# 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:** 5
**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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/81 "2026-10-04T23:44:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@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. Inga Swenson (correct), Julio Iglesias, and Ilana Glazer. DQ: Known as a writer? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/82 "2026-10-04T23:45:11Z")
> [@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_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Isaac Jacobs (or is it Jacob Isaacs?). > 2. I am not Indira Gandhi. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Oscar Isaac, who I presume you’re conflating with the actor playing the creature, Jacob Elordi, but close enough on the Isaac name. 3 was I.P. Daily. DQ: from the U.K. or Ireland? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/83 "2026-10-05T02:07:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you credit your grandfather’s Oscar-winning portrayal as your inspiration to become an actress? 2. Were you killed by rats in one of your last movies? 3. Did your character die while on a road trip? ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/84 "2026-10-05T02:19:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did your then-husband star in _The Dictator_? 2. Speaking of dictators, were you born in Kampala, Uganda? 3. Did you not actually exist originally as a character–you’re a composite of Fritz, from a certain Universal horror movie in 1931, with (almost) the name of Bela Lugosi’s role in the sequels (_Son of…_ and _Ghost of…_), but have since become a classic pop-cultural stock archetype? ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/85 "2026-10-05T02:20:15Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > DQ: from the U.K. or Ireland? See 11, from continental Europe. Take another 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 5, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/86 "2026-10-05T02:21:08Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:79, 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 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 14. Writer ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/87 "2026-10-05T02:23:20Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you credit your grandfather’s Oscar-winning portrayal as your inspiration to become an actress? > 2. Were you killed by rats in one of your last movies? > 3. Did your character die while on a road trip? 1. I am not Imogene Coca. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your then-husband star in _The Dictator_? > 2. Speaking of dictators, were you born in Kampala, Uganda? > 3. Did you not actually exist originally as a character–you’re a composite of Fritz, from a certain Universal horror movie in 1931, with (almost) the name of Bela Lugosi’s role in the sequels (_Son of…_ and _Ghost of…_), but have since become a classic pop-cultural archetype? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Idi Amin Dada. 3. I am not Igor. ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/88 "2026-10-05T02:29:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Idi Amin Dada. > 3. I am not Igor. 1 was Isla Fisher, Sasha Baron Cohen’s ex. DQs: 1. known for novels and short stories? 2. died after 1985? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/89 "2026-10-05T02:53:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you credit your grandfather’s Oscar-winning portrayal as your inspiration to become an actress? > > 2. Were you killed by rats in one of your last movies? > > 3. Did your character die while on a road trip? > > 1. I am not Imogene Coca. Take 2 DQs. 1. Illeana Douglas (granddaughter of Melvyn Douglas; _Being There_) 2. Ida Lupino (_Food of the Gods_) 3. Correct 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 5, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/90 "2026-10-05T17:39:06Z")
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 14. Writer 15. Not known for novels or short stories 16. Died after 1985 ---
**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 5, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/91 "2026-10-05T20:19:07Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > > > Are you Judy Collins? > > > > You beat me by two or three minutes. 😃 > > I was thinking of Jon Baez… Joan’s brother? Previous IQs: Were you the protagonist of _A Confederacy of Dunces_? - Yes, Ignatius J. Reilly in John Kennedy Toole’s novel Were you a key Clinton White House aide on healthcare reform? - Ira Magaziner Did you play Dr. Leila Kalomi? - Jill Ireland, in _ST:TOS_ “This Side of Paradise” DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? IQs: Were you Sid Caesar’s TV costar? Did you have a notoriously large collection of shoes? Were you the bad guy in the first and second _Mummy_ movies starring Brendan Fraser? ---
**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 5, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/92 "2026-10-05T20:25:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a student of the Gromble? 2. Did your father star in _Beetlejuice_? 3. Are you currently mayor of Gotham? ---
**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 5, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/93 "2026-10-05T21:16:25Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:90, 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 14. Writer 15. Not known for novels or short stories 16. Died after 1985 17. Born south of Vienna 18. Born east of Vienna ---
**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 5, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/94 "2026-10-05T21:17:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Sid Caesar’s TV costar? > Did you have a notoriously large collection of shoes? > Were you the bad guy in the first and second _Mummy_ movies starring Brendan Fraser? I am not Imogene Coca. I am not Imelda Marcos. I am not Imhotep. ---
**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 5, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/95 "2026-10-05T21:19:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a student of the Gromble? > 2. Did your father star in _Beetlejuice_?3. > 3. Are you currently mayor of Gotham? 1. It’s been too long, but I loved _Aah! Real Monsters_. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Isaac Keaton (???) 3. I am not Pam Isley (???) 4. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/96 "2026-10-05T21:43:12Z")
DQ: Swiss? IQs: 1. Did you always have Paris? 2. Did you play #1? 3. Did you beat Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title? ---
**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 5, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/97 "2026-10-05T22:04:01Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you always have Paris? > 2. Did you play #1? > 3. Did you beat Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title? 1. I am not Ilsa Lund. 2. I am not Ingrid Bergman. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 5, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/98 "2026-10-05T22:04:32Z")
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 Romance language, but wrote in French 13. Not known for the performing arts 14. Writer 15. Not known for novels or short stories 16. Died after 1985 17. Born south of Vienna 18. Born east of Vienna 19. Not Swiss, from Romania Please note. Mea culpa, I have made an error. His native language is not a Germanic one, as I thought, but a Romance language. To offset any misunderstanding in asking, I have identified his country of origin. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/99 "2026-10-05T22:10:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you always have Paris? > > 2. Did you play #1? > > 3. Did you beat Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title? > > 1. I am not Ilsa Lund. > 2. I am not Ingrid Bergman. > 3. Take a DQ. #3 was Ingemar Johansson. A Swedish triple! 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 5, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/100 "2026-10-05T22:11:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. It’s been too long, but I loved _Aah! Real Monsters_. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Isaac Keaton (???) > 3. I am not Pam Isley (???) 1 was Ickis; 2 was Ireland Baldwin; 3 was indeed Pamela “Poison Ivy” Isley. DQ: known for theater? 1 DQ reserved. IQs: #1. Are you a Muslim fencer? #2. In the Superman storyline “Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite”, is Mr. Mxyzptlk implied to be you? #3. Was it said about your appearance that “To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=6)