# 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:** 14
**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 15, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/261 "2026-10-15T14:33:17Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a White House chief of staff and mayor of Chicago? > 2. Were you Tangina the medium in _Poltergeist_, and the mother in the meta-horror movie _Anguish_? > 3. Were you a red skull-faced supervillain on _The Venture Bros._? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs . 1 was Rahm Emanuel; 2 was Zelda Rubinstein; 3 was Red Death. DQs: 1. created after 1945? 2. European creator? 3. main character? ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/262 "2026-10-15T14:41:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you _The Bad Seed_? 2. Did you found Bain Capital? 3. Michael Lerner was also in _Anguish_. Did he play a character named after and resembling you, in the 1998 _Godzilla_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/263 "2026-10-15T15:02:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Was your Best Actor Oscar statuette sold at an auction of Christie’s in 2002? > > 2. Did you make your debut in 1963 by a popular TV personality? > > 3. Did you serve in WWII as part of the Provisional Task Force Show Unit? > > 1. I am not Robert Hope. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Ronald Colman _(A Double Life)_ 2. Ronald McDonald (Willard Scott, aka Bozo the Clown) 3. Ronald Reagan (Robert – or “Bob”, as he was called – Hope was in USO shows and not part of the task force, which focused on military details and not as much entertainment.) Ronald x3! 3 DQs reserved ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/264 "2026-10-15T15:26:35Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with R 4. Human 5. First appeared in prose fiction 6. Creator not American 7. Created before 1945 8. European creator 9. Supporting character ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/265 "2026-10-15T15:37:23Z")
DQs: Appeared before 1900? Caucasian? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/266 "2026-10-15T15:49:47Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with R 4. Human 5. First appeared in prose fiction 6. Creator not American 7. Created before 1945 8. European creator 9. Supporting character 10. Created after 1900 11. Caucasian ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/267 "2026-10-15T18:40:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your wife star in an eponymous titled series, based on a BritCom spinoff of a popular British series? 2. Did you appear for the third time, after a 17-year absence from the big screen? 3. Did you debut in Jackpot Comics #5? ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/268 "2026-10-15T20:07:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you _The Bad Seed_? > 2. Did you found Bain Capital? > 3. Michael Lerner was also in _Anguish_. Did he play a character named after and resembling you, in the 1998 _Godzilla_? 1. I am not Raymond Burr. Take 2 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your wife star in an eponymous titled series, based on a BritCom spinoff of a popular British series? > 2. Did you appear for the third time, after a 17-year absence from the big screen? > 3. Did you debut in Jackpot Comics #5? Take 2 DQs . ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/269 "2026-10-15T20:15:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Raymond Burr. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Rhoda Penmark; 2 was Mitt Romney; 3 was Roger Ebert. DQs: 1. originally from a novel? 2. created after 1923? 3. creator from continental Europe? ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/270 "2026-10-15T20:20:43Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with R 4. Human 5. First appeared in prose fiction 6. Creator not American 7. Created before 1945 8. European creator 9. Supporting character 10. Created after 1900 11. Caucasian 12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel 13. Created before 1923 14. Creator from continental Europe ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/271 "2026-10-15T22:32:53Z")
1. Did you play a sleazy lawyer in _Chicago_? 2. Were you a client of that sleazy lawyer? 3. Did you play #2? ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/272 "2026-10-15T23:01:14Z")
IQs: 1. Were you chosen for the Jury of the Damned, despite protesting that (as of 1993) you weren’t dead? Arrrooooo! (No, wait, that’s _another_ show.) 2. Were you Minnie Castevet in _Rosemary’s Baby_? 3. In the novel _The Analyst_, were you someone with a connection to Dr. Frederick Starks’ past, who wrote him a letter threatening to kill one of his relatives unless, like in the fairy tale you took your alias from, he could figure out your real name? (Said fairy tale character was also the villain of a 1995 horror movie, played by _Deep Space 9_’s Max Grodenchik in heavy makeup.) ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/273 "2026-10-16T03:37:51Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown, in the Middle-earth writings of J.R.R. Tolkien Were you the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? - Ronald Reagan Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Gen. William Rosecrans, during the Civil War DQs: Creator was a native speaker of a Germanic language? Character was a “good guy”? IQs: Did you succeed MacArthur as the U.S. military commander in Korea? Were Joffrey and Tommen not actually your sons? Did you play a bar owner, a loving nephew and a quirky diplomat? ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/274 "2026-10-16T13:58:26Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did you play a sleazy lawyer in _Chicago_? > 2. Were you a client of that sleazy lawyer? > 3. Did you play #2? 1. I am not Richard Gere. 2. I am not Roxie Hart. 3. I am not Renee Zelwegger. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you chosen for the Jury of the Damned, despite protesting that (as of 1993) you weren’t dead? Arrrooooo! (No, wait, that’s _another_ show.) > 2. Were you Minnie Castevet in _Rosemary’s Baby_? > 3. In the novel _The Analyst_, were you someone with a connection to Dr. Frederick Starks’ past, who wrote him a letter threatening to kill one of his relatives unless, like in the fairy tale you took your alias from, he could figure out your real name? (Said fairy tale character was also the villain of a 1995 horror movie, played by _Deep Space 9_’s Max Grodenchik in heavy makeup.) 1. I am not Ruth Gordon. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you succeed MacArthur as the U.S. military commander in Korea? > Were Joffrey and Tommen not actually your sons? > Did you play a bar owner, a loving nephew and a quirky diplomat? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/275 "2026-10-16T13:59:20Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with R 4. Human 5. First appeared in prose fiction 6. Creator not American 7. Created before 1945 8. European creator 9. Supporting character 10. Created after 1900 11. Caucasian 12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel 13. Created before 1923 14. Creator from continental Europe 15. Creator was not a native speaker of a Germanic language 16. Character is a good guy. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/276 "2026-10-16T14:09:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ruth Gordon. > Take 2 DQs. 1 (Jury of the Damned) was Richard Nixon, in the “Treehouse of Horror IV” segment “The Devil and Homer Simpson”; 3 (“…unless, like in the fairy tale you took your alias from, he could figure out your real name”) was Rumpelstiltskin. DQ: creator was French? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/277 "2026-10-16T15:44:17Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did you and your wife star in an eponymous titled series, based on a BritCom spinoff of a popular British series? > 2. Did you appear for the third time, after a 17-year absence from the big screen? > 3. Did you debut in Jackpot Comics #5? 1. Stanley Roper and his wife, Helen (_The Ropers_, a spinoff from _Three’s Company_, which was based on the BritCom _Man About the House_ and its spinoff, _George and Mildred_) 2. Regan MacNeil, _The Exorcist, The Exorcist II_, and _The Exorcist III_ 3. Reggie Mantle DQs: Has appeared in movies or TV? Is an associate or sidekick to main character/s? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/278 "2026-10-16T16:02:26Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with R 4. Human 5. First appeared in prose fiction 6. Creator not American 7. Created before 1945 8. European creator 9. Supporting character 10. Created after 1900 11. Caucasian 12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel 13. Created before 1923 14. Creator from continental Europe 15. Creator was not a native speaker of a Germanic language 16. Character is a good guy. 17. French creator 18. Has appeared in Movies and TV 19. Is the adversary to the main character There are enough outstanding DQs to pass 20, so no more IQs. Please ask any remaiming DQs by noon EDT tomorrow. If you have gotten a DQ this game you may ask your “Are you…?” question at any time. ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/279 "2026-10-16T16:44:09Z")
DQ: main character has a sinister reputation? ---
**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 16, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/280 "2026-10-16T17:15:47Z")
DQs 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name starts with R 4. Human 5. First appeared in prose fiction 6. Creator not American 7. Created before 1945 8. European creator 9. Supporting character 10. Created after 1900 11. Caucasian 12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel 13. Created before 1923 14. Creator from continental Europe 15. Creator was not a native speaker of a Germanic language 16. Character is a good guy. 17. French creator 18. Has appeared in Movies and TV 19. Is the adversary to the main character 20. Main character has a sinister reputation [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=15)