# 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:** 14
**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, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/261 "2025-10-22T04:04:41Z")
DQs: 1.Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with C. 5. Known for the arts 6. American ---
**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, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/262 "2025-10-22T04:44:08Z")
DQ: Known for the performing arts? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/263 "2025-10-22T05:26:45Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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. Clay Aiken (_American Idol_) Henry Clay Cassius Marcellus Clay Clay x3! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/264 "2025-10-22T05:28:14Z")
DQ: Died after 1950? 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 22, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/265 "2025-10-22T13:51:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Ty Cobb and take 2 DQs. 2 (Bach) was Wendy Carlos; 3 (Lovecraft) was Randolph Carter. DQ: first name begins from A-M? 1 DQ 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 22, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/266 "2025-10-22T18:00:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 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”? > > I am not John Carter (and I did like the movie) or Chris Columbus. And take a DQ. Correct, Correct, and Cato, the ancient Roman senator who ended every one of his speeches with, “Carthage must be destroyed.” 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 22, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/267 "2025-10-22T18:10:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you switch on Bach? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 2 (Bach) was Wendy Carlos Nitpick: Wasn’t she still Walter at that point? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/268 "2025-10-22T18:34:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first Puerto Rican inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame? 2. Were you portrayed in a bio-comedy by your former TV costar? 3. Did you portray Andy Warhol in a bio-musical movie? ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/269 "2025-10-22T19:06:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Nitpick: Wasn’t she still Walter at that point? Well, she had started hormone therapy in 1968 right before releasing the album, and she later [re-released it under her current name](https://i.discogs.com/50mNcorYCC1_FRYxLO-6QmU7Evfr2cL6a65Pq9ZIYaw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMyODc2/MDItMTMyNDA2ODMx/MS5qcGVn.jpeg), so I think answering “Wendy Carlos” is acceptable. DQs: 1. Was your nickname “Bombs Away”? 2. Were you Mabel and Grenda’s friend (with the glasses) on _Gravity Falls_? 3. Did you play the title role in the 1931 _Frankenstein_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/270 "2025-10-23T01:33:16Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first Puerto Rican inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame? > 2. Were you portrayed in a bio-comedy by your former TV costar? > 3. Did you portray Andy Warhol in a bio-musical movie? I am not Chichi Rodriguez, Sid Caesar or, uh, uh… Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > DQs: > 1. Was your nickname “Bombs Away”? > 2. Were you Mabel and Grenda’s friend (with the glasses) on _Gravity Falls_? > 3. Did you play the title role in the 1931 _Frankenstein_? Take 2 DQs and I am not Clive somebody. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/271 "2025-10-23T01:35:19Z")
DQs: 1.Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with C. 5. Known for the arts 6. American 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Died after 1950 9. First name begins with A-M ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/272 "2025-10-23T02:01:06Z")
DQ: Actor? ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/273 "2025-10-23T02:24:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Was your nickname “Bombs Away”? > 2. Were you Mabel and Grenda’s friend (with the glasses) on _Gravity Falls_? > 3. Did you play the title role in the 1931 _Frankenstein_? > [@kitap](#): > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Clive somebody. 1 was General Curtis LeMay; 2 was Candy Chiu; 3 was indeed Colin Clive. DQ: died after 1990? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/274 "2025-10-23T02:34:20Z")
Good job, **kitap**! C it is. IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS? Were you his first SECWAR? Did you play Insp. Lestrade in the Eighties Granada TV _Sherlock Holmes_ series? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/275 "2025-10-23T03:22:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS? > Were you his first SECWAR? > Did you play Insp. Lestrade in the Eighties Granada TV _Sherlock Holmes_ series? Take 3 DQs. I really gotta brush up on the Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/276 "2025-10-23T03:24:18Z")
DQs: 1.Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with C. 5. Known for the arts 6. American 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Died after 1950 9. First name begins with A-M 10. Died before 1990. @Prof.Pepperwinkle , are you sure about that DQ considering #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 23, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/277 "2025-10-23T03:37:20Z")
DQs: 1. known for the literary arts? 2. died before 1970? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/278 "2025-10-23T05:02:32Z")
DQs: 1.Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name begins with C. 5. Known for the arts 6. American 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Died after 1950 9. First name begins with A-M 10. Died before 1990. 11. Known for the literary arts 12. Died after 1970 @Prof.Pepperwinkle , are you sure about that DQ considering #7? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/279 "2025-10-23T05:41:03Z")
IQs: 1. Do you hold the record for major league consecutive games played? 2. Did you cowrite the book _Blinded By Might_? 3. Are you the second American president with an alliterative name? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/280 "2025-10-23T08:17:28Z")
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