# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/401 "2026-05-29T14:01:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you team with Barbara Walters and Howard K. Smith? 2. Did you play a man accused of murder, who’s cousin claimed he was innocent? 3. Did you play a businessman who made a wager with his brother for $1? ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/402 "2026-05-29T14:06:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct _Willow_? 2. Were you General Kael in _Willow_? 3. Were you in the same profession as the person General Kael was named after (and did you and your partner also inspire the name of the giant two-headed monster in _Willow_, although it’s not used in the film itself)? ---
**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/403 "2026-05-29T15:33:05Z")
DQ: Fictional one known from prose fiction? ---
**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, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/404 "2026-05-29T16:10:30Z")
IQ1: Did you pass tips about upcoming German-American Bund activities (marches, meetings, &c) to Jewish boxers so they could break up said activities? IQ2: Were you a 14th-century king of Scotland? IQ3: Was it said that your brother lost his crown in the Wash? ---
**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, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/405 "2026-05-29T16:23:14Z")
# 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 10. Fictional one not known primarily from prose fiction, but eventually found his way there ---
**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, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/406 "2026-05-29T16:26:05Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you team with Barbara Walters and Howard K. Smith? > 2. Did you play a man accused of murder, who’s cousin claimed he was innocent? > 3. Did you play a businessman who made a wager with his brother for $1? 1. I am not Andy Rooney. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ralph Bellamy. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you direct _Willow_? > 2. Were you General Kael in _Willow_? > 3. Were you in the same profession as the person General Kael was named after (and did you and your partner also inspire the name of the giant two-headed monster in _Willow_, although it’s not used in the film itself)? Take 3 DQs. I thought George Lucas directed that. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you pass tips about upcoming German-American Bund activities (marches, meetings, &c) to Jewish boxers so they could break up said activities? > IQ2: Were you a 14th-century king of Scotland? > IQ3: Was it said that your brother lost his crown in the Wash? 1. I am not Robert the Bruce. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/407 "2026-05-29T16:50:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. I thought George Lucas directed that. 1 was Ron Howard; 2 was Pat Roach; 3 was Roger Ebert (the monster is the Eborsisk). Checking Wikipedia for what exactly Lucas’s involvement was reveals he has a story credit. DQs: 1. from continental Europe? 2. died before 1600? 3. legendary? ---
**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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/408 "2026-05-29T18:07:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you pass tips about upcoming German-American Bund activities (marches, meetings, &c) to Jewish boxers so they could break up said activities? > > IQ2: Were you a 14th-century king of Scotland? > > IQ3: Was it said that your brother lost his crown in the Wash? > > 1. I am not Robert the Bruce. > Take 2 DQs. Jack Ruby correct Richard I Two 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 29, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/409 "2026-05-29T19:07:59Z")
# 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 10. Fictional one not known primarily from prose fiction, but eventually found his way there 11. From continental Europe 12. Died before 1600 13. Legendary ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/410 "2026-05-29T20:24:34Z")
IQ1: Were you killed by Basques at Roncevaux? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/411 "2026-05-29T20:28:14Z")
Ah, beat me by three minutes! ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/412 "2026-05-29T21:04:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you killed by Basques at Roncevaux? # C’est moi! Oui, I am **Roland** , foremost of Charlemagne’s paladins, and oft-times called Orlando! Tres bien, **SCAdian**! ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/413 "2026-05-29T21:09:46Z")
Bien joué en effet, **SCAdian** , mon ami! Previous IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - The wizard Radagast the Brown, in the tales of J.R.R. Tolkien Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, during the American Civil War Were you U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1981-85? - Donald Regan ---
**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 31, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/414 "2026-05-31T02:37:07Z")
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