# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/41 "2026-10-03T23:32:29Z")
# 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 12. Caucasian 13. Born before 1940 14. Not best known for rock/pop 15. Generally considered a beauty in her prime 16. Won a Grammy 17. Not best known for country music 18. Songwriter (in conjunction with #9, singer-songwriter) ---
**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 3, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/42 "2026-10-03T23:46:29Z")
DQ: known for folk? 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 3, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/43 "2026-10-03T23:52:33Z")
# 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 12. Caucasian 13. Born before 1940 14. Not best known for rock/pop 15. Generally considered a beauty in her prime 16. Won a Grammy 17. Not best known for country music 18. Songwriter (in conjunction with #9, singer-songwriter) 19. Best known for folk ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/44 "2026-10-04T00:11:11Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Are you married to Robert Wagner? > > 2. Did you play Stupefyin’ Jones in the original production of _Li’l Abner_? > > 3. Did your dance troupe perform weekly on _The Red Skelton Show_? > > And take 3 DQs. Jill St. John, Julie Newmar and June Taylor. 3 DQs, but… Are you Judy Collins? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/45 "2026-10-04T00:16:44Z")
Yes! I am # Judy Collins Grammy winner for her recording of “Both Sides Now”, known also for her renditions of “Send In The Clowns” and “Amazing Grace”, and also the eponymous inspiration for the CSN hit “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”. You’re up, **Prof**! ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/46 "2026-10-04T00:19:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Are you Judy Collins? You beat me by two or three minutes. 😃 ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/47 "2026-10-04T00:24:58Z")
Always loved her stuff. And, I am # I! ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/48 "2026-10-04T00:37:26Z")
IQ1: Did you play Gronk’s wife? IQ2: Did you write “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”? IQ3: Was Cedric the Saxon your father? (By the way – thanks for the earworm. . . . 😐) ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/49 "2026-10-04T00:53:58Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Judy Collins …huh, I said folk because I was thinking of Joan Baez. I-Qs: 1. Were you in _Pacific Rim_? 2. Despite your name’s interpretation as a complete sentence, you were, actually, a human Texan philanthropist? 3. Were you and your associate brought from the TV to the “real” world in the “Treehouse of Horror IX” segment “The Terror of Tiny Toon”? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/50 "2026-10-04T01:08:32Z")
I it is! IQs: 1. Were you a longtime reporter for NBC News? 2. Were you the 142nd fastest gun in the west? 3. Did you write _The Cider House Rules_? ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/51 "2026-10-04T03:12:19Z")
Well done, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Is your psychedelia-painted car on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? - [Janis Joplin](https://janisjoplin.com/porsche/) Was “The Crave” one of your best-known pieces? - [Jelly Roll Morton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkGjDbKauVo&list=RDMkGjDbKauVo&start_radio=1) Were you the ship’s cat of the USCSS _Nostromo_? - Jones, an orange shorthair who appeared in both _Alien_ and _Aliens_ On to I! IQs: Were you the protagonist of _A Confederacy of Dunces_? Were you a key Clinton White House aide on healthcare reform? Did you play Dr. Leila Kalomi? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/52 "2026-10-04T10:36:15Z")
Joan Baez had been used. I know the name Judy Collins. I don’t know that she would have come to mind as a guess. ---
**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 4, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/53 "2026-10-04T11:05:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Gronk’s wife? > IQ2: Did you write “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”? > IQ3: Was Cedric the Saxon your father? 1. I am not Irving Berlin. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I-Qs: > > 1. Were you in _Pacific Rim_? > 2. Despite your name’s interpretation as a complete sentence, you were, actually, a human Texan philanthropist? > 3. Were you and your associate brought from the TV to the “real” world in the “Treehouse of Horror IX” segment “The Terror of Tiny Toon”? 1. I am not Itchy. Take 2 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a longtime reporter for NBC News? > 2. Were you the 142nd fastest gun in the west? > 3. Did you write _The Cider House Rules_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Irving. 3. I am not John Irving. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the protagonist of _A Confederacy of Dunces_? > Were you a key Clinton White House aide on healthcare reform? > Did you play Dr. Leila Kalomi? 1. I am not Ignatius J. Reilly (sp?). Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/54 "2026-10-04T12:42:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Itchy. Take 2 DQs. 1 was Idris Elba; 2 was Ima Hogg. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? ---
**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 4, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/55 "2026-10-04T14:10:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you play Gronk’s wife? > > IQ2: Did you write “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”? > > IQ3: Was Cedric the Saxon your father? > > 1. I am not Irving Berlin. Take 2 DQs. Imogene Coca correct Wilfred of Ivanhoe 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 4, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/56 "2026-10-04T14:48:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a longtime reporter for NBC News? > > 2. Were you the 142nd fastest gun in the west? > > 3. Did you write _The Cider House Rules_? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Irving. > 3. I am not John Irving. #1 was Irving R. Levine. Irving x3! DQ: First name begins with I? ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/57 "2026-10-04T15:06:14Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with I ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/58 "2026-10-04T15:27:27Z")
1. Did you serve as Emperor Gregor’s chief of Imperial Security for a really long time? 2. Did you write _On the Shores of Silver Lake_? 3. Were you the chairman of Chrysler? ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/59 "2026-10-04T15:40:20Z")
1. I am not Lee Iacocca. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/60 "2026-10-04T15:42:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you preside over the OJ Simpson trial? 2. Did you play a green-skinned witch on Broadway? 3. One of Mom’s sons on _Futurama_, was your full parentage revealed in the DVD movie _Bender’s Game_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=4)