# 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:** 3
**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, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/41 "2026-09-05T18:29:38Z")
DQ 1: Last name begins with Ha- Hl? ---
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/42 "2026-09-05T18:30:33Z")
DQ 2: Died before 1920? ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/43 "2026-09-05T20:02:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? > [@knoodler](#): > > Take 2 DQs, and I am not HAL 9000 1 was Heidi Gardner; 2 was Rutherford B. Hayes. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/44 "2026-09-05T21:23:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Typee_? 2. Were you typically the main villain in episodes of the highly acclaimed, war-postpartem, equivocally licensed 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? 3. Were you Johanna Spyri’s best known character? ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/45 "2026-09-05T21:43:19Z")
IQs: 1. “W-A-T-E-R”? 2. “Power is the great aphrodisiac”? 3. “All I know is that first, you’ve got to get mad! You’ve got to say: ‘I’m a human being, goddammit! My life has value!’ So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out, and yell: **I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!** ” ---
**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 5, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/46 "2026-09-05T23:43:39Z")
Previous IQs: Did your years in a top office appear incorrectly on a U.S. postage stamp? - Hubert Humphrey; [his years as VPOTUS were originally printed one year off](https://www.facebook.com/groups/philatelycheatersaroundtheglobe/posts/8608680612493922/) Were you a cadaverous aide to FDR? - Louis Howe Were you another? - Harry Hopkins DQs: Indigenous or native person? Now considered a freedom fighter? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you get into a protocol dispute with George Washington which you lost? Was a hotel clerk unimpressed when you signed in? Were you captain of a Missouri National Guard artillery unit? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/47 "2026-09-06T03:15:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _Typee_? > 2. Were you typically the main villain in episodes of the highly acclaimed, war-postpartem, equivocally licensed 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? > 3. Were you Johanna Spyri’s best known character? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. “W-A-T-E-R”? > 2. “Power is the great aphrodisiac”? > 3. “All I know is that first, you’ve got to get mad! You’ve got to say: ‘I’m a human being, goddammit! My life has value!’ So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out, and yell: **I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!** ” Take 2 DQs, and I am not Howard Beale > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you get into a protocol dispute with George Washington which you lost? > Was a hotel clerk unimpressed when you signed in? > Were you captain of a Missouri National Guard artillery unit? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/48 "2026-09-06T03:17:21Z")
This puts us over 20 DQs, so no more IQs. Please ask all outstanding DQs by Noon PDT Monday. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/49 "2026-09-06T03:22:00Z")
**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 17. Last name begins Hm-Hz 18. Died before 1920 19. I am an indigenous or native person 20. Depending on your perspective, I could be considered a freedom fighter or (in today’s parlance) a terrorist ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/50 "2026-09-06T15:04:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Typee_? > 2. Were you typically the main villain in episodes of the highly acclaimed, war-postpartem, equivocally licensed 1950’s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? > 3. Were you Johanna Spyri’s best known character? 1 was Herman Melville. 2 is Hercules Grytpype-Thynne. 3 is Heidi. DQ: Is your name in English or in a native tongue? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/51 "2026-09-06T16:18:37Z")
Previous IQs: Did you get into a protocol dispute with George Washington which you lost? - John Hancock, when he was Governor of Massachusetts. President Washington visited Boston in Oct. 1789 and Hancock insisted that he outranked Washington, and that Washington should thus call on him first. Washington didn’t, public opinion turned against Hancock for being rude, and after two days Hancock grudgingly called on the President at the inn where he was staying. Was a hotel clerk unimpressed when you signed in? - The story goes that Herbert Hoover, long after leaving office, stayed at a hotel overnight and wasn’t recognized by the young clerk. The clerk, seeing Hoover’s name in the hotel registry book, asked if he was related to either J. Edgar Hoover or the vacuum-cleaner company’s CEO, and when Hoover said he wasn’t, the clerk said, “That’s too bad. We like having celebrities stay here.” Were you captain of a Missouri National Guard artillery unit? - Harry Truman, during WWI. DQs: Best known for things he did east of the Mississippi River? Best known for things he did south of the Mason-Dixon Line? Personally fought U.S. military personnel? One 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 6, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/52 "2026-09-06T16:28:35Z")
**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 17. Last name begins Hm-Hz 18. Died before 1920 19. I am an indigenous or native person 20. Depending on your perspective, I could be considered a freedom fighter or (in today’s parlance) a terrorist 21. I am best known by my English name. 22. I am not best known for things I did east of the Mississippi river 23. I am not best known for things I did south of the Mason-Dixon Line 24. I personally fought US military personnel ---
**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 6, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/53 "2026-09-06T17:14:18Z")
DQs 1. Is there a memorial sculpture to you? 2. Were you a Lakota? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/54 "2026-09-06T19:20:15Z")
You’re close enough, I am indeed **Crazy Horse** , Lakota war leader who helped lead Native tribes against Custer’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. My Lakota name is _Tȟašúŋke Witkó_, “His-Horse-Is-Crazy”. Good job, @Prof.Pepperwinkle! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/55 "2026-09-06T19:55:11Z")
I thought that was who it was. It was the terrorist clue (plus the indigenous clue) that made me go hmmm. What’s his name, not Geronimo, but . . But I didn’t have any DQs left. So good job, Prof P! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/56 "2026-09-06T19:56:42Z")
Also, I was amused that he died in 1877, so just after the date in one person’s question. ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/57 "2026-09-06T22:36:51Z")
Thanks. I AM… # T! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/58 "2026-09-06T23:32:09Z")
IQs 1. Are you a mascot for something GREAT? 2. Did you sing a song about a Grinch? 3. Are you nicknamed “Birdman”? ---
**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 7, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/59 "2026-09-07T00:47:26Z")
Congrats, Prof.! Belated IQ wrap-up…1 (“Water”) was Helen Keller; 2 (“Power”) was Henry Kissinger. IQs: 1. Did a sign on your desk say “The buck stops here”? 2. Were you on _Sister, Sister_? 3. Were YOU on _Sister, Sister_ ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/60 "2026-09-07T02:17:10Z")
Good one. I’m not sure that the dude’s last name was “Horse,” as such, but for Botticelli we must make allowances. Congrats, **Prof. P.** On to T! IQs: Did you win the Battle of Mill Springs, Ky.? Does your wife appear in one and only one scene of a particular musical? Are you the best-known person from Pin Point, Ga.? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=4)