# Botticelli - Oct 2026

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517>\
**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:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**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 2, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/21 "2026-10-02T16:41:16Z")

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IQ1: Did the little congregation pray for guidance from above on important occasions in your life?  
IQ2: Were you born in a cabin on a beach in Angola?  
IQ3: Were you a gay man whose stepfather was kidnapped by aliens?

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**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 2, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/22 "2026-10-02T16:58:42Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you a child star known for the song “I’m Writing a Letter to Daddy”?  
2. Did Christopher Walken play you in _Envy_?  
3. In _Ghostbusters_, does Alice the librarian say she had an uncle who thought he was you?

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**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 2, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/23 "2026-10-02T18:56:00Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with _Big Yellow Taxi_?
2. Did Rick Springfield sing that he was in love with your girlfriend?
3. Are you reputed to be the inventor of the lazy susan, but there’s no factual basis for that?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/24 "2026-10-02T21:13:29Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did the little congregation pray for guidance from above on important occasions in your life?  
> IQ2: Were you born in a cabin on a beach in Angola?  
> IQ3: Were you a gay man whose stepfather was kidnapped by aliens?

Take 2 DQs and I am not Jody Dallas.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a child star known for the song “I’m Writing a Letter to Daddy”?
> 2. Did Christopher Walken play you in _Envy_?
> 3. In _Ghostbusters_, does Alice the librarian say she had an uncle who thought he was you?

Take 2 DQs and I am not… Jesus?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you have a hit with _Big Yellow Taxi_?
> 2. Did Rick Springfield sing that he was in love with your girlfriend?
> 3. Are you reputed to be the inventor of the lazy susan, but there’s no factual basis for that?

I am neither Joni Mitchell nor Jesse, and take a DQ.

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**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 2, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/25 "2026-10-02T21:22:56Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> Take 2 DQs and I am not… Jesus?

1 was Baby Jane Hudson; 2 was the J-Man; 3 was St. Jerome.

DQs:  
#1. born after 1960?  
#2. last name starts from A-M?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/26 "2026-10-02T21:26:22Z")

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# J

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name does not start with J
4. Alive
5. Known from the arts
6. Not best known from TV or movies
7. American
8. First name begins with J
9. Singer
10. Born before 1960
11. Last name starts from A-M

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