# 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:** 22
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/421 "2026-10-29T22:38:24Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 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? Gilbert Grape (_What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?_) Sara Gilbert (with Johnny Galecki: _Roseanne; The Big Bang Theory_) Gilbert, aka Fiddler’s Green (_The Sandman_) Gilbert x3! 3 DQs 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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/422 "2026-10-29T23:53:41Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 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? DQ Not Gordon Ramsey DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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 ? DQ x3 > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > #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? DQ Not Grace Hopper Not … Gizmo? G 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. American creator 5. not known from prose 6. human 7. created after 1960 8. originally from movies or TV 9. not a main character ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/423 "2026-10-30T00:35:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the title character of a sitcom set on a desert island? 2. Were you a supporting character in the same sitcom? 3. Were you the eldest son in a different sitcom by the same creator? ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/424 "2026-10-30T01:06:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ > Not Grace Hopper > Not … Gizmo? 1 (_Night of the Living Dead_) was George Romero; 2 was correct; 3 was indeed Gizmo, in _Gremlins_. DQ: originally from movies? IQs: 1. Were you a monk who studied heredity in pea plants? 2. Did you recite the poem “The Hill We Climb” at Joe Biden’s inauguration? 3. Were you the only villain to appear in an episode of _The Real Ghostbusters_ **and** its followup _Extreme Ghostbusters_–a monstrous creature in a hat and coat who urged kids to misbehave, more and more, until they became one of its kind? ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/425 "2026-10-30T01:06:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 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 ? > > DQ x3 #1 was Gaston Leroux. #2 is Greta Gerwig. #3 was Gamaliel. DQs: 1. Created for TV? 2. Good guy? 3. Created after 1990? ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/426 "2026-10-30T15:51:59Z")
G 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. American creator 5. not known from prose 6. human 7. created after 1960 8. originally from movies or TV 9. not a main character 10. not originally from movies 11. created for TV 12. good guy 13. not created after 1990 IQ answers after I get back from the lab. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/427 "2026-10-30T16:15:41Z")
DQs: Was a cast member from more than one series? Created or first appeared before 1975? Known mostly for comedy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/428 "2026-10-30T16:24:48Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the only NY Yankee to hit four home runs in a single regular season game? (Not the playoffs.) 2. Did you, along with your two brothers, join the French Foreign Legion? 3. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne? ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/429 "2026-10-30T17:57:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did Ariana Grande play you in _Wicked_? 2. Did you create the character Kinsey Milhone in a series of mysteries? 3. Did Hal Peary play you on the radio? ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/430 "2026-10-30T23:17:09Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the title character of a sitcom set on a desert island? > 2. Were you a supporting character in the same sitcom? > 3. Were you the eldest son in a different sitcom by the same creator? not Gilligan not Ginger DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a monk who studied heredity in pea plants? > 2. Did you recite the poem “The Hill We Climb” at Joe Biden’s inauguration? > 3. Were you the only villain to appear in an episode of _The Real Ghostbusters_ **and** its followup _Extreme Ghostbusters_–a monstrous creature in a hat and coat who urged kids to misbehave, more and more, until they became one of its kind? not Gregor Mendel DQ DQ > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the only NY Yankee to hit four home runs in a single regular season game? (Not the playoffs.) > 2. Did you, along with your two brothers, join the French Foreign Legion? > 3. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne? not … George Herman Ruth? not … Beau Geste? DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Ariana Grande play you in _Wicked_? > 2. Did you create the character Kinsey Milhone in a series of mysteries? > 3. Did Hal Peary play you on the radio? DQ x3 G 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. American creator 5. not known from prose 6. human 7. created after 1960 8. originally from movies or TV 9. not a main character 10. not originally from moves 11. created for TV 12. good guy 13. not created after 1990 14. was a cast member from more than one series 15. created or first appeared before 1975 16. known mostly for comedy And that takes us over 20 DQs, so no more IQs, 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 30, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/431 "2026-10-30T23:40:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > not Gregor Mendel > DQ > DQ 2 was Amanda Gorman; 3 was the Grundel. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/432 "2026-10-30T23:53:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the title character of a sitcom set on a desert island? > > 2. Were you a supporting character in the same sitcom? > > 3. Were you the eldest son in a different sitcom by the same creator? > > not Gilligan > not Ginger > DQ Correct, correct, and Greg Brady (Sherwood Schwartz created both sitcoms). Question (and maybe @knoodler can weigh in, as it was their DQ): > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. fictional but > [@SCAdian](#): > > 14. was a cast member from more than one series Does this mean “was a character in more than one series”? ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/433 "2026-10-31T01:10:00Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > 14. was a cast member from more than one series > > Does this mean “was a character in more than one series”? That’s what my answer meant. The question, however. . . . ---
**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 31, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/434 "2026-10-31T01:21:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Ariana Grande play you in _Wicked_? > > 2. Did you create the character Kinsey Milhone in a series of mysteries? > > 3. Did Hal Peary play you on the radio? > > DQ x3 1 was Glinda. 2 was Sue Grafton. 3 was the Great Gildersleeve. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 31, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/435 "2026-10-31T10:14:32Z")
DQ: From sitcoms that were part of the ruralization of TV? ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/436 "2026-10-31T15:03:39Z")
DQ: Are you Gomer Pyle? ---
**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 31, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/437 "2026-10-31T15:31:56Z")
G 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. American creator 5. not known from prose 6. human 7. created after 1960 8. originally from movies or TV 9. not a main character 10. not originally from moves 11. created for TV 12. good guy 13. not created after 1990 14. was a cast member from more than one series 15. created or first appeared before 1975 16. known mostly for comedy 17. from sitcoms that were part of the ruralization of TV 18. not Gomer Pyle ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/438 "2026-10-31T15:40:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you the only NY Yankee to hit four home runs in a single regular season game? (Not the playoffs.) > > 2. Did you, along with your two brothers, join the French Foreign Legion? > > 3. Are you the eponymous protagonist of a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne? > > not … George Herman Ruth? > not … Beau Geste? > DQ Lou Gehrig Correct Young Goodman Brown 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/439 "2026-10-31T16:26:42Z")
Last DQ: last name starts with A - M? ---
**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 31, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/440 "2026-10-31T16:42:47Z")
G 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name begins with G 4. American creator 5. not known from prose 6. human 7. created after 1960 8. originally from movies or TV 9. not a main character 10. not originally from moves 11. created for TV 12. good guy 13. not created after 1990 14. was a cast member from more than one series 15. created or first appeared before 1975 16. known mostly for comedy 17. from sitcoms that were part of the ruralization of TV 18. not Gomer Pyle 19. last name starts with A-M I show @De_La_Rue and @knoodler each with two DQs remaining, and @SunUp with one. Pleas ask them NLT noon Eastern tomorrow (and I believe it’s time shift night tonight,so you get an extra hour). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=23)