# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/321 "2026-10-21T14:22:02Z")
Nice guesswork **SCAdian!** 1. Were you nominated for an Academy Award, as well as win the Golden Globe award, for playing a teenager? Saoirse Ronan _(Lady Bird)_ 2. Is you play considered the most significant English-written plays of the 20th Century? Samuel Beckett; _Waiting For Godot_ 3. Were you an abolitionist born into slavery? Sojourner Truth ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/322 "2026-10-21T15:00:51Z")
Congrats, Scadian! A person I know but might or might not have guessed. ---
**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 22, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/323 "2026-10-22T17:02:39Z")
Oops – been a bit busy here. Apologies to all. I am L. @De_La_Rue: Can we have a good copy of your “letters used” post, please? ---
**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 22, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/324 "2026-10-22T17:31:46Z")
OK, I reposted it. IQs: 1. Were you Ms. Frizzle? 2. Did you assassinate William McKinley? 3. Did you dance in a graveyard in _Return of the Living Dead_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/325 "2026-10-22T17:32:54Z")
Maybe a reporting of rules too? IQs: 1. Did you fly around in a lawn chair? 2. Are you friends with a girl named Dot? 3. Did you play the wives opposite Jim Carrey and Jason Bateman? ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/326 "2026-10-22T18:40:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Ms. Frizzle? > 2. Did you assassinate William McKinley? > 3. Did you dance in a graveyard in _Return of the Living Dead_? DQ Not Leon Czolgosz DQ > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you fly around in a lawn chair? > 2. Are you friends with a girl named Dot? > 3. Did you play the wives opposite Jim Carrey and Jason Bateman? DQ x3 ---
**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 22, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/327 "2026-10-22T18:42:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > Not Leon Czolgosz > DQ 1 was Lily Tomlin; 3 was Linnea Quigley. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with L? ---
**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 22, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/328 "2026-10-22T19:31:16Z")
L. 1. real 2. last name begins with L ---
**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 22, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/329 "2026-10-22T19:33:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > OK, I reposted it. Thank you. Mo’ bettah! ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/330 "2026-10-22T20:22:09Z")
IQs 1. Did you have a hit with _All Night Long_? 2. Were you a chimpanzee secret agent? 3. Did you have a couple hit songs with Nancy Sinatra? ---
**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 22, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/331 "2026-10-22T20:23:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you co-found Google? 2. Did Tina Fey play you on _30 Rock_? 3. Is this you? [![](https://i.ibb.co/B5zv6dng/botticelli-PM.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/B5zv6dng/botticelli-PM.png) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/332 "2026-10-22T23:13:39Z")
1. Were you a cast member from _Full House_ who later gained notoriety for paying bribes to get your kid into college? 2. Were you a composer who kept composing after you went deaf? 3. Are you a hero on the half-shell? ---
**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 23, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/333 "2026-10-23T01:44:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you have a hit with _All Night Long_? > 2. Were you a chimpanzee secret agent? > 3. Did you have a couple hit songs with Nancy Sinatra? DQ Not Lancelot Link DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you co-found Google? > 2. Did Tina Fey play you on _30 Rock_? > 3. Is this you? DQ DQ Not … Lon Chaney Jr? > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Were you a cast member from _Full House_ who later gained notoriety for paying bribes to get your kid into college? > 2. Were you a composer who kept composing after you went deaf? > 3. Are you a hero on the half-shell? DQ Not Ludwig van Beethoven DQ ---
**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 23, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/334 "2026-10-23T01:55:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > DQ > Not … Lon Chaney Jr? 1 was Larry Page; 2 was Liz Lemon; 3 was Lincolnstein. DQs: 1. female? 2. living? 3. American? ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/335 "2026-10-23T03:36:18Z")
L 1. real 2. last name begins with L 3. male 4. dead 5. American ---
**Author:** ![CobaltBlade75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@CobaltBlade75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CobaltBlade75)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/336 "2026-10-23T03:38:19Z")
Thanks for starting the new round. To kick things off: is your person a real, living human being? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/337 "2026-10-23T06:00:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you fly around in a lawn chair? > > 2. Are you friends with a girl named Dot? > > 3. Did you play the wives opposite Jim Carrey and Jason Bateman? > > DQ x3 “Lawnchair” Larry Walters Little Lotta Laura Linley (_The Truman Show; Ozark_) DQs: Known from Arts? Died after 1950? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/338 "2026-10-23T15:29:14Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Manon the handyman in _The Alligator People_? 2. Are you currently an activist against cyberbullying, and have called yourself “patient zero” of it (given the late 1990s scandal you were at the center of)? 3. Did you observe a producer could make more money with a flop than with a hit? ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/339 "2026-10-23T15:51:53Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you Manon the handyman in _The Alligator People_? > 2. Are you currently an activist against cyberbullying, and have called yourself “patient zero” of it (given the late 1990s scandal you were at the center of)? > 3. Did you observe a producer could make more money with a flop than with a hit? DQ x3 L 1. real 2. last name begins with L 3. male 4. dead 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. died after 1950 ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/340 "2026-10-23T15:55:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Lon Chaney Jr.; 2 was Monica Lewinsky; 3 was Leo Bloom, in _The Producers_. DQs: 1. known for the performing arts? 2. died after 1988? 3. first name begins from A-M? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=18)