# 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:** 21
**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 28, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/401 "2026-10-28T21:29:15Z")
IQs 1. Did you hate Christmas, the whole Christmas season? 2. Were you the real Exapno Mapcase’s brother? 3. Were you the announcer for the highly acclaimed, stomach-protruding, royally abstaining, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/402 "2026-10-28T21:40:00Z")
IQs: #1. Were you a 21st century prime minister of the UK? #2. Did you crack up laughing while appearing in an _SNL_ sketch about two guys in a TV show audience who physically resemble Beavis and Butt-head? #3. Were you Oblina, Ickis, and Krumm’s mentor on _Aaahh!!! Real Monsters_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/403 "2026-10-28T22:08:44Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Mrs. Miniver? 2. Did you often call your costars “dum-dums”? 3. Are you the most swinging alligator in the swamp? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/404 "2026-10-28T23:00:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you (perhaps) win the presidency by running toward the front lines of the battle of Chickamauga? 2. Were you “gone to the White House, ha ha ha!”? 3. Did #2 beat you in his first election? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/405 "2026-10-28T23:40:33Z")
1. Did you sing “the sound of silence”? 2. Were you an actress who married a prince? 3. Were you the host of a long running radio variety show? ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/406 "2026-10-29T02:31:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you hate Christmas, the whole Christmas season? > 2. Were you the real Exapno Mapcase’s brother? > 3. Were you the announcer for the highly acclaimed, stomach-protruding, royally abstaining, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? Not the Grinch Not Groucho Marks DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > #1. Were you a 21st century prime minister of the UK? > #2. Did you crack up laughing while appearing in an _SNL_ sketch about two guys in a TV show audience who physically resemble Beavis and Butt-head? > #3. Were you Oblina, Ickis, and Krumm’s mentor on _Aaahh!!! Real Monsters_? DQ x3 > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Mrs. Miniver? > 2. Did you often call your costars “dum-dums”? > 3. Are you the most swinging alligator in the swamp? Not … Greer Garson? DQ DQ > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you (perhaps) win the presidency by running toward the front lines of the battle of Chickamauga? > 2. Were you “gone to the White House, ha ha ha!”? > 3. Did #2 beat you in his first election Not … U S Grant? Not Grover Cleveland? Not James G Blaine the continental liar from the state of Maine > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did you sing “the sound of silence”? > 2. Were you an actress who married a prince? > 3. Were you the host of a long running radio variety show? Not Art Garfunkel Not Grace Kelly 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 29, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/407 "2026-10-29T02:57:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ x3 1 was Gordon Brown; 2 was Heidi Gardner; 3 was the Gromble. DQs: #1. real? #2. male? #3. first name begins with G? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/408 "2026-10-29T03:19:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you (perhaps) win the presidency by running toward the front lines of the battle of Chickamauga? > > 2. Were you “gone to the White House, ha ha ha!”? > > 3. Did #2 beat you in his first election > > Not … U S Grant? > Not Grover Cleveland? > Not James G Blaine the continental liar from the state of Maine #1 was James A. Garfield. Correct on 2 & 3. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/409 "2026-10-29T03:26:55Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > He was Kung Fu before _Kung Fu._ Nitpick: He was hapkido G 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with G ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/410 "2026-10-29T03:29:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you Mrs. Miniver? > > 2. Did you often call your costars “dum-dums”? > > 3. Are you the most swinging alligator in the swamp? > > Not … Greer Garson? > DQ > DQ Correct Great Gazoo (_The Flintstones_) Wally Gator DQs: American creator? Known from prose? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/411 "2026-10-29T05:07:25Z")
DQ: Human? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/412 "2026-10-29T13:37:14Z")
1. Yes, Art Garfunkel 2. Yes, Grace Kelly 3. Garrison Keiller 1DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/413 "2026-10-29T15:55:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you feel compelled to look after your family after your dad committed suicide? 2. Did you play a character who was affectionately involved with a male character in two different series, with the same actor playing both roles? 3. Were you the human representation of a non-human entity? ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/414 "2026-10-29T16:08:55Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 21st century US president? 2. Were you Barbara Maitland, in _Beetlejuice_? 3. Are you the reptile mascot for a car insurance company? ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/415 "2026-10-29T16:48:53Z")
G 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. American creator 5. not known from prose 6. human ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/416 "2026-10-29T16:57:49Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you feel compelled to look after your family after your dad committed suicide? > 2. Did you play a character who was affectionately involved with a male character in two different series, with the same actor playing both roles? > 3. Were you the human representation of a non-human entity? Three DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you a 21st century US president? > 2. Were you Barbara Maitland, in _Beetlejuice_? > 3. Are you the reptile mascot for a car insurance company? Three DQs, unless 3 is supposed to be the GEICO gecko – I’d say that’s a description not a name. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/417 "2026-10-29T19:06:37Z")
1. Are you a cooking show host with a fancy red car? 2. Do you host cooking shows on both sides of the Atlantic? 3. Are you a woman who has been a guest chef/judge on more than one cooking show? ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/418 "2026-10-29T19:22:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Did you hate Christmas, the whole Christmas season? > > 2. Were you the real Exapno Mapcase’s brother? > > 3. Were you the announcer for the highly acclaimed, stomach-protruding, royally abstaining, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > Not the Grinch > Not Groucho Marks > DQ Correct, correct (but it’s Marx), and Wallace Greenslade. DQ: Created after 1960? ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/419 "2026-10-29T19:40:54Z")
IQs 1. Did you write _The Phantom of the Opera_? 2. Are you directing the new version of the Narnia stories? 3. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi ? ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/420 "2026-10-29T21:00:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs, unless 3 is supposed to be the GEICO gecko – I’d say that’s a description not a name. 1 (21st century US president) was George W. Bush, who was president from 2001 to 2009. 2 (Barbara in _Beetlejuice_) was Geena Davis. 3 was indeed the GEICO Gecko. DQs: #1. originally from movies or TV? #2. main character? IQs: #1. Did you direct _Night of the Living Dead_ and the movie I saw last night, _Creepshow_? #2. Were you a female US navy rear admiral and pioneering computer scientist? #3. Was Billy Peltzer given you as a gift and told the three rules: keep you out of bright light, never get you wet, and never feed you after midnight? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=22)