# 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:** 4
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/61 "2026-10-04T16:03:12Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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_? 1. I am not Idina Menzel. 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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/62 "2026-10-04T16:20:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Idina Menzel. Take 2 DQs. 1 was Lance Ito; 3 was Igner. DQs: 1. living? 2. American? ---
**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, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/63 "2026-10-04T16:42:44Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:57, topic:1033517, full:true”] DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with I 4. Dead 5. Not American ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/64 "2026-10-04T18:00:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Are you Judy Collins? > > You beat me by two or three minutes. 😃 I was thinking of Jon Baez. Nice work, **Prof!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/65 "2026-10-04T18:02:32Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a breakable last name? 2. Are you the king of disaster movies? 3. Are you Kyle’s brother? ---
**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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/66 "2026-10-04T18:07:21Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Captain Nemo’s first mate in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_? 2. Did you have a categorical imperative? 3. Are you set to host _Saturday Night Live_ on October 31st, appropriately enough, given that you starred in a smash hit horror movie earlier this year? ---
**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, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/67 "2026-10-04T20:17:04Z")
1. Simon Illyan, Vorkosigan Saga 2. Laura Ingalls Wilder, although I think I got the prepositions wrong _By the Shores of Silver Lake_ 3. Correct ---
**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/68 "2026-10-04T20:18:02Z")
DQs: European? Died before 1970? ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/69 "2026-10-04T20:37:33Z")
1. Does your (and your siblings) involvement in the Christmas Pageant make a lot of well worn details hit differently? 2. Did you star in _Casablanca_? 3. Did you write “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”? ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/70 "2026-10-04T21:12:33Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:63, topic:1033517”] DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with I 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. European 7. Died after 1970 ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/71 "2026-10-04T21:15:57Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a breakable last name? > 2. Are you the king of disaster movies? > 3. Are you Kyle’s brother? 1. I’m not Ike. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Captain Nemo’s first mate in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_? > 2. Did you have a categorical imperative? > 3. Are you set to host _Saturday Night Live_ on October 31st, appropriately enough, given that you starred in a smash hit horror movie earlier this year? 1. Don’t call me Ishmael. Take 2 DQs. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Does your (and your siblings) involvement in the Christmas Pageant make a lot of well worn details hit differently? > 2. Did you star in _Casablanca_? > 3. Did you write “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ingrid Bergman. 3. I am not Washington Irving. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/72 "2026-10-04T21:25:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Do you have a breakable last name? > > 2. Are you the king of disaster movies? > > 3. Are you Kyle’s brother? > > 1. I’m not Ike. Take 2 DQs. Ira Glass Irwin Allen Correct DQs: First name begins A-M? Died after 2000? ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/73 "2026-10-04T21:44:30Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:70, topic:1033517”] DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with I 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. European 7. Died after 1970 8. First name begins with A-M 9. Died before 2000 ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/74 "2026-10-04T21:53:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Don’t call me Ishmael. > Take 2 DQs. 2 (categorical imperative) was Immanuel Kant; 2 (hosting _SNL_ on Halloween and starred in hit horror movie) was Inde Navarrette, of _Obsession_. DQs: 1. known from the arts? 2. from continental Europe? ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/75 "2026-10-04T22:04:07Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with I 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. European 7. Died after 1970 8. First name begins with A-M 9. Died before 2000 10. Known from the Arts 11. From continental Europe ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/76 "2026-10-04T22:54:20Z")
DQ1: Native speaker of a Germanic language? DQ2: Known from the [performing arts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts#Types)? ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/77 "2026-10-04T22:58:53Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a wisecracking cook on _Benson_? 2. Did you sing a top country hit with Willie Nelson? 3. Did you star in _Broad City_ with Abbi Jacobson? ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/78 "2026-10-04T22:59:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the title role in _Frankenstein_ (2025)? 2. Were you prime minister of India? 3. Did you allegedly write _The Yellow River_? ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/79 "2026-10-04T23:38:47Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:75, topic:1033517, full:true”] DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with I 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. European 7. Died after 1970 8. First name begins with A-M 9. Died before 2000 10. Known from the Arts 11. From continental Europe 12. Native speaker of a Germanic language, but wrote in French 13. Not known for the performing arts ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/80 "2026-10-04T23:41:00Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a wisecracking cook on _Benson_? > 2. Did you sing a top country hit with Willie Nelson? > 3. Did you star in _Broad City_ with Abbi Jacobson? 1. I am not Inga something. 2. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the title role in _Frankenstein_ (2025)? > 2. Were you prime minister of India? > 3. Did you allegedly write _The Yellow River_? 1. I am not Isaac Jacobs (or is it Jacob Isaacs?). 2. I am not Indira Gandhi. 3. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=5)