# 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:** 6
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/101 "2026-10-05T22:28:35Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:98, 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 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 20. Playwright That’s 20. Please ask all remaining DQs by 10pm EDT tomorrow. ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/102 "2026-10-05T22:29:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not the Impossible Man. 3. I am not Ichabod Crane. ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/103 "2026-10-06T02:52:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not the Impossible Man. > 3. I am not Ichabod Crane. 1 was Ibtihaj Muhammad. DQs: 1. known for absurdism? 2. first name begins from A-G? ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/104 "2026-10-06T03:43:31Z")
Swept me. I can think of only one playwright with a last name starting with “I,” and these clues don’t fit that person. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/105 "2026-10-06T04:56:07Z")
Yeah, Ibsen’s too old. I yield my DQ to anyone who wants it. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/106 "2026-10-06T10:06:39Z")
1. Imogene Herdmann from _the Best (worst) Christmas Pageant Ever_. Book or movie 2. Correct 3. Correct I’ll use my DQ to ask last name begins with. Ia-Il ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/107 "2026-10-06T13:22:32Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:101, 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 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 20. Playwright 21. Absurdist 22. First name starts with A - G 23. Last name starts with Im - Iz ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/108 "2026-10-06T14:37:39Z")
I’m drawing a blank. I will yield my 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/109 "2026-10-06T16:16:45Z")
I will use Sunup’s DQ to ask if any of this guy’s play were made into Hollywood movies ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/110 "2026-10-06T16:48:31Z")
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 20. Playwright 21. Absurdist 22. First name starts with A - G 23. Last name starts with Im - Iz 24. Many made into movies, but only one Hollywood movie as far as I can tell ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/111 "2026-10-06T23:10:01Z")
Are you Eugene Ionesco, of _Rhinoceros_ (which I haven’t seen) and _The Bald Soprano_ (which I have)? ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/112 "2026-10-06T23:25:24Z")
Certes-moi, Je suis # Eugene Ionesco! Bravo, **DLR!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/113 "2026-10-06T23:53:06Z")
I’ve heard of him. Good job, **DLR**! ---
**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 7, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/114 "2026-10-07T00:02:35Z")
OK: I am **B**. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Buffy_the_vampire_slayer_-_B.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled&_=20180823150418) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Buffy_the_vampire_slayer_-_B.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled&_=20180823150418) ---
**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 7, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/115 "2026-10-07T03:17:35Z")
I’ve heard of him, too. Good one! B it is. IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Saratoga? Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? Did you bungle the Red River Campaign? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/116 "2026-10-07T03:52:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you pioneer the study of ethnomusicology? 2. Did you fall in love with a vampire? 3. Did you create your iconic role on stage before appearing on film in the same role? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/117 "2026-10-07T11:30:07Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**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 7, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/118 "2026-10-07T12:53:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose the Battle of Saratoga? > Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? > Did you bungle the Red River Campaign? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not Ambrose Burnside. I am not Nathaniel “Commissary” Banks. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you pioneer the study of ethnomusicology? > 2. Did you fall in love with a vampire? > 3. Did you create your iconic role on stage before appearing on film in the same role? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Bella Swan. 3. I am not Bela Lugosi. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/119 "2026-10-07T13:17:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you pioneer the study of ethnomusicology? > > 2. Did you fall in love with a vampire? > > 3. Did you create your iconic role on stage before appearing on film in the same role? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Bella Swan. > 3. I am not Bela Lugosi. 1. Béla Bartók 2 & 3: Correct Bela/Bella x3! DQs: Real? Alive? ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/120 "2026-10-07T13:47:00Z")
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