# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/101 "2026-05-11T02:28:16Z")
> [@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**? Correct, Jared Padalecki, Penelope Anne Miller DQ: Caucasian? One DQ 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 11, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/102 "2026-05-11T02:46:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Phillip Pullman. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a gruff library cop on _Seinfeld_? > Did your wife photograph you wearing a lobster suit in a bathtub? > Were you Roald Dahl’s long-suffering wife? Respectively: Knoodler already used Philip Baker Hall. I am not Picasso. I am not Patricia O’Neal. 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 9. European 10. best known as an actor 11. Caucasian ---
**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/103 "2026-05-11T03:03:55Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a gruff library cop on _Seinfeld_? - Ah, yes, Philip Baker Hall; I missed the earlier reference Did your wife photograph you wearing a lobster suit in a bathtub? - Not Picasso, but this guy: [Patrick Stewart cooks up delight in a lobster costume](https://www.today.com/popculture/patrick-stewart-cooks-delight-lobster-costume-8c11508229) Were you Roald Dahl’s long-suffering wife? - It was Patricia Neal, but close enough DQ: Native English speaker? IQs: Did David Sedaris visit you in your home not long before you died? Were you the victor of the 1865 Battle of Five Forks? Were you “trainer of the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/104 "2026-05-11T04:14:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the losing commander in the 1865 Battle of Five Forks? 2. Were you a humorist who once tried to explain the entire U.S. government? 3. Were you Ferris’s girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/105 "2026-05-11T04:27:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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? Swept me! 2 DQs still 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 11, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/106 "2026-05-11T13:49:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did David Sedaris visit you in your home not long before you died? > Were you the victor of the 1865 Battle of Five Forks? > Were you “trainer of the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? Respectively: I am not Phillip Roth. I am not General Lewis R. Phakename. I am not Philoctetes. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the losing commander in the 1865 Battle of Five Forks? > 2. Were you a humorist who once tried to explain the entire U.S. government? > 3. Were you Ferris’s girlfriend? 1. I am not General Pope? 2. I am not Paul Krassner? 3. I am not Sloane Peterson. DQs: 1. male 2. real 4. first name begins with P 5. dead 6. known for the arts 7. known for the performing arts 8. died after 1950 9. not American 10. European 11. best known as an actor 12. Caucasian 13. native English speaker ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/107 "2026-05-11T14:01:50Z")
IQ1: Did you play a bumbling French cop in several films? IQ2: Were you a Vietnamese soldier who became a supporting character in a comic strip? IQ3: Were you a main character in a musical film based on a book by Ian Fleming? DQ: Best known as a film or TV actor? ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/108 "2026-05-11T14:28:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a bumbling French cop in several films? > IQ2: Were you a Vietnamese soldier who became a supporting character in a comic strip? > IQ3: Were you a main character in a musical film based on a book by Ian Fleming? I am not Nguyen Van Phred or Caractacus Potts, but I am indeed **Peter Sellers**! Next game goes to SCAdian. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/109 "2026-05-11T14:28:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the losing commander in the 1865 Battle of Five Forks? > > 2. Were you a humorist who once tried to explain the entire U.S. government? > > 3. Were you Ferris’s girlfriend? > > 1. I am not General Pope? > 2. I am not Paul Krassner? > 3. I am not Sloane Peterson. #1 was General George Pickett. #2 was P.J. O’Rourke (it was the subtitle of his book “Parliament of Whores”) #3 is correct. DQs: Died after 2000? Won a major acting award? EDIT: Ah, ninja’ed. Congrats to SCAdian! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/110 "2026-05-11T16:33:01Z")
Good job! Peter Sellers was not on my radar. ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/111 "2026-05-11T17:57:26Z")
I had finally schemed up a nicely themed trio of questions, which I will save for another day. ---
**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 11, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/112 "2026-05-11T18:35:49Z")
Good job! I was about to ask a Goon Show question about him myself. ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/113 "2026-05-11T21:15:55Z")
I am **A**. ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/114 "2026-05-11T21:39:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a widow whose graces were sung by Tom Lehrer? 2. Did you star and sing in the movie _The Return of Captain Invincible_? 3. Did you star and sing in the movie _Enchanted_? ---
**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/115 "2026-05-11T22:47:55Z")
1. Were you the Emperor’s social secretary? 2. Were you adopted by a pair of siblings as how were expecting a boy? 3. Were you the youngest member of as set of traveling players hired to put on a play within a play based on a famous play? ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/116 "2026-05-11T23:19:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did Daniel Day-Lewis play you in a biopic directed by Steven Spielberg? 2. Did you say that A = A? 3. Have you been drawn by Dan DeCarlo and Dan Parent? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/117 "2026-05-12T05:09:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you originally depicted in comics as a bumbling, overweight detective? 2. Were you defeated at the Battle of Hastings? 3. Did you provide assistance to Harry and Hermione in Godric’s Hollow? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/118 "2026-05-12T05:42:50Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a modern dancer who founded your own dance company? 2. Did you play opposite Vin Diesel in the extreme-sports-based movie _XXX_? 3. Were you a Union brigadier general from Maine who became a carpetbagger governor of Mississippi? ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/119 "2026-05-12T16:27:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a widow whose graces were sung by Tom Lehrer? > 2. Did you star and sing in the movie _The Return of Captain Invincible_? > 3. Did you star and sing in the movie _Enchanted_? Not Alma Gropius &c DQ DQ > [@Eureka](#): > > - Were you the Emperor’s social secretary? > - Were you adopted by a pair of siblings as how were expecting a boy? > - Were you the youngest member of as set of traveling players hired to put on a play within a play based on a famous play? Three DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Daniel Day-Lewis play you in a biopic directed by Steven Spielberg? > 2. Did you say that A = A? > 3. Have you been drawn by Dan DeCarlo and Dan Parent? 3 DQs > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you originally depicted in comics as a bumbling, overweight detective? > 2. Were you defeated at the Battle of Hastings? > 3. Did you provide assistance to Harry and Hermione in Godric’s Hollow? DQ Not Harold Godwinsson, who isn’t an ‘A’ Not … Aberforth? > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a modern dancer who founded your own dance company? > 2. Did you play opposite Vin Diesel in the extreme-sports-based movie _XXX_? > 3. Were you a Union brigadier general from Maine who became a carpetbagger governor of Mississippi? Three DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/120 "2026-05-12T16:32:17Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a modern dancer who founded your own dance company? > > 2. Did you play opposite Vin Diesel in the extreme-sports-based movie _XXX_? > > 3. Were you a Union brigadier general from Maine who became a carpetbagger governor of Mississippi? > > Three DQs Alvin Ailey, Asia Argento, and Adelbert Ames. A.A. x3!! DQs: Real? Male? First name begins with A? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=7)