# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/321 "2025-10-28T06:02:49Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Are you Sam and Dean Winchester’s mother? 2. Did you play Father Marcus on the **Exorcist** TV show? 3. Did you play Angela Rance on the **Exorcist** TV show ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/322 "2025-10-28T15:02:54Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Sam and Dean Winchester’s mother? > 2. Did you play Father Marcus on the **Exorcist** TV show? > 3. Did you play Angela Rance on the **Exorcist** TV show Take three DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/323 "2025-10-28T17:00:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the author of the poem “First They Came”, commonly credited to Dietrich Bonhoeffer? > > 2. Were you an American theologian who corresponded with Dietrich Bonhoeffer? > > 3. Were you #2’s brother? > > 1. I am not Nathaniel Hawthorne (??) > 2. I am not Richard Niebuhr. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Martin Niemoller. #2 I was thinking of Reinhold Niebuhr, who Bonhoeffer wrote to reject a position at Union Seminary; but, having no evidence that he did not also correspond with Richard, I will yield the question. #3 was Richard Niebuhr. But, now it’s congratulations to to @De_La_Rue and on to D! IQs: 1. Did you play Marie Barone on _Everybody Loves Raymond_? 2. Did you win the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor and later die in the sinking of the U.S.S. Liscome Bay? 3. Did you create a charitable foundation based on your father’s tobacco fortune? ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/324 "2025-10-28T17:42:09Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Marie Barone on _Everybody Loves Raymond_? > 2. Did you win the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor and later die in the sinking of the U.S.S. Liscome Bay? > 3. Did you create a charitable foundation based on your father’s tobacco fortune? IQs: 1. I am not Doris Roberts. 2. Take a DQ. 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 28, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/325 "2025-10-28T17:56:50Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Marie Barone on _Everybody Loves Raymond_? > > 2. Did you win the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor and later die in the sinking of the U.S.S. Liscome Bay? > > 3. Did you create a charitable foundation based on your father’s tobacco fortune? > > IQs: > > 1. I am not Doris Roberts. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct on #1. #2 was Doris Miller (who probably deserved the MoH for Pearl Harbor…) #3 was Doris Duke. DQs: 1. Fictional? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/326 "2025-10-28T18:52:16Z")
I think you missed this: > [@knoodler](#): > > - Were you the “other” One in the Harry Potter universe? Neville Longbottom > - Despite having a name that sounds like you were one of the Transformers, were a running back for the San Diego Chargers? Natrone Means > - Were you one of the cast members from _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ to win an Academy Award? Nicolas Cage ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/327 "2025-10-28T18:53:16Z")
Yeah, but we’re past “N” and onto “D”. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/328 "2025-10-28T21:19:24Z")
[![](https://media.tenor.com/2BzQi-AvVvUAAAAM/doh-homer.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/2BzQi-AvVvUAAAAM/doh-homer.gif) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/329 "2025-10-28T21:24:36Z")
I’ll try this again. IQs: 1. Were you romantically linked with Ursula Andress and Linda Evans? 2. Were you married to the person above? 3. Did the Dallas Mavericks retire your #12 jersey? ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/330 "2025-10-28T21:37:21Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you romantically linked with Ursula Andress and Linda Evans? > 2. Were you married to the person above? > 3. Did the Dallas Mavericks retire your #12 jersey? Take three DQs. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/331 "2025-10-28T21:40:13Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you romantically linked with Ursula Andress and Linda Evans? > > 2. Were you married to the person above? > > 3. Did the Dallas Mavericks retire your #12 jersey? > > Take three DQs. John Derek Bo Derek Derek Harper Derek x3! DQs: American creator? Known for sci/fi or fantasy? 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 29, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/332 "2025-10-29T00:43:26Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Sam and Dean Winchester’s mother? > 2. Did you play Father Marcus on the **Exorcist** TV show? > 3. Did you play Angela Rance on the **Exorcist** TV show Okay, ignore #1. I was thinking of their grandmother, not their mother. #2 is Ben Daniels #3 is Geena Davis 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 29, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/333 "2025-10-29T03:41:52Z")
Ooops, missed a round! Previous “C” IQs: Did you have the silliest alternative name in all of Middle-earth? - Yes, Celeborn AKA Teleport Did you forge the Rings of Power? - Celebrimbor Were you lord of the Grey Havens? - Cirdan > [@SunUp](#): > > … > > #2 was Doris Miller (who probably deserved the MoH for Pearl Harbor…) > … True, but now he’s having a supercarrier named after him, which ain’t too shabby: [USS Doris Miller - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Doris_Miller) On to D. IQs: Were you a friend of and campaign manager for Abraham Lincoln, who put you on SCOTUS? Did you send into harm’s way the husband of a woman for whom you lusted? An android, did you purposefully infect a shipmate with an alien lifeform? ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/334 "2025-10-29T03:45:30Z")
DQs: 1. fictional 2. male 3. creator not American 4. from work with fantastic elements > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a friend of and campaign manager for Abraham Lincoln, who put you on SCOTUS? > Did you send into harm’s way the husband of a woman for whom you lusted? > An android, did you purposefully infect a shipmate with an alien lifeform? Respectively: Take a DQ. I am not King David. I am not David, in _Prometheus_. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/335 "2025-10-29T03:50:10Z")
David Davis, correct and correct. David x3! DQ: Character would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you write _We Are Lincoln Men_? Did you attend a military school and later Wharton? Were you a political operative most closely associated with the phrase “ratfucking”? ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/336 "2025-10-29T14:09:01Z")
Let’s see… It’s late October; there’s a Halloween-Orange Gothic Text D dripping blood… IQ: Have you been portrayed on film by George Hamilton,Leslie Nielsen, Gary Oldman, Adam Sandler, Rutger Hauer, Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/337 "2025-10-29T14:38:52Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an antagonist of Harry Potter? 2. Are you one of Cinderella’s stepsisters? 3. Did you get your nickname from a dog? ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/338 "2025-10-29T15:00:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Have you been portrayed on film by George Hamilton,Leslie Nielsen, Gary Oldman, Adam Sandler, Rutger Hauer, Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi? I…am indeed… **Dracula**! Next game goes to the Prof. (Speaking of Adam Sandler, _Hotel Transylvania 2_ was on TV at the bar last night. I’m also currently reading “Dracula’s Guest”, by Bram Stoker, in a horror anthology.) ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/339 "2025-10-29T15:22:19Z")
Let’s go with… [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0618/9642/5662/products/letter-e-temporary-tattoo_1000x.jpg?v=1655980626) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0618/9642/5662/products/letter-e-temporary-tattoo_1000x.jpg?v=1655980626) That’s an “E” if there’s any trouble seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/340 "2025-10-29T16:55:30Z")
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