# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/301 "2026-10-20T14:34:59Z")
IQs: 1. Was your regiment tasked with the seizure of the Son River bridge? 2. Was your brigade dropped in an attempt to relieve the British 1st Airborne? 3. Did you play the commander of the British 1st Airborne in _A Bridge Too Far_? ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/302 "2026-10-20T14:52:28Z")
IQs 1. Are you aka Simon Templer? 2. Are you aka Kent Allard? 3. Are you aka Richard Wentworth? ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/303 "2026-10-20T14:58:49Z")
1. Susan Stamberg 2. Will Short, yes,correct 3. Scott Simon DQs 1. Alive? 2. Female? ---
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/304 "2026-10-20T15:21:07Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your regiment tasked with the seizure of the Son River bridge? > 2. Was your brigade dropped in an attempt to relieve the British 1st Airborne? > 3. Did you play the commander of the British 1st Airborne in _A Bridge Too Far_? Take three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you aka Simon Templer? > 2. Are you aka Kent Allard? > 3. Are you aka Richard Wentworth? 1. I am not the Saint. 2. I am not the Shadow. 3. I am not the Spider. DQs: 1. real 2. dead 3. female ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/305 "2026-10-20T16:22:09Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Was your regiment tasked with the seizure of the Son River bridge? > > 2. Was your brigade dropped in an attempt to relieve the British 1st Airborne? > > 3. Did you play the commander of the British 1st Airborne in _A Bridge Too Far_? > > Take three DQs Col. Robert Sink, Gen. Stanislaus Sosabowski, and Sean Connery, respectively. (Can anyone guess what I watched last night?) IQs: Last name starts with S? Born since 1900? 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:** [October 20, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/306 "2026-10-20T17:07:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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. Correct Correct Sheela Silverman (aka Ma Anand Sheela) 1 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 20, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/307 "2026-10-20T17:12:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you meet a food vendor on your way to the fair? 2. Did you front a band with two brothers and a repetitive name? 3. Were you taking Ritalin while competing at the Olympics? ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/308 "2026-10-20T18:49:02Z")
Swept me! I’m impressed you knew the Spider. IQs 1. Did you hang around with Morocco Mole? 2. Did you keep Pinocchio in a cage? 3. Were you the voice of Top Cat? ---
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/309 "2026-10-20T18:58:32Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you meet a food vendor on your way to the fair? > 2. Did you front a band with two brothers and a repetitive name? > 3. Were you taking Ritalin while competing at the Olympics? 1. I am not Simple Simon. 2. I am not Simon Le Bon. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you hang around with Morocco Mole? > 2. Did you keep Pinocchio in a cage? > 3. Were you the voice of Top Cat? 1. I am not Secret Squirrel. 2. I am not Stromboli. 3. I am not Allen Swift. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m impressed you knew the Spider. It didn’t hurt that I read a bit of the 1990s comic reboot recently. DQs: 1. real 2. dead 3. female 5. last name starts with S 6. born before 1900 7. known for the arts ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/310 "2026-10-20T20:39:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Did you hang around with Morocco Mole? > > 2. Did you keep Pinocchio in a cage? > > 3. Were you the voice of Top Cat? > > 1. I am not Secret Squirrel. > 2. I am not Stromboli. > 3. I am not Allen Swift. Correct, correct, and Arnold Stang. 1 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 20, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/311 "2026-10-20T20:49:10Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you meet a food vendor on your way to the fair? > > 2. Did you front a band with two brothers and a repetitive name? > > 3. Were you taking Ritalin while competing at the Olympics? > > 1. I am not Simple Simon. > 2. I am not Simon Le Bon. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct Correct Simone Biles Simon/e x3! DQs: Born before 1850? American? ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/312 "2026-10-20T20:51:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Eureka](#): > > > > 2. Are you NPR’s puzzlemater? > > 1. I am not Will Shortz. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Will Short, yes,correct No, it’s _Shortz_. 😉 Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS? - Salmon P. Chase Were you his first SECWAR? - Yes, Simon Cameron Were you his second? - Yes, Edwin Stanton DQ: Best known for the performing arts? IQs: Were you Lord of Winterfell when Robert Baratheon took the Iron Throne of Westeros? Did you win the Battle of Cedar Creek? Did Patrick Stewart play you in _I, Claudius_? ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/313 "2026-10-20T21:06:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lord of Winterfell when Robert Baratheon took the Iron Throne of Westeros? > Did you win the Battle of Cedar Creek? > Did Patrick Stewart play you in _I, Claudius_? Respectively: I am not Stannis Baratheon. I am not Stonewall Jackson. I am not Sejanus, or his hair. DQs: 1. real 2. dead 3. female 5. last name starts with S 6. born before 1900 7. known for the arts 8. born before 1850 9. not American 10. not known for the performing arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/314 "2026-10-20T21:21:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you nominated for an Academy Award, as well as win the Golden Globe award, for playing a teenager? 2. Is you play considered the most significant English-written plays of the 20th Century? 3. Were you an abolitionist born into slavery? ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/315 "2026-10-20T21:26:50Z")
I know the guys name ends in z, our host knows it. But apparently, my phone does not. ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/316 "2026-10-21T02:02:41Z")
DQ: European? ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/317 "2026-10-21T02:45:59Z")
IQ1: Were you Percy’s wife, nee Godwin? IQ2: Were you a Kurd who was sultan of Egypt? IQ3: Were you a Greek poet from Lesbos? ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/318 "2026-10-21T02:49:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Percy’s wife, nee Godwin? > IQ2: Were you a Kurd who was sultan of Egypt? > IQ3: Were you a Greek poet from Lesbos? I am not Saladin or Sappho, but I am indeed _Frankenstein_ author **Mary Shelley**! Next game goes to SCAdian. ---
**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 21, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/319 "2026-10-21T04:16:46Z")
Well done, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Were you Lord of Winterfell when Robert Baratheon took the Iron Throne of Westeros? - Not Stannis Baratheon, but Eddard “Ned” Stark Did you win the Battle of Cedar Creek? - Not Stonewall Jackson (who was dead by then), but Gen. Phil Sheridan Did Patrick Stewart play you in _I, Claudius_? - Yes, Sejanus (and his hair) ---
**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 21, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/320 "2026-10-21T13:36:34Z")
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