# 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\
**Page:** 6

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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 19, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/101 "2025-11-19T20:14:49Z")

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IQ1: Arre you a 0-6-0T?  
IQ2: Was “Jeely kly!” your catchphrase?  
IQ3: Did you steal a pig and run away?

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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 19, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/102 "2025-11-19T20:35:52Z")

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Dunno x3.

T.

1. real
2. male
3. last name begins with T

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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 19, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/103 "2025-11-19T21:58:00Z")

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DQ: Living?

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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 19, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/104 "2025-11-19T22:44:02Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Q1: Arre you a 0-6-0T?  
> IQ2: Was “Jeely kly!” your catchphrase?  
> IQ3: Did you steal a pig and run away?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno x3.

Thomas the Tank Engine  
Tommy Djilas  
Tom, the piper’s son

DQ1: Known for the Arts?  
DQ2: American?  
One DQ reserved.

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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 19, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/105 "2025-11-19T22:53:30Z")

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IQ1: Were you an 18th-Century English highwayman?  
IQ2: Was the _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ your ship?  
IQ3: Were you a Mongol leader known as “the Lame”?

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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 20, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/106 "2025-11-20T00:35:51Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you known as “The father of the hydrogen bomb”?
2. Were you commander of the amphibious forces in the Guadalcanal campaign?
3. Did you command troops at the Alamo during the Texas Revolution?

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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 20, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/107 "2025-11-20T04:17:03Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you an 18th-Century English highwayman?  
> IQ2: Was the _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ your ship?  
> IQ3: Were you a Mongol leader known as “the Lame”?

Not T. Dennis Moore, Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, or Theodore Khan.

> [@SunUp](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you known as “The father of the hydrogen bomb”?
> 2. Were you commander of the amphibious forces in the Guadalcanal campaign?
> 3. Did you command troops at the Alamo during the Texas Revolution?

Not Teller, dunno, and not Travis.

T.

1. real
2. male
3. last name begins with T
4. dead
5. only indirectly known for the Arts
6. American

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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 20, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/108 "2025-11-20T05:31:00Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@SunUp](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > 1. Were you known as “The father of the hydrogen bomb”?
> > 2. Were you commander of the amphibious forces in the Guadalcanal campaign?
> > 3. Did you command troops at the Alamo during the Texas Revolution?
> 
> Not Teller, dunno, and not Travis.

Edward Teller, Richmond Kelly Turner, and William Travis.

DQ: Died before 1900?

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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 20, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/109 "2025-11-20T05:33:14Z")

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DQs:

1. Caucasian?
2. Known for a specific object or event?

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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 20, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/110 "2025-11-20T05:36:24Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you one of Kellogg’s cereal mascots?
2. Are you another one?
3. Did you play the father of the missing baby in _Raising Arizona_?

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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 20, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/111 "2025-11-20T12:56:14Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you an 18th-Century English highwayman?  
> > IQ2: Was the _Queen Anne’s Revenge_ your ship?  
> > IQ3: Were you a Mongol leader known as “the Lame”?
> 
> Not T. Dennis Moore, Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, or Theodore Khan.

Dick Turpin  
correct  
Timur the Lame, aka Tamerlane

Three DQs 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 20, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/112 "2025-11-20T17:34:50Z")

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IQs

1. Did you star in Father Knows Best?
2. Did you write The Wonderful O?
3. Did Paul Simon rewrite the lyrics to Kodachrome because of you?

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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 20, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/113 "2025-11-20T21:12:59Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you one of Kellogg’s cereal mascots?
> 2. Are you another one?
> 3. Did you play the father of the missing baby in _Raising Arizona_?

Not Tony the Tiger, dunno and dunno.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs
> 
> 1. Did you star in Father Knows Best?
> 2. Did you write The Wonderful O?
> 3. Did Paul Simon rewrite the lyrics to Kodachrome because of you?

Dunno, dunno and not Ted Williams.

T.

1. real
2. male
3. last name begins with T
4. dead
5. only indirectly known for the Arts
6. American
7. died before 1900
8. not Caucasian
9. known for a specific object or event

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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 21, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/114 "2025-11-21T01:07:53Z")

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DQ: Died after1800?

IQ1: Did you lead a 19th-century slave revolt?  
IQ2: Did you paint _The Fighting Temeraire_?  
IQ3: Did you wash your face in a frying pan?

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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 21, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/115 "2025-11-21T05:15:20Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> …  
> IQ1: Did you lead a 19th-century slave revolt?  
> …

Dingdingding! Yes, I am

# Nat Turner

For more: [Nat Turner - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner)

Well done, **SCA**!

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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 21, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/116 "2025-11-21T15:48:42Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Nat Turner

Wasn’t expecting that – seemed too obvious a choice for IQs!

I am

[![](https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/dims4/default/60397d1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/115x172+19+0/resize/267x400!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrigham-young-brightspot-us-east-2.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2F0a%2Fea5c6750414f915245ee3a479c01%2Fg-f.gif) ](https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/dims4/default/60397d1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/115x172+19+0/resize/267x400!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrigham-young-brightspot-us-east-2.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2F0a%2Fea5c6750414f915245ee3a479c01%2Fg-f.gif)

(G)

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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 21, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/117 "2025-11-21T15:57:58Z")

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Good job **SCA**!

> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you one of Kellogg’s cereal mascots? **Correct**
> 2. Are you another one? **Toucan Sam**
> 3. Did you play the father of the missing baby in _Raising Arizona_? **Trey Wilson**

On to G:

1. Are you one of the Castaways?
2. Was Diane Keaton’s character looking for you?
3. Were you one of the greatest threats in the Wizarding world?

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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 21, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/118 "2025-11-21T18:24:12Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> 1. Are you one of the Castaways?
> 2. Was Diane Keaton’s character looking for you?
> 3. Were you one of the greatest threats in the Wizarding world?

Not Ginger  
Not … Mr Goodbar?  
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 21, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/119 "2025-11-21T20:44:47Z")

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Both Ginger Grant and Mr. Goodbar are correct.  
#3 is Gellert Grindelwald

DQ: Real?

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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 21, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/120 "2025-11-21T22:10:25Z")

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Well done.

IQs:

1. Did you paint _The Raft of the Medusa_?
2. Did you paint Maia, both clothed and unclothed?
3. Did you paint _American Gothic_?

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