# 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:** 21
**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 21, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/401 "2020-12-21T14:00:09Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Not an American creator 5. First appeared before 1950 6. First name begins with T 7. Secondary character 8. If real, he would be dead now 9. Created before 1900 10. European creator 11. Created after 1800 12. Prose work originally written in English 13. Adapted many times to visual media (TV, film) ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/402 "2020-12-21T14:52:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an ill-tempered baseball player who sharpened your cleats, nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”? 2. Is your memoir _Bossypants_? 3. Are you a choreographer who has done shows based on the music of the Beach Boys, Billy Joel, and Bob Dylan? ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/403 "2020-12-21T14:53:33Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an ill-tempered baseball player who sharpened your cleats, nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”? > 2. Is your memoir _Bossypants_ ? > 3. Are you a choreographer who has done shows based on the music of the Beach Boys, Billy Joel, and Bob Dylan? 1. I am not Ty Cobb (??). 2. I am not Tina Fey. 3. I am not Tommy Tune (??). Take DQs if I have guessed incorrectly. ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/404 "2020-12-21T15:25:33Z")
IQ1: Were you Fielding’s famous fictional foundling? IQ2: Was Harry Flashman one of your schoolmates? IQ3: Were you Merope Gaunt’s son? ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/405 "2020-12-21T15:29:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ty Cobb (??). > 2. I am not Tina Fey. > 3. I am not Tommy Tune (??). Correct on 1; 3 was Twyla Tharp. DQ: story is related to Christmas? ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/406 "2020-12-21T15:35:37Z")
Well done, **Prof. P.**! On to T. IQs: Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? Did your famous but estranged son not attend your funeral, even though he easily could have? Were you murdered in Canterbury? ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/407 "2020-12-21T15:48:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Fielding’s famous fictional foundling? > IQ2: Was Harry Flashman one of your schoolmates? > IQ3: Were you Merope Gaunt’s son? I am not Tom Jones. I am not Thomas Riddle. Take a 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:** [December 21, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/408 "2020-12-21T15:49:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? > Did your famous but estranged son not attend your funeral, even though he easily could have? > Were you murdered in Canterbury? #3 I am not Thomas Becket. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/409 "2020-12-21T15:50:02Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. Not an American creator 5. First appeared before 1950 6. First name begins with T 7. Secondary character 8. If real, he would be dead now 9. Created before 1900 10. European creator 11. Created after 1800 12. Prose work originally written in English 13. Adapted many times to visual media (TV, film) 14. From a Christmas story ---
**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 21, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/410 "2020-12-21T16:02:39Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas Did your famous but estranged son not attend your funeral, even though he easily could have? - Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham (they had a difficult relationship) Were you murdered in Canterbury? - Yes, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas x3! IQs: Were you a crippled little kid carried about by your loving papa through Victorian London? Were you First Officer of the USS _Enterprise_ in an alternate timeline? Were you a Vermont-born Pennsylvanian played in a movie by a Texan? ---
**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 21, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/411 "2020-12-21T16:22:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a crippled little kid carried about by your loving papa through Victorian London? Yeah, I knew once the Christmas connection was made that would be the end of it. Congrats, EH! For I am indeed [![](https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/poster/5.375/8.000/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/tiny-tim-from-a-christmas-carol-garland-johnson.jpg) ](https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/poster/5.375/8.000/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/tiny-tim-from-a-christmas-carol-garland-johnson.jpg) Tiny Tim Cratchett. Merry Christmas 🎄 and God bless us every one! ---
**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 21, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/412 "2020-12-21T18:27:13Z")
You just had to use the character from our shortest game ever, didn’t 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 21, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/413 "2020-12-21T18:28:59Z")
Yes, I guess I did. ---
**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 21, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/414 "2020-12-21T20:36:04Z")
Good one - and seasonally appropriate! Thanks, **Prof. P.** Other previous IQs: Were you First Officer of the USS _Enterprise_ in an alternate timeline? - Thelin, an Andorian, in one of the animated series episodes Were you a Vermont-born Pennsylvanian played in a movie by a Texan? - Thaddeus Stevens, played by Tommy Lee Jones in _Lincoln_ Lemme think of our next letter… ---
**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 21, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/415 "2020-12-21T20:54:52Z")
> [@Botticelli - the letters we've used so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/73): > > Most recent use of each letter noted. A April 2020, Sept. 2020, Nov. 2020, Dec. 2020 B Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020, Nov. 2020 C Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020, Nov. 2020 D May 2020, Sept. 2020, Nov. 2020 E July 2020, Oct. 2020, Dec. 2020 F April 2020, Sept. 2020, Dec. 2020 G Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020, Nov. 2020 H May 2020, Sept. 2020, Oct. 2020 I July 2020, Dec. 2020 J Jan. 2020, Aug. 2020, Oct. 2020 K July 2020, Nov. 2020 L June 2020, Oct. 2020 (twice), Dec. 2020 M Aug. 2020, Nov. 2020 N … OK, it’s been awhile since we did # **V** ---
**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 21, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/416 "2020-12-21T21:19:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you Fielding’s famous fictional foundling? > > > > > IQ2: Was Harry Flashman one of your schoolmates? > > > IQ3: Were you Merope Gaunt’s son? > > I am not Tom Jones. > I am not Thomas Riddle. > Take a DQ. I assume the DQ was for IQ2 – not that it matters any more. 🙂 Tom Jones (_The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling_). Tom Brown (_Tom Brown’s School Days_). Tom Riddle. Tom x3! ---
**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 21, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/417 "2020-12-21T21:24:52Z")
IQ1: Did your grandfather invent a new type of baking powder? IQ2: Were you a Sweathog? IQ3: Did you write _The Ophiuchi Hotline_? ---
**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 21, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/418 "2020-12-21T22:03:00Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Did you paint sunflowers? 2. Did you shoot Andy Warhol? 3. Were you Fes on that 70s show? ---
**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 21, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/419 "2020-12-21T22:10:05Z")
IQ1: Did your father force all of his employees to find you a golden ticket for a factory tour? IQ2: Are you the Red Priest who wrote _The Four Seasons_? IQ3: Are you a parapsychologist who went freelance after being fired from Columbia University? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/420 "2020-12-21T22:35:50Z")
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