# Botticelli - December 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153 "2014-12-02T19:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/1 "2014-12-02T19:01:25Z")
Kicking off a new game thread for December. I am K. ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/2 "2014-12-02T19:39:38Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of the Men in Black? 2. Are you the protagonist of Kafka’s _The Metamorphosis_? 3. Did you create Batman? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/3 "2014-12-02T20:02:55Z")
IQ1) Were you given the fraternity name “Flounder”? IQ2) Did you propose that beauty is truth and truth beauty? IQ3) Are you the title character of an opera that recently stirred controversy in New York? ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/4 "2014-12-02T20:52:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the Men in Black? > 2. Are you the protagonist of Kafka’s _The Metamorphosis_? > 3. Did you create Batman? pass, forgot Gregor’s last name, not Bob Kane ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/5 "2014-12-02T20:54:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you given the fraternity name “Flounder”? > > IQ2) Did you propose that beauty is truth and truth beauty? > > IQ3) Are you the title character of an opera that recently stirred controversy in New York? not Larry Kroger, pass x2 ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/6 "2014-12-02T21:03:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the Men in Black? > 2. Are you the protagonist of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis? > 3. Did you create Batman? > > pass, forgot Gregor’s last name, not Bob Kane #1 was K, portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones. I goofed on #2. I meant Kafka’s _The Castle_, whose protagonist was also named K. You are right in Gregor Samsa being in _The Metamorphosis_. Correct on #3. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/7 "2014-12-02T22:14:25Z")
Larry Kroger was Pinto- Kent Dorfmann was Flounder! DQ1) Last name start with K? DQ2) American? DQ3) Male? ---
**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 2, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/8 "2014-12-02T22:25:27Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Catwoman? 2. Are you aka Superman? 3. Are you aka Dr. Fate? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/9 "2014-12-03T00:14:25Z")
IQ1: Did you wield the baseball bat, Excalibur? IQ2: Did you play the role of a wandering demigod in a television series? IQ3: Did you play the role of Silent Bob? ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/10 "2014-12-03T03:01:44Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with K 3. American 4. 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 3, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/11 "2014-12-03T03:03:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Catwoman? > 2. Are you aka Superman? > 3. Are you aka Dr. Fate? not Selena Kyle not Clark Kent pass ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/12 "2014-12-03T03:04:27Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you wield the baseball bat, Excalibur? > IQ2: Did you play the role of a wandering demigod in a television series? > IQ3: Did you play the role of Silent Bob? dunno not Kevin Sorbo not Kevin Smith ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/13 "2014-12-03T03:14:26Z")
Beat me to John Payne by an hour… ☹ IQ1: Were you also known as Grasshopper? IQ2: Were you a fictional secret agent in the British Raj in the late 1800s? IQ3: Were you a fictional secret agent in the British Raj in the early 1900s? ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/14 "2014-12-03T03:17:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Catwoman? > 2. Are you aka Superman? > 3. Are you aka Dr. Fate? > > not Selena Kyle > not Clark Kent > pass Correct on 1 and 2. Kent Nelson is Dr. Fate (or, at least, was). DQ: Alive? ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/15 "2014-12-03T03:19:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Critique of Pure Reason_? 2. Do they celebrate your birthday in Hawaii on June 11th? 3. Are some of the Psalms attributed to your sons? ---
**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 3, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/16 "2014-12-03T04:48:36Z")
IQs: Did you like to sail on the _Victura_? Were you a famous woman first married in Rhode Island? Were you POTUS in the novel _Fatherland_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/17 "2014-12-03T06:02:16Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you wield the baseball bat, Excalibur? > IQ2: Did you play the role of a wandering demigod in a television series? > IQ3: Did you play the role of Silent Bob? IQ1 was Kevin Matchstick, in Matt Wagner’s _Mage_; the other two were correct. IQ1: Were you a consultant for the movie _Interstellar_? IQ2: Did you play an undercover agent infiltrating a group of surfing bank robbers? IQ3: Did you play a US Naval officer assigned to investigate the suspicious death of a woman who you and your boss had each been secretly having an affair with? ---
**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 3, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/18 "2014-12-03T13:07:07Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with K 3. American 4. Male 5. Alive ---
**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 3, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/19 "2014-12-03T13:10:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Beat me to John Payne by an hour… ☹ > IQ1: Were you also known as Grasshopper? > IQ2: Were you a fictional secret agent in the British Raj in the late 1800s? > IQ3: Were you a fictional secret agent in the British Raj in the early 1900s? Not Kwa-chang Kang (from the TV series Kung Fu, played by David Carradine, I’m sure I butchered the spelling) pass x2 ---
**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 3, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/20 "2014-12-03T13:11:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you like to sail on the _Victura_? > Were you a famous woman first married in Rhode Island? > Were you POTUS in the novel _Fatherland_? take 3 DQs [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=2)