# 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:** 11
**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 25, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/201 "2025-12-25T03:29:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you prime minister of India? 2. Are you Mike and Holly’s sister and Barb’s friend on _Stranger Things_? 3. Or the actress who plays her? ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/202 "2025-12-25T03:52:17Z")
N it is. IQs: Did Lord Cornwallis win a pyrrhic victory over you at Guilford Court House? An American historian, were you prominently featured in Ken Burns’s recent documentary, _The American Revolution_? Were you a noted early American mariner and the subject of a long-popular children’s book? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/203 "2025-12-25T04:01:47Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > iQs: > > 1. Did you play Ellen Harvelle on **Supernatural**? > 2. Did you voice Kuzco? > 3. Did you play Jedidiah Jones on **Barnaby Jones**? These were Samantha Ferris, David Spade and Mark Shera. IQs: 1. Were you one of the stars of **Bend it Like Beckham**? 2. Did you star on the TV show **She Spies**? 3. Were you Denise on **Scream Queens**? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/204 "2025-12-25T07:10:15Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you described as a man who had the power to destroy the world? > 2. Do you live in the fictional town of Retroville? > 3. Are you a former running back with the San Diego Chargers? I am not… Captain Nemo? Take a DQ. I am not Natrone Means. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you prime minister of India? > 2. Are you Mike and Holly’s sister and Barb’s friend on _Stranger Things_? > 3. Or the actress who plays her? I am not Narendra Modi. I am not Nancy Wheeler. I am not Natalia Dyer. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Lord Cornwallis win a pyrrhic victory over you at Guilford Court House? > An American historian, were you prominently featured in Ken Burns’s recent documentary, _The American Revolution_? > Were you a noted early American mariner and the subject of a long-popular children’s book? I am not Nathaniel Greene. Take 2 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of the stars of **Bend it Like Beckham**? > 2. Did you star on the TV show **She Spies**? > 3. Were you Denise on **Scream Queens**? I am not Parminder Nagra. 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:** [December 25, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/205 "2025-12-25T15:41:55Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Narendra Modi. > I am not Nancy Wheeler. > I am not Natalia Dyer. A clean sweep! I’ve seen it mentioned that Nancy and Barb share the names of 1980s First Ladies; they should have had a third friend named Rosalynn. IQs: 1. Did your father hide your name in his drawings? 2. Were you played by Stephen Tobolowsky? 3. “We will bury you”? ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/206 "2025-12-25T16:29:00Z")
IQs 1. Did you have a comedy duo with Elaine May? 2. Were you a quarterback called “Broadway Joe”? 3. Were you the last Russian tsar? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/207 "2025-12-25T16:41:55Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you described as a man who had the power to destroy the world? > > 2. Do you live in the fictional town of Retroville? > > 3. Are you a former running back with the San Diego Chargers? > > I am not… Captain Nemo? > Take a DQ. > I am not Natrone Means. 1. Mr. Neutron, although I’m not aware that Nemo had that power. I’ll tentatively place a DQ unless someone can prove me wrong. 2. Jimmy Neutron 3. Correct DQ: Known from the Arts? 1 DQ held ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/208 "2025-12-25T19:09:00Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your father hide your name in his drawings? > 2. Were you played by Stephen Tobolowsky? > 3. “We will bury you”? I am not… Norman Rockwell, Jr.? I am not Ned! Ned Ryerson! I am not Nikita Khruschev. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Qs > > 1. Did you have a comedy duo with Elaine May? > 2. Were you a quarterback called “Broadway Joe”? > 3. Were you the last Russian tsar? I am not Mike Nichols. I am not Joe Namath. I am not Nikolas II. > [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > > > 1. Are you described as a man who had the power to destroy the world? > > > 2. Do you live in the fictional town of Retroville? > > > 3. Are you a former running back with the San Diego Chargers? > > > > I am not… Captain Nemo? > > Take a DQ. > > I am not Natrone Means. > > 1. Mr. Neutron, although I’m not aware that Nemo had that power. I’ll tentatively place a DQ unless someone can prove me wrong. > 2. Jimmy Neutron > 3. Correct Yeah, one DQ for each of the Neutrons. I was spitballing on Nemo, thought maybe someone described him as such in figurative terms. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/209 "2025-12-25T19:09:41Z")
# N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with N 4. Known partially from 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:** [December 25, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/210 "2025-12-25T19:54:01Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not… Norman Rockwell, Jr.? > I am not Ned! Ned Ryerson! > I am not Nikita Khruschev. 1 was Nina Hirschfeld. DQ: living? IQs: 1. Did you have _Six Crises_? 2. Were you a co-worker of Bob Parr? 3. Did you create _Minecraft_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/211 "2025-12-25T21:54:28Z")
[quote=“kitap, post:203, topic:1025303, full:true” IQs: 1. Were you one of the stars of **Bend it Like Beckham**? 2. Did you star on the TV show **She Spies**? 3. Were you Denise on **Scream Queens**? [/quote] Correct, Natasha Henstridge, Niecy Nash. Two 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:** [December 25, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/212 "2025-12-25T22:31:16Z")
Swept me! Merry Christmas to everyone! ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/213 "2025-12-26T05:58:42Z")
And to you, as well! Previous IQs: Did Lord Cornwallis win a pyrrhic victory over you at Guilford Court House? - Yes, Gen. Nathanael Greene An American historian, were you prominently featured in Ken Burns’s recent documentary, _The American Revolution_? - Nathaniel Philbrick Were you a noted early American mariner and the subject of a long-popular children’s book? - Nathaniel Bowditch Nathanael/iel x3! DQs: Living? American? IQs: Were you the last cast member to appear onscreen in the crime spoof _Murder by Death_? Did Jane Fonda play you in _The Butler_? Are you, so far, the only woman to serve as Governor of Ohio? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/214 "2025-12-26T06:42:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a creation of R. Crumb? 2. Are you a fictional pitcher for the AAA Richmond Braves? 3. Did you create the iconic Femlin? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/215 "2025-12-26T15:42:28Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have _Six Crises_? > 2. Were you a co-worker of Bob Parr? > 3. Did you create _Minecraft_? I am not Richard Nixon. I am not… ah, what was Frozone’s alter ego? Take a DQ. Take another DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the last cast member to appear onscreen in the crime spoof _Murder by Death_? > Did Jane Fonda play you in _The Butler_? > Are you, so far, the only woman to serve as Governor of Ohio? Take a DQ. I am not… (flips a coin) Nancy Reagan. Take another DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a creation of R. Crumb? > 2. Are you a fictional pitcher for the AAA Richmond Braves? > 3. Did you create the iconic Femlin? Take a DQ. I think you’re thinking of “Nuke” Laloosh, but he was with the Durham Bulls and then went straight to the majors. Take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/216 "2025-12-26T15:44:45Z")
# N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with N 4. Known partially from the arts 5. Dead 6. Naturalized American @Elendil_s_Heir , you have one more DQ (Living? was a duplicate) ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/217 "2025-12-26T15:52:34Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Richard Nixon. > I am not… ah, what was Frozone’s alter ego? Take a DQ. > Take another DQ. 2 was Norma Wilcox; 3 was Notch. DQs: 1. died after 1930? 2. known from politics? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/218 "2025-12-26T15:53:44Z")
# N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with N 4. Known partially from the arts 5. Dead 6. Naturalized American 7. Died before 1930 8. Also partially known from politics ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/219 "2025-12-26T16:52:21Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a creation of R. Crumb? > > 2. Are you a fictional pitcher for the AAA Richmond Braves? > > 3. Did you create the iconic Femlin? > > Take a DQ. > I think you’re thinking of “Nuke” Laloosh, but he was with the Durham Bulls and then went straight to the majors. > Take another DQ. 1. Mr Natural 2. D’oh! I was thinking of the team “Crash” Davis played for! 3. LeRoy Neiman DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. First name begins A-M? 3. Born in Europe? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/220 "2025-12-26T16:58:00Z")
# N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with N 4. Known partially from the arts 5. Dead 6. Naturalized American 7. Died before 1930 8. Also partially known from politics 9. Died after 1900 10. First name begins with N-Z 11. Born in Europe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=12)