# 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:** 2
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/21 "2025-10-03T17:59:56Z")
IQs: 1. Is a New Jersey service area named after you? 2. Speaking of people New Jersey service areas are named after, were you the new principal at Vince Lombardi High in _Rock ‘n’ Roll High School_? 3. Did Vampira sue you given the similarity of your character (and did you later claim that the _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_ show ripped off your TV sitcom pilot, which also had two aunts and a talking black cat)? ---
**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, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/22 "2025-10-03T20:17:18Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:15, topic:1023641, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Died before 2000 9. European ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/23 "2025-10-03T20:19:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you AKA the Real Slim Shady? > Did you play Miss Honey in _Matilda_? > Was your motto “Semper Eadem”? 1. I am not Eminem. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Always the same, take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Is a New Jersey service area named after you? > 2. Speaking of people New Jersey service areas are named after, were you the new principal at Vince Lombardi High in _Rock ‘n’ Roll High School_? > 3. Did Vampira sue you given the similarity of your character (and did you later claim that the _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_ show ripped off your TV sitcom pilot, which also had two aunts and a talking black cat)? Take 2 DQs. 3. I am not Elvira, Mistress of the Dark ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/24 "2025-10-03T20:41:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. > 3. I am not Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 1 was Thomas Edison; 2 was Evelyn Togar. DQs: 1. known for the literary arts? 2. died before 1900? ---
**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, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/25 "2025-10-03T20:49:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Are you AKA the Real Slim Shady? > > Did you play Miss Honey in _Matilda_? > > Was your motto “Semper Eadem”? > > 1. I am not Eminem. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Always the same, take a DQ. Yes, Eminem - and Embeth Davidtz, and Queen Elizabeth I. Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first AG? Were you his second SECWAR? Did you say that you had made two mistakes, and both of them were on the Supreme Court? ---
**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 4, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/26 "2025-10-04T00:28:43Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Died before 2000 9. European 10. Not known for the literary arts 11. Died after 1900 ---
**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 4, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/27 "2025-10-04T00:29:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s first AG? > Were you his second SECWAR? > Did you say that you had made two mistakes, and both of them were on the Supreme Court? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Edwin Stanton. 3. I am not Dwight D. Eisenhower (??) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/28 "2025-10-04T01:57:36Z")
DQ: Known for the fine arts? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/29 "2025-10-04T02:28:49Z")
DQs: First name begins with A-L? Died after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/30 "2025-10-04T02:38:08Z")
IQs: 1. Are you typically associated with Aeschylus and Sophocles? 2. Did you write the script for _Grave Robbers from Outer Space_? 3. Did you song reach number one on US Billboard, US Country, and US Adult Contemporary charts in 1980? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/31 "2025-10-04T04:05:29Z")
1. Did you play the female co-star in **Under Siege**? 2. Did you write, among other books, **The Saturdays**? 3. Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? ---
**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 4, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/32 "2025-10-04T13:26:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Is Sex Necessary?_ 2. Did you inspire characters in _Psycho_, _The Texas Chainsaw Massacre_, and _The Silence of the Lambs_? 3. Did you go to the Good Place? ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/33 "2025-10-05T14:44:13Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:26, topic:1023641, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Died before 2000 9. European 10. Not known for the literary arts 11. Died after 1900 12. Known for the fine arts 13. First name begins with M - Z 14. Died after 1950 ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/34 "2025-10-05T14:45:38Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > s: > > 1. Are you typically associated with Aeschylus and Sophocles? > 2. Did you write the script for _Grave Robbers from Outer Space_? > 3. Did you song reach number one on US Billboard, US Country, and US Adult Contemporary charts in 1980? 1. I am not Euripides. Take 2 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you play the female co-star in **Under Siege**? > - Did you write, among other books, **The Saturdays**? > - Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Is Sex Necessary?_ > 2. Did you inspire characters in _Psycho_, _The Texas Chainsaw Massacre_, and _The Silence of the Lambs_? > 3. Did you go to the Good Place? 1. I am not E. B. White. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/35 "2025-10-05T15:22:09Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the model for the “Gibson Girl?” 2. Did you deny the utility of a cape for a superhero? 3. Did you play the officer in charge of a basic training platoon? ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/36 "2025-10-05T15:43:40Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you the model for the “Gibson Girl?” > 2. Did you deny the utility of a cape for a superhero? > 3. Did you play the officer in charge of a basic training platoon? #1. I am not Camille Clifford, who doesn’t start with an E. #2. I am not Edna Mode. #3. Take a DQ. This puts us over 20 DQs. So, please, no more IQs. Please ask all remaining DQs by 8 pm EDT tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/37 "2025-10-05T17:37:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you typically associated with Aeschylus and Sophocles? > > 2. Did you write the script for _Grave Robbers from Outer Space_? > > 3. Did you song reach number one on US Billboard, US Country, and US Adult Contemporary charts in 1980? > > 1. I am not Euripides. > Take 2 DQs. Correct Ed Wood, jr. (the original script and title for _Plan 9 from Outer Space_) Eddie Rabbit (“I Love a Rainy Night”) DQ: Best known for painting? 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 5, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/38 "2025-10-05T18:19:45Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play the female co-star in **Under Siege**? > 2. Did you write, among other books, **The Saturdays**? > 3. Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? Erika Eleniak, Elizabeth Enright, Edward Eager DQ: 1. From a Germanic speaking country? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/39 "2025-10-05T19:11:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Were you the model for the “Gibson Girl?” > > 2. Did you deny the utility of a cape for a superhero? > > 3. Did you play the officer in charge of a basic training platoon? > > #1. I am not Camille Clifford, who doesn’t start with an E. > #2. I am not Edna Mode. > #3. Take a DQ. Ah, there were several Gibson Girls models, it turns out, but the one I was thinking of was Evelyn Nesbit. Correct on #2 #3 was Eileen Brennan in _Private Benjamin_. 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 5, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/40 "2025-10-05T20:19:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with E 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Not known for the performing arts 8. Died before 2000 9. European 10. Not known for the literary arts 11. Died after 1900 12. Known for the fine arts 13. First name begins with M - Z 14. Died after 1950 15. Not best known for painting 16. From a Germanic speaking country [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=3)