# Botticelli- November 2025 **URL:** \ **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:** 7
**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 22, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/121 "2025-11-22T15:53:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? Not that French guy whose name I can never remember – DQ Not de Goya Not Grant Wood _ **G** _ 1. Real ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/122 "2025-11-22T15:55:34Z")
1 was Gericault. The others are correct. DQ: Last name starts with G? ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/123 "2025-11-22T15:57:54Z")
_ **G** _ 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/124 "2025-11-22T18:21:11Z")
IQs: 1. Are you known for granting wishes to a pair of dum-dums? 2. Are you the world’s richest man who “adopted” a homeless young man as your son? 3. Did you die when having sex with your wife, leaving her handcuffed to the bed? ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/125 "2025-11-22T22:27:43Z")
IQs: Did Josh Brolin provide your voice in a recent documentary series? Were you buried in Troy, NY because your wife was from there? Did you serve in the Truman Cabinet as both SECSTATE and SECDEF? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/126 "2025-11-22T23:36:33Z")
1. Did you play Buck Rogers? 2. Did you play David Bradford on **Eight is Enough**? 3. Is your husband Mark Kelly? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/127 "2025-11-23T06:17:34Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the mascot for Toys ‘R’ Us? 2. Is Terra your nation, deep space your dwelling place, and death your destination? 3. Did your disobedience of orders on the third day at Gettysburg aid in Union victory? ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/128 "2025-11-23T15:16:44Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you known for granting wishes to a pair of dum-dums? > 2. Are you the world’s richest man who “adopted” a homeless young man as your son? > 3. Did you die when having sex with your wife, leaving her handcuffed to the bed? Not … the Genie from Disney’s _Aladdin_? DQ DQ (_Private Benjamin_?) > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Josh Brolin provide your voice in a recent documentary series? > Were you buried in Troy, NY because your wife was from there? > Did you serve in the Truman Cabinet as both SECSTATE and SECDEF? DQ DQ Not George C Marshall > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the mascot for Toys ‘R’ Us? > 2. Is Terra your nation, deep space your dwelling place, and death your destination? > 3. Did your disobedience of orders on the third day at Gettysburg aid in Union victory? DQ DQ Not George Pickett @kitap: not ignoring you,just trying to remember two names. DG for your third IQ. ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/129 "2025-11-23T15:24:08Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you play Buck Rogers? > - Did you play David Bradford on **Eight is Enough**? > - Is your husband Mark Kelly? Not … Gil Lastname? Not Grant Lastname DQ, as previously mentioned ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/130 "2025-11-23T15:39:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the mascot for Toys ‘R’ Us? > > 2. Is Terra your nation, deep space your dwelling place, and death your destination? > > 3. Did your disobedience of orders on the third day at Gettysburg aid in Union victory? > > DQ > DQ > Not George Pickett #1 was Geoffrey the Giraffe. #2 was Gully Foyle from _The Stars My Destination_. #3 was George Armstrong Custer, who moved his brigade to the Union right flank rather than the left and was instrumental in repelling the attack by General Stuart’s cavalry. DQs: Male? Living? Known for the arts? ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/131 "2025-11-23T15:43:36Z")
_ **G** _ 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G 3. Male 4. Living 5. Known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/132 "2025-11-23T16:48:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you known for granting wishes to a pair of dum-dums? > > 2. Are you the world’s richest man who “adopted” a homeless young man as your son? > > 3. Did you die when having sex with your wife, leaving her handcuffed to the bed? > > Not … the Genie from Disney’s _Aladdin_? > DQ > DQ (_Private Benjamin_?) 1. The Great Gazoo 2. Sir Guy Grand (_The Magic Christian_) 3. Gerald Burlingame (_Gerald’s Game_) DQs: American? Born after 1975? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/133 "2025-11-23T18:27:18Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play Buck Rogers? > 2. Did you play David Bradford on **Eight is Enough**? > 3. Is your husband Mark Kelly? Gil Gerard Grant Goodeve Gabrielle Giffords DQ: 1. Caucasian? ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/134 "2025-11-23T19:35:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did Josh Brolin provide your voice in a recent documentary series? - George Washington, in Ken Burns’s _The American Revolution_ Were you buried in Troy, NY because your wife was from there? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas Did you serve in the Truman Cabinet as both SECSTATE and SECDEF? - Yes, George C. Marshall George x3! DQs: Best known for the performing arts? Has won a top arts award in his field? IQs: Are you and your wife entombed in Lake View Cemetery? Did your wife, with your support, decline to meet with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson? Did Tom Hanks play your son in one of your last movies? ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/135 "2025-11-24T00:37:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you and your wife entombed in Lake View Cemetery? > Did your wife, with your support, decline to meet with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson? > Did Tom Hanks play your son in one of your last movies? DQ x3 _ **G** _ 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G 3. Male 4. Living 5. Known for the arts 6. American 7. Not born after 1975 8. Caucasian 9. Best known for the performing arts 10. Have not won a top arts award in my field ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/136 "2025-11-24T03:13:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you also known as Puck? 2. Was your airship recognized as the official bird of Redondo Beach, CA? 3. Have you been part of Michelin since 1988? ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/137 "2025-11-24T12:51:28Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you also known as Puck? > 2. Was your airship recognized as the official bird of Redondo Beach, CA? > 3. Have you been part of Michelin since 1988? Not Robin Goodfellow DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/138 "2025-11-24T16:25:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Robin Goodfellow > DQ > DQ 1. Correct 2. Charles Goodyear; I’m withdrawing this question because he has no connection to the tire manufacturer, which created and owns the airship, beyond being the inventor of vulcanized rubber. 3. B. F. Goodrich Good-- x3! 2 DQs reserved (including a previous DQ) ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/139 "2025-11-24T21:28:55Z")
IQs: 1. Was your catchphrase, “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? 2. Did you play Snow White on _Once Upon A Time?_ 3. Were you a British historian best known for your biographies of Winston Churchill? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/140 "2025-11-24T22:28:29Z")
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