# Botticelli - October 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 3, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641 "2025-10-03T15:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/1 "2025-10-03T15:15:30Z")
And on to… # E! [Link to last month’s thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/391) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/2 "2025-10-03T15:27:01Z")
Good one Prof! Talk about hiding in plain sight… I should have anticipated that. On to E! 1. Were you CNO during WWII? 2. Were you a character played (for a long time) by Susan Lucci? 3. Were you a college student whose disappearance contributed to a moral panic over D&D? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/3 "2025-10-03T15:29:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you claim to have knowledge regarding a cure for the viral (zombie) outbreak? 2. Were you the first “Equalizer”? 3. Did you perform the “Mash Potato” in “It”? ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/4 "2025-10-03T15:41:45Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > On to E! > > 1. Were you CNO during WWII? > 2. Were you a character played (for a long time) by Susan Lucci? > 3. Were you a college student whose disappearance contributed to a moral panic over D&D? Take 3 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you claim to have knowledge regarding a cure for the viral (zombie) outbreak? > 2. Were you the first “Equalizer”? > 3. Did you perform the “Mash Potato” in “It”? #2. I am not Edward Woodward. Take 2 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 3, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/5 "2025-10-03T16:35:27Z")
Right. On to E! IQs: Did your son make a terrible mistake about weregild? Did your ship become what we know as Venus? Was Eldarion your only son? ---
**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 3, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/6 "2025-10-03T16:43:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your son make a terrible mistake about weregild? > Did your ship become what we know as Venus? > Was Eldarion your only son? I’m planning on re-reading LOTR over the winter. 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 3, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/7 "2025-10-03T16:47:34Z")
Rules [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVLOdq6IptN1UPXz3Tu9WAVrnQPyWSZ65Tqr5TS4L40/edit?tab=t.0). On with the show! IQs: 1. Did you star in _The Babadook_? 2. Is a mathematical constant named in reference to you? 3. Did you paint “The Gross Clinic”? ---
**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 3, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/8 "2025-10-03T16:50:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _The Babadook_? > 2. Is a mathematical constant named in reference to you? > 3. Did you paint “The Gross Clinic”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I oughta know that. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Thomas Eakins. ---
**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 3, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/9 "2025-10-03T16:59:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Did your son make a terrible mistake about weregild? > > Did your ship become what we know as Venus? > > Was Eldarion your only son? > > I’m planning on re-reading LOTR over the winter. > Take 3 DQs. I approve of your plan! 'Twas Elendil’s son Isildur in foolishly taking the One Ring; the great mariner Earendil; and King Elessar FKA Aragorn. DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with E? IQs: Did you marry your childhood friend, Mr. Knightley? Did Walter Matthau impersonate you in a call to a just-awakened CIA agent? Did you introduce the world to the Gashlycrumb Tinies? ---
**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 3, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/10 "2025-10-03T17:00:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I oughta know that. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Thomas Eakins. 1 was Essie Davis; 2 was Leonhard Euler. 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 3, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/11 "2025-10-03T17:02:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with E ---
**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 3, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/12 "2025-10-03T17:03:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you marry your childhood friend, Mr. Knightley? > Did Walter Matthau impersonate you in a call to a just-awakened CIA agent? > Did you introduce the world to the Gashlycrumb Tinies? 1. I am not Emma Woodhouse. 2. I am not J. Edgar Hoover. 3. I am not Edward Gorey. ---
**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 3, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/13 "2025-10-03T17:24:44Z")
IQs: 1. In the trailer for the second part of the adaptation, do you tell another witch she’s been your only friend–to which she replies, “And I’ve had so _many_ friends”? 2. Did you play the above character? 3. Was your government group nicknamed as such because some members refused bribes from the Chicago mafia? DQs: 1. living? 2. American? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/14 "2025-10-03T17:25:10Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > On to E! > > 1. Were you CNO during WWII? > 2. Were you a character played (for a long time) by Susan Lucci? > 3. Were you a college student whose disappearance contributed to a moral panic over D&D? Admiral Ernest J. King, Erica Kane, and Dallas James Eggbert III. [Edited] DQ: Known for the arts? 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 3, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/15 "2025-10-03T17:27:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the 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 3, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/16 "2025-10-03T17:28:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In the trailer for the second part of the adaptation, do you tell another witch she’s been your only friend–to which she replies, “And I’ve had so _many_ friends”? > 2. Did you play the above character? > 3. Was your government group nicknamed as such because some members refused bribes from the Chicago mafia? > > DQs: 1. I am not Elphaba. 2. I am not Cynthia Erivo. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/17 "2025-10-03T17:30:07Z")
DQ: Known for the performing arts? 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 3, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/18 "2025-10-03T17:34:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Elphaba. > 2. I am not Cynthia Erivo. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was Eliot Ness, of the Untouchables. DQ: European? ---
**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 3, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/19 "2025-10-03T17:41:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Did you marry your childhood friend, Mr. Knightley? > > Did Walter Matthau impersonate you in a call to a just-awakened CIA agent? > > Did you introduce the world to the Gashlycrumb Tinies? > > 1. I am not Emma Woodhouse. > 2. I am not J. Edgar Hoover. > 3. I am not Edward Gorey. Correct, [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rsmTiz6XVE), and correct. DQ: Died since 2000? IQs: Are you AKA the Real Slim Shady? Did you play Miss Honey in _Matilda_? Was your motto “Semper Eadem”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/20 "2025-10-03T17:56:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you claim to have knowledge regarding a cure for the viral (zombie) outbreak? > > 2. Were you the first “Equalizer”? > > 3. Did you perform the “Mash Potato” in “It”? > > #2. I am not Edward Woodward. > Take 2 DQs. Eugene Porter _(The Walking Dead_) correct Eddie Kaspbrak _(It)_ 2 DQs reserved [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=2)