# 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:** 2
**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 4, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/21 "2026-09-04T20:57:17Z")
Last month’s game: [Botticelli - Aug 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2026/1032035/001) IQs: Did your years in a top office appear incorrectly on a U.S. postage stamp? Were you a cadaverous aide to FDR? Were you another? ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/22 "2026-09-04T21:16:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the wealthy parents involved in Operation Varsity Blues? 2. Were you nicknamed the Flying Dutchman? 3. Hey, weren’t you the horse in _Horsin’ Around_? ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/23 "2026-09-04T23:17:33Z")
1. Were you the title character of a tv series that sometimes featured your “Aunt Dolly”? 2. Are you the main character in a series by Piers Anthony,? 3. Are you one of the title characters of a 90’s movie featuring a group of mean girls? ---
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/24 "2026-09-04T23:53:59Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@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 1 is Hugh Hefner. Correct on the others. 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 5, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/25 "2026-09-05T02:43:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Hornsby never appeared on a card sold with a pack of cigarettes, so I believe I’m owed a DQ. Who was it? (Just to satisfy my curiosity) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/26 "2026-09-05T02:48:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your years in a top office appear incorrectly on a U.S. postage stamp? > Were you a cadaverous aide to FDR? > Were you another? You’ve asked #2,3 before, but danged if I remember the answers. Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you one of the wealthy parents involved in Operation Varsity Blues? > 2. Were you nicknamed the Flying Dutchman? > 3. Hey, weren’t you the horse in _Horsin’ Around_? Take 3 DQs > [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Were you the title character of a tv series that sometimes featured your “Aunt Dolly”? > 2. Are you the main character in a series by Piers Anthony,? > 3. Are you one of the title characters of a 90’s movie featuring a group of mean girls? Take 2 DQs, and I am not one of the Heathers from that movie ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/27 "2026-09-05T02:50:39Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name begins with H 5. Died before 1950 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for sports 8. Did not die before 1800 9. Not American, but spent most of my life on land that is now part of the USA 10. First name begins A-M ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/28 "2026-09-05T02:53:25Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Who was it? (Just to satisfy my curiosity) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you one of the wealthy parents involved in Operation Varsity Blues? > 2. Were you nicknamed the Flying Dutchman? > 3. Hey, weren’t you the horse in _Horsin’ Around_? > [@knoodler](#): > > Take 3 DQs 1 was Felicity Huffman; 2 was Honus Wagner, also on the _very_ expensive baseball card sold with cigarettes; 3 was BoJack Horseman, in _BoJack Horseman_. DQs: 1. European? 2. died after 1875? 3. known from science? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/29 "2026-09-05T02:56:21Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name begins with H 5. Died before 1950 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for sports 8. Did not die before 1800 9. Not American, but spent most of my life on land that is now part of the USA 10. First name begins A-M 11. Not European 12. Died after 1875 13. Not known from science ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/30 "2026-09-05T03:12:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of the Chicago Seven? 2. Did you invent the standard Civil War army tent? 3. Did you guest star in the penultimate episode of _Star Trek_ (the original series)? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/31 "2026-09-05T03:15:08Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Were you one of the Chicago Seven? > 2. Did you invent the standard Civil War army tent? > 3. Did you guest star in the penultimate episode of _Star Trek_ (the original series)? I am not Tom Hayden Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/32 "2026-09-05T03:19:59Z")
You are correct though I was thinking of Abbie Hoffman. The other two were Henry Hopkins Sibley and Mariette Hartley (“All Our Yesterdays”). DQ: Known from politics or military? 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 5, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/33 "2026-09-05T03:27:02Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name begins with H 5. Died before 1950 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for sports 8. Did not die before 1800 9. Not American, but spent most of my life on land that is now part of the USA 10. First name begins A-M 11. Not European 12. Died after 1875 13. Not known from science 14. Known from politics or military ---
**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 5, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/34 "2026-09-05T13:47:22Z")
DQ: known from politics? ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/35 "2026-09-05T14:28:42Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Crystal (“Your Co-worker who is Extremely Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing”) and Angel (“Every Boxer’s Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing, Ever”) on _Saturday Night Live_? 2. Did you defeat Samuel Tilden? 3. Were you a heuristically programmed algorithmic computer? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/36 "2026-09-05T16:20:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you Crystal (“Your Co-worker who is Extremely Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing”) and Angel (“Every Boxer’s Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing, Ever”) on _Saturday Night Live_? > 2. Did you defeat Samuel Tilden? > 3. Were you a heuristically programmed algorithmic computer? Take 2 DQs, and I am not HAL 9000 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/37 "2026-09-05T16:21:01Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name begins with H 5. Died before 1950 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for sports 8. Did not die before 1800 9. Not American, but spent most of my life on land that is now part of the USA 10. First name begins A-M 11. Not European 12. Died after 1875 13. Not known from science 14. Known from politics or military 15. Not known from politics ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/38 "2026-09-05T16:59:56Z")
DQ: Held electoral office? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/39 "2026-09-05T17:20:32Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name begins with H 5. Died before 1950 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for sports 8. Did not die before 1800 9. Not American, but spent most of my life on land that is now part of the USA 10. First name begins A-M 11. Not European 12. Died after 1875 13. Not known from science 14. Known from politics or military 15. Not known from politics 16. Did not hold an electoral office ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/40 "2026-09-05T18:26:55Z")
1. Hannah Montana 2. Hope Hubris (Bio of a Space Tyrant) 3. Heather. Yes. 2 DQs reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=3)