# Botticelli - Dec. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 8, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212 "2016-12-08T16:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 29, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/161 "2016-12-29T17:46:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Memoirs of an Amnesiac_? > 2. Were you Mr. Miracle’s pint-sized manager? > 3. Are you the eldest of the Titans in Greek mythology? DQ. DQ. Not … Ouranos? **O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with O 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American or Americans 6. Protagonist ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/162 "2016-12-29T18:42:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write Memoirs of an Amnesiac? > 2. Were you Mr. Miracle’s pint-sized manager? > 3. Are you the eldest of the Titans in Greek mythology? > DQ. > DQ. > Not … Ouranos? #1 was Oscar Levant. #2 was Oberon. #3 was Oceanos, eldest son of Ouranos. DQs: 1. Created after 1960? 2. From a movie? 3. From science fiction or fantasy genres? ---
**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, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/163 "2016-12-30T03:42:29Z")
Previous IQs: Were you born in the Ottoman Empire but considered Greek by just about everyone today? - Yes, Aristotle Onassis. Were you a voice actor in the cartoon version of _The Hobbit_ who’s become a Doper meme of sorts? - Yes, this was Orson Bean, too. Did you dig up the studio floor for a trick shot? - Orson Welles, in _Citizen Kane_. DQ: Has appeared in more than one work of fiction? IQs: Were you an Alsatian pastor who was considered the Gandhi or MLK of his day? Were you the naked organist on _Monty Python_? Was perhaps your one redeeming character trait your refusal to comply with racial segregation laws? ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/164 "2016-12-31T02:34:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you an Alsatian pastor who was considered the Gandhi or MLK of his day? > Were you the naked organist on _Monty Python_? > Was perhaps your one redeeming character trait your refusal to comply with racial segregation laws? Three DQs. **O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with O 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American or Americans 6. Protagonist 7. Created after 1960 8. Not from a movie 9. Not from science fiction or fantasy genres 10. Have appeared in more than one work of fiction ---
**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, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/165 "2016-12-31T02:46:36Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Bridge expert as well as a successful actor? 2. Were you one of ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson’s puppets? 3. Were you the title character in a Disney movie featuring live-action leprechauns? ---
**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 31, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/166 "2016-12-31T05:12:01Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an Alsatian pastor who was considered the Gandhi or MLK of his day? - John Frederick Oberlin, after whom the Ohio college was named. Were you the naked organist on _Monty Python_? - Onan: [The Telegraph - Telegraph Online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01443/Montydone_1443906a.jpg) Was perhaps your one redeeming character trait your refusal to comply with racial segregation laws? - Lee Harvey Oswald, in his hometown of Nawlins. He made it a point to sit in the Colored section of buses and streetcars. DQs: Created after 1990? First appeared in comics? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you one of Drew Carey’s pals in his first TV sitcom? Did you have a yacht named _Sperm_? Were you a notorious British fascist? ---
**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 31, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/167 "2016-12-31T23:21:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Bridge expert as well as a successful actor? > 2. Were you one of ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson’s puppets? > 3. Were you the title character in a Disney movie featuring live-action leprechauns? Not … Omar Sharif? DQ. Not Darby O’Gill. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you one of Drew Carey’s pals in his first TV sitcom? > Did you have a yacht named _Sperm_? > Were you a notorious British fascist? DQ. DQ. Not Oswald Mosley. **O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with O 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American or Americans 6. Protagonist 7. Created after 1960 8. Not from a movie 9. Not from science fiction or fantasy genres 10. Have appeared in more than one work of fiction 11. Not created after 1990 12. Did not first appear in comics ---
**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, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/168 "2016-12-31T23:24:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Bridge expert as well as a successful actor? > 2. Were you one of ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson’s puppets? > 3. Were you the title character in a Disney movie featuring live-action leprechauns? > Not … Omar Sharif? > DQ. > Not Darby O’Gill. Correct, Danny O’Day, Correct. DQ: From a TV series? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/169 "2017-01-01T02:59:18Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with O 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American or Americans 6. Protagonist 7. Created after 1960 8. Not from a movie 9. Not from science fiction or fantasy genres 10. Have appeared in more than one work of fiction 11. Not created after 1990 12. Did not first appear in comics 13. From a TV series ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/170 "2017-01-01T04:40:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you room with Felix Unger? 2. Were you the Six Million Dollar Man’s government handler? 3. Are you the protagonist in a number of novels by Dean R. Koontz? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/171 "2017-01-01T13:25:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you room with Felix Unger? > 2. Were you the Six Million Dollar Man’s government handler? > 3. Are you the protagonist in a number of novels by Dean R. Koontz? Not Oscar … Madison? DQ. Not Odd Thomas. Koontz needs to stop writing other stuff and get the third Christopher Snow book out, dammit! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/172 "2017-01-01T13:32:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you room with Felix Unger? > 2. Were you the Six Million Dollar Man’s government handler? > 3. Are you the protagonist in a number of novels by Dean R. Koontz? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Oscar … Madison? > DQ. > Not Odd Thomas. > > Koontz needs to stop writing other stuff and get the third Christopher Snow book out, dammit! Correct, Oscar Goldman, Correct. DQ: From a detective or police show? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/173 "2017-01-02T00:42:41Z")
**O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with O 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American or Americans 6. Protagonist 7. Created after 1960 8. Not from a movie 9. Not from science fiction or fantasy genres 10. Have appeared in more than one work of fiction 11. Not created after 1990 12. Did not first appear in comics 13. From a TV series 14. Not from a detective or police show ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/174 "2017-01-02T00:47:41Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the sheriff of Mayberry’s son? 2. Did you play the villain in _The Fifth Element_? 3. Did you star with Ben Stiller in _Zoolander_ and _Starsky and Hutch_ and _Night At The Museum_? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/175 "2017-01-02T20:40:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the sheriff of Mayberry’s son? > 2. Did you play the villain in _The Fifth Element_? > 3. Did you star with Ben Stiller in _Zoolander_ and _Starsky and Hutch_ and _Night At The Museum_? Not Opie. DQ. DQ. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/176 "2017-01-02T21:09:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the sheriff of Mayberry’s son? > 2. Did you play the villain in _The Fifth Element_? > 3. Did you star with Ben Stiller in _Zoolander_ and _Starsky and Hutch_ and _Night At The Museum_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Opie. > DQ. > DQ. Correct, Gary Oldman, Owen Wilson. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/177 "2017-01-03T05:20:14Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of Drew Carey’s pals in his first TV sitcom? - Oswald. Did you have a yacht named _Sperm_? - The protagonist of Roald Dahl’s _My Uncle Oswald_ (“It’s a whale of a ship!” was the joke). Were you a notorious British fascist? - Yes, Oswald Mosley. Oswald x3! DQs: From a sitcom? Greatest fame before 1975? IQs: Did you live in a trashcan and have a bad attitude? Were you also known as Tharkun and Mithrandir? Were you married to Keiko and had a daughter named Molly? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/178 "2017-01-03T12:00:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you live in a trashcan and have a bad attitude? > Were you also known as Tharkun and Mithrandir? > Were you married to Keiko and had a daughter named Molly? Not Oscar the Grouch. Not Olorin. DQ. **O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with O 4. Not from a work of prose fiction 5. Created by an American or Americans 6. Protagonist 7. Created after 1960 8. Not from a movie 9. Not from science fiction or fantasy genres 10. Have appeared in more than one work of fiction 11. Not created after 1990 12. Did not first appear in comics 13. From a TV series 14. Not from a detective or police show 15. From a sitcom 16. Greatest fame before 1975 ---
**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:** [January 3, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/179 "2017-01-03T14:23:24Z")
IQ: Did you transplant your lovely urban socialite wife played by the sister of a celebrity who died last month to a more rustic environment, only to be annoyed and befuddled weekly by the locals and a pig named Arnold? ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/180 "2017-01-03T20:15:16Z")
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