# 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:** 20
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/381 "2026-05-28T21:16:37Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 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? 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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/382 "2026-05-28T21:23:18Z")
On to R! IQs: 1. Did you star as a dead cop opposite Jeff Bridges? 2. Were you the first American soccer player selected for a World Cup all-tournament team? 3. Are you #2’s son, also an American soccer player? ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/383 "2026-05-28T21:24:24Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star as a dead cop opposite Jeff Bridges? > 2. Were you the first American soccer player selected for a World Cup all-tournament team? > 3. Are you #2’s son, also an American soccer player? 1. I am not Ryan Reynolds. 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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/384 "2026-05-28T21:25:27Z")
**I am R (or sometimes O)** # DQs 1. Both real and fictional ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/385 "2026-05-28T21:34:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you star as a dead cop opposite Jeff Bridges? > > 2. Were you the first American soccer player selected for a World Cup all-tournament team? > > 3. Are you #2’s son, also an American soccer player? > > 1. I am not Ryan Reynolds. > Take 2 DQs. Claudio and Gio Reyna, respectively. DQs: Female? First name starts with R (or sometimes O)? ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/386 "2026-05-28T21:38:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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? > > Take 3 DQs. Rula Lenska Richie Rich Rin Tin Tin 3 DQs 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 28, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/387 "2026-05-28T21:39:14Z")
**I am R (or sometimes O)** # DQs 1. Both real and fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R or O ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/388 "2026-05-28T21:39:50Z")
> [@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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Rincewind. > 2. Take 2 DQs. 1 was Ayn Rand; 3 was Rahm Emmanuel. DQs: 1. living? 2. American? ---
**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, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/389 "2026-05-28T21:40:41Z")
# DQs 1. Both real and fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R or O 4. Dead 5. Not American ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/390 "2026-05-28T21:44:05Z")
DQs: Alive in 1900? Known for arts? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/391 "2026-05-28T23:45:45Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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**? Rinkitink, Beth Riesgraf, correct. DQs 1. Caucasian? One 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 29, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/392 "2026-05-29T01:03:12Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:389, topic:1029772, full:true”] # DQs 1. Both real and fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R or O 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Died before 1900 7. Not known for the arts, but the fictional one is known from the arts 8. Caucasian ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/393 "2026-05-29T01:05:51Z")
IQ 1. Are you a mouse who rode a motorcycle? IQ 2. Do you have an older sister named “Beezus”? IQ 3. Did your ex-girlfriend leave you for a lawyer named Joanne? ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/394 "2026-05-29T01:14:31Z")
never mind ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/395 "2026-05-29T01:15:02Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > IQ 1. Are you a mouse who rode a motorcycle? > > IQ 2. Do you have an older sister named “Beezus”? > > IQ 3. Did your ex-girlfriend leave you for a lawyer named Joanne? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/396 "2026-05-29T02:49:10Z")
IQ1: Were you an insular fellow who fulfills people’s dreams? IQ2: Did you play #1? IQ3: Were you one of Clark Savage Jr’s Associates? ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/397 "2026-05-29T02:57:45Z")
1. I am not Rumplestiltskin. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am neither Renny nor Long Tom Roberts. ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/398 "2026-05-29T03:10:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an insular fellow who fulfills people’s dreams? > IQ2: Did you play #1? > IQ3: Were you one of Clark Savage Jr’s Associates? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Rumplestiltskin. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am neither Renny nor Long Tom Roberts. Mr Roarke Ricardo Montalban correct DQ1: European? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/399 "2026-05-29T10:34:58Z")
IQ 1. Are you a mouse who rode a motorcycle? Ralph S. Mouse, by Beverly Cleary IQ 2. Do you have an older sister named “Beezus”? Ramona, also by Beverly Cleary IQ 3. Did your ex-girlfriend leave you for a lawyer named Joanne? Mark, from Rent. (I was thinking of Roger, who has the R, but the clue matches Mark, who does not. No DQ for me). 3DQs 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 29, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/400 "2026-05-29T13:22:25Z")
# DQs 1. Both real and fictional 2. Male 3. Only name starts with R or O 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Died before 1900 7. Not known for the arts, but the fictional one is known from the arts 8. Caucasian 9. European [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=21)