# 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:** 7
**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 12, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/121 "2025-10-12T02:27:46Z")
I saw the movie. That and Old Yeller were the only dog movies from my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/122 "2025-10-12T02:33:36Z")
Obviously you were big on “dogs of color”. The only Big Red I’m familiar with is a soft drink, so I guess it just wasn’t my round. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/123 "2025-10-12T03:34:16Z")
I’m more familiar with the chewing gum. ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/124 "2025-10-12T04:18:00Z")
I’ve never seen the movie, and I’m not familiar with either the drink or the gum. But I read all three books (_Big Red_, _Irish Red_ and _Outlaw Red_) – and every other Kjelgaard book the library had – back when I was in high school. ---
**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 12, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/125 "2025-10-12T11:52:55Z")
Next, I am… # Y. ---
**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 12, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/126 "2025-10-12T14:54:25Z")
I know Clifford the Big Red Dog, but not this one. Good job, **Prof. P.** Y it is! IQs: Were you a prominent Confederate official? Were you a liberal U.S. senator from Texas in 1963? Did you star in _Witchblade_? ---
**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 12, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/127 "2025-10-12T14:58:28Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/128 "2025-10-12T15:26:27Z")
Congrats, Prof.! Never heard of it either. 1. Did you wear a keffiyeh draped over one shoulder? 2. Were you Shirley on _Community_? 3. Did you star in _Alien_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/129 "2025-10-12T15:30:42Z")
I have heard of Bid Red, I may have read a book or two but forgot. On to Y. IQs: 1. Are you a Disney antagonist? 2. Did you star in a sitcom about monsters? 3. Did you appear on TV occasionally riding a modified motorcycle? ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/130 "2025-10-12T15:33:07Z")
I don’t believe how quick that went. Yes, I am # Yasser Arafat, Known for wearing his keffiyeh over his shoulder. Amazing job, **De\_La\_Rue!!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/131 "2025-10-12T15:37:35Z")
That was quick. IQs: 1. Are you a Disney antagonist? Yzma 2. Did you star in a sitcom about monsters? Yvonne de Carlo 3. Did you appear on TV occasionally riding a modified motorcycle? Yvonne Craig ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/132 "2025-10-12T15:49:38Z")
Well done, **DLR**! Previous IQs: Were you a prominent Confederate official? - Sen. William L. Yancey Were you a liberal U.S. senator from Texas in 1963? - Ralph Yarborough Did you star in _Witchblade_? - Yancy Butler ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/133 "2025-10-12T16:29:49Z")
Congrats, me! I am **I**. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/134 "2025-10-12T19:36:02Z")
I it is! IQs: 1. Were you musical guest on the first episode of SNL? 2. Are you a rock and roll flautist? 3. Are you on the show _Have I Got News For You_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/135 "2025-10-12T21:39:38Z")
IQs: Were you part of a husband & wife rock and roll duo of the 60s and 70s? Did you kick off the “disaster” movie genre of the late 70s? Are you also known as James Osterberg, Jr? ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/136 "2025-10-12T21:55:36Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you musical guest on the first episode of SNL? > 2. Are you a rock and roll flautist? > 3. Are you on the show _Have I Got News For You_? 1. I am not Janis Ian, fifty years ago last night. 2. I am not Ian Something, from I think Jethro Tull. 3. Take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > Were you part of a husband & wife rock and roll duo of the 60s and 70s? > Did you kick off the “disaster” movie genre of the late 70s? > Are you also known as James Osterberg, Jr? Respectively: I am not Ike Turner. I am not Irwin Allen. I am not Iggy Pop. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/137 "2025-10-12T22:06:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you musical guest on the first episode of SNL? > > 2. Are you a rock and roll flautist? > > 3. Are you on the show _Have I Got News For You_? > > 1. I am not Janis Ian, fifty years ago last night. > 2. I am not Ian Something, from I think Jethro Tull. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct on #1. #2 is Ian Anderson, so close enough. #3 was Michael Ian Black. Ian x3! DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/138 "2025-10-13T02:52:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > Were you part of a husband & wife rock and roll duo of the 60s and 70s? > > Did you kick off the “disaster” movie genre of the late 70s? > > Are you also known as James Osterberg, Jr? > > Respectively: > I am not Ike Turner. > I am not Irwin Allen. > I am not Iggy Pop. Swept me! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/139 "2025-10-13T03:04:28Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first Superior General of the Jesuits? 2. Were you a Basque Spanish fencer and former henchman? 3. Did you briefly date Lynda Barry, and did she included you in her comics? ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/140 "2025-10-13T03:19:38Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first Superior General of the Jesuits? > 2. Were you a Basque Spanish fencer and former henchman? > 3. Did you briefly date Lynda Barry, and did she included you in her comics? 1. I am not Ignatius Loyola. 2. I am not Inigo Montoya. 3. I am not Ivan Brunetti? DQs: 1. real [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=8)