# 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:** 6
**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 9, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/101 "2025-09-09T15:28:54Z")
DQs: 1. fictional 2. not from a novel 4. female 5. American creators 6. first appeared after 1945 7. side character 8. Caucasian, sort of 9. not from a movie 10. from a genre 11. last name begins with K 12. first appeared after 1985 13. cartoon or comic book character 14. first appeared before 2010 15. American character 16. has been married, has had a steady boyfriend 17. not originally from comic books/comic strips 18. not considered attractive 19. not from SF or fantasy ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/102 "2025-09-09T17:56:55Z")
IQ: were you Bart Simpson’s long-time school teacher? ---
**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 9, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/103 "2025-09-09T19:24:01Z")
Hah! I am indeed **Ms. Edna Krabappel**. Chosen because it’s September and school has started. Next game goes to the Prof. ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/104 "2025-09-09T22:04:27Z")
The "sort of Caucasian " was the giveaway for me. Next, I am # J! ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/105 "2025-09-10T01:00:55Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a British beer expert? 2. Did you cook up a recipe for shark repellent? 3. Did you play a woman married to an astronaut in “Deep Space Homer”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/106 "2025-09-10T01:04:18Z")
“Sort of” had me thinking they might be alien. Good job sussing that one! IQs: 1. Are you a teased character yet to appear in DCU movies? 2. Did you employ Peter Parker? 3. Were you the bratty little sister in a popular sitcom family, who grew up and got her own sitcom? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/107 "2025-09-10T02:41:34Z")
Good one, Prof! I was thinking alien as well. On to J! 1. Did you paint canvases using drips and splashes? 2. Were you one of the original MTV VJs? 3. Did you play an outfielder who tried to kill the Queen? ---
**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 10, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/108 "2025-09-10T03:31:59Z")
Well done once more, **Prof. P.**! As to DQ 10, **DLR** , in what genre do you consider _The Simpsons_ to be? On to J. IQs: Were you one of Lincoln’s two personal White House aides? Were you the other one? Allegedly jealous of your status, were you slow to welcome President George Washington to Boston? ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/109 "2025-09-10T16:12:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a British beer expert? > 2. Did you cook up a recipe for shark repellent? > 3. Did you play a woman married to an astronaut in “Deep Space Homer”? Take 3 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a teased character yet to appear in DCU movies? > 2. Did you employ Peter Parker? > 3. Were you the bratty little sister in a popular sitcom family, who grew up and got her own sitcom? #2. I am not J. Jonah Jameson. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you one of Lincoln’s two personal White House aides? > Were you the other one? > Allegedly jealous of your status, were you slow to welcome President George Washington to Boston? I should remember the first two, but not this morning. Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > On to J! > > 1. Did you paint canvases using drips and splashes? > 2. Were you one of the original MTV VJs? > 3. Did you play an outfielder who tried to kill the Queen? 1. I am not Jack the Dripper, Jackson Pollock. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/110 "2025-09-10T16:15:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Michael Jackson; 2 was Julia Child; 3 was Julie Kavner. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? 3. first name begins with J? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > in what genre do you consider _The Simpsons_ to be? Family sitcom. ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/111 "2025-09-10T16:23:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/112 "2025-09-10T16:48:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you a teased character yet to appear in DCU movies? > > 2. Did you employ Peter Parker? > > 3. Were you the bratty little sister in a popular sitcom family, who grew up and got her own sitcom? > > #2. I am not J. Jonah Jameson. > Take 2 DQs. 1. J’onn J’onnz, the Martian Manhunter 2. Correct 3. Joanie Cunningham (_Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi_) DQs: American? Born after 1950? ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/113 "2025-09-10T16:53:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J 4. American 5. Born before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/114 "2025-09-10T17:00:31Z")
IQs: 1. Are you set to replace Russell Wilson of the NFL’s New York Giants? 2. Are you also ready to replace the same player? 3. Are you the youngest member of hit 70s group, The Jacksons? ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/115 "2025-09-10T17:48:45Z")
#3. I am not Michael Jackson. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/116 "2025-09-10T17:49:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you paint canvases using drips and splashes? > > 2. Were you one of the original MTV VJs? > > 3. Did you play an outfielder who tried to kill the Queen? > > 1. I am not Jack the Dripper, Jackson Pollock. > Take 2 DQs. Correct on #1. #2 was Triple-J, J.J. Jackson. #3 was Reggie Jackson in _The Naked Gun_. Jackson x 3! DQs: Alive? Known for the arts? ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/117 "2025-09-10T17:49:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the movie’s title character, played by David Huddleston? 2. Were you the dude he was confused with? 3. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by Joe Biden? ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/118 "2025-09-10T17:49:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with J 4. American 5. Born before 1950 6. Dead 7. Not known for the Arts ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/119 "2025-09-10T17:50:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the movie’s title character, played by David Huddleston? > 2. Were you the dude he was confused with? > 3. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by Joe Biden? #3. I am not Justice Ketangi Jackson. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/120 "2025-09-10T18:03:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Justice Ketangi Jackson. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Jeffrey Lebowski, in _The Big Lebowski_; 2 was Jeffrey “the Dude” Lebowski. DQs: 1. known from politics? 2. died before 2000? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=7)