# Botticellii -- Dec 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 1, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303 "2025-12-01T21:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/1 "2025-12-01T21:07:37Z")
New game! ([fraktur w - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=c302aaa6c87d965b&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeioyp3OhN11EY0n5qfq-zENyQuF3_WaPI4Qgb6AZzy-etFjo9fqZ_m1LmwOk0Tw7NgvjicK-3dLEkx_9IGf2TT2wVEYeotg6Zn0zOFcnb4gopw7YsXkhK9Wxz1YcCaTaDRFWd7WppENlStdsrsLknSV2rhPeuiioW2cpJqz9CbhikLDJXQ&q=fraktur+w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixzd2GpZ2RAxUbMVkFHS-jBsIQtKgLegQIFBAB&biw=1707&bih=772&dpr=1.13)) I am W ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/2 "2025-12-01T21:34:43Z")
Somebody else take the game, please. I’m getting seriously fed up with Discourse’s refusal to let me post an image. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/3 "2025-12-02T05:34:14Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Second Coming_? 2. Did Molly Ivins nickname you “Shrub”? 3. Were you “the grey-eyed man of destiny” who attempted to build a slave empire in Central America? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/4 "2025-12-02T15:44:35Z")
Rules [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVLOdq6IptN1UPXz3Tu9WAVrnQPyWSZ65Tqr5TS4L40/edit?tab=t.0). IQs: 1. Did you use the alias “Carlos Danger”, and have an unfortunate real name for a politician in a sex scandal? 2. Did Johnny Depp play you in a biopic by Tim Burton? 3. Are you a _Saturday Night Live_ cast member who performs songs on Weekend Update? ---
**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/5 "2025-12-02T16:23:23Z")
Were you the first President of the United States? Were you the first Democratic President elected in the twentieth century? Were you the newsman described as “the most trusted man in the United States?” ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/6 "2025-12-03T16:18:57Z")
Welcome, **f.coli!** ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/7 "2025-12-03T16:24:25Z")
Since nobody else has stepped in, I’ll take over for SCAdian. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Second Coming_? > 2. Did Molly Ivins nickname you “Shrub”? > 3. Were you “the grey-eyed man of destiny” who attempted to build a slave empire in Central America? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not George W. Bush. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you use the alias “Carlos Danger”, and have an unfortunate real name for a politician in a sex scandal? > 2. Did Johnny Depp play you in a biopic by Tim Burton? > 3. Are you a _Saturday Night Live_ cast member who performs songs on Weekend Update? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ed Wood. 3. Take a DQ. > [@f.coli](#): > > ere you the first President of the United States? > > Were you the first Democratic President elected in the twentieth century? > > Were you the newsman described as “the most trusted man in the United States?” 1. I am not George Washington. 2. I am not Woodrow Wilson. 3. I am not Walter Cronkite. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/8 "2025-12-03T16:36:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Ed Wood. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 was Anthony Weiner; 3 was Jane Wickline. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/9 "2025-12-03T16:39:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Did you write _The Second Coming_? > > 2. Did Molly Ivins nickname you “Shrub”? > > 3. Were you “the grey-eyed man of destiny” who attempted to build a slave empire in Central America? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not George W. Bush. > 3. Take a DQ. #1 was Walker Percy. Correct on #2 (George Walker Bush). #3 was William Walker. Walker x3! DQs: First name begins with W? 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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/10 "2025-12-03T16:56:25Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name does not begin with W ---
**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/11 "2025-12-03T18:07:03Z")
Were you Harry Potter’s roommate at Hogwarts? Were you portrayed on live action TV by Michael Dorn? Were you portrayed on an animated series by Michael Dorn? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/12 "2025-12-03T18:08:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did Bryan Cranston play you on _Breaking Bad_? 2. Does your recipe for what must be a _very_ large cake begin “Take fifty eggs…” 3. Were you the late star of _GetEven_, _The Art of Dying_, _Rubber_, _Vice Squad_, and _No Safe Haven_? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/13 "2025-12-03T18:11:03Z")
> [@f.coli](#): > > Were you Harry Potter’s roommate at Hogwarts? > > Were you portrayed on live action TV by Michael Dorn? > > Were you portrayed on an animated series by Michael Dorn? 1. I am not Ron Weasley. 2. I am not Worf. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Bryan Cranston play you on _Breaking Bad_? > 2. Does your recipe for what must be a _very_ large cake begin “Take fifty eggs…” > 3. Were you the late star of _GetEven_, _The Art of Dying_, _Rubber_, _Vice Squad_, and _No Safe Haven_? 1. I am not Walter White. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a 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:** [December 3, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/14 "2025-12-03T18:38:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Walter White. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. 2 was Martha Washington; 3 was Wings Hauser. DQs: 1. created after 1930? 2. main 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:** [December 3, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/15 "2025-12-03T19:02:44Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name does not begin with W 4. Created after 1930 5. Supporting character ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/16 "2025-12-03T19:26:32Z")
Previous thread: [Botticelli- November 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476) IQs: Were you supposedly introduced by your Scottish nanny to your namesake on a Manhattan street? Were you, after 1950, one of the first elected mayors of a national capital? Did you win the mayor’s post in a major American city despite racist campaign buttons appearing against you? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/17 "2025-12-03T19:29:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you give a car to everyone in the audience? 2. Did your father name his business after you? (Well, your nickname. Your actual first name is Melinda.) 3. Did you work with Alice, Ashok, Loud Howard, and another guy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/18 "2025-12-03T19:34:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an NBA player nicknamed “Wally Who”? 2. Were you a large, black assassin played by Earl J Brown? 3. Did you and your husband live on 201 Cobblestone Lane? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/19 "2025-12-03T21:49:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you supposedly introduced by your Scottish nanny to your namesake on a Manhattan street? > Were you, after 1950, one of the first elected mayors of a national capital? > Did you win the mayor’s post in a major American city despite racist campaign buttons appearing against you? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you give a car to everyone in the audience? > 2. Did your father name his business after you? (Well, your nickname. Your actual first name is Melinda.) > 3. Did you work with Alice, Ashok, Loud Howard, and another guy? 1. I am not Oprah Winfrey. 2. I am not Wendy Thomas. 3. I am not Wally. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an NBA player nicknamed “Wally Who”? > 2. Were you a large, black assassin played by Earl J Brown? > 3. Did you and your husband live on 201 Cobblestone Lane? Take 3 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:** [December 3, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/20 "2025-12-03T22:18:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Oprah Winfrey. > 2. I am not Wendy Thomas. > 3. I am not Wally. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you the drummer in the White Stripes? 2. Were you a Planeteer? 3. Did you co-found Apple? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=2)