# 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:** 9
**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 15, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/161 "2026-05-15T01:52:39Z")
DQ: Known for chemistry? 2 DQs 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 15, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/162 "2026-05-15T02:00:22Z")
By my count: DLR has 3 remaining DQs, Eureka has 2, knoodler and EH have 1 each, Prof P and SunUp have 0 each, and kitap has **-1** (oops!). Please ask all remaining earned DQs by 2200 Eastern, Saturday 15 May. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/163 "2026-05-15T15:34:13Z")
Ah. I see my eror. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/164 "2026-05-15T20:45:55Z")
I don’t have any bright ideas, so I’ll ask Known for chemistry? And put my other DQ up for grabs to anyone else. ---
**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 15, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/165 "2026-05-15T22:51:09Z")
**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 9. Known for science 10. Not born after 1900 11. Not associated with a single event or product 12. Not known for medicine 13. Born after 1850 14. Last name does not start with Aa-Am 15. Not known for astronomy 16. Last name starts with An-As 17. First name does not begin with A-J 18. Caucasian 19. Not known for physics 20. Not known for geology 21. Not associated with the Manhattan Project 22. Have not won a Nobel Prize 23. Not known for chemistry ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/166 "2026-05-15T23:06:12Z")
EH’S DQ: Mathematician? ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/167 "2026-05-15T23:26:09Z")
**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 9. Known for science 10. Not born after 1900 11. Not associated with a single event or product 12. Not known for medicine 13. Born after 1850 14. Last name does not start with Aa-Am 15. Not known for astronomy 16. Last name starts with An-As 17. First name does not begin with A-J 18. Caucasian 19. Not known for physics 20. Not known for geology 21. Not associated with the Manhattan Project 22. Have not won a Nobel Prize 23. Not known for chemistry 24. Not a mathematician > [@SCAdian](#): > > DLR has 3 remaining DQs, knoodler and EH have 1 each. Prof P, SunUp, and Eureka have 0 each, and kitap has **-1** (oops!). ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/168 "2026-05-16T04:16:32Z")
Final DQ: Known for anthropology? ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/169 "2026-05-16T13:37:58Z")
**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 9. Known for science 10. Not born after 1900 11. Not associated with a single event or product 12. Not known for medicine 13. Born after 1850 14. Last name does not start with Aa-Am 15. Not known for astronomy 16. Last name starts with An-As 17. First name does not begin with A-J 18. Caucasian 19. Not known for physics 20. Not known for geology 21. Not associated with the Manhattan Project 22. Have not won a Nobel Prize 23. Not known for chemistry 24. Not a mathematician 25. Not known for anthropology Twelve and a half hours left. @Elendil_s_Heir @De_La_Rue ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/170 "2026-05-16T20:35:48Z")
Final DQs: 1. born after 1875? 2. known for engineering or inventing? ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/171 "2026-05-16T22:08:26Z")
there’s also archeology, botany, psychology… ---
**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 16, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/172 "2026-05-16T22:46:59Z")
**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 9. Known for science 10. Not born after 1900 11. Not associated with a single event or product 12. Not known for medicine 13. Born after 1850 14. Last name does not start with Aa-Am 15. Not known for astronomy 16. Last name starts with An-As 17. First name does not begin with A-J 18. Caucasian 19. Not known for physics 20. Not known for geology 21. Not associated with the Manhattan Project 22. Have not won a Nobel Prize 23. Not known for chemistry 24. Not a mathematician 25. Not known for anthropology 26. Born after 1875 27. Not known for engineering or inventing @De_La_Rue – By my count you still have one remaining DQ. ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/173 "2026-05-17T02:22:31Z")
No I don’t. I got three DQs in post #119, didn’t have the chance to get any more, and have asked three DQs. ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/174 "2026-05-17T02:31:33Z")
I am explorer, adventurer, and naturalist Roy Chapman [**A** ndrews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Chapman_Andrews), leader of the Central Asiatic Expeditions to Mongolia in the 1920s, and perhaps best known for discovering the first nest of dinosaur eggs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/175 "2026-05-17T04:09:17Z")
He was going to be my guess. ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/176 "2026-05-17T04:14:09Z")
I’ve read about him, but would never have come up with his name. ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/177 "2026-05-17T12:00:35Z")
☹ [many expletives deleted] ☹ Oops. Was in such a hurry to get this game over with and forgot to do the “Firstname Lastname” DQs. Many humble apologies, but since kitap says Andrews was going to be her guess, I will happily turn control over to her for the next round. ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/178 "2026-05-17T12:25:42Z")
I don’t know him. Good on you, **kitap!** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/179 "2026-05-18T01:57:43Z")
He was supposedly a model for Indiana Jones. I heard about him at the UW. Hmmmmmm… i am **L** As in lizard, Louisiana and licorice. i guess I am ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772/180 "2026-05-18T02:12:36Z")
IQs 1. Were you Mel Brooks’s character’s mentor in _High Anxiety_? 2. Did you play the evil nurse in _High Anxiety_? 3. Did you make an ass of yorself in _Pinocchio_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2026/1029772.md?page=10)