# 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:** 15
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/281 "2026-10-16T17:51:05Z")
DQ: Are you Renfield? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/282 "2026-10-16T18:05:28Z")
Swept me. So no DQs for me. Which is fine, because I don’t have any clue. ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/283 "2026-10-16T18:38:32Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > DQ: Are you Renfield? I am not. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/284 "2026-10-17T14:45:32Z")
It just popped in my head, despite the inconsistencies. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/285 "2026-10-17T15:44:49Z")
So many clues yet I’m drawing a blank. I’ll yield my last 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:** [October 17, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/286 "2026-10-17T16:02:14Z")
And on to the _Are you…?_ questions. Please ask by 9pm EDT tomorrow. ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/287 "2026-10-18T22:20:40Z")
I’m extending the deadline to noon EDT tomorrow. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/288 "2026-10-19T02:19:19Z")
Are you Raoul, from _The Phantom of the Opera_? ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/289 "2026-10-19T02:36:16Z")
Yes, I am # Viscount Raoul deChagnay, Whose part in the written novel is considerably larger than the stage and screen versions. Well done, **dlr**!! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/290 "2026-10-19T04:39:31Z")
I know that one. I never would’ve guessed it was about “The Phantom of the Opera.” I only know the movie, I never read the book. If asked, I would’ve said it was written pre-1900. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/291 "2026-10-19T10:05:45Z")
I know Raoul, mostly because I adored the music for. lloyd Webbers musical as a teen. And saw it performed in Toronto. I was never getting anywhere from our questions, though. ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/292 "2026-10-19T13:41:12Z")
Congrats, me! OK: I am **S**. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/293 "2026-10-19T16:04:23Z")
Oh, hey, congrats, **DLR**! 😉 IQs: 1. Were you in a relationship with Jessica Lange? 2. Were you removed from office for opposing Southern succession prior to the American Civil War? 3. Were you picked ahead of Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft? ---
**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 19, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/294 "2026-10-19T18:11:30Z")
Congrats again, and thanks for updating the list of letters used! ---
**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 19, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/295 "2026-10-19T20:02:29Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you in a relationship with Jessica Lange? > 2. Were you removed from office for opposing Southern succession prior to the American Civil War? > 3. Were you picked ahead of Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft? 1. I am not Sam Shepard? 2. I am not Sam Houston? 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/296 "2026-10-19T22:12:24Z")
Correct Correct Sam Bowie (taken #2 in the draft, ahead of Jordan; considered one of the biggest draft errors in NBA history) Sam x3! DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/297 "2026-10-19T22:17:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you married to one of the Darrens on _Bewitched_? 2. Were you a TV puppeteer widely rumored to be a horrible boss? 3. Were you one of the conspirators involved in a 1984 bioterrorism attack? ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/298 "2026-10-20T04:22:56Z")
Good job, **DLR**! Previous IQs: Did you succeed MacArthur as the U.S. military commander in Korea? - Gen. Matthew Ridgway Were Joffrey and Tommen not actually your sons? - King Robert Baratheon, in _Game of Thrones_ Did you play a bar owner, a loving nephew and a quirky diplomat? - Roger Rees, in _Cheers, A Christmas Carol_ (with George C. Scott, in 1984) and _The West Wing_ On to S. Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS? Were you his first SECWAR? Were you his second? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/299 "2026-10-20T11:09:08Z")
1. Are you a NPR person known for talking about your mother in law’s cranberry sauce? 2. Are you NPR’s puzzlemater? 3. Are you an NPR host who is doubly qualified for this question? ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/300 "2026-10-20T14:04:01Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you married to one of the Darrens on _Bewitched_? > 2. Were you a TV puppeteer widely rumored to be a horrible boss? > 3. Were you one of the conspirators involved in a 1984 bioterrorism attack? 1. I am not Samantha Stephens (I mean, she _was_ married to one of the Darrens, and to the other one as well.). 2. I am not Shari Lewis? 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS? > Were you his first SECWAR? > Were you his second? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Simon Cameron. I am not Edwin Stanton. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you a NPR person known for talking about your mother in law’s cranberry sauce? > 2. Are you NPR’s puzzlemater? > 3. Are you an NPR host who is doubly qualified for this question? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Will Shortz. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=16)