# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/261 "2026-09-24T16:30:13Z")
# W 1. Real 2. Dead 3. First name begins with W 4. Not known from the arts 5. **Date of death unknown** 6. American 7. Known from politics or the military 8. Not known from the military 9. Not best known for elected office 10. Last name begins from A-M 11. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics 12. Born before 1900 13. Born after 1800 Added **SCAdian** ’s DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/262 "2026-09-24T16:38:12Z")
DQ: Known for being a jurist? ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/263 "2026-09-24T19:07:37Z")
Swept me! IQ: Were you the only person to serve both as President and later as Chief Justice of the United States? Were you buried in Marion, Ohio? Were you relieved of command at the Battle of Five Forks? ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/264 "2026-09-24T19:23:45Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a problem solver called in to help Jules and Vincent? 2. Were you “Carlos Danger”? 3. “Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand…” Were you “die Schönste im ganzen Land”? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/265 "2026-09-24T19:49:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Were you the only person to serve both as President and later as Chief Justice of the United States? > Were you buried in Marion, Ohio? > Were you relieved of command at the Battle of Five Forks? I am not William Howard Taft. I’m guessing, just based on context, that this is Warren G. Harding. If not, take a DQ. I am not Governeur Warren. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a problem solver called in to help Jules and Vincent? > 2. Were you “Carlos Danger”? > 3. “Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand…” Were you “die Schönste im ganzen Land”? Take a DQ. I am not Anthony Weiner. Take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/266 "2026-09-24T19:50:31Z")
# W 1. Real 2. Dead 3. First name begins with W 4. Not known from the arts 5. Date of death unknown 6. American 7. Known from politics or the military 8. Not known from the military 9. Not best known for elected office 10. Last name begins from A-M 11. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics 12. Born before 1900 13. Born after 1800 14. Not known for being a jurist ---
**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 24, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/267 "2026-09-24T21:14:14Z")
Swept me again! IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? Did you lead Faber College? Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? ---
**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 24, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/268 "2026-09-24T21:57:12Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take a DQ. > I am not Anthony Weiner. > Take another DQ. 1 (problem solver) was Winston Wolf, in _Pulp Fiction_; 2 (“Spieglein, Spieglein…”) was Schneewittchen/Snow White. DQs: #1. born after 1850? #2. disappeared? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/269 "2026-09-24T22:43:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? > Did you lead Faber College? > Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? I am not William Rosecrans. I am not Dean Wormer. Take a bow and a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/270 "2026-09-24T22:46:00Z")
# W 1. Real 2. Dead 3. First name begins with W 4. Not known from the arts 5. Date of death unknown 6. American 7. Known from politics or the military 8. Not known from the military 9. Not best known for elected office 10. Last name begins from A-M 11. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics 12. Born before 1900 13. Born after 1800 14. Not known for being a jurist 15. Born after 1850 16. Disappeared, but was not really a prominent person at the time of his disappearance, so no notice was made ---
**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 25, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/271 "2026-09-25T01:06:32Z")
IQs 1. Did you play the Mad Hatter on the 1960s Batman TV show? 2. Did you compose _Classical Gas_? 3. Did you write _Our Town_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/272 "2026-09-25T01:50:23Z")
Take a DQ and I am neither Mason Williams nor Thornton Wilder. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/273 "2026-09-25T02:09:17Z")
1 was David Wayne. Correct on the others. DQ: held a cabinet post? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/274 "2026-09-25T02:12:11Z")
# W 1. Real 2. Dead 3. First name begins with W 4. Not known from the arts 5. Date of death unknown 6. American 7. Known from politics or the military 8. Not known from the military 9. Not best known for elected office 10. Last name begins from A-M 11. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics 12. Born before 1900 13. Born after 1800 14. Not known for being a jurist 15. Born after 1850 16. Disappeared, but was not really a prominent person at the time of his disappearance, so no notice was made 17. Did not hold a cabinet post ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/275 "2026-09-25T02:47:56Z")
IQ1: Were you the last king of England? IQ2: Did “Buzz and Buzz and keep it up” refer to you? IQ3: Were you Edmund’s aunt? ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/276 "2026-09-25T02:57:40Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Butch Coolidge? 2. Were you Jean Vander Pyl? 3. Did you lead the Peasants’ Revolt? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/277 "2026-09-25T10:37:25Z")
1. Did you open your barbaric yawp? 2. Did you eat someone else’s plums? 3. Did you write poems about epic adventures? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/278 "2026-09-25T15:07:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the last king of England? > IQ2: Did “Buzz and Buzz and keep it up” refer to you? > IQ3: Were you Edmund’s aunt? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Butch Coolidge? > 2. Were you Jean Vander Pyl? > 3. Did you lead the Peasants’ Revolt? Take 2 DQs and I am not Wat Tyler. > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Did you open your barbaric yawp? > 2. Did you eat someone else’s plums? > 3. Did you write poems about epic adventures? Take 3 DQs. And that wraps it up for the IQs. Let’s have DQs asked by 6 p.m. CDT Sunday, September 27th. ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/279 "2026-09-25T15:22:17Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take 2 DQs and I am not Wat Tyler. 1 was Bruce Willis, in _Pulp Fiction_; 2 was Wilma Flintstone. DQs: 1. black? 2. known for religious activism? ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/280 "2026-09-25T15:26:23Z")
Previous IQs: Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Yes, Gen. William Rosecrans Did you lead Faber College? - Yes, Dean Vernon Wormer Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? - George Washington DQ: Disappeared after 1900? Ambrose Bierce, Judge Crater (who _was_ a jurist) and Amelia Earhart are the only notable American disappearances I can think of, and none of them fit this guy’s clues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=15)