# 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:** 9
**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/161 "2026-10-09T16:28:24Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously”? > 2. Did you write the _Anno Dracula_ books? > 3. Did Natasha Lyonne play you in _Russian Doll_? 1. I am not Noah Chomsky. 2. I am not Kim Newman 3. Take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a central figure in the Beat Generation? > 2. Did you join the staff at DC Comics in 1967? > 3. Are you a co-founder of the rock band Journey? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Neal Adams (?) 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 9, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/162 "2026-10-09T16:29:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts ---
**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, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/163 "2026-10-09T16:31:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Noah Chomsky. > 2. I am not Kim Newman > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was Nadia. DQ: died after 1926? ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/164 "2026-10-09T17:27:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1926 ---
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/165 "2026-10-09T17:41:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@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. Nate Shelley, Nick Mohammed, and Nora Dunn. DQs: Known for the performing arts? European? Died after 1976? ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/166 "2026-10-09T18:24:41Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:164, topic:1033517, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1926 7. Known for the performing arts 8. European 9. Died after 1976 ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/167 "2026-10-09T18:57:42Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the subject of a study to see if a chimpanzee could learn a human language? 2. Did you create the Daleks? 3. Were you a vampire from Antipaxos? ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/168 "2026-10-09T19:21:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the subject of a study to see if a chimpanzee could learn a human language? > 2. Did you create the Daleks? > 3. Were you a vampire from Antipaxos? 1. I thought that was Davros. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/169 "2026-10-09T19:31:41Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did Lt. Maynard finally defeat you? - Blackbeard the pirate Did your wife briefly feign illness when Gen. Washington came to call? - Benedict Arnold’s wife Peggy Shippen Arnold, to help buy time for Arnold to escape after his treachery Did Oprah Winfrey play you in a recent WWII movie? - Mary McLeod Bethune, in _The Six Triple Eight_ On to N! IQs: Were you painted in the boat with Washington and Monroe? Did Hagrid reluctantly send you away? Did you try to boss Kirk around at Deep Space Station K-7? ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/170 "2026-10-09T19:31:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you the subject of a study to see if a chimpanzee could learn a human language? > 2. Did you create the Daleks? > 3. Were you a vampire from Antipaxos? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I thought that was Davros. > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Nim Chimpsky\*; 2 was _Doctor Who_ writer Terry Nation; 3 was Nadja, on _What We Do in the Shadows_. DQs: 1. actor? 2. from continental Europe? 3. died after 2001? \*I didn’t notice this before, but you replied with **Noah** Chomsky above. It’s close enough to “Noam” that I’ll take it. ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/171 "2026-10-09T19:42:08Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the snooty rich girl in _Gravity Falls_? 2. Were you twelve years a slave? 3. In “Calliope”, did you model the interviewer chatting with horror writer Ric Madoc on Kim Newman? ---
**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, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/172 "2026-10-09T19:44:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you painted in the boat with Washington and Monroe? > Did Hagrid reluctantly send you away? > Did you try to boss Kirk around at Deep Space Station K-7? 1. I’m not Norville. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the snooty rich girl in _Gravity Falls_? > 2. Were you twelve years a slave? > 3. In “Calliope”, did you model the interviewer chatting with horror writer Ric Madoc on Kim Newman? 1. I am not Neil Gaiman. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/173 "2026-10-09T19:45:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1926 7. Known for the performing arts 8. European 9. Died after 1976 10. Actor, but known for other performing arts as well. 11. Not from continental Europe 12. Died after 2001 ---
**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 9, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/174 "2026-10-09T19:54:23Z")
Previous IQs: Were you painted in the boat with Washington and Monroe? - [Gen. Nathanael Greene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_(1851_paintings)) (he’s the guy seated just behind Washington’s left knee) Did Hagrid reluctantly send you away? - Not Norville, but Norbert the dragon Did you try to boss Kirk around at Deep Space Station K-7? - Federation bureaucrat Nilz Baris, in _ST:TOS_ “The Trouble with Tribbles” DQs: Male? Native English speaker? Best known as a movie actor? IQs: Were you initially rude to the Duke of Wellington the one and only time you met him? Did Henry Fonda play you in _Midway_? Did you briefly try to hide behind a tabloid newspaper outside a gay bar? ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/175 "2026-10-09T21:14:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Neil Gaiman. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Pacifica Northwest; 2 was Solomon Northrup. DQs: 1. known for music? 2. died after 2013? IQs: 1. Were you an emotionless humanoid alien in the 1978 _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_? 2. Did a bust of you inspire the hairstyle of the Bride of Frankenstein? 3. Were you a 13th-century ruler of Al Qolnidar, nicknamed “the Relentless”, and Nadja’s fellow vampire housemate on _What We Do in the Shadows_? ---
**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 10, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/176 "2026-10-10T00:54:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you initially rude to the Duke of Wellington the one and only time you met him? > Did Henry Fonda play you in _Midway_? > Did you briefly try to hide behind a tabloid newspaper outside a gay bar? 1. I am not Napoleon Bonaparte (?) 2. I am not Nimitz (?) 3. I am not Nikita Khrushchev (??) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an emotionless humanoid alien in the 1978 _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_? > 2. Did a bust of you inspire the hairstyle of the Bride of Frankenstein? > 3. Were you a 13th-century ruler of Al Qolnidar, nicknamed “the Relentless”, and Nadja’s fellow vampire housemate on _What We Do in the Shadows_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. (Did you know that, since Elsa Lancaster was a redhead, the Bride was as well?) 3. I am not Nosferatu (?) ---
**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 10, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/177 "2026-10-10T00:55:46Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:173, topic:1033517, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1926 7. Known for the performing arts 8. European 9. Died after 1976 10. Actor, but known for other performing arts as well. 11. Not from continental Europe 12. Died after 2001 13. Male 14. Native English speaker 15. Has acted in movies and TV, but not best known as a movie actor 16. Best known for music 17. Died after 2013 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/178 "2026-10-10T03:16:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you a central figure in the Beat Generation? > > 2. Did you join the staff at DC Comics in 1967? > > 3. Are you a co-founder of the rock band Journey? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Neal Adams (?) > 3. Take a DQ. Neal Cassady Correct Neal Schon Neal x3! 2 DQs 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 10, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/179 "2026-10-10T03:27:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you an emotionless humanoid alien in the 1978 _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_? > 2. Did a bust of you inspire the hairstyle of the Bride of Frankenstein? > 3. Were you a 13th-century ruler of Al Qolnidar, nicknamed “the Relentless”, and Nadja’s fellow vampire housemate on _What We Do in the Shadows_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. (Did you know that, since Elsa Lancaster was a redhead, the Bride was as well?) > 3. I am not Nosferatu (?) 1 was Leonard Nimoy; 2 was Nefertiti; 3 was Nandor. DQ: primarily a vocalist? Two 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 10, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517/180 "2026-10-10T13:25:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with N 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died after 1926 7. Known for the performing arts 8. European 9. Died after 1976 10. Actor, but known for other performing arts as well. 11. Not from continental Europe 12. Died after 2001 13. Male 14. Native English speaker 15. Has acted in movies and TV, but not best known as a movie actor 16. Best known for music 17. Died after 2013 18. Singer-songwriter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517.md?page=10)