# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/121 "2026-09-10T16:35:59Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you the leader of the Transformers? > 2. Did you marry your mother and kill your father? > 3. Did a movie about your life star Sandra Bullock? I am not Optimus Prime I am not Oedipus Take a DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Have you been an elf, a swordmaker, and Katy Perry’s boyfriend? > 2. Have you been portrayed by both Jeff Goldblum and Richard Pryor? > 3. Did Robin Williams play you in Branagh’s _Hamlet_? I am not Orlando Bloom Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/122 "2026-09-10T16:36:59Z")
**O** 1. Real ---
**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 10, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/123 "2026-09-10T23:43:03Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Have you been an elf, a swordmaker, and Katy Perry’s boyfriend? > > 2. Have you been portrayed by both Jeff Goldblum and Richard Pryor? > > 3. Did Robin Williams play you in Branagh’s _Hamlet_? > > I am not Orlando Bloom > Take 2 DQs Correct on 1. 2 is Oz the Great and Powerful, in _Wicked_ and in _The Wiz_ 3 was the courtier, Osric. DQs 1. Last name starts with O? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/124 "2026-09-11T02:09:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the brother of Electra? 2. Did you work for Catholic emancipation in 19th century Ireland? 3. Did you command the Army of the James in the Appomattox campaign? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/125 "2026-09-11T03:44:20Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Were you the brother of Electra? > 2. Did you work for Catholic emancipation in 19th century Ireland? > 3. Did you command the Army of the James in the Appomattox campaign? I am not Orestes I am not… St Oswald? Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/126 "2026-09-11T03:45:00Z")
**O** 1. Real 2. Last name begins with O 3. Male ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/127 "2026-09-11T04:00:15Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you the brother of Electra? > > 2. Did you work for Catholic emancipation in 19th century Ireland? > > 3. Did you command the Army of the James in the Appomattox campaign? > > I am not Orestes > I am not… St Oswald? > Take a DQ Correct, Daniel O’Connell, and Major General Edward O.C. Ord. DQs: Living? 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 11, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/128 "2026-09-11T14:47:11Z")
1. Optimus Prime, yes, correct 2. Oedipus, correct 3.Michael Other, the Blind Side 1 DQ reserved New IQs 1. Are you the title character of a book by John Irving? 2. Do you appear in both the movie and much later series about women’s professional baseball? 3. Were you a character on NCIS LA until your actor died from cancer? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/129 "2026-09-11T20:28:00Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > 1. Are you the title character of a book by John Irving? > 2. Do you appear in both the movie and much later series about women’s professional baseball? > 3. Were you a character on NCIS LA until your actor died from cancer? 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 11, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/130 "2026-09-11T20:28:49Z")
**O** 1. Real 2. Last name begins with O 3. Male 4. Not living 5. 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 11, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/131 "2026-09-11T20:38:51Z")
1. Owen Meaney from _A Prayer for Owen Meaney_ 2. Rosie O’Donnell from _A League of Our Own_ 3. Owen Granger played by Miguel Ferrer For a total of 4 DQs Hmmm 1. Died before 1950? 2. Known from Science 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 11, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/132 "2026-09-11T20:48:28Z")
Tim the Enchanter! Good one. IIRC, the character had a much longer and more dramatic name in the script, but John Cleese blanked when they were filming that scene and just said the first prosaic name that popped into his head. The rest of the Pythons loved it, and it stayed in the film. Congrats, **knoodler**. Previous IQs: Did you win the Battle of Mill Springs, Ky.? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, during the Civil War Does your wife appear in one and only one scene of a particular musical? - Thomas Jefferson’s wife, Martha, in _1776_ Are you the best-known person from Pin Point, Ga.? - Justice Clarence Thomas of SCOTUS Thomas x3! On to O. IQs: Were you AKA Gandalf, Tharkun and Mithrandir? Did you say, near your death, that you had been “of some service to the State, and they knew it”? Was a notable HBCU named after you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/133 "2026-09-11T20:54:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you AKA Gandalf, Tharkun and Mithrandir? > Did you say, near your death, that you had been “of some service to the State, and they knew it”? > Was a notable HBCU named after you? 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 11, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/134 "2026-09-11T20:56:12Z")
**O** 1. Real 2. Last name begins with O 3. Male 4. Not living 5. Not known for the arts 6. Died in 1950 7. Not known from science ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/135 "2026-09-11T21:24:31Z")
IQs 1. Were you called “the most hated person in America”? 2. Were you a frequent game show panelist in the 1960s? 3. Were you a noted British actress who was born in India? ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/136 "2026-09-12T03:05:33Z")
Wow, **Eureka** nailed the year of death! Previous IQs: Were you AKA Gandalf, Tharkun and Mithrandir? - Olorin Did you say, near your death, that you had been “of some service to the State, and they knew it”? - Othello Was a notable HBCU named after you? - Gen. Oliver O. Howard DQs: American? Best known for politics/military? Born before 1890? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/137 "2026-09-12T03:27:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you called “the most hated person in America”? > 2. Were you a frequent game show panelist in the 1960s? > 3. Were you a noted British actress who was born in India? 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 12, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/138 "2026-09-12T03:29:25Z")
**O** 1. Real 2. Last name begins with O 3. Male 4. Not living 5. Not known for the arts 6. Died in 1950 7. Not known from science 8. American 9. Not best known for politics/military 10. Born before 1890 ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/139 "2026-09-12T05:01:22Z")
IQs: Were you probably not related to Lincoln’s SECNAV, despite having the same last name? Were you Mork’s boss? Were you an actor who’s become a Doper meme? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812/140 "2026-09-12T14:43:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you probably not related to Lincoln’s SECNAV, despite having the same last name? > Were you Mork’s boss? > Were you an actor who’s become a Doper meme? I am not Orson of Ork, and take 2 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2026/1032812.md?page=8)