve a new mystery person. I would not have come up with Tauriel. I was stuck on the idea that it was someone from James Cameron’s Avatar, but hadn’t actually found an appropriate character. I only watched the middle episode of the _Hobbit_ trilogy-- I didn’t realize it was the middle one, and it didn’t make much sense, so I never saw the others. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/345 "2026-05-27T23:40:42Z")
Did not bother with the movies, so I never would have gotten her. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/346 "2026-05-28T01:37:53Z")
OK, I’ll proceed. I am… # E ---
**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 28, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/347 "2026-05-28T01:40:57Z")
IQs 1. Were you Sam’s mom on _Bewitched_? 2. Did Yahoo Serious play you in a movie? 3. Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/348 "2026-05-28T01:54:20Z")
IQ1: Were you allegedly murdered with a red-hot poker? IQ2: Were you a haunted businessman? IQ3: Were you Wilbur’s perissodactyl friend? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/349 "2026-05-28T02:03:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you Sam’s mom on _Bewitched_? > - Did Yahoo Serious play you in a movie? > - Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother? I am not Endora I am not Young Einstein I am not Emilio Estevez > [@SCAdian](#): > > Q1: Were you allegedly murdered with a red-hot poker? > IQ2: Were you a haunted businessman? > IQ3: Were you Wilbur’s perissodactyl friend? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/350 "2026-05-28T02:41:55Z")
Ah, Tauriel was a good one! On to E. IQs: 1. Did you direct _Alexander Nevsky_? 2. Did you build the structure of the Statue of Liberty? 3. Did you command the U.S. Eighth Army under MacArthur? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/351 "2026-05-28T03:05:10Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Q1: Were you allegedly murdered with a red-hot poker? > > IQ2: Were you a haunted businessman? > > IQ3: Were you Wilbur’s perissodactyl friend? > > Take 3 DQs Edward II Ebenezer Scrooge Mr Ed DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/352 "2026-05-28T03:36:09Z")
I remember Tauriel, although I was very disappointed in the Hobbit movies. On to E! IQs: Did your eldest son make a very, very big mistake (that eventually cost him his own life) right after you died? Were you the first king of the House of Telcontar? Were you the second? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/353 "2026-05-28T03:40:03Z")
1. Did you write, among other books, **The Four-Story Mistake**? 2. Are you the recent widow of Charlie? 3. Did you replace Petiron as the Harper for Half-Circle Sea Hold? ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/354 "2026-05-28T03:47:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Swiss patent clerk? 2. Were you Lisa from Temecula on _SNL_? 3. Were you another recurring character of the above person, a sassy comic who unintentionally prompted the audience to collectively swear? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/355 "2026-05-28T15:02:45Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct _Alexander Nevsky_? > 2. Did you build the structure of the Statue of Liberty? > 3. Did you command the U.S. Eighth Army under MacArthur? Take 3 DQs > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your eldest son make a very, very big mistake (that eventually cost him his own life) right after you died? > Were you the first king of the House of Telcontar? > Were you the second? I am not Edward I (aka Longshanks) Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/356 "2026-05-28T15:04:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write, among other books, **The Four-Story Mistake**? > - Are you the recent widow of Charlie? > - Did you replace Petiron as the Harper for Half-Circle Sea Hold? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Swiss patent clerk? > 2. Were you Lisa from Temecula on _SNL_? > 3. Were you another recurring character of the above person, a sassy comic who unintentionally prompted the audience to collectively swear? I am not Albert Einstein Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/357 "2026-05-28T15:05:19Z")
# E 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/358 "2026-05-28T15:10:37Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Albert Einstein > Take 2 DQs 2 was Ego Nwodim; 3 was Miss Eggy. DQs: 1. living? 2. first name begins with E? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/359 "2026-05-28T15:28:01Z")
# E 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name begins with E ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/360 "2026-05-28T15:42:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you direct _Alexander Nevsky_? > > 2. Did you build the structure of the Statue of Liberty? > > 3. Did you command the U.S. Eighth Army under MacArthur? > > Take 3 DQs Sergei Eisenstein, Gustave Eiffel, and Robert Eichelberger. DQs: American? Known for the arts? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=19)