# 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:** 12
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/221 "2025-09-19T22:36:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? I am not M, and I am not M (and do not dial me for murder). I am not… General Holland M. “Howling Mad” Smith? > [@knoodler](#): > > 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_? I am not Dolley Madison. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? I am not Mary Baker Eddy. I am not Groucho Marx. Take 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 19, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/222 "2025-09-19T22:37:14Z")
# M 1. Real 2. Male 3. First and last name begin with M 4. Living ---
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/223 "2025-09-19T22:43:22Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Dolley Madison. > Take 2 DQs Correct Moose Miller Moosie Drier ---
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/224 "2025-09-19T22:44:24Z")
DQs: Known for the Arts? Born after 1950? ---
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/225 "2025-09-19T22:46:29Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Mary Baker Eddy. > I am not Groucho Marx. > Take a DQ. 3 (cloned) was Mickey, in the movie _Mickey 17_. 3 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, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/226 "2025-09-19T22:51:03Z")
# M 1. Real 2. Male 3. First and last name begin with M 4. Living 5. Known for the arts 6. Born after Jan. 1, 1950 ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/227 "2025-09-19T23:35:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > 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? > > I am not M, and I am not M (and do not dial me for murder). > I am not… General Holland M. “Howling Mad” Smith? Correct, correct, and Gen. Mark Clark. DQ: Best known for the performing arts? IQs: Did you play Le Chiffre in the most recent _Casino Royale_? Were you a gangster who corresponded with a vampire? Were you a former SS man and current assassin in _The ODESSA File_? ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/228 "2025-09-20T00:28:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your twin brother stay with your great-uncle in the town of Gravity Falls for the summer? 2. Do you think it’s a marvelous night for a moondance? 3. Did you say “hey” whenever you couldn’t remember your teammates’ names? DQs: 1. American? 2. born after 1975? 1 DQ 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 20, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/229 "2025-09-20T01:19:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you battle Oil-Can Harry? 2. Were you the voice of Eccles on the slightly rubberized, modestly impaired, transfulgently winsome 1950’s BBC all-talking radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Did you occasionally bombard Capt. Kangaroo with ping pong balls? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/230 "2025-09-20T03:10:06Z")
1. Did you write **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? 2. Were you Tom Selleck’s most famous role? 3. Were you and your sister Olive captured by Indians? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/231 "2025-09-20T05:36:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Le Chiffre in the most recent _Casino Royale_? > Were you a gangster who corresponded with a vampire? > Were you a former SS man and current assassin in _The ODESSA File_? If the gangster isn’t Meyer Lansky, take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your twin brother stay with your great-uncle in the town of Gravity Falls for the summer? > 2. Do you think it’s a marvelous night for a moondance? > 3. Did you say “hey” whenever you couldn’t remember your teammates’ names? Take a DQ. I am not Van Morrison. I am not Willie Mays. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you battle Oil-Can Harry? > 2. Were you the voice of Eccles on the slightly rubberized, modestly impaired, transfulgently winsome 1950’s BBC all-talking radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Did you occasionally bombard Capt. Kangaroo with ping pong balls? Take 2 DQs. I am not… Mister Green Jeans? > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? > - Were you Tom Selleck’s most famous role? > - Were you and your sister Olive captured by Indians? Take a DQ. I am not Thomas Magnum. I am not… Carla Munro? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/232 "2025-09-20T05:37:04Z")
# M 1. Real 2. Male 3. First and last name begin with M 4. Living 5. Known for the arts 6. Born after Jan. 1, 1950 7. Best known for the perfoming arts 8. American 9. Born before 1975 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/233 "2025-09-20T06:09:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did you husband refer to you as “Midge”? 2. Were fans of your talk show known as “Loudmouths”? 3. Were you one of Superman’s super-villains (and I use that term sparingly) who was played by Howie Mandel, Gilbert Gottfried, and Michael J. Pollard, among others? ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/234 "2025-09-20T10:54:25Z")
IQ1: Was your nickname derived from your dog’s name? IQ2: Did you found the Foursquare Church? IQ3: Are you a fictional blind lawyer? ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/235 "2025-09-20T12:36:32Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Take a DQ. > I am not Van Morrison. > I am not Willie Mays. 1 (stayed with great-uncle) was Mabel Pines. DQs: 1. born before 1962? 2. known for acting? IQs: 1. Did you play a contemporary woman who falls in love with a Victorian-era time traveler in a 1979 movie, and then a Victorian-era woman who falls in love with a contemporary time traveler in a 1990 movie? 2. Did you play the time traveler (and real-life person) in that 1979 movie? 3. You and your girlfriend aren’t the problem in the future, but is it your kids–something has gotta be done about your kids? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/236 "2025-09-20T14:57:47Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you husband refer to you as “Midge”? > 2. Were fans of your talk show known as “Loudmouths”? > 3. Were you one of Superman’s super-villains (and I use that term sparingly) who was played by Howie Mandel, Gilbert Gottfried, and Michael J. Pollard, among others? Take 2 DQs and a I am not Mr. Mxyzqktlp (or something like that) > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your nickname derived from your dog’s name? > IQ2: Did you found the Foursquare Church? > IQ3: Are you a fictional blind lawyer? Take a DQ. I am not Aimee Semple McPherson. I am not Matt Murdock. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a contemporary woman who falls in love with a Victorian-era time traveler in a 1979 movie, and then a Victorian-era woman who falls in love with a contemporary time traveler in a 1990 movie? > 2. Did you play the time traveler (and real-life person) in that 1979 movie? > 3. You and your girlfriend aren’t the problem in the future, but is it your kids–something has gotta be done about your kids? I am not Mary Steenburgen. I am not Malcolm McDowell. I am not Marty McFly. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/237 "2025-09-20T14:58:34Z")
# M 1. Real 2. Male 3. First and last name begin with M 4. Living 5. Known for the arts 6. Born after Jan. 1, 1950 7. Best known for the perfoming arts 8. American 9. Born before 1975 10. Born before 1962 11. Not known for acting ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/238 "2025-09-20T15:42:03Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you battle Oil-Can Harry? > > 2. Were you the voice of Eccles on the slightly rubberized, modestly impaired, transfulgently winsome 1950’s BBC all-talking radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 3. Did you occasionally bombard Capt. Kangaroo with ping pong balls? > > Take 2 DQs. > I am not… Mister Green Jeans? #1 was Mighty Mouse. #2 was Spike Milligan. #3 was Mr. Moose. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/239 "2025-09-20T15:44:00Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Was your nickname derived from your dog’s name? > > IQ2: Did you found the Foursquare Church? > > IQ3: Are you a fictional blind lawyer? > > Take a DQ. > I am not Aimee Semple McPherson. > I am not Matt Murdock. Marion “Duke” Morrison correct correct DQ: Musician (vocal or instrumental)? IQ1: Were you a Mexican general who invaded the United States and captured the Alamo? IQ2: Do you blow the stars around? IQ3: Were you one of the Monsters of the Moors? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/240 "2025-09-20T15:51:39Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? > 2. Were you Tom Selleck’s most famous role? > 3. Were you and your sister Olive captured by Indians? Sharyn McCrumb, correct, Mary Ann Oatman DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Known for dance? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=13)