# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/421 "2020-12-21T22:45:14Z")
Congratulations **EH**! IQs 1. Are you current American female writer with a unique voice? 2. Were you a singer known as “The Divine One”? 3. Are you a whack-a-doodle CT believing ex-Governor? ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/422 "2020-12-21T22:50:21Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the largest member of The Fatal Five? 2. Did you write a letter in protest that aired on _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_? 3. Were you a child whose beliefs were comforted in an editorial in a major U.S. newspaper? ---
**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 22, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/423 "2020-12-22T05:26:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent a new type of baking powder? > IQ2: Were you a Sweathog? > IQ3: Did you write _The Ophiuchi Hotline_? Dunno, not Vinnie Barbarino, and not John Varley > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Did you paint sunflowers? > 2. Did you shoot Andy Warhol? > 3. Were you Fes on that 70s show? Not Vincent Van Gogh (about whom I read a big bio not long ago), dunno that crazy lady’s name, and not Wilmer Valderrama (sp?) > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 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? Not Veruca Salt, Antonio Vivaldi or Dr. Peter “Nice shootin’, Tex!” Venkman > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you one of Santa’s reindeer? > 2. Were you the original Kolchak’s newspaper editor? > 3. Are you a now-retired actress best known as Polly Maxwell on the original **V**? Not Vixen, dunno and dunno > [@MissTake](#): > > … > IQs > > 1. Are you current American female writer with a unique voice? > 2. Were you a singer known as “The Divine One”? > 3. Are you a whack-a-doodle CT believing ex-Governor? Dunno x3 > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the largest member of The Fatal Five? > 2. Did you write a letter in protest that aired on _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_? > 3. Were you a child whose beliefs were comforted in an editorial in a major U.S. newspaper? Dunno, dunno and not Virginia who wrote to find out if Santa actually existed ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/424 "2020-12-22T06:47:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did your grandfather invent a new type of baking powder? > > IQ2: Were you a Sweathog? > > IQ3: Did you write _The Ophiuchi Hotline_ ? > > Dunno, not Vinnie Barbarino, and not John Varley Vincent Price. ✅ ✅ I’ll start with the tradtional first question 😃 – DQ: Real? ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/425 "2020-12-22T06:54:18Z")
IQ1: Were you a vampyre? IQ2: Were you a 15th-century Wallachian prince with a really bad reputation? IQ3: Were you the head of the National Union party? ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/426 "2020-12-22T07:05:46Z")
IQ1: Were you the first African-American Miss America? IQ2: Are you a Gotham City journalist who sometimes dates Bruce Wayne? IQ3: Have you played a car thief, a walking tree and an iron giant? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/427 "2020-12-22T12:08:14Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Are you current American female writer with a unique voice > 2. Were you a singer known as “The Divine One”? > 3. Are you a whack-a-doodle CT believing ex-Governor? Sarah Vowell, Sarah Vaughan, Jesse Ventura DQs Real? Alive? Known for military or politics? ---
**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 22, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/428 "2020-12-22T12:46:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you the largest member of The Fatal Five? > > > 2. Did you write a letter in protest that aired on _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ ? > > > 3. Were you a child whose beliefs were comforted in an editorial in a major U.S. newspaper? > > Dunno, dunno and not Virginia who wrote to find out if Santa actually existed #1 is Validus. #2 was Ken Voyeur. Correct on Virginia. DQ: Last name starts with V? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 22, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/429 "2020-12-22T14:34:46Z")
1. Did you compose _The Four Seasons_? 2. Did you play Peter Petrelli in _Heroes_? 3. Are you head coach of the Denver Broncos? ---
**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 22, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/430 "2020-12-22T14:57:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a vampyre? > IQ2: Were you a 15th-century Wallachian prince with a really bad reputation? > IQ3: Were you the head of the National Union party? Not Vlad Dracula, Vlad the Impaler or Vladimir Putin. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first African-American Miss America? > IQ2: Are you a Gotham City journalist who sometimes dates Bruce Wayne? > IQ3: Have you played a car thief, a walking tree and an iron giant? Not Vanessa Williams, Vicki Vale or Vin Diesel. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Did you compose _The Four Seasons_? > 2. Did you play Peter Petrelli in _Heroes_? > 3. Are you head coach of the Denver Broncos? Still not Antonio Vivaldi, dunno and not… Michael Vick? V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V **Misstake, SCAdian** already asked “Real?,” so you get another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/431 "2020-12-22T16:12:26Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you one of Santa’s reindeer? > 2. Were you the original Kolchak’s newspaper editor? > 3. Are you a now-retired actress best known as Polly Maxwell on the original **V**? Correct, Tony Vincenzo, and Viveka Davis. DQs: 1.American? 2. In the armed forces? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/432 "2020-12-22T16:21:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Misstake, SCAdian** already asked “Real?,” so you get another DQ. Duh. ONE previous question and I duped it. DQ: Died prior to 1970? ---
**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 22, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/433 "2020-12-22T17:06:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Vincent Van Gogh (about whom I read a big bio not long ago), dunno that crazy lady’s name, and not Wilmer Valderrama (sp?) 2 (shot Andy Warhol) was Valerie Solanas. Correct on Valderrama. DQ: male? IQs: 1. Was your job, which was supposed to be a secret, revealed in a Washington Post column? 2. Are you an English former soccer player for Wimbledon, known for your “hard man” playing style, who has also acted in films such as _Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_ and _X-Men 3_ (as the Juggernaut)? 3. Are you the bookish, bespectacled member of a mystery-solving group of teens and their dog? ---
**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 22, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/435 "2020-12-22T17:10:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a vampyre? > > > > > IQ2: Were you a 15th-century Wallachian prince with a really bad reputation? > > > IQ3: Were you the head of the National Union party? > > Not Vlad Dracula, Vlad the Impaler or Vladimir Putin. Varney the Vampyre. ✅ Vidkun Quisling. Two 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:** [December 22, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/436 "2020-12-22T17:47:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Was your job, which was supposed to be a secret, revealed in a Washington Post column? > 2. Are you an English former soccer player for Wimbledon, known for your “hard man” playing style, who has also acted in films such as _Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_ and _X-Men 3_ (as the Juggernaut)? > 3. Are you the bookish, bespectacled member of a mystery-solving group of teens and their dog? Dunno, dunno and not Velma V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V 5. not American 6. in the armed forces 7. died prior to 1970 8. male ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/437 "2020-12-22T18:01:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > 1. Did you compose _The Four Seasons_ ? > > > 2. Did you play Peter Petrelli in _Heroes_ ? > > > 3. Are you head coach of the Denver Broncos? > > Still not Antonio Vivaldi, dunno and not… Michael Vick? Milo Ventimiglia, Vic Fangio DQ: European? DQ: Born before 1900? ---
**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 23, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/438 "2020-12-23T03:43:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Was your job, which was supposed to be a secret, revealed in a Washington Post column? > 2. Are you an English former soccer player for Wimbledon, known for your “hard man” playing style, who has also acted in films such as _Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels_ and _X-Men 3_ (as the Juggernaut)? > 3. Are you the bookish, bespectacled member of a mystery-solving group of teens and their dog? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Velma 1 was Valerie Plame; 2 was Vinnie Jones. 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:** [December 23, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/439 "2020-12-23T03:54:28Z")
V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V 5. not American 6. in the armed forces 7. died prior to 1970 8. male 9. European 10. born before 1900 ---
**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 23, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/440 "2020-12-23T05:33:30Z")
DQ1: Born before 1700? DQ2: Born in or south of Vienna? ---
**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 23, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/441 "2020-12-23T05:44:38Z")
V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V 5. not American 6. in the armed forces 7. died prior to 1970 8. male 9. European 10. born before 1900 11. born before 1700 12. not born in or south of Vienna [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=23)