# 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:** 7
**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 12, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/121 "2026-05-12T16:40:17Z")
> [@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? > [@SCAdian](#): > > 3 DQs 1 was Abraham Lincoln; 2 was Ayn Rand; 3 was Archie Andrews. 3 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 12, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/122 "2026-05-12T18:17:19Z")
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? 4. Lady Alys Vorpatril (Vorkosigan Series by Lois McMaster Bujold) 5. Anne of Green Gables 6. Alfred of _Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead_ which is based on _Hamlet_ ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/123 "2026-05-12T18:18:22Z")
Clearly I am not smarter or more patient than the formatting help my computer is giving me. But the answers are in the right order. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/124 "2026-05-12T18:22:31Z")
1. Are you an orphan whose benefactor enables you to meet President FDR? 2. Did you help a young deaf/blind child learn to communicate? 3. Did you play the Princess of Genovia? ---
**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 12, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/125 "2026-05-12T18:40:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@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 1 is correct. 2 was Alan Arkin. 3 was Amy Adams. 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 12, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/126 "2026-05-12T20:57:25Z")
Congrats, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Did David Sedaris visit you in your home not long before you died? - Phyllis Diller Were you the victor of the 1865 Battle of Five Forks? - Gen. Phil Sheridan Were you “trainer of the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? - Yes, Philoctetes, voiced by Danny DeVito. Phyl/Phil x3. On to A! IQs: Were Elladan and Elrohir your badass twin brothers? Were you AKA Sauron? Were you AKA Elessar? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/127 "2026-05-12T23:26:08Z")
1. Did you write **Watership Down**? 2. Did you **It All Started With Eve**? 3. Did you write **The Forgotten Door?** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/128 "2026-05-13T00:08:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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? Alfred Pennyworth I’m withdrawing this IQ because apparently I thought an “H” or “G” was appropriate here. Correct 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/129 "2026-05-13T01:31:41Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you an orphan whose benefactor enables you to meet President FDR? > 2. Did you help a young deaf/blind child learn to communicate? > 3. Did you play the Princess of Genovia? Not Annie Not Anne Lastname (_The Miracle Worker_ was the senior class play when I was in 12th grade) DQ for this presumed Anne > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were Elladan and Elrohir your badass twin brothers? > Were you AKA Sauron? > Were you AKA Elessar? Not Arwen Undomiel DQ Not Aragorn > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **Watership Down**? > 2. Did you **It All Started With Eve**? > 3. Did you write **The Forgotten Door?** Not Richard Adams Not Richard Armour Not Alexander Key (thank you, Scholastic!) **A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with A ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/130 "2026-05-13T01:42:31Z")
Swept me! 1. Did Willa Cather write a book with your name in the title? 2. Did you play Chanel #5 on **Scream Queens**? 3. Was your most famous role probably Jennifer Marlowe? ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/131 "2026-05-13T02:01:05Z")
DQs 1. American? 2. Living? ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/132 "2026-05-13T02:06:25Z")
IQs 1. Were you a Dadaist artist who sometimes used the first name Jean and sometimes Hans? 2. In the musical _Hamilton_ are you rudely told to shut up? 3. Did you knock the Beatles off the #1 spot in 1964? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/133 "2026-05-13T03:20:22Z")
DQ: Known for the arts? IQs: 1. Did Leonardo DiCaprio portray you in a Spielberg movie? 2. Were you an alias used by him? 3. Did you host a British comedy/musical show that bore your name? ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/134 "2026-05-13T03:55:05Z")
Previous IQs: Were Elladan and Elrohir your badass twin brothers? - Correct: Arwen Undomiel Were you AKA Sauron? - Annatar, “Lord of Gifts,” when he was deceiving the Elves and others with magic rings Were you AKA Elessar? - Yes, Aragorn DQ: Born since 1950? IQs: Were you a Maine infantry officer and later a Carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? Are you the current Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio? Did you play Disraeli very, very well in _Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown_? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/135 "2026-05-13T08:13:42Z")
1. Are you an orphan whose benefactor enables you to meet President FDR? 2. Did you help a young deaf/blind child learn to communicate? 3. Did you play the Princess of Genovia? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Annie > Not Anne Lastname (_The Miracle Worker_ was the senior class play when I was in 12th grade) > DQ for this presumed Anne 1. Correct 2. Anne Sullivan (_The Miracle Worker_ was the play I was in as a sophomore in high school. I had the most minor of parts–I think I was a fellow blind student, and one of the voices in Anne’s head) 3. Anne Hathaway ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/136 "2026-05-13T10:29:37Z")
1. Do you sing “Anything you can do, I can do better”? 2. Are you a girl who can’t say no? 3. Were you one of Henry the Eighths wives? ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/137 "2026-05-13T12:53:45Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did Willa Cather write a book with your name in the title? > 2. Did you play Chanel #5 on **Scream Queens**? > 3. Was your most famous role probably Jennifer Marlowe? Three DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you a Dadaist artist who sometimes used the first name Jean and sometimes Hans? > 2. In the musical _Hamilton_ are you rudely told to shut up? > 3. Did you knock the Beatles off the #1 spot in 1964? Three DQs > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Leonardo DiCaprio portray you in a Spielberg movie? > 2. Were you an alias used by him? > 3. Did you host a British comedy/musical show that bore your name? Three DQs > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Maine infantry officer and later a Carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? > Are you the current Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio? > Did you play Disraeli very, very well in _Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown_? Three DQs > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Do you sing “Anything you can do, I can do better”? > 2. Are you a girl who can’t say no? > 3. Were you one of Henry the Eighths wives? DQ DQ Neither Anne Boleyn nor Anne of Cleves And that’s 28, so no more IQs, please. Ask all earned DQs by 2200 Eastern, Saturday 15 May. **A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with A 4. American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not born after 1950 ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/138 "2026-05-13T12:59:43Z")
Born after 1800? ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/139 "2026-05-13T13:04:19Z")
**A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with A 4. American 5. Dead 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not born after 1950 8. Born after 1800 ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/140 "2026-05-13T13:17:15Z")
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