# Botticelli - Nov 2026

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 2, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353 "2026-11-02T17:25:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/61 "2026-11-07T21:43:26Z")

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> [@Eureka](#):
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> 1. Were you Prime Minister of India?
> 2. Did you have an enormous shoe collection?
> 3. Did you sponsor Christopher Columbus?

I am not Indira Gandhi, Imelda Marcos or Isabella.

> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you win a Tony for appearing in _Wicked_?
> 2. Did you direct a memorable episode in the anthology series _The Twilight Zone_ in 1964?
> 3. Did you appear as yourself in an episode of _The Big Bang Theory_?

I am not Idina Menzel, Ida Lupino and take a DQ

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/62 "2026-11-07T22:46:04Z")

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Swept me

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**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:** [November 7, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/63 "2026-11-07T23:17:28Z")

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I liked Missi a lot in _Galaxy Quest_.

IQs:

1. Did you star in _Alien from L.A._?
2. Did your best friend, a noted celebrity, pass away in the last few weeks?
3. Did you accidentally drown yourself in a fuge of hallucinatory delusion

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/64 "2026-11-07T23:39:14Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you star in _Alien from L.A._?
> 2. Did your best friend, a noted celebrity, pass away in the last few weeks?
> 3. Did you accidentally drown yourself in a fuge of hallucinatory delusion

Take 3 DQs

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**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:** [November 7, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/65 "2026-11-07T23:42:46Z")

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1 was Kathy Ireland.  
2 was Ian McKellan, whose friend was Patrick Stewart.  
3 was Ophelia, which is obviously a mis-memory, 'cause I was thinking of Iphigenia. And so it doesn’t count.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Last name starts with I?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/66 "2026-11-08T02:42:06Z")

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DQs.

1. Fictional
2. Last name does not start with an I.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/67 "2026-11-08T04:26:31Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a Venerian dragon with a famous scientific name?
2. Did you cause a scandal in Bohemia?
3. Were you a cook at the 4077th M\*A\*S\*H?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/68 "2026-11-08T06:14:58Z")

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Correct  
Correct  
Ira Flatow (NPR _Science Friday_; Sheldon was interviewed over the phone with hilarious results.)

DQ: Male?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/69 "2026-11-08T06:28:45Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you co-found the band Guns 'N Roses?
2. Were you rumored to be left off the '92 Dream Team because of bad blood between you and several other D-Teamers?
3. Did you help create the “Jungle Girl” persona of your wife as part of your act?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353/70 "2026-11-08T10:19:43Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a Venerian dragon with a famous scientific name?
> 2. Did you cause a scandal in Bohemia?
> 3. Were you a cook at the 4077th M\*A\*S\*H?

Take a DQ, I am not Irene Adler and I am not Igor.

> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you co-found the band Guns 'N Roses?
> 2. Were you rumored to be left off the '92 Dream Team because of bad blood between you and several other D-Teamers?
> 3. Did you help create the “Jungle Girl” persona of your wife as part of your act?

Take a DQ, I am not Allen Iverson and take a DQ.

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