# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/261 "2025-09-22T07:33:27Z")
Well, darn. ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/262 "2025-09-22T16:09:52Z")
One of SCA’s DQs: Last name stars with Mj-Mo? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/263 "2025-09-22T16:13:20Z")
# 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 12. Musician 13. Caucasian 14. Not known for dance 15. Best known as part of a band 16. Best known as a vocalist 17. Has not won a Grammy 18. Known for some variety of rock music 19. Best known since 1980 20. Band did not have a Billboard #1 hit 21. Band not best known with a 4-person lineup 22. Band has changed some members since 1980 23. First name starts from Ma-Mi 24. Last name starts from Mj-Mz 25. Did not sing about a horse called Wildfire, as near as I can tell 26. Last name starts from Mj-Mo ETA: And that’s it for the DQs. Talk amongst yourselves and I’ll take “Are you firstname lastname?” questions until 6 p.m. EDT tomorrow, 9/23. ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/264 "2025-09-22T20:18:23Z")
No idea who this is. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/265 "2025-09-23T01:48:31Z")
Are you Mark Mothersbaugh? ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/266 "2025-09-23T02:15:31Z")
Now, that is an inspired guess! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/267 "2025-09-23T02:48:32Z")
Dingdingding! We have a winner! Yes, I am # Mark Mothersbaugh TV and movie theme composer, front man of Dove (the band of love) and also a little side project called DEVO, one of the foremost bands of American New Wave and the subject of a recent Netflix documentary that I watched last week. Take it away, **knoodler**! ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/268 "2025-09-23T13:55:59Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/269 "2025-09-23T15:25:12Z")
I watched the Netflix doc, learned a lot about DEVO. I missed seeing them perform live but enjoyed some of their music (and some I didn’t enjoy). This segment is brought to you by the letter: **P** As in pirogi, pizza, and pumpkin pie. ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/270 "2025-09-23T17:58:12Z")
I’ve heard of him. Good one. On to P! IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? Did an angel presume you were going to die in a bike accident? ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/271 "2025-09-23T18:24:04Z")
Congrats, Knoodler! IQs: 1. Was your husband Fang, and your mother-in-law Moby Dick? 2. Speaking of comedy, did Nate Bargatze play you in a skit at, appropriately, the most recent Emmys? 3. Were you married to Madonna? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/272 "2025-09-23T19:48:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? > Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? > Did an angel presume you were going to die in a bike accident? Take 2 DQs I am not… Nic Cage from _City of Angels_? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Was your husband Fang, and your mother-in-law Moby Dick? > 2. Speaking of comedy, did Nate Bargatze play you in a skit at, appropriately, the most recent Emmys? > 3. Were you married to Madonna? Take 2 DQs I am not Sean Penn ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/273 "2025-09-23T19:57:51Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Take 2 DQs > I am not Sean Penn 1 was Phyllis Diller; 2 was inventor and television pioneer Philo Farnsworth. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with P? ---
**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 23, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/274 "2025-09-23T20:19:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? - Gen. Pemberton Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? - Det. Pembleton Did an angel presume you were going to die in a bike accident? - Not Nic Cage (not a P), but Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) in _Heaven Can Wait_ Pem/n-ton x3! DQs: American? Male? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did your last name at birth remain unknown throughout the entire run of a very popular recent sitcom? Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? John Hancock of Massachusetts is better known, but were you the first President of the Continental Congress? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/275 "2025-09-23T20:39:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your last name at birth remain unknown throughout the entire run of a very popular recent sitcom? > Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? > John Hancock of Massachusetts is better known, but were you the first President of the Continental Congress? I am not Penny Hofstedter [sp?] 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 23, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/276 "2025-09-23T20:40:00Z")
**P** 1. Real 2. First name begins with P 3. American 4. Male ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/277 "2025-09-23T21:05:06Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Dodgers outfielder whose promising career was cut short due to multiple injuries? 2. Are you, sixty years since the start of your collegiate career, still the top scorer in NCAA basketball history? 3. Did your former bandmates put some tracks that included you on their compilation album that helped make your retirement more comfortable? ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/278 "2025-09-23T21:13:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _The Simple Life_? 2. Was there a gentleman’s agreement that no building in the city (of brotherly love) could be taller than the statue of you atop City Hall? 3. Did Mark Mothersbaugh voice himself as part of a future sewer mutant version of Devo in “The Mutants are Revolting”, the 100th episode of the TV show of which you are a character? ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/279 "2025-09-23T21:15:06Z")
IQs 1. Did you possibly do it in the Conservatory with a lead pipe? 2. Were you the voice of Bluebottle in the grease-encrusted, zeppelin-lined, slightly volcanic 1950s BBC radio series, _The Goon Show_? 3. Did you have a nasty habit of nailing people’s heads to the furniture? ---
**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 23, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/280 "2025-09-23T22:39:29Z")
Previous IQs: Did your last name at birth remain unknown throughout the entire run of a very popular recent sitcom? - Yes, Penny from _Big Bang Theory_ Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in the _Foundation_ books of Isaac Asimov John Hancock of Massachusetts is better known, but were you the first President of the Continental Congress? - Peyton Randolph of Virginia DQs: Living? Best known for the Arts? IQs: Were you the best-known person born on Corfu? Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s _Hercules_? A Harvard Law grad, were you named to the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio five years ago? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=15)