# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/361 "2025-10-01T01:48:46Z")
DQs: Are you known primarily for rock music? Have you performed with some regularity on television? Are you still performing? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/362 "2025-10-01T01:50:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did “Crash” Davis refer to your work as “self-indulgent, overrated crap”? 2. Are you a recurring foil in a children’s book about Davy Crockett? 3. Did you meet a pie man, going to the fair? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/363 "2025-10-01T02:25:47Z")
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 16. Known primarily for pop music 17. Has not performed regularly on TV 18. Last album in 2023 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/364 "2025-10-01T02:27:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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”? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Sonia Sotomayor. Take 2 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > - Did “Crash” Davis refer to your work as “self-indulgent, overrated crap”? > - Are you a recurring foil in a children’s book about Davy Crockett? > - Did you meet a pie man, going to the fair? #3. I am not Simple Simon. Take 2 DQs. And that puts us over 20 DQs. Please no more IQs, and ask all DQs by 10pm EDT tomorrow. ---
**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, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/365 "2025-10-01T03:28:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Sonia Sotomayor. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was the Sentry; 3 was Superman. I’ve looked, and haven’t found any explicit confirmation that the first zombie was supposed to be Superman but it got changed for legal reasons, just people assuming so. 2 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:** [October 1, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/366 "2025-10-01T12:06:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > 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”? > > Take 3 DQs. Sheila Sloopy Sweet Pea Three DQs reserved until I finish waking up. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/367 "2025-10-01T15:50:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > - Did “Crash” Davis refer to your work as “self-indulgent, overrated crap”? > > - Are you a recurring foil in a children’s book about Davy Crockett? > > - Did you meet a pie man, going to the fair? > > #3. I am not Simple Simon. > Take 2 DQs. Susan Sontag (_Bull Durham_) Slickerty Sam (_Yankee Thunder: The Legendary Life of Davy Crockett_ by Irwin Shapiro) correct 2 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:** [October 1, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/368 "2025-10-01T20:15:28Z")
DQ1: Born after 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:** [October 1, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/369 "2025-10-01T22:06:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > > Were you his second? > > Were you his only SECSTATE? > > I am not Simon Cameron. > I am not Edwin Stanton. > I am not William Seward. Swept me! ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/370 "2025-10-01T23:38:33Z")
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 16. Known primarily for pop music 17. Has not performed regularly on TV 18. Last album in 2023 19. Born before 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:** [October 1, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/371 "2025-10-01T23:54:59Z")
DQ: greatest fame in 1970s? 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:** [October 2, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/372 "2025-10-02T00:27:28Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:370, 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 12. Born before 1975 13. Best known as a singer 14. Not a member of a group 15. Caucasian 16. Known primarily for pop music 17. Has not performed regularly on TV 18. Last album in 2023 19. Born before 1950 20. Greatest fame in the 1970s ---
**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 2, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/373 "2025-10-02T01:44:16Z")
Final DQ: first name starts from A-F? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/374 "2025-10-02T01:49:22Z")
DQ1: Last name has more than one syllable? DQ2: First name has more than one syllable? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/375 "2025-10-02T02:04:45Z")
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 16. Known primarily for pop music 17. Has not performed regularly on TV 18. Last album in 2023 19. Born before 1950 20. Greatest fame in the 1970s 21. First name starts with A - F 22. First name has more than one syllable 23. Last name has more than one syllable And that’s all the DQs. Please ask your “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 10 pm EDT tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/376 "2025-10-02T14:41:01Z")
I still had 2 DQs but I’m stumped. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/377 "2025-10-02T17:19:38Z")
Also stumped. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/378 "2025-10-02T19:33:38Z")
Disco? Yacht rock? Soul? I’m naming genres because I have no idea about names. Just hoping to make some kind of association. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/379 "2025-10-02T20:35:17Z")
16 above. Pop music. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/380 "2025-10-02T21:46:57Z")
Sure, but in the 70’s, they could all come under the rubric of “pop”. Heck, even punk could qualify, though I can’t think of any solo punk artists, particularly women. And there were some country artists who made the pop charts in that era as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=20)