# Botticelli - October 2025

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641>\
**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:** 13

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**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 20, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/241 "2025-10-20T20:46:07Z")

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Ooo, good one. I think the timing is right.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/242 "2025-10-20T20:55:04Z")

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That was my guess, too.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/243 "2025-10-20T21:28:42Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Are you Bill Walton?

YES!! I am William Theodore Walton III, better known as **BILL WALTON.** I won two NBA World Championships, the first was with Portland Trailblazers in 1977, the second with Boston Celtics in 1986.

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**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 20, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/244 "2025-10-20T23:43:18Z")

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Oo, good one, **kitap!**  
I barely remember him.

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/245 "2025-10-21T00:04:18Z")

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As soon as the last name was W his name popped in my head.

Okay! So, on to C.

As in cucumber, cats and cheese.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/246 "2025-10-21T00:28:27Z")

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IQ1-2: Did you sing “A Summer Song”?  
IQ3: Did you sing “One Piece at a time”?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/247 "2025-10-21T01:07:06Z")

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I am not Sonny and Cher and take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/248 "2025-10-21T02:36:21Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1-2: Did you sing “A Summer Song”?  
> IQ3: Did you sing “One Piece at a time”?

> [@kitap](#):
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> I am not Sonny and Cher and take a DQ.

Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde  
Johnny Cash

DQ1: Real?  
DQ2: Male?  
One DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/249 "2025-10-21T03:23:09Z")

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DQs:

1.Real  
2. Male

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/250 "2025-10-21T12:34:19Z")

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DQ: Living?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/251 "2025-10-21T14:32:53Z")

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Good job **kitap**!

IQs:

1. Are you best remembered for your second place finish in a popular contest?
2. Were you instrumental in forming the Whig Party?
3. Were you the first Republican minister to Russia?

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**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 21, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/252 "2025-10-21T14:37:25Z")

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Congrats, **kitap**!

IQs:  
1. Did you play Clara on _Doctor Who_?  
2. Were you the first criminal caught by radio?  
3. Are you the _friendly_ ghost?

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**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 21, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/253 "2025-10-21T22:25:52Z")

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DQs:

1. Are you the title character of a movie that was a major box office flop for Disney?
2. Did you direct the first two Harry Potter movies ?
3. Was your catchphrase “Delenda est Carthago”?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/254 "2025-10-22T02:27:48Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you best remembered for your second place finish in a popular contest?
> 2. Were you instrumental in forming the Whig Party?
> 3. Were you the first Republican minister to Russia?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> Congrats, **kitap**!
> 
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you play Clara on _Doctor Who_?  
> 2. Were you the first criminal caught by radio?  
> 3. Are you the _friendly_ ghost?

Take a DQ, I am not Crippen nor am I Casper.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQs:
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> 1. Are you the title character of a movie that was a major box office flop for Disney?
> 2. Did you direct the first two Harry Potter movies ?
> 3. Was your catchphrase “Delenda est Carthago”?

I am not John Carter (and I did like the movie) or Chris Columbus. And take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/255 "2025-10-22T02:28:38Z")

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DQs:

1.Real  
2. Male  
3. Dead

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**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 22, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/256 "2025-10-22T02:44:37Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Take a DQ, I am not Crippen nor am I Casper.

1 was Jenna Coleman.

DQ: last name begins with C?

IQs:  
1. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”?  
2. Did you switch on Bach?  
3. Does an H.P. Lovecraft story consist of your statement?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/257 "2025-10-22T03:03:38Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the host of _The Breakfast Club_?
2. Were you “the princess” in _The Breakfast Club_?
3. Were you “the eyes and ears of the school” in _The Breakfast Club_?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/258 "2025-10-22T03:06:09Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”?  
> 2. Did you switch on Bach?  
> 3. Does an H.P. Lovecraft story consist of your statement?

I am not Ty Cobb and take 2 DQs.

> [@SunUp](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the host of _The Breakfast Club_?
> 2. Were you “the princess” in _The Breakfast Club_?
> 3. Were you “the eyes and ears of the school” in _The Breakfast Club_?

Take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/259 "2025-10-22T03:06:47Z")

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DQs:

1.Real  
2. Male  
3. Dead  
4. Last name begins with C.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/260 "2025-10-22T03:09:38Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@SunUp](#):
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> > 1. Are you the host of _The Breakfast Club_?
> > 2. Were you “the princess” in _The Breakfast Club_?
> > 3. Were you “the eyes and ears of the school” in _The Breakfast Club_?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

#1 is Charlamagne Tha God, of the radio show.  
#2 was Claire Standish, and #3 was Carl Reed, both of the 80’s classic teen movie.

DQ: Known for the arts?  
DQ: American?

1 DQ reserved.

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