# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/281 "2025-12-30T00:21:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > (Mad Max’s wife) To pile on, she played the wife of **Miracle** Max. ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/282 "2025-12-30T02:01:54Z")
Sheesh. Where is my brain tonight? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/283 "2025-12-30T04:10:28Z")
OK, since we’re about at the end of the year, let’s try the end of the alphabet. I am # Z Bring on the guesses! ---
**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 30, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/284 "2025-12-30T05:07:03Z")
Good job, **SunUp**! I also remember Carol Kane from _Taxi_ as Latka’s quirky wife. Z it is. IQs: Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women on TV? Was Ike a fan of your books? Was a major mountain in the American West named after 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 30, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/285 "2025-12-30T15:36:02Z")
IQs 1. Are you the youngest daughter in _It’s A Wonderful Life_? 2. Did you invent Esperanto? 3. Did you write _J’Accuse_? ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/286 "2025-12-30T16:19:11Z")
Congrats, SunUp! IQs: 1. Did you play Billy Peltzer? 2. Did you write _White Teeth_? 3. Did you attempt to assassinate FDR? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/287 "2025-12-30T17:53:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Did you invent Esperanto? Well, that was quick. Yes, I am # L. L. Zamenhof opthalmologist and creator of Esperanto, the language made to aid in the making of peace around the world (still working on that part!) So it’s back to you, **Prof.**! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/288 "2025-12-30T17:55:40Z")
Maybe begin a new thread? ---
**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 30, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/289 "2025-12-30T18:07:23Z")
Makes sense. Good job, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did you play the mom of two different doomed young women on TV? - Grace Zabriskie, on _Twin Peaks_ (Laura Palmer) and _Seinfeld_ (Susan Ross) Was Ike a fan of your books? - Zane Grey Was a major mountain in the American West named after you? - Zebulon Pike ---
**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 31, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/290 "2025-12-31T02:02:59Z")
I’ve used Zamenhof as a guess a good number of times. I never thought he’d pay off! Onwards to the New Year… [Botticelli - January 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2026/1026186) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/291 "2025-12-31T03:25:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in such Disney movies as **No Deposit, No Return** and **Escape to Witch Mountain**? > 2. Were you Lindsay in the original **Halloween**? > 3. Did you marry hotel heir Rick Hilton? > > DQ: Known for a genre? > > 1 DQ reserved. Congrats! These were the Richards sisters: Kim, Kyle and Kathy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=14)