# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/341 "2025-09-29T03:03:24Z")
IQs: Did you play opposite of Jack Nicholson in two of his best known movies? Are you referred to as a “lickspittle” by your boss? Are you an often-maligned employee of the same boss? ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/342 "2025-09-29T14:51:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a bandleader who never slept, came from Saturn, and starred in _Space is the Place_? > 2. Were you the Man, and a Cardinal? > 3. Have you played a worm, Count Orlok, and the “wife” of Flaco the owl on _SNL_? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you, when you retired, hold the record for most home runs hit by an Angel? > 2. Have you held senior positions in all three branches of the U.S. government, including Chief Justice? > 3. Did you make oral arguments before the Supreme Court in _U.S. vs. Skrmetti_? #2. I am not Salmon P. Chase. #3. I am not Skrmetti (???) Take at least 1 DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Johnny Come Lately”? > IQ2: Did you sing “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”? > IQ3: Did you sing “War Is Hell (on the Home Front Too)”? Take 3 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play opposite of Jack Nicholson in two of his best known movies? > Are you referred to as a “lickspittle” by your boss? > Are you an often-maligned employee of the same boss? 1. I am not Shelley Duvall (??) Take 2 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 29, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/343 "2025-09-29T14:52:19Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with S 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Not known for painting or literature ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/344 "2025-09-29T15:00:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a bandleader who never slept, came from Saturn, and starred in _Space is the Place_? > 2. Were you the Man, and a Cardinal? > 3. Have you played a worm, Count Orlok, and the “wife” of Flaco the owl on _SNL_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Sun Ra; 2 was Stan Musial; 3 was Sarah Sherman. DQs: 1. living? 2. known for the performing arts? 3. first name starts from A-M? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/345 "2025-09-29T15:04:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you, when you retired, hold the record for most home runs hit by an Angel? > > 2. Have you held senior positions in all three branches of the U.S. government, including Chief Justice? > > 3. Did you make oral arguments before the Supreme Court in _U.S. vs. Skrmetti_? > > #2. I am not Salmon P. Chase. > #3. I am not Skrmetti (???) > Take at least 1 DQ. #1 was Tim Salmon. Correct on Salmon P. Chase. #3 was Chase Strangio, first openly trans lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court. 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 29, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/346 "2025-09-29T15:21:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with S 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Not known for painting or literature 7. Living 8. Known for the performing arts 9. First name starts with A-M ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/347 "2025-09-29T15:57:23Z")
DQ: Known for TV or movies? 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 29, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/348 "2025-09-29T16:09:37Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with S 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Not known for painting or literature 7. Living 8. Known for the performing arts 9. First name starts with A-M 10. Not known for TV or movies, except very tangentially ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/349 "2025-09-29T17:53:55Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write about the interpretation of dreams? 2. Were you an _SNL_ Weekend Update character who invariably recommended “New York’s hottest club”? 3. Have you appeared in everything from _The Deer Hunter_ to _The Devil Wears Prada_? ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/350 "2025-09-29T18:22:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write about the interpretation of dreams? > 2. Were you an _SNL_ Weekend Update character who invariably recommended “New York’s hottest club”? > 3. Have you appeared in everything from _The Deer Hunter_ to _The Devil Wears Prada_? 1. I am not Sigmund Freud. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Meryl Streep. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/351 "2025-09-29T18:49:35Z")
DQ: Known for music? ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/352 "2025-09-29T18:53:01Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:348, topic:1022694, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with S 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Not known for painting or literature 7. Living 8. Known for the performing arts 9. First name starts with A-M 10. Not known for TV or movies, except very tangentially 11. Known for music ---
**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 29, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/353 "2025-09-29T18:56:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Sigmund Freud. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Meryl Streep. 3 (Weekend Update) was Stefon. DQ: born after 1975? ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/354 "2025-09-29T19:22:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you sing “Johnny Come Lately”? > > IQ2: Did you sing “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”? > > IQ3: Did you sing “War Is Hell (on the Home Front Too)”? > > Take 3 DQs. Steve Earle Shelly West (with David Frizzell) T G Shepard DQ1: Best known as a singer? DQ2: Best known as a member of a group? One 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 29, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/355 "2025-09-29T19:55:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with S 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Not known for painting or literature 7. Living 8. Known for the performing arts 9. First name starts with A-M 10. Not known for TV or movies, except very tangentially 11. Known for music 12. Born before 1975 13. Best known as a singer 14. Not a member of a group ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/356 "2025-09-30T03:31:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > Did you play opposite of Jack Nicholson in two of his best known movies? > > Are you referred to as a “lickspittle” by your boss? > > Are you an often-maligned employee of the same boss? > > 1. I am not Shelley Duvall (??) > Take 2 DQs. 1. Actually it’s Scatman Crothers (_One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Shining_) 2. Waylon Smithers 3. Homer Simpson 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 30, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/357 "2025-09-30T05:15:00Z")
DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/358 "2025-09-30T12:23:16Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with S 4. Known for the Arts 5. American 6. Not known for painting or literature 7. Living 8. Known for the performing arts 9. First name starts with A-M 10. Not known for TV or movies, except very tangentially 11. Known for music 12. Born before 1975 13. Best known as a singer 14. Not a member of a group 15. Caucasian ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/359 "2025-09-30T23:06:27Z")
IQ1: Are your cheeks rosy? Do you look a little nosy? IQ2: Did I say I don’t care what your daddy do? IQ3: Did I say “C’mon, c’mon, c’mon and dance with me”? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/360 "2025-10-01T01:39:43Z")
IQs: 1. Were you appointed to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama? 2. Were you the extra-dimensional source of the zombie infection in the Marvel Zombies universe? 3. In the above character’s first appearance in _Ultimate Fantastic Four_, does he resemble you, if one changes the colors of his costume (he even has your haircut rather than the longer one of his mainstream Marvel counterpart)–leading some fans to theorize that he was originally intended to _be_ you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=19)