# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/141 "2026-10-08T17:12:59Z")
Perhaps, “The End (?)” ---
**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 8, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/142 "2026-10-08T17:20:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Did Steve McQueen battle you with refrigeration? I am indeed the one and only **Blob**! I got to go to Blobfest in Phoenixville again this year. This time I saw _The Abombinable Dr. Phibes_, with a special in-person introduction by Vincent Price’s daughter, Victoria. Next game goes back to the Prof. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/143 "2026-10-08T17:23:10Z")
Answers: 1. Lois McMaster Bujold 2. Bel Thorne 3. I was thinking of Elena Bothari, but her father Bothari also works ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/144 "2026-10-08T17:24:16Z")
I think I would claim to have heard of the Blob but don’t know that I would have come up with it. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/145 "2026-10-08T20:25:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you play the divorced wife of the man who was your husband in real life? > > 2. Were you that character? > > 3. Are you an anthropomorphic blue heeler? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Bluey. Brett Somers (married to Jack Klugman) Blanche Madison (divorced from Oscar Madison, _The Odd Couple_) Correct 2 DQs reserved – and cancelled. Good job, **Prof**! ---
**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 8, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/146 "2026-10-08T20:46:24Z")
Now, I am… # N! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/147 "2026-10-08T21:10:38Z")
**Ni!** Shh! IQs: 1. Did you lead a party of survivors westward across a dystopian United States? 2. Did you return to your childhood home to help your brother run a funeral parlor? 3. Have your fans turned against you for your open support of Trump? ---
**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 8, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/148 "2026-10-08T22:09:31Z")
Take 3 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 8, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/149 "2026-10-08T22:17:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Russian Doll_? 2. Did you play for the Philadelphia Eagles, then get traded to the Jaguars? 3. Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker? ---
**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 8, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/150 "2026-10-08T22:52:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Russian Doll_? > 2. Did you play for the Philadelphia Eagles, then get traded to the Jaguars? > 3. Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker? 1. I am not Ogden Nash. 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 8, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/151 "2026-10-08T23:18:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ogden Nash. Take 2 DQs. 1 was Natasha Lyonne; 2 was Nick Foles. DQs: #1. real? #2. first name begins with N? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/152 "2026-10-09T00:32:35Z")
1. You were not a crook. 2. Were you #1’s wife? 3. Were you the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn in _My Fair Lady_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/153 "2026-10-09T00:44:45Z")
Yep, good job, **Prof**. IQs: 1. Did your false-9 scheme win promotion for AFC Richmond? 2. Did you play #1? 3. Did you play talk show host Pat Stevens? ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/154 "2026-10-09T02:11:20Z")
IQs: 1. Are you currently drawn by Caroline Cash? 2. Did you play Sherlock Holmes in _The Seven-per-cent Solution_? 3. Does your name rhyme with that of Jack Skellington’s dog? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/155 "2026-10-09T03:03:10Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did you lead a party of survivors westward across a dystopian United States? > 2. Did you return to your childhood home to help your brother run a funeral parlor? > 3. Have your fans turned against you for your open support of Trump? Nick Andros (_The Stand_) Nate Fisher (_Six Feet Under_) Nicki Minaj 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 9, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/156 "2026-10-09T15:25:13Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. You were not a crook. > 2. Were you #1’s wife? > 3. Were you the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn in _My Fair Lady_? 1. I am not Richard Nixon. 2. I am not Pat Nixon. 3. I am not Marni Nixon. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your false-9 scheme win promotion for AFC Richmond? > 2. Did you play #1? > 3. Did you play talk show host Pat Stevens? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you currently drawn by Caroline Cash? > 2. Did you play Sherlock Holmes in _The Seven-per-cent Solution_? > 3. Does your name rhyme with that of Jack Skellington’s dog? I am not Nancy. I am not Nicol Williamson. I am not Nero. ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/157 "2026-10-09T15:25:34Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with N ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/158 "2026-10-09T15:38:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Nancy. > I am not Nicol Williamson. > I am not Nero. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously”? 2. Did you write the _Anno Dracula_ books? 3. Did Natasha Lyonne play you in _Russian Doll_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/159 "2026-10-09T15:39:03Z")
DQs: Living? American? Known for the arts? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/160 "2026-10-09T15:44:23Z")
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