# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/161 "2025-09-13T22:48:21Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > - Have you played a burnout DJ, a high school teacher, and a small-time Chicago pimp? > > - Are you an aerospace engineer who always hangs out at his friends’ apartment? > > - Were you known as “The Christian General” during the Civil War? > > DQ > I am not Howard Wololwitz (sp?) > DQ #1 was Howard Hesseman. Correct on #2. #3 was MGen Oliver Otis Howard. Howard x3! DQ: Known for politics/military? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/162 "2025-09-14T01:59:43Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with H 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. American 7. Died before 1980 8. Last name begins from A-M 9. Not known for politics/military ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/163 "2025-09-14T02:20:13Z")
Good job, **knoodler**! IQs: Were you a cadaverous FDR aide? Were you, too? Were you Lincoln’s top military advisor but did not, by 1865, hold any battlefield command? ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/164 "2025-09-14T02:53:18Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a newspaper column with helpful household hints? 2. Are your company’s products finger-lickin’ good? 3. Does the number 53 appear in a circle on your hood? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/165 "2025-09-14T07:56:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a cadaverous FDR aide? > Were you, too? > Were you Lincoln’s top military advisor but did not, by 1865, hold any battlefield command? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do you have a newspaper column with helpful household hints? > 2. Are your company’s products finger-lickin’ good? > 3. Does the number 53 appear in a circle on your hood? I am not Heloise Lastname, with hints. I am not the venerable Colonel Harlan Sanders. I am not Herbie, the Love Bug. ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/166 "2025-09-14T12:08:24Z")
IQ1: Were you Eric and David’s mother? IQ2: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? IQ3: Did you sell bands? ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/167 "2025-09-14T12:50:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not Heloise Lastname, with hints. > I am not the venerable Colonel Harlan Sanders. > I am not Herbie, the Love Bug. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you the “tenth man” on the US Supreme Court? 2. Are you the eloquent but unreliable narrator narrator of _Lolita_? 3. Did you star in _The Sessions_, _What Women Want_, and _Mad About You_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/168 "2025-09-14T15:08:59Z")
DQ I am not Hubert Humbert I am not Helen Hunt ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/169 "2025-09-14T15:09:56Z")
DQ: Known for business? ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/170 "2025-09-14T15:13:18Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > DQ > I am not Hubert Humbert > I am not Helen Hunt 1 was Learned Hand. DQ: died before 1930? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/171 "2025-09-14T15:17:37Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with H 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. American 7. Died before 1980 8. Last name begins from A-M 9. Not known for politics/military 10. Known for business 11. Died after 1930 ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/172 "2025-09-14T15:24:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the first person mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”? 2. Did you write about the Banality of Evil? 3. Are you Mike Mignola’s most famous character? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/173 "2025-09-14T15:34:00Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you the first person mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”? > 2. Did you write about the Banality of Evil? > 3. Are you Mike Mignola’s most famous character? I am not… Buddy Holly? DQ DQ ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/174 "2025-09-14T15:41:23Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I am not… Buddy Holly? > DQ > DQ 1 was Harry Truman; 2 was Hannah Arendt; 3 was Hellboy. DQs: 1. known for founding business? 2. died after 1960? 3. first name is Harry, Harold, or Henry? ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/175 "2025-09-14T16:25:07Z")
Ahem… > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Eric and David’s mother? > IQ2: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? > IQ3: Did you sell bands? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/176 "2025-09-14T19:15:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Eric and David’s mother? > IQ2: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? > IQ3: Did you sell bands? Sorry! 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/177 "2025-09-14T19:17:23Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with H 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. American 7. Died before 1980 8. Last name begins from A-M 9. Not known for politics/military 10. Known for business 11. Died after 1930 12. Known for founding business 13. Died after 1960 14. First name is Harry, Harold, or Henry ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/178 "2025-09-14T19:30:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first member of SNL’s Five Timers Club? 2. Were you a fullback who first played professional football in the CFL, but had your best seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers? 3. Were you a New York lawyer played by Harrison Ford in a title role? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/179 "2025-09-14T19:43:13Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > - Were you the first member of SNL’s Five Timers Club? > - Were you a fullback who first played professional football in the CFL, but had your best seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers? > - Were you a New York lawyer played by Harrison Ford in a title role? I am not Buck Henry DQ I am not Henry Lastname (_Regarding Henry_) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694/180 "2025-09-14T19:46:44Z")
Correct on 1 & 3 (Henry Turner). #2 was John Henry Johnson. Henry x3! DQ: Business was named for founder? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2025/1022694.md?page=10)