# Botticelli - Dec 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225 "2020-12-04T19:33:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/201 "2020-12-12T17:39:46Z")
The only O names I can remember are Olorin, Ori, and Oin, all single names. ---
**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 12, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/202 "2020-12-12T17:47:57Z")
Really? DQ: Are you Thorin Oakenshield? ---
**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 12, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/203 "2020-12-12T18:25:05Z")
Bet that’s it. Oldbuck was the only ‘O’ surname I could think of. Hadn’t even considered sobriquets. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/204 "2020-12-12T19:06:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Thorin Oakenshield? **YES!!! I am Thorin Oakensheild!!!** Good job, Prof! I just finished rereading _The Hobbit_, so he was fresh in my mind. His being a dick after Smaug’s death and refusing the Lake Men’s claim was why I called him a good guy _most_ of the time. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/205 "2020-12-12T19:13:19Z")
When I answered the actor question, I was thinking of Richard Armitage from the Peter Jackson films. It wasn’t until long after I posted that I remembered I should have looked up who voiced him in the Rankin-Bass version. Hans Conreid, well known to me as a voice actor and Dr. T, but probably not well known enought to change my answer. ---
**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 12, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/206 "2020-12-12T19:28:25Z")
I cannot believe EH didn’t get that one. Onwards! I am… [![](https://static1.bigstockphoto.com/7/3/3/large1500/33798689.jpg) ](https://static1.bigstockphoto.com/7/3/3/large1500/33798689.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/207 "2020-12-12T19:40:23Z")
1. Do you play a hit man in a 2020 Santa Claus movie? 2. Do you work with a Dr. Jumba Jookiba to recapture a mischievous blue alien? 3. Did you play a character whose want ad phone number was 212-555-4200? ---
**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 12, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/208 "2020-12-12T19:47:55Z")
#2. I am not Wendell Pleakley (sp??). Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/209 "2020-12-12T20:36:17Z")
IQ1: Did FDR win his unprecedented third US presidential term by defeating you? IQ2: Did you look out on the feast of Stephen and see a poor man gathering winter fuel? IQ3: Have you played an Ewok, a dwarf, a leprechaun and a goblin? ---
**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 12, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/210 "2020-12-12T20:51:19Z")
Congrats, Prof.! > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Odo > Not Lamar Odom > Take a DQ Previous IQ wrap-up: 3 (host of _Ask Me Another_) was Ophira Eisenberg. IQs: 1. Did a king abdicate for you? 2. Did you star in _Inglourious Basterds_ as Hans Landa? 3. Did you say that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily? ---
**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 12, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/211 "2020-12-12T20:51:36Z")
IQ1: Do Americans look for you in crowd scenes? IQ2: Do Brits look for you in crowd scenes? IQ3: Were you an inventor who was fond of Wensleydale? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/212 "2020-12-12T21:37:06Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Do you play a hit man in a 2020 Santa Claus movie? > 2. Do you work with a Dr. Jumba Jookiba to recapture a mischievous blue alien? > 3. Did you play a character whose want ad phone number was 212-555-4200? Walton Goggins, correct, Edward Woodward (The Equalizer). DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? IQs: 1. Are your first two names Highly Magnified? 2. Are you the mayor of the doomed town of Dante’s Peak? 3. Did you once play a character named Egbert Sousé? ---
**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 12, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/213 "2020-12-12T21:45:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did FDR win his unprecedented third US presidential term by defeating you? > IQ2: Did you look out on the feast of Stephen and see a poor man gathering winter fuel? > IQ3: Have you played an Ewok, a dwarf, a leprechaun and a goblin? #1. I am not Wendell L. Willkie. #2. I am not Good King Wenceslas. #3. I am not Warwick Davis. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did a king abdicate for you? > 2. Did you star in _Inglourious Basterds_ as Hans Landa? > 3. Did you say that entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily? #1. I am not Wallis Simpson (sp?) #2. I am not Christoph Waltz. #3. I am not William of Occam/Ockham. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are your first two names Highly Magnified? > 2. Are you the mayor of the doomed town of Dante’s Peak? > 3. Did you once play a character named Egbert Sousé? 1. I am not the Wogglebug, T.E. Take a DQ for # 2 2. I am not W. C. Fields. **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 12, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/214 "2020-12-12T21:58:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m probably gonna kick myself… D’oh! As indeed I have. Good job, **CFOHG** and **Prof. P.** W it is. IQs: Did the Pope give you a special flag for a big project of yours? Are you HRH the Duke of Cambridge? Was Thurlow Weed your most trusted political associate? ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/215 "2020-12-12T22:15:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Wallis Simpson (sp?) > #2. I am not Christoph Waltz. > #3. I am not William of Occam/Ockham. A clean sweep! 1. Did you write _The Color Purple_? 2. Does your last name sound like the German for “disease” or “sickness”? 3. Was the first telephone call made to 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 12, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/216 "2020-12-12T22:17:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the Pope give you a special flag for a big project of yours? > Are you HRH the Duke of Cambridge? > Was Thurlow Weed your most trusted political associate? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Prince William #3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Color Purple_ ? > 2. Does your last name sound like the German for “disease” or “sickness”? > 3. Was the first telephone call made to you? Take 2 DQs. #3. I am not Watson. ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/217 "2020-12-12T22:26:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did the Pope give you a special flag for a big project of yours? - William the Conqueror, as he invaded England Are you HRH the Duke of Cambridge? - Yes, Prince William Was Thurlow Weed your most trusted political associate? - William Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE William x3! DQs: Living? American? IQs: Do you take artsy photos of your Weimereiners? Did a historian write that you often kept people waiting while you napped, and unconcernedly would take so much meat from the serving dish that there was too little left for others at the table? All of the first five soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery shared what first name? ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/218 "2020-12-12T22:37:05Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American ---
**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 12, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/219 "2020-12-12T22:39:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you take artsy photos of your Weimereiners? > Did a historian write that you often kept people waiting while you napped, and unconcernedly would take so much meat from the serving dish that there was too little left for others at the table? > All of the first five soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery shared what first name? 1. I am not William Wegman. 2. I am not William H. Taft. 3. I am not William. Take DQs if I’m wrong on 2 or 3. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/220 "2020-12-12T23:55:05Z")
Swept me! IQ1: Are you the electronic music pioneer who scored Kubrick’s _A Clockwork Orange_? IQ2: Did you inform your “brother” that Aristotle was not Belgian, the central message of Buddhism is not “Every man for himself” and the London Underground is not a political movement? IQ3: Did the title character of _Rain Man_ insist on watching your show every weekday? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=12)