# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/221 "2026-09-22T22:41:03Z")
I’ve heard of him. He wasn’t on my radar, so nicely done! ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/222 "2026-09-23T04:04:07Z")
Never heard of him, meself. Pervious IQs: Was your dad a retired Seattle police officer? - Yes, Frasier Crane Were your parents both mental-health professionals? - Yes, Frederick Crane, son of Frasier and Lilith Did Harrison Ford play you in _American Graffiti_? - Bob Falfa, a cool guy in a fast car who’s juuuuust a bit like Han Solo ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/223 "2026-09-23T05:09:38Z")
Well, it seems that **knoodler** saved me from a verdict of lack of fame, so I’ll host the next round. I am # W as in whippet, welcome and wingman. Bring on the IQs! ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/224 "2026-09-23T12:51:58Z")
IQ1: Do Brits look for you in crowds? IQ2: Did you write about a Jewish chariot racer? IQ3: Were you David Crosby and David Allen Coe’s cousin? ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/225 "2026-09-23T15:21:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct _Desperate Living_? 2. Did your father found a restaurant chain? 3. “We shall fight them on the beaches”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/226 "2026-09-23T15:44:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did Ray Bradbury title a collection of short stories after a poem of yours? 2. Were you an ambulance driver for the Red Cross? 3. Were you part of the NY Knicks first two NBA championships? ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/227 "2026-09-23T15:47:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the announcer for the always insane, frequently obnoxious, meretriciously atrocious, all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did you create _Pogo_? 3. Did you and your brothers sail off in a wooden shoe? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/228 "2026-09-23T16:12:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do Brits look for you in crowds? > IQ2: Did you write about a Jewish chariot racer? > IQ3: Were you David Crosby and David Allen Coe’s cousin? I am not Waldo. I am not Lew Wallace. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct _Desperate Living_? > 2. Did your father found a restaurant chain? > 3. “We shall fight them on the beaches”? Take a DQ and I am neither Wendy nor Winston Churchill. > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Did Ray Bradbury title a collection of short stories after a poem of yours? > 2. Were you an ambulance driver for the Red Cross? > 3. Were you part of the NY Knicks first two NBA championships? I am not… Walt Whitman? Take a DQ. I am not… Willis Reed? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the announcer for the always insane, frequently obnoxious, meretriciously atrocious, all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Did you create _Pogo_? > 3. Did you and your brothers sail off in a wooden shoe? Take a TGS DQ. I am not Walt Kelly. Take another 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 23, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/229 "2026-09-23T16:34:38Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take a DQ and I am neither Wendy nor Winston Churchill. 1 was John Waters; correct on Wendy Thomas. DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/230 "2026-09-23T16:55:03Z")
1. Were you a Methodist who wanted _non-alcoholic_ grape juice for purposes of Communion and devised a technique that guarenteed it? 2. Did you write a bunch of hymns, some of which are still sung today? 3. Did the church that you founded employ a lot of circuit riders? ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/231 "2026-09-23T16:55:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the imaginary friends at Foster’s? 2. Were you an early 20th century self-made millionaire with a cosmetics and hair care business? 3. In John Waters’ _Female Trouble_, does Dawn Davenport claim to have the gun Arthur Bremer used to shoot you? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/232 "2026-09-23T17:08:01Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Were you a Methodist who wanted _non-alcoholic_ grape juice for purposes of Communion and devised a technique that guarenteed it? > 2. Did you write a bunch of hymns, some of which are still sung today? > 3. Did the church that you founded employ a lot of circuit riders? Take a DQ. I am not Charles Wesley, nor am I John Wesley. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the imaginary friends at Foster’s? > 2. Were you an early 20th century self-made millionaire with a cosmetics and hair care business? > 3. In John Waters’ _Female Trouble_, does Dawn Davenport claim to have the gun Arthur Bremer used to shoot you? Take a DQ. I am not… ah, I’m blanking on the name. She was the first self-made black millionaire in the U.S.? Take a DQ. I am not George Wallace. # W 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/233 "2026-09-23T17:10:30Z")
1. Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch 2. Charles Wesley, yes, correct 3. John Wesley, yes, correct DQ Living? ---
**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 23, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/234 "2026-09-23T17:22:24Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take a DQ. > I am not… ah, I’m blanking on the name. She was the first self-made black millionaire in the U.S.? Take a DQ. > I am not George Wallace. 1 was Wilt; 2 was Madam C.J. Walker. DQs: 1. first name begins with W? 2. known from the arts? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/235 "2026-09-23T17:26:37Z")
# W 1. Real 2. Dead 3. First name begins with W 4. Not known from the arts ---
**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 23, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/236 "2026-09-23T17:47:48Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the announcer for the always insane, frequently obnoxious, meretriciously atrocious, all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 2. Did you create _Pogo_? > > 3. Did you and your brothers sail off in a wooden shoe? > > Take a TGS DQ. > I am not Walt Kelly. > Take another DQ. 1 was Wallace Greenslade. 2 is correct. 3 was Winken (with Blinken and Nod). DQs: 1. Died after 1950? 2. American? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/237 "2026-09-23T18:00:57Z")
# W 1. Real 2. Dead 3. First name begins with W 4. Not known from the arts 5. Died before 1950 6. American ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/238 "2026-09-23T18:14:52Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did Ray Bradbury title a collection of short stories after a poem of yours? > > 2. Were you an ambulance driver for the Red Cross? > > 3. Were you part of the NY Knicks first two NBA championships? > > I am not… Walt Whitman? > Take a DQ. > I am not… Willis Reed? Correct Walt Disney I was thinking of Walt Frazier (Walt x3), but Willis Reed also fits the question. 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/239 "2026-09-23T18:16:06Z")
DQ: Known from politics or military? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/240 "2026-09-23T18:19:13Z")
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