# 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:** 16
**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 16, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/301 "2020-12-16T17:53:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have “a good Republican cloth coat” and a dog named Checkers? 2. Did you write the poem “And 366 in Leap Year”, about the order of shaving and bathing? 3. Did you play Lois Lane? ---
**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 16, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/302 "2020-12-16T20:28:55Z")
DQ: From comedy genre? IQ1: Are you a biblical king whose name has become slang for stupid person? IQ2: Are you the Motor City Madman? IQ3: Are you the first Ferengi to serve in Starfleet? ---
**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 16, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/303 "2020-12-16T21:02:39Z")
IQ1: Were you the next-to-last surviving _Bounty_ mutineer? IQ2: Did you go from the British army to the Lafayette Escadrille to the US Army Air Service to civilian life as an author? IQ3: Did you go from the Ambulance Corps to the Lafayette Flying Corps to the US Army Air Service to civilian life as an author? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/304 "2020-12-16T23:42:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you spurn Dudley in your affections for his horse? > 2. Are you a quarterback known as “Broadway Joe”? > 3. Are you the central character in the majority of episodes in the highly acclaimed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? I am not Nell or Joe Namath. I am not Neddy? Or take a DQ. > [@"Elendil](#): > > An ancient hero of old, was a British warplane named after you? > Was Hagrid very sorry when you had to leave him? > Were you the dog in the Disney animated _Peter Pan_? I am not Nemesis? Or take a DQ. I am not Norbert or Nana. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you have “a good Republican cloth coat” and a dog named Checkers? > 2. Did you write the poem “And 366 in Leap Year”, about the order of shaving and bathing? > 3. Did you play Lois Lane? I am not Richard Nixon, take a DQ, and am not Noelle Neil. Or take a DQ.[quote=“ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness, post:302, topic:927225, full:true”] DQ: From comedy genre? IQ1: Are you a biblical king whose name has become slang for stupid person? IQ2: Are you the Motor City Madman? IQ3: Are you the first Ferengi to serve in Starfleet? [/quote] I am not Nimrod, take a DQ, or Nog. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the next-to-last surviving _Bounty_ mutineer? > IQ2: Did you go from the British army to the Lafayette Escadrille to the US Army Air Service to civilian life as an author? > IQ3: Did you go from the Ambulance Corps to the Lafayette Flying Corps to the US Army Air Service to civilian life as an author? Take 3 DQs. I am N: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction. 4. Originally from film. 5. American creators 6. First appeared after 1980. 7. Main character 8. First name begins with N. 9. From a live action film. 10. First appeared before 2000. 11. Not from the action/adventure genre. 12. American character 13. Good guy 14. Did not appear in more than one movie 15. From the comedy genre. ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/305 "2020-12-17T00:03:46Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you spurn Dudley in your affections for his horse? > > > 2. Are you a quarterback known as “Broadway Joe”? > > > 3. Are you the central character in the majority of episodes in the highly acclaimed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > > I am not Nell or Joe Namath. I am not Neddy? Or take a DQ. Swept me. For the first time in the history of the SDMB Botticelli, someone correctly answered a Goon Show question! Yes, Neddy Seagoon. Very well done. ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/306 "2020-12-17T00:07:02Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Richard Nixon, take a DQ, and am not Noelle Neil. Or take a DQ. Close for 1–Dick was used in post #277; this is Pat. 2 was [Ogden Nash](https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/ogden-nash-on-shaving-retro-shave-pic.56184/#post-721437). 3 is correct. IQ: first appeared in 1990 or after? ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/307 "2020-12-17T00:22:45Z")
IQs: 1. Are you The Firesign Theatre’s radio detective? 2. Are you the fictional brother of the inventor of dynamite, in whose name less prestigious scientific awards are given? 3. Did your blood posthumously kill your slayer? ---
**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 17, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/308 "2020-12-17T01:29:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the next-to-last surviving _Bounty_ mutineer? > > > > > IQ2: Did you go from the British army to the Lafayette Escadrille to the US Army Air Service to civilian life as an author? > > > IQ3: Did you go from the Ambulance Corps to the Lafayette Flying Corps to the US Army Air Service to civilian life as an author? > > Take 3 DQs. Ned Young. James Norman Hall. Charles Nordhoff. Nordhoff and Hall were the authors of the _Bounty_ trilogy. DQ1: Movie was a genre film (western, SF, &c, &c) DQ2: Actor’s surname starts with A-K? One DQ reserved. \ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/309 "2020-12-17T02:17:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you The Firesign Theatre’s radio detective? > 2. Are you the fictional brother of the inventor of dynamite, in whose name less prestigious scientific awards are given? > 3. Did your blood posthumously kill your slayer? I am not Ned Danger? Or take a DQ. Heck, take two more. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction. 4. Originally from film. 5. American creators 6. First appeared after 1980. 7. Main character 8. First name begins with N. 9. From a live action film. 10. First appeared before 2000. 11. Not from the action/adventure genre. 12. American character 13. Good guy 14. Did not appear in more than one movie 15. From the comedy genre. 16. First appeared before 1990. 17. Not from a genre movie. 18. Actor’s surname starts with A-K. With the last batch of DQs that will put us over 20, so no more IQs. ---
**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 17, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/310 "2020-12-17T02:44:42Z")
DQ: From an R-rated movie? ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/311 "2020-12-17T03:12:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you The Firesign Theatre’s radio detective? > 2. Are you the fictional brother of the inventor of dynamite, in whose name less prestigious scientific awards are given? > 3. Did your blood posthumously kill your slayer? #1 was Nick Danger. #2 is Ig Nobel, namesake of the annual Ig Nobel Prize, a satire held each year to honor achievements that make people laugh and then think. #3 was Nessus, a centaur who was killed by Hercules, but whose blood was poisonous, &c. &c. DQ: Caucasian? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/312 "2020-12-17T03:41:29Z")
[quote=“kitap, post:309, topic:927225, full:true”] [quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:307, topic:927225, full:true”] IQs: 1. Are you The Firesign Theatre’s radio detective? 2. Are you the fictional brother of the inve 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction. 4. Originally from film. 5. American creators 6. First appeared after 1980. 7. Main character 8. First name begins with N. 9. From a live action film. 10. First appeared before 2000. 11. Not from the action/adventure genre. 12. American character 13. Good guy 14. Did not appear in more than one movie 15. From the comedy genre. 16. First appeared before 1990. 17. Not from a genre movie. 18. Actor’s surname starts with A-K. 19. Not from an R rated movie. 20. Caucasian. ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/313 "2020-12-17T04:15:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Not from a genre movie. From a generic movie, not a genreic one. Hmmm… DQ: Movie set in the US, west of the mississippi? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/314 "2020-12-17T05:02:21Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction. 4. Originally from film. 5. American creators 6. First appeared after 1980. 7. Main character 8. First name begins with N. 9. From a live action film. 10. First appeared before 2000. 11. Not from the action/adventure genre. 12. American character 13. Good guy 14. Did not appear in more than one movie 15. From the comedy genre. 16. First appeared before 1990. 17. Not from a genre movie. 18. Actor’s surname starts with A-K. 19. Not from an R rated movie. 20. Caucasian. 21. Not set in the US. Okay, please have all DQs in by 6 PM Thursday December 17. ---
**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 17, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/315 "2020-12-17T05:15:35Z")
Previous IQs: An ancient hero of old, was a British warplane named after you? - This was Nimrod, which **CFOHG** also asked about Was Hagrid very sorry when you had to leave him? - Yes, Norbert the baby dragon Were you the dog in the Disney animated _Peter Pan_? - Yes, Nana ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/316 "2020-12-17T12:58:42Z")
DQs: 1. Common first name? 2. From an Oscar-winning movie? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/317 "2020-12-17T13:41:09Z")
1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction. 4. Originally from film. 5. American creators 6. First appeared after 1980. 7. Main character 8. First name begins with N. 9. From a live action film. 10. First appeared before 2000. 11. Not from the action/adventure genre. 12. American character 13. Good guy 14. Did not appear in more than one movie 15. From the comedy genre. 16. First appeared before 1990. 17. Not from a genre movie. 18. Actor’s surname starts with A-K. 19. Not from an R rated movie. 20. Caucasian. 21. Not set in the US. 22. Common first name 23. Not from an Oscar winning movie. ---
**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 17, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/318 "2020-12-17T21:09:01Z")
Hmm… Main character of an American comedy released in the 80s, but not set in the US… Last DQ: First appeared before 1985? ---
**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 17, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/319 "2020-12-17T21:31:21Z")
DQ: Are you Nigel Tufnel from _This Is Spinal Tap_? ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/320 "2020-12-17T22:12:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Nigel Tufnel from _This Is Spinal Tap_ ? Psst… Post #279 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=17)