# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/81 "2026-05-10T03:26:16Z")
#3 was Jameson Parker, not Parker Stevenson. IQs: 1. Are you a daughter of the Rainbow in the Oz books? 2. Did you play Sam Winchester in **Supernatural**? 3. Did you play Margo Lane in 1994’s **The Shadow**? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/82 "2026-05-10T03:47:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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. Correct (I was tempted to use her iconic portrayal in _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ instead; in _Gremlins_ her father attempted to drop down their chimney on Christmas Eve and broke his neck, getting stuck.) Phoebe Snow Phoebe, Titaness of Greek mythology Phoebe x3! 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 10, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/83 "2026-05-10T04:17:46Z")
P it is! IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide: Life on the Streets_? Did Gen. McClellan unfortunately believe your inflated estimates of Confederate troop strength? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/84 "2026-05-10T08:35:29Z")
1. Mrs Pollifax 2. Correct and I’m watching the tv adaptations at présent 3. Percy Weasley (Harry Potter) ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/85 "2026-05-10T11:44:51Z")
**kitap** is right about Jameson Parker, so I don’t get that one. DQ: Known for the performing arts? ---
**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, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/86 "2026-05-10T13:43:22Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a daughter of the Rainbow in the Oz books? > 2. Did you play Sam Winchester in **Supernatural**? > 3. Did you play Margo Lane in 1994’s **The Shadow**? 1. I am not Polychrome. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? > Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide: Life on the Streets_? > Did Gen. McClellan unfortunately believe your inflated estimates of Confederate troop strength? Respectively: I am not Major Phil McKracken. I am not detective Pembleton. I am not General Pope. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. first name begins with P 4. dead 5. known for the arts 6. known for the performing 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 10, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/87 "2026-05-10T15:01:22Z")
IQs 1. Are you Mighty Mouse’s girlfriend? 2. Are you Underdog’s girlfriend? 3. Are you and your wife famously physically abusive to each other? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/88 "2026-05-10T15:19:04Z")
DQs: Died after 1950? American? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/89 "2026-05-10T15:27:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a library cop on an episode of _Seinfeld_? 2. Was your character called out by an irate Col. Slade? 3. Were you and Benicio del Toro partners in a neo-western thriller? ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/90 "2026-05-10T15:43:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you Mighty Mouse’s girlfriend? > 2. Are you Underdog’s girlfriend? > 3. Are you and your wife famously physically abusive to each other? 1. I am not Pearl. 2. I am not Polly Purebred. 3. I am not Mr. Punch. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a library cop on an episode of _Seinfeld_? > 2. Was your character called out by an irate Col. Slade? > 3. Were you and Benicio del Toro partners in a neo-western thriller? 1. I am not Philip Baker Hall. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. male 2. real 3. first name begins with P 4. dead 5. known for the arts 6. known for the performing arts 7. died after 1950 8. not 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 10, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/91 "2026-05-10T15:51:11Z")
Swept me! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/92 "2026-05-10T18:51:14Z")
1. Were you High King of a land you entered through a wardrobe? 2. Were you a Marsh-wiggle? 3. Were you another King or a Queen alongside the answer to Q 1? ---
**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 10, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/93 "2026-05-10T20:08:50Z")
IQ1-2: Were you a driver in the Wacky Races? IQ3: Were you a schoolmate of a boy who almost deserved his name? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/94 "2026-05-10T20:54:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you a library cop on an episode of _Seinfeld_? > > 2. Was your character called out by an irate Col. Slade? > > 3. Were you and Benicio del Toro partners in a neo-western thriller? > > 1. I am not Philip Baker Hall. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct Phillip Seymour Hoffman (_Scent of a Woman_) Ryan Phillippe (_Way of the Gun_) Phillip(e) x3! 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/95 "2026-05-10T21:02:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a former Playmate before landing a role on _Home Improvement_? 2. Did you sing about being downtown? 3. Does your boyfriend have a severe stutter? ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/96 "2026-05-10T21:18:29Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Were you High King of a land you entered through a wardrobe? > 2. Were you a Marsh-wiggle? > 3. Were you another King or a Queen alongside the answer to Q 1? 1. I am not Peter Pevensie. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Susan Pevensie. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1-2: Were you a driver in the Wacky Races? > IQ3: Were you a schoolmate of a boy who almost deserved his name? IQ1: I am not Penelope Pitstop. IQ2: I am not Peter Perfect. IQ3: I am not Lucy Pevensie. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a former Playmate before landing a role on Home Improvement? > 2. Did you sing about being downtown? > 3. Does your boyfriend have a severe stutter? 1. I am not Pamela Anderson. 2. I am not Petula Clark. 3. I am not Petunia Pig? ---
**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 10, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/97 "2026-05-10T21:28:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1-2: Were you a driver in the Wacky Races? > > IQ3: Were you a schoolmate of a boy who almost deserved his name? > > IQ1: I am not Penelope Pitstop. > IQ2: I am not Peter Perfect. > IQ3: I am not Lucy Pevensie. correct correct Jill Pole 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 10, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/98 "2026-05-10T21:31:09Z")
IQs 1. Did you write _O Little Town Of Bethlehem_? 2. Did Sir Harry Secombe win a Tony for playing you on Broadway, in a role he originated on the London stage? 3. Have you been called “the anti-C. S. Lewis”? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/99 "2026-05-11T00:06:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. I am not Peter Pevensie. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Susan Pevensie. 1. correct 2. The marsh-wiggle is Puddleglum 3. correct ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/100 "2026-05-11T02:21:15Z")
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