# 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:** 8
**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, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/141 "2025-10-13T05:41:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@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? Correct, correct, and Ira Glass (“Head Lice and My Worst Boyfriend”) DQ: male? ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/142 "2025-10-13T15:05:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Gretchen, the maid, on _Benson_? 2. Did you “come out of the west, / Through all the wide border / His steed was the best”? 3. Did you write _White Christmas_? ---
**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, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/143 "2025-10-13T15:08:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Gretchen, the maid, on _Benson_? > 2. Did you “come out of the west, / Through all the wide border / His steed was the best”? > 3. Did you write _White Christmas_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ivanhoe? 3. I am not Irving Berlin. DQs: 1. real 2. male ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/144 "2025-10-13T15:12:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Gretchen, the maid, on _Benson_? > > 2. Did you “come out of the west, / Through all the wide border / His steed was the best”? > > 3. Did you write _White Christmas_? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Ivanhoe? > 3. I am not Irving Berlin. 1 was Inga Swenson. Correct on the others. DQ: Last name starts with I? ---
**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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/145 "2025-10-13T17:37:16Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an African billionaire who set up an eponymous foundation? 2. Were you replaced after leaving a hit TV sitcom after five seasons? 3. Did you win an Emmy posthumously in 1982? ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/146 "2025-10-13T17:53:32Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an African billionaire who set up an eponymous foundation? > 2. Were you replaced after leaving a hit TV sitcom after five seasons? > 3. Did you win an Emmy posthumously in 1982? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ivan Dixon? 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with I ---
**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, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/147 "2025-10-13T17:56:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you an African billionaire who set up an eponymous foundation? > > 2. Were you replaced after leaving a hit TV sitcom after five seasons? > > 3. Did you win an Emmy posthumously in 1982? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Ivan Dixon? > 3. Take a DQ. 1. Mo Ibrahim 2. Correct 3. Ingrid Bergman (for her role of Golda Meir) 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 14, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/148 "2025-10-14T15:28:52Z")
How is everybody’s October 14th going? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/149 "2025-10-14T19:46:42Z")
Busy, busy, busy. IQs: 1. Did you make physical discoveries that led to the invention of the MRI machine? 2. Was your masterpiece spoofed with a game of _Battleship_ in _Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey_? 3. Were you “looking for 143”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/150 "2025-10-14T20:09:56Z")
DQs: American? Born 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 14, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/151 "2025-10-14T20:22:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you form the rock band Guns N Roses with another member of the band? 2. Were you involved with the director while appearing in a remake of _Cape Fear_? 3. Did you survive the shoot-out at the OK Corral? ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/152 "2025-10-14T20:35:08Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make physical discoveries that led to the invention of the MRI machine? > 2. Was your masterpiece spoofed with a game of _Battleship_ in _Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey_? > 3. Were you “looking for 143”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ingmar Bergman. 3. Take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you form the rock band Guns N Roses with another member of the band? > 2. Were you involved with the director while appearing in a remake of _Cape Fear_? > 3. Did you survive the shoot-out at the OK Corral? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Isabella Rosellini? 3. I am not Ike Clanton? DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with I 4. American 5. born before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/153 "2025-10-14T20:45:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you make physical discoveries that led to the invention of the MRI machine? > > 2. Was your masterpiece spoofed with a game of _Battleship_ in _Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey_? > > 3. Were you “looking for 143”? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Ingmar Bergman. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Isidore “I.I.” Rabi. Correct on #2. #3 was Irving, the 142nd fastest gun in the west. DQs: 1. Living? 2. Known for the arts? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/154 "2025-10-14T20:47:02Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you form the rock band Guns N Roses with another member of the band? > > 2. Were you involved with the director while appearing in a remake of _Cape Fear_? > > 3. Did you survive the shoot-out at the OK Corral? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Isabella Rosellini? > 3. I am not Ike Clanton? 1. Izzy Stradlin 2. Illeana Douglas 3. Correct 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 15, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/155 "2025-10-15T00:51:29Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with I 4. American 5. born before 1950 6. dead 7. known from the arts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/156 "2025-10-15T14:51:17Z")
DQs: Born before 1850? Known for literature? ---
**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 15, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/157 "2025-10-15T14:53:53Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name starts with I 4. American 5. born before 1950 6. dead 7. known from the arts 8. born before 1850 9. known for literature ---
**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 15, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/158 "2025-10-15T17:56:10Z")
IQs: 1. Have you been portrayed by both Bing Crosby and Johnny Depp? 2. Did you play one of the Rutles? 3. Did you play another Rutle? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/159 "2025-10-15T19:06:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create a character that Robin Williams portrayed early in his career? 2. Did you create a character that Johnny Depp played? 3. Did you receive an Oscar nomination for _Yentil_? ---
**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 15, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641/160 "2025-10-15T19:12:18Z")
> [@Who Wants to be a Millionaire - easy way to help win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-easy-way-to-help-win/102641/158): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you been portrayed by both Bing Crosby and Johnny Depp? > 2. Did you play one of the Rutles? > 3. Did you play another Rutle? > [@Who Wants to be a Millionaire - easy way to help win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-easy-way-to-help-win/102641/159): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create a character that Robin Williams portrayed early in his career? > 2. Did you create a character that Johnny Depp played? > 3. Did you receive an Oscar nomination for _Yentil_? I am not Ichabod Crane, Eric Idle, Neil Innes, John Irving, or Amy Irving, but I am indeed “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” author **Washington Irving**! Next game goes to Knoodler. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2025/1023641.md?page=9)