# 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:** 10
**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 17, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/181 "2025-10-17T02:34:40Z")
IQs: 1. Did you found the Red Cross? 2. Were you the ultimate villain of _Gravity Falls_, an insane extradimensional reality warper modeled after the Eye of Providence? 3. Did you publish _Tales from the Crypt_ and _The Vault of Horror_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/182 "2025-10-17T05:48:56Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you command the Red River campaign? > 2. Did you command the Mud March? > 3. Did you command the Bermuda Hundred campaign? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you found the Red Cross? > 2. Were you the ultimate villain of _Gravity Falls_, an insane extradimensional reality warper modeled after the Eye of Providence? > 3. Did you publish _Tales from the Crypt_ and _The Vault of Horror_? I am not Clara Barton Take a DQ I am not Bill Gaines ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/183 "2025-10-17T05:50:08Z")
**B** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. First name (as best known by) begins with B 5. American 6. Died after 1970 7. Not known for the arts 8. Not known for military/political reasons ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/184 "2025-10-17T06:44:58Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you command the Red River campaign? > > 2. Did you command the Mud March? > > 3. Did you command the Bermuda Hundred campaign? > > Take 3 DQs Major Generals of Volunteers Nathaniel Banks, Ambrose Burnside, and Benjamin Butler, respectively. DQs: Known for science/technology? Last name begins with A-M? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/185 "2025-10-17T12:05:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write **Notes from a Small Island**? 2. Did you star in the 1970s series **The Magician**? 3. Did you play Marion Kerby in the **Topper** film series? ---
**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 17, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/186 "2025-10-17T12:44:15Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Clara Barton > Take a DQ > I am not Bill Gaines 2 (Eye of Providence) was Bill Cipher. DQ: known for science? IQs: 1. Are you a gymnast who competed in the 2020 Olympics, regarded as one of the greatest of all time? 2. Were you working in the lab, late last night, when your eyes beheld an eerie sight? 3. Did the above person take his nickname from you? ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/187 "2025-10-17T13:20:06Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you write _The Death of the Messiah_ and _The Birth of the Messiah_? > > 2. Were you one of the opposing party sent to a concentration camp in _Anno Dracula_? > > 3. Are you a little cardboard boy scout doomed to weekly demises in the all-mercurial, sensationally bombastic, bagpipe-driven 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > Take 3 DQs #1 was Father Raymond E. Brown. #2 was Bram Stoker. #3 was Bluebottle! (waits for applause…; not a sausage.) 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/188 "2025-10-17T13:23:08Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write **Notes from a Small Island**? > - Did you star in the 1970s series **The Magician**? > - Did you play Marion Kerby in the **Topper** film series? Take a DQ I am not Bill Bixby I am not… Billie Burke? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you a gymnast who competed in the 2020 Olympics, regarded as one of the greatest of all time? > 2. Were you working in the lab, late last night, when your eyes beheld an eerie sight? > 3. Did the above person take his nickname from you? I am not Simone Biles I am not Bobby “Boris” Pickett (although that would be a great choice for this time of year) I am not Boris Karloff ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/189 "2025-10-17T13:25:52Z")
**B** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. First name (as best known by) begins with B 5. American 6. Died after 1970 7. Not known for the arts 8. Not known for military/political reasons 9. Not known for science/technology 10. Last name begins N-Z @De_La_Rue ask a different 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 17, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/190 "2025-10-17T13:26:37Z")
DQs: 1. Known for sports? 2. Last name begins with N-S? 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 17, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/191 "2025-10-17T13:27:05Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > @De_La_Rue ask a different DQ DQ: died after 2000? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/192 "2025-10-17T13:29:38Z")
**B** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. First name (as best known by) begins with B 5. American 6. Died after 1970 7. Not known for the arts 8. Not known for military/political reasons 9. Not known for science/technology 10. Last name begins N-Z 11. Known for sports 12. Died after 2000 @Prof.Pepperwinkle ask a different 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 17, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/193 "2025-10-17T13:31:16Z")
DQs: 1. Does your last name begin with N-S? (as opposed to T-Z) 2. Known for a team sport? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/194 "2025-10-17T13:34:06Z")
**B** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. First name (as best known by) begins with B 5. American 6. Died after 1970 7. Not known for the arts 8. Not known for military/political reasons 9. Not known for science/technology 10. Last name begins N-Z 11. Known for sports 12. Died after 2000 13. Last name begins T-Z 14. Known a team sport ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/195 "2025-10-17T13:38:38Z")
DQs: 1. Are you Roxie’s lawyer in the musical _Chicago_?\ 2. Were your last words “God bless Captain Vere!”? 3. Did you play Davy Crockett’s sidekick in the Disney mini-series? ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/196 "2025-10-17T14:26:47Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Simone Biles > I am not Bobby “Boris” Pickett (although that would be a great choice for this time of year) > I am not Boris Karloff A clean sweep! ---
**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 17, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/197 "2025-10-17T15:53:48Z")
B it is! IQs: Were you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? In your long career have you played a Federal prosecutor, network executive, computer expert and hotel concierge? Did you fake an assassination attempt in order to win a US Senate seat? ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/198 "2025-10-17T16:12:28Z")
IQs: 1. Were you accused of giving your mother “forty whacks”? 2. Did you direct _Hansel and Gretel_, a Halloween special for the Disney Channel, in 1983? 3. “Though I know I should be wary, Still I venture someplace scary, Ghostly hauntings I turn loose…” you… YOU… YOU? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/199 "2025-10-17T19:03:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you Roxie’s lawyer in the musical _Chicago_?\ > - Were your last words “God bless Captain Vere!”? > - Did you play Davy Crockett’s sidekick in the Disney mini-series? I am not the Richard Gere character - I can’t remember his name, so take a DQ Take a DQ I am not… Buddy Ebsen? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? > In your long career have you played a Federal prosecutor, network executive, computer expert and hotel concierge? > Did you fake an assassination attempt in order to win a US Senate seat? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/200 "2025-10-17T19:04:09Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you accused of giving your mother “forty whacks”? > 2. Did you direct _Hansel and Gretel_, a Halloween special for the Disney Channel, in 1983? > 3. “Though I know I should be wary, > Still I venture someplace scary, > Ghostly hauntings I turn loose…” > you… > YOU… > YOU? I am not Lizzie Borden Take 2 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=11)