# Botticelli - Sept 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812 "2026-09-04T03:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/1 "2026-09-04T03:06:54Z")
I am **H** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/2 "2026-09-04T07:05:20Z")
Good call on Nadia Comaneci. On to H. 1. Were you the only manager to take the Milwaukee Brewers to a World Series appearance? 2. Were you a fictional Royal Navy officer created by C.S. Forester? 3. Were you the computer on the _Red Dwarf_? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/3 "2026-09-04T12:01:21Z")
1. Did you speak Chinese with your spouse for privacy while living in the White House? 2. Are you the spouse? 3. Are you a Bridgerton sibling? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/4 "2026-09-04T13:51:41Z")
IQs 1. Were you the title character of an Old Time Radio sitcom about a teenager in high school? 2. Alphabetically speaking, are you the first player in the MLB Hall of Fame? 3. Have you played a mutant superhero, a musical conman, and a shepherd? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/5 "2026-09-04T15:10:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Were you the only manager to take the Milwaukee Brewers to a World Series appearance? > 2. Were you a fictional Royal Navy officer created by C.S. Forester? > 3. Were you the computer on the _Red Dwarf_? 1. I am not Whitey Herzog 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Holly > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did you speak Chinese with your spouse for privacy while living in the White House? > 2. Are you the spouse? > 3. Are you a Bridgerton sibling? Take 3 DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you the title character of an Old Time Radio sitcom about a teenager in high school? > 2. Alphabetically speaking, are you the first player in the MLB Hall of Fame? > 3. Have you played a mutant superhero, a musical conman, and a shepherd? Take a DQ I am not Honus Wagner? I am not Hugh Jackman? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/6 "2026-09-04T15:32:42Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you the only manager to take the Milwaukee Brewers to a World Series appearance? > > 2. Were you a fictional Royal Navy officer created by C.S. Forester? > > 3. Were you the computer on the _Red Dwarf_? > > 1. I am not Whitey Herzog > 2. Take a DQ > 3. I am not Holly Harvey Kuenn, Horatio Hornblower, and correct. DQs: Fictional? Male? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/7 "2026-09-04T15:43:10Z")
Rules and whatnot [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVLOdq6IptN1UPXz3Tu9WAVrnQPyWSZ65Tqr5TS4L40/edit?tab=t.0). IQs: 1. Was your slogan “Every man a king”? 2. Did you appear in _Caligula_? 3. Did you write “The Ugly Chickens”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/8 "2026-09-04T15:43:25Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Harvey Kuenn Right series; wrong team. (There’s a lot of ballplayers whose names begin with H.) **H** 1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/9 "2026-09-04T15:46:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Was your slogan “Every man a king”? > 2. Did you appear in _Caligula_? > 3. Did you write “The Ugly Chickens”? Take a DQ I am not… Helen Mirren? Take a DQ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/10 "2026-09-04T15:57:34Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Take a DQ > I am not… Helen Mirren? > Take a DQ 1 was Huey Long; 2 was indeed Mirren; 3 was Howard Waldrop. DQs: 1. living? 2. first name begins with “H”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/11 "2026-09-04T16:02:35Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name begins with H ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/12 "2026-09-04T16:51:32Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you the title character of an Old Time Radio sitcom about a teenager in high school? > > 2. Alphabetically speaking, are you the first player in the MLB Hall of Fame? > > 3. Have you played a mutant superhero, a musical conman, and a shepherd? > > Take a DQ > I am not Honus Wagner? > I am not Hugh Jackman? 1 was Henry Aldrich. 2 is Aaron, Hank. 3 is correct. 2 DQs reserved. IQs 1. Are you buried next to Marilyn Monroe? 2. Did you appear topless in _Caligula_? 3. Are you a cartoon dog who’s connected with the folksong _Clementine_? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/13 "2026-09-04T16:52:14Z")
DQs 1. Died after 1950? 2. Known for the Arts? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/14 "2026-09-04T16:56:08Z")
IQs: 1. Were you on a _very_ expensive baseball card that came with a pack of cigarettes? 2. Did you star in _Videodrome_? 3. As a baby, did you strangle the serpents sent to kill you? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/15 "2026-09-04T18:05:24Z")
1. Herbert Hoover 2. Lou Hoover 3. Hyacinth Bridgerton 3 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/16 "2026-09-04T18:45:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Are you buried next to Marilyn Monroe? > 2. Did you appear topless in _Caligula_? > 3. Are you a cartoon dog who’s connected with the folksong _Clementine_? Taka a DQ If the answer is “Helen Mirren”, it’s been asked already. If not, take a DQ. I am not Huckleberry Hound ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/17 "2026-09-04T18:47:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you on a _very_ expensive baseball card that came with a pack of cigarettes? > 2. Did you star in _Videodrome_? > 3. As a baby, did you strangle the serpents sent to kill you? I am not Rogers Hornsby I am not Debra Harry I am not Heracles/Hercules ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/18 "2026-09-04T18:49:06Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name begins with H 5. Died before 1950 6. Not known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/19 "2026-09-04T19:03:08Z")
DQ: Known for sports? DQ #2: Died before 1800? DQ#3: American? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/20 "2026-09-04T19:20:21Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Rogers Hornsby > I am not Debra Harry > I am not Heracles/Hercules Hornsby never appeared on a card sold with a pack of cigarettes, so I believe I’m owed a DQ. Correct on Deborah Harry and Heracles. DQ: first name begins from A-M? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=2)