# Botticelli - Oct 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517 "2026-10-01T16:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [October 12, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/201 "2026-10-12T18:33:38Z")
“…and there was much rejoicing.” Congrats, Knoodler! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/202 "2026-10-12T21:01:20Z")
Name rings a vague bell, but I wouldn’t have gotten it. Congrats knoodler! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/203 "2026-10-13T00:03:45Z")
Good going, knoodler! I twigged to him right after question #23, which made it a shame that I used my last DQ on question #22. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/204 "2026-10-13T00:07:51Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/205 "2026-10-13T01:49:27Z")
I’m a HUGE Python fan, so that last DQ rang a very loud bell. Up to then I was clueless. Next up: **A** As in **albatross, Albuquerque** and **Aloysius** ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/206 "2026-10-13T02:07:59Z")
IQs 1. Did John Cleese play you in a successful non-Python comedy? 2. Didst Graham Chapman playeth you, a king who traveledeth by cocoanuts? 3. Are you “America’s Weatherman”? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/207 "2026-10-13T02:22:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create a team with Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, and a victim of Dracula on it? 2. Did you play one of the pageant participants in _Drop Dead Gorgeous_? 3. Were you recently depicted transporting people to a secret government prison for monsters, supernatural beings, etc. in the Bermuda Triangle, in _President Curtis_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/208 "2026-10-13T02:29:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did John Cleese play you in a successful non-Python comedy? > 2. Didst Graham Chapman playeth you, a king who traveledeth by cocoanuts? > 3. Are you “America’s Weatherman”? 1. I am not Archibald Leach 2. I am not King Arthur/ Arthur Pendragon 3. I am not Al Roker > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you create a team with Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, and a victim of Dracula on it? > 2. Did you play one of the pageant participants in _Drop Dead Gorgeous_? > 3. Were you recently depicted transporting people to a secret government prison for monsters, supernatural beings, etc. in the Bermuda Triangle, in _President Curtis_? 1. I am not Allan Quatermain Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/209 "2026-10-13T02:32:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you earn an architecture degree from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo? 2. Did you play a high school sidekick, a starship captain, and a tourist trapped on a bus? 3. Were you played on film by SNL’s longest-tenured cast member? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/210 "2026-10-13T02:40:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you create a team with Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, and a victim of Dracula on it? > 2. Did you play one of the pageant participants in _Drop Dead Gorgeous_? > 3. Were you recently depicted transporting people to a secret government prison for monsters, supernatural beings, etc. in the Bermuda Triangle, in _President Curtis_? > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. I am not Allan Quatermain > Take 2 DQs 1 was Alan Moore; 2 was Amy Adams; 3 was Amelia Earhart. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? 3. first name begins with A? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/211 "2026-10-13T03:27:06Z")
IQs: 1. Have you now appeared in movies with dinosaurs, a cyclops, and “the Devil”? 2. Were you an Andalite ally of the Animorphs? 3. Did you turn down the presidency of Israel? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/212 "2026-10-13T03:36:31Z")
Well done, **knoodler**! A it is. IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Were you a Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi? Were you one of the leaders of Organia? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/213 "2026-10-13T12:42:12Z")
Swept me. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/214 "2026-10-13T14:49:58Z")
IQs 1. Are you the king of Dictionopolos? 2. Were you Charlemagne’s teacher? 3. Did you star in _Big Eyes_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/215 "2026-10-13T15:16:15Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you earn an architecture degree from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo? > 2. Did you play a high school sidekick, a starship captain, and a tourist trapped on a bus? > 3. Were you played on film by SNL’s longest-tenured cast member? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/216 "2026-10-13T15:19:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Have you now appeared in movies with dinosaurs, a cyclops, and “the Devil”? > 2. Were you an Andalite ally of the Animorphs? > 3. Did you turn down the presidency of Israel? I am not… Ariel Sharon? Take 2 DQs (or 3, if I’m wrong) > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? > Were you a Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi? > Were you one of the leaders of Organia? Dammit, I know the first one… take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/217 "2026-10-13T15:20:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you the king of Dictionopolos? > 2. Were you Charlemagne’s teacher? > 3. Did you star in _Big Eyes_? Take 2 DQs I am not Amy Adams ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/218 "2026-10-13T15:21:34Z")
**A** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with **A** ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/219 "2026-10-13T15:25:00Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Have you now appeared in movies with dinosaurs, a cyclops, and “the Devil”? > 2. Were you an Andalite ally of the Animorphs? > 3. Did you turn down the presidency of Israel? > [@knoodler](#): > > I am not… Ariel Sharon? Take 2 DQs (or 3, if I’m wrong) 1 was Anne Hathaway (in _The End of Oak Street_ and _The Odyssey_, both this year, and _The Devil Wears Prada_, which had a sequel this year); 2 was Ax; 3 was Albert Einstein. DQs: 1. main character? 2. originally from prose? 3. created by American(s)? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/220 "2026-10-13T15:35:24Z")
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