# 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:** 19
**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/361 "2026-05-28T15:55:23Z")
# E 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. First name begins with E 5. Not American 6. 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 28, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/362 "2026-05-28T15:58:55Z")
IQs 1. Are you best remembered for painting _The Scream_? 2. Did you compose the ballet _Pere Gynt_? 3. Were you a Hoosier who was one of the earliest automobile inventors? ---
**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, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/363 "2026-05-28T16:04:42Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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? Elizabeth Enright, Erika Kirk, Elgion 3 DQs reserved ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/364 "2026-05-28T16:09:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you wait for Godot? 2. Did you voice Maggie Simpson? 3. Is a mathematical constant named after you (well, your initial)? ---
**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, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/365 "2026-05-28T16:10:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you best remembered for painting _The Scream_? > 2. Did you compose the ballet _Pere Gynt_? > 3. Were you a Hoosier who was one of the earliest automobile inventors? I am not Edvard Munch nor Elwood Hayes, but I am **Edvard Grieg**! Legendary Norwegian composer of _Peer Gynt Suite_, including the epic “Hall of the Mountain King!” Good job, **Prof. P!** ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/366 "2026-05-28T19:16:28Z")
Well done, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did your eldest son make a very, very big mistake (that eventually cost him his own life) right after you died? - Not Edward I AKA Longshanks (and what was that mistake?), but King Elendil, in Tolkien’s writings Were you the first king of the House of Telcontar? - Elessar FKA Aragorn Were you the second? - Eldarion ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/367 "2026-05-28T19:23:19Z")
And on to… # R ! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/368 "2026-05-28T19:51:22Z")
1. Did you compose a Requiem as well as an arrangement of “the Lord Bless you out and Keep you”? 2. Did you write a poem about good neighbors or fences? 3. Were you an actor turned politician? ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/369 "2026-05-28T19:51:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have binders full of women? 2. Can we stand under your umbrella? 3. Are you on the search for Amelia Earhart in the current comic series [you]: _The Island_? ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/370 "2026-05-28T20:22:33Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > - Did you compose a Requiem as well as an arrangement of “the Lord Bless you out and Keep you”? > - Did you write a poem about good neighbors or fences? > - Were you an actor turned politician? 1. I oughta know, but take a DQ. 2. I am not Robert Frost. 3. I am not Ronald Reagan. ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/371 "2026-05-28T20:23:38Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have binders full of women? > 2. Can we stand under your umbrella? > 3. Are you on the search for Amelia Earhart in the current comic series [you]: _The Island_? 1. I am not Mitt Romney. 2. I am not Rihanna. 3. Take a Dq. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/372 "2026-05-28T20:23:55Z")
1. John Rutter 2. correct 3. correct ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/373 "2026-05-28T20:32:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Mitt Romney. > 2. I am not Rihanna. > 3. Take a Dq. 3 was the Rocketeer. DQ: real? ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/374 "2026-05-28T20:38:55Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _We the Living_? 2. Were you a Discworld “wizzard”? 3. Were you a White House Chief of Staff-turned-mayor of Chicago? ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/375 "2026-05-28T20:39:06Z")
IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? Were you U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1981-85? ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/376 "2026-05-28T20:53:10Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you accompany Prince Inga in his efforts to free his people and his parents? 2. Did you play Parker on **Leverage**? 3. Were you the star of **Back to School**? ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/377 "2026-05-28T21:01:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a spokesperson for Alberto VO-5? 2. Did Macaulay Culkin play you in an eponymous film? 3. Were you discovered on a WWI battlefield before going on to becoming a world-famous movie star? ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/378 "2026-05-28T21:14:18Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _We the Living_? > 2. Were you a Discworld “wizzard”? > 3. Were you a White House Chief of Staff-turned-mayor of Chicago? 1. I am not Rincewind. 2. 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 28, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/379 "2026-05-28T21:14:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? > Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? > Were you U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1981-85? 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 28, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/380 "2026-05-28T21:15:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you accompany Prince Inga in his efforts to free his people and his parents? > - Did you play Parker on **Leverage**? > - Were you the star of **Back to School**? 1. I am not Rodney Dangerfield. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=20)