# 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:** 15
**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, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/281 "2014-12-12T21:26:26Z")
Are you Joel Roberts Poinsett, for whom the Christmas flower is named? ---
**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, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/282 "2014-12-12T21:34:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Joel Roberts Poinsett, for whom the Christmas flower is named? Why, yes, indeed. I am Joel Roberts Poinsett, Congressman from South Carolina, Secretary of War under Van Buren, First Minister to South America, and the guy who brought the Poinsettia to America! Good one, KO! Time for you to Q up. ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/283 "2014-12-13T02:12:06Z")
OK, I have a Q for all of U. ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/284 "2014-12-13T02:53:43Z")
IQ1: Is your name a synonym for traitor? IQ2: Did you go on a quest with Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good? IQ3: Will the pigeons run to you when you arrive? ---
**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 13, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/285 "2014-12-13T03:18:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Clark’s good for nothing brother-in-law in _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_? 2. Were you a faceless hero created by Steve Ditko? 3. Were you the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl? ---
**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 13, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/286 "2014-12-13T03:55:57Z")
IQ1: Are you a doctor on television? IQ2: Do you tell yourself to get to Mars? IQ3: Do you move only by jumping up or down, onto squares that often change color? ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/287 "2014-12-13T04:29:15Z")
Good job, **Knowed Out**! I was a long time - if ever - from guessing him. IQs: Did you help James Bond in Jamaica? Are you Joker’s curvy sidekick? Did you produce cop shows in the Sixties and Seventies? ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/288 "2014-12-13T13:15:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your name a synonym for traitor? > IQ2: Did you go on a quest with Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good? > IQ3: Will the pigeons run to you when you arrive? not Quisling, 2 DQs ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/289 "2014-12-13T13:16:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Clark’s good for nothing brother-in-law in _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_? > 2. Were you a faceless hero created by Steve Ditko? > 3. Were you the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl? Not Randy Quaid, not The Question, DQ ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/290 "2014-12-13T13:18:12Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you a doctor on television? > IQ2: Do you tell yourself to get to Mars? > IQ3: Do you move only by jumping up or down, onto squares that often change color? not Dr. Quinn, DQ (is this from the song by Blondie?), not Q-bert ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/291 "2014-12-13T13:20:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you help James Bond in Jamaica? > Are you Joker’s curvy sidekick? > Did you produce cop shows in the Sixties and Seventies? DQ, not Harley Quinn, 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 13, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/292 "2014-12-13T13:28:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Clark’s good for nothing brother-in-law in _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_? > 2. Were you a faceless hero created by Steve Ditko? > 3. Were you the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Randy Quaid, not The Question, DQ Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Mae Questel. DQ: Real? ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/293 "2014-12-13T13:30:32Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Brainiac 5? 2. Are you the eponymous hero of a Sir Walter Scott novel? 3. Were you a vengeful spirit turned werewolf on _Dark Shadows_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/294 "2014-12-13T15:43:52Z")
IQ1) Did Matt Dillon go to you when his horse needed new shoes? IQ2) Did you win an Oscar playing painter Paul Gauguin? IQ3) Do you have a stereotypical Chinese servant named Charlie and a dumb nephew named Waldo? ---
**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 13, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/295 "2014-12-13T15:48:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Dr. Quinn, DQ (is this from the song by Blondie?), not Q-bert Correct (though not who I was thinking of), Quaid told himself to get his ass to Mars in Total Recall, and Q\*Bert is correct. Holding one DQ. IQ1: Are you a male medical doctor on television? IQ2: Are you microscopic, but fly around in a large-to-you ship that is still much smaller than your teammates? IQ3: Are you a mayor? ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/296 "2014-12-13T17:50:47Z")
DQ roundup 1. Fictional ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/297 "2014-12-13T17:52:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Brainiac 5? > 2. Are you the eponymous hero of a Sir Walter Scott novel? > 3. Were you a vengeful spirit turned werewolf on _Dark Shadows_? brain fart x3 ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/298 "2014-12-13T17:54:52Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did Matt Dillon go to you when his horse needed new shoes? > > IQ2) Did you win an Oscar playing painter Paul Gauguin? > > IQ3) Do you have a stereotypical Chinese servant named Charlie and a dumb nephew named Waldo? my brain is drained from Xmas shopping… 3 DQs ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/299 "2014-12-13T17:56:08Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Correct (though not who I was thinking of), Quaid told himself to get his ass to Mars in Total Recall, and Q\*Bert is correct. > > Holding one DQ. > > IQ1: Are you a male medical doctor on television? > IQ2: Are you microscopic, but fly around in a large-to-you ship that is still much smaller than your teammates? > IQ3: Are you a mayor? not Quincy, DQ, not Mayor Quimby ---
**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 13, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/300 "2014-12-13T18:05:05Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Brainiac 5? > 2. Are you the eponymous hero of a Sir Walter Scott novel? > 3. Were you a vengeful spirit turned werewolf on Dark Shadows? > > brain fart x3 #1 is Qwerl Dox. #2 is Quentin Durward. #3 is Quentin Collins. DQs: 1. Last name starts with Q? 2. Male? 3. Best known from a movie or TV? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=16)