# Botticelli, September 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694 "2025-09-03T01:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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 17, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/201 "2025-09-17T17:12:23Z")
That was a complete swing and a miss. I just looked him up, and the founder was Charles Walgreen, not Henry at all. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/202 "2025-09-17T17:34:10Z")
I was getting ready to guess Harold CVS, but just had a brainstorm. Are you Henry Kaiser? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/203 "2025-09-17T18:01:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Are you Henry Kaiser? YES!! I am **Henry J. Kaiser** , industrialist ship-builder, automotive entrepreneur, medical-health system innovator, [city planner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanport,_Oregon). @SunUp, you’re Up! ---
**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 17, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/204 "2025-09-17T18:23:02Z")
Very nicely done, **SunUp!** Very good choice, **knoodler!** ---
**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 17, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/205 "2025-09-17T19:32:53Z")
Ooo, very good indeed. Well done, **SunUp**! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/206 "2025-09-19T00:27:15Z")
OK, sorry for the long delay. I am… # M ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/207 "2025-09-19T01:13:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? 2. Are you the last Monkee? 3. Did you play Ma Kettle in a series of movies? ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/208 "2025-09-19T01:41:34Z")
Congrats, SunUp! > [@SunUp](#): > > I was getting ready to guess Harold CVS Ooh, close–he died in 1959. What? IQs: 1. Yo! Were you the 13th president of the US? 2. Did you recently voice Velma in _Velma_? 3. Did you create _Saturday Night Live_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/209 "2025-09-19T04:44:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? > 2. Are you the last Monkee? > 3. Did you play Ma Kettle in a series of movies? #2 I am not Mickey Dolenz. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Yo! Were you the 13th president of the US? > 2. Did you recently voice Velma in _Velma_? > 3. Did you create _Saturday Night Live_? I am not Millard Fillmore. I am not Mindy Kaling. I am not Lorne Michaels. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/210 "2025-09-19T12:23:23Z")
IQs: Are you the founder of a chain of department stores? Did you appear opposite of an iconic actress on TV? Have you appeared in roles as a car salesman, a largely-absent dad, and a shovel-wielding superhero? ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/211 "2025-09-19T13:05:46Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Millard Fillmore. > I am not Mindy Kaling. > I am not Lorne Michaels. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did you write _Doom Patrol_, _Animal Man_, and _Batman_? 2. Were you “Detroit Red”? 3. Did you voice the Blue Fairy robot in _AI_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/212 "2025-09-19T15:24:56Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the founder of a chain of department stores? > Did you appear opposite of an iconic actress on TV? > Have you appeared in roles as a car salesman, a largely-absent dad, and a shovel-wielding superhero? I am not Mr. Macy. Take a DQ. I am not William H. Macy (“I shovel. I shovel well.”) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Doom Patrol_, _Animal Man_, and _Batman_? > 2. Were you “Detroit Red”? > 3. Did you voice the Blue Fairy robot in _AI_? And now you’ve swept me! Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/213 "2025-09-19T16:01:56Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? > > 2. Are you the last Monkee? > > 3. Did you play Ma Kettle in a series of movies? > > #2 I am not Mickey Dolenz. > Take 2 DQs. #1 was Marilyn Maxwell. #2 is correct. #3 was Marjorie Main. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/214 "2025-09-19T16:26:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _Doom Patrol_, _Animal Man_, and _Batman_? > 2. Were you “Detroit Red”? > 3. Did you voice the Blue Fairy robot in _AI_? > [@SunUp](#): > > And now you’ve swept me! Take 3 DQs. 1 was Grant Morrison; 2 was Malcolm X; 3 was Meryl Streep. DQ: first name begins with M? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/215 "2025-09-19T16:34:24Z")
# M 1. Real 2. Male 3. First and last name being with M ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/216 "2025-09-19T20:31:12Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Mr. Macy. > Take a DQ. > I am not William H. Macy (“I shovel. I shovel well.”) Correct Bill Macy (_Maude_) Correct Macy x3! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/217 "2025-09-19T20:31:58Z")
DQ: Alive? ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/218 "2025-09-19T20:46:31Z")
Right, then. On to M. IQs: Did Dame Judi Dench play you in several movies? Did Peter Lorre play you, a contemptible criminal turned against by other lowlifes, in a single movie? Did you lead The Citadel after WWII? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/219 "2025-09-19T21:21:09Z")
IQs: Are you a former First Lady associated with pastries? Are you often depicted running with a pizza box above your head? Were you part of the “news” staff on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/220 "2025-09-19T22:24:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you found the Church of Christ, Scientist? 2. Did you decline to join any club that would have you as a member? 3. Were you cloned 17 times? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=12)