# Botticelli- November 2025

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 1, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476 "2025-11-01T13:31:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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 1, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/1 "2025-11-01T13:31:56Z")

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I am

# G!

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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 1, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/2 "2025-11-01T15:19:55Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write the _Tuesday Morning Quarterback_ column for [espn.com](http://espn.com)?
2. Are you the current coach of the Chicago Fire?
3. Are you a Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer, having both played for and coached the club?

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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 1, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/3 "2025-11-01T17:13:28Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a cartoonist married to a former talk show host?
2. Did you suspend your presidential campaign following reports of infidelity?
3. Were you a convicted murderer who was the subject of an SNL musical sketch?

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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 1, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/4 "2025-11-01T17:40:03Z")

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I’m having computer issues.

SunUp, take 3 DQs.  
Knoodler, I am not Gary Trudeau, and I am not Gary Hart. Take 1 DQ.

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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 1, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/5 "2025-11-01T17:46:11Z")

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Correct, correct, and #3 is Gary Gilmore.

Gary/Garry x3!

DQ: Real?

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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 1, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/6 "2025-11-01T17:48:14Z")

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#1 was Gregg Easterbrook, #2 was Gregg Berhalter, and #3 was Forrest Gregg.

Gregg x3!

DQs:

Female?  
First name begins with G?

1 DQ reserved.

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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 1, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/7 "2025-11-01T19:23:19Z")

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DQs

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with G, and so does his last name

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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 1, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/8 "2025-11-01T23:43:08Z")

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DQ: Known for the arts?

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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 2, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/9 "2025-11-02T00:42:45Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:7, topic:1024476, full:true”]  
DQs

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with G, and so does his last name
4. Not known for the arts

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**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:** [November 2, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/10 "2025-11-02T03:26:13Z")

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G it is.

IQs:

Are you usually considered the creator of D&D?  
Did you come up with a comedy routine about how the US states got their postal abbreviations?  
Did a key British spy during WWII use your last name as his codename?

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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 2, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/11 "2025-11-02T03:39:26Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a key part of the NFL’s “New York Sack Exchange”?
2. Did your undisclosed son take over for you, with the help of a rodent?
3. Did you voice that character?

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**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:** [November 2, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/12 "2025-11-02T03:47:37Z")

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IQ1: Were you a young evangelist who admitted to fakery and lies, then became an actor?  
IQ2: Was your name John Clayton?  
IQ3: Were you a particularly flamboyant wrestler?

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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 2, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/13 "2025-11-02T07:10:42Z")

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1. Are you the author of **Soulless**?
2. Did you create the Mrs. Pollifax series?
3. Are you the author of the Garrett, P.I. series?

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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 2, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/14 "2025-11-02T15:29:47Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Are you usually considered the creator of D&D?  
> Did you come up with a comedy routine about how the US states got their postal abbreviations?  
> Did a key British spy during WWII use your last name as his codename?

1. I am not E. Gary Gygax.  
Take 2 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 2, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/15 "2025-11-02T15:30:49Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you a key part of the NFL’s “New York Sack Exchange”?
> 2. Did your undisclosed son take over for you, with the help of a rodent?
> 3. Did you voice that character?

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 2, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/16 "2025-11-02T15:31:42Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a young evangelist who admitted to fakery and lies, then became an actor?  
> IQ2: Was your name John Clayton?  
> IQ3: Were you a particularly flamboyant wrestler?

1. I am not Gorgeous George.  
Take 2 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 2, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/17 "2025-11-02T15:32:24Z")

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Kitap. Take 3 DQs as well.

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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 2, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/18 "2025-11-02T16:36:25Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Are you the author of **Soulless**?
> 2. Did you create the Mrs. Pollifax series?
> 3. Are you the author of the Garrett, P.I. series?

Gail Carriger, Dorothy Gilman, Glen Cook.

DQs:

1. Living?
2. Caucasian?

One DQ reserved

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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 2, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/19 "2025-11-02T17:08:24Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@knoodler](#):
> >
> > 1. Were you a key part of the NFL’s “New York Sack Exchange”?
> > 2. Did your undisclosed son take over for you, with the help of a rodent?
> > 3. Did you voice that character?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Mark Gastineau  
Auguste Gusteau  
Brad Garrett

DQs:

Known for literature?  
American?

1 DQ reserved

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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 2, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/20 "2025-11-02T17:30:40Z")

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DQs

1. Real
2. Male
3. Both names start with G
4. Not known for the arts
5. Dead
6. Caucasian
7. Not American

Knoodler, take another DQ because literature iis part of the arts

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