# 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:** 4
**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 9, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/61 "2026-05-09T00:55:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you Wally Funk? Yes! I am Mary Wallace [“Wally” **F** unk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Funk), last surviving member of the Mercury Thirteen and the only one of that group to make it into space. I had it, you got it! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/62 "2026-05-09T00:56:40Z")
I got nothing. Christina Koch was in the news thanks to Artemis, but the initials are wrong. ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/63 "2026-05-09T01:04:05Z")
Wow. Great guess, **De\_La\_Rue**! I don’t recall Wally at all. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/64 "2026-05-09T01:15:12Z")
Totally the person I was thinking of, but the actual name rings only the dimmest of bells. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/65 "2026-05-09T01:27:11Z")
If I ever heard of her I have long since forgotten about her. ---
**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 9, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/66 "2026-05-09T05:01:41Z")
Likewise. A valid pick, though, methinks. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/67 "2026-05-09T14:19:46Z")
OK: I am **P**. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/68 "2026-05-09T15:39:46Z")
Good job, **DLR**! IQs: 1. Did you imprison your wife inside a pumpkin? 2. Were you a nanny to a man with three children? 3. Were you a former roommate of a woman named Monica? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/69 "2026-05-09T18:31:32Z")
1. Was your sobriquet “le Sanguinaire”? 2. Did you fall in love with Miss Havisham’s ward? 3. Did you attempt to rescue aristocrats from the guillotine while using a secret identity? ---
**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 9, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/70 "2026-05-09T18:35:20Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you imprison your wife inside a pumpkin? > 2. Were you a nanny to a man with three children? > 3. Were you a former roommate of a woman named Monica? 1. I am not Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater. 2. I am not Mary Poppins. 3. I am not Phoebe? If not Phoebe, take a DQ. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Was your sobriquet “le Sanguinaire”? > 2. Did you fall in love with Miss Havisham’s ward? > 3. Did you attempt to rescue aristocrats from the guillotine while using a secret identity? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Phillip “Pip” Pirrip. 3. I am not Percy Blakeney. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/71 "2026-05-09T18:52:09Z")
That’s Pierre le Sanguinaire from the Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold DQ: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/72 "2026-05-09T19:50:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you imprison your wife inside a pumpkin? > > 2. Were you a nanny to a man with three children? > > 3. Were you a former roommate of a woman named Monica? > > 1. I am not Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater. > 2. I am not Mary Poppins. > 3. I am not Phoebe? If not Phoebe, take a DQ. Correct Phoebe Figalilly, _Nanny and the Professor_ (Mary Poppins was nanny to four children) Correct; Phoebe Buffay, _Friends_ DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/73 "2026-05-09T20:13:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the daughter of a man who died tragically on Christmas Eve? 2. Did you sing the jingle for “Colon Blow” on _SNL_? 3. Were you the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis? ---
**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 9, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/74 "2026-05-09T20:56:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Star-Spangled Kid? 2. Did you write Buddy Holly’s song _It Doesn’t Matter Anymore_? 3. Did you play one of the brothers on _Simon & Simon_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/75 "2026-05-09T20:58:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you passed over for corps command after recommending the arming of blacks to fight for the Confederacy? 2. Do you have a train hall in New York City named after you? 3. Is a Space Force base in Florida south of Cape Canaveral named for you? ---
**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 9, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/76 "2026-05-09T22:23:26Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the daughter of a man who died tragically on Christmas Eve? > 2. Did you sing the jingle for “Colon Blow” on _SNL_? > 3. Were you the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis? 1. I am not Phoebe Cates. Took me a minute. 2. I am not Phil Hartman. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Star-Spangled Kid? > 2. Did you write Buddy Holly’s song _It Doesn’t Matter Anymore_? > 3. Did you play one of the brothers on _Simon & Simon_? 1. I am not Sylvester Pemberton. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you passed over for corps command after recommending the arming of blacks to fight for the Confederacy? > 2. Do you have a train hall in New York City named after you? > 3. Is a Space Force base in Florida south of Cape Canaveral named for you? 1. I am not Paul Revere? Take 2 DQs. DQs: 1. male 2. real ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/77 "2026-05-09T22:27:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you passed over for corps command after recommending the arming of blacks to fight for the Confederacy? > > 2. Do you have a train hall in New York City named after you? > > 3. Is a Space Force base in Florida south of Cape Canaveral named for you? > > 1. I am not Paul Revere? > > Take 2 DQs. #1 was Patrick Cleburne, Major General, CSA. #2 was Daniel Patrick Moynihan. #3 was General Mason Patrick. Patrick x3!! DQs: First name begins with P? Living? 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 9, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/78 "2026-05-09T22:54:08Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the Star-Spangled Kid? > > 2. Did you write Buddy Holly’s song _It Doesn’t Matter Anymore_? > > 3. Did you play one of the brothers on _Simon & Simon_? > > 1. I am not Sylvester Pemberton. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 is correct. 2 was Paul Anka. 3 was Parker Stevenson. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/79 "2026-05-09T23:46:37Z")
1. Were you a bored grandmother who offered her services to the CIA? 2. Were you a famous detective known for his mustach? 3. Were you an annoying red-headed older brother? ---
**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 10, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/80 "2026-05-10T03:17:47Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Were you a bored grandmother who offered her services to the CIA? > 2. Were you a famous detective known for his mustach? > 3. Were you an annoying red-headed older brother? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Ah, I have used the little grey cells, and they tell me I am not Hercule Poirot. Also, I’m reading [this](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6630822-M.jpg) at the moment. 3. I am not Pugsley Addams? DQs: 1. male 2. real 4. first name begins with P 5. dead 6. known for the arts [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=5)