# 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:** 18
**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 15, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/341 "2014-12-15T05:43:58Z")
I remember the line from _Men in Black_, but not _Guardians of the Galaxy_. Previous IQs: Did you write a book of wry observations on the UK? - Joe Queenan (_Queenan Country_). Did Anthony Hopkins play you in a historical movie? - John Quincy Adams, in _Amistad_. Did you allow a comrade to kill you to further your mission? - Qhorin Halfhand, on _Game of Thrones._ ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/342 "2014-12-15T08:07:01Z")
My first was Q. My second was a different Q. For my third I was hoping that there was an agent Q who played a leading role in one of the men in black movies because they tick most of the dq boxes and with the agents having single letter appellations, a Q seemed likely. Congratulations professor. ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/343 "2014-12-15T13:01:58Z")
Thanks to all. fanganga, in the original comic book series, Agent Q was one of the founding members of the MiB. Christmas Botticelli continues… I am R! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/344 "2014-12-15T15:05:38Z")
IQ1) Did you coach the last all-Caucasian team to win the national championship in college football? IQ2) Did you and teammate Merlin Olsen co-star with John Wayne and Rock Hudson in the Western\*\*\* The Undefeated\*\*\*? IQ3) Were you the last faithful Catholic to hold the title Archbishop of Canterbury? ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/345 "2014-12-15T15:55:08Z")
Let’s continue the DC comics challenge for R. IQ1: Are you an adversary of the Flash who had triple-jointedness and first committed thievery by hiding in a particular type of plaything that became your alias? IQ2: Were you The Joker’s alias before your skin and hair changed color? IQ3: Are you an enemy of Plastic Man, a hitman aka “The San Francisco Threat”? ---
**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 15, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/346 "2014-12-15T16:18:22Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you coach the last all-Caucasian team to win the national championship in college football? > > IQ2) Did you and teammate Merlin Olsen co-star with John Wayne and Rock Hudson in the Western\*\*\* The Undefeated\*\*\*? > > IQ3) Were you the last faithful Catholic to hold the title Archbishop of Canterbury? Take 3 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 15, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/347 "2014-12-15T16:19:42Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Let’s continue the DC comics challenge for R. > > IQ1: Are you an adversary of the Flash who had triple-jointedness and first committed thievery by hiding in a particular type of plaything that became your alias? > IQ2: Were you The Joker’s alias before your skin and hair changed color? > IQ3: Are you an enemy of Plastic Man, a hitman aka “The San Francisco Threat”? 1. I am not Rag Doll. 2. I am not the Red Hood. 3. I am not Rice O’Rooney. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/348 "2014-12-15T17:04:42Z")
Darrell Royal coached the 1970 Texas Longhorns, the last all-white team to win the NCAA football title. LA Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel appeared in\*\*\* The Undefeated.\*\*\* Reginald Pole was the last Catholic archbishop of Canterbury DQ1) Real person DQ2) Male? DQ3) First name begin with R? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/349 "2014-12-15T17:07:45Z")
IQ1) Did you work as a wacky, zany morning DJ under the name “Jeff Christie”? IQ2) Are you a football star who got drunk at a aparty and told Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor to “Loosen up, Sandy Baby!” IQ3) Are you an NFL kicker who briefly became host of America’s most popular game show? ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/350 "2014-12-15T17:44:51Z")
Not just any party - a White House dinner! IQs: Are you the best-known person born in Dixon, Ill.? Are you associated with the phrase, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” Were you “the law west of the Pecos”? ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/351 "2014-12-15T18:25:14Z")
IQ1: Did a popular song describe your nose as very shiny? IQ2: Do you run an arena for super powered fights? IQ3: Did you impersonate your fraternal twin, who of the opposite sex and believed dead? ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/352 "2014-12-15T18:29:49Z")
Curses! Foiled by the Professor’s immense knowledge of all things DC again! Let’s see if you can identify these three individuals, Pepperwinkle! IQ1: Are you a Gotham City crime boss haunted by the ghost of Hugo Strange? IQ2: Are you the host of the TV show\* Impossible… But True!\*, who was imprisoned in a limo with your assistant until the plastic surgery performed on your face melted? IQ3: Are you a boyhood friend of Clark Kent who knew he was actually Superboy, but kept it a secret, even from Superboy himself? ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/353 "2014-12-15T18:44:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you work as a wacky, zany morning DJ under the name “Jeff Christie”? > > IQ2) Are you a football star who got drunk at a aparty and told Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor to “Loosen up, Sandy Baby!” > > IQ3) Are you an NFL kicker who briefly became host of America’s most popular game show? Take 3 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 15, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/354 "2014-12-15T18:45:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not just any party - a White House dinner! > > IQs: > > Are you the best-known person born in Dixon, Ill.? > Are you associated with the phrase, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” > Were you “the law west of the Pecos”? I am not Ronald Reagan. I am not Dan Rather. I am not Judge Roy Bean. ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/355 "2014-12-15T18:46:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with R ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/356 "2014-12-15T18:47:26Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did a popular song describe your nose as very shiny? > IQ2: Do you run an arena for super powered fights? > IQ3: Did you impersonate your fraternal twin, who of the opposite sex and believed dead? 1. I am not Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. 2. I am not Roulette. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/357 "2014-12-15T18:49:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Curses! Foiled by the Professor’s immense knowledge of all things DC again! > > Let’s see if you can identify these three individuals, Pepperwinkle! > > IQ1: Are you a Gotham City crime boss haunted by the ghost of Hugo Strange? > IQ2: Are you the host of the TV show\* Impossible… But True!\*, who was imprisoned in a limo with your assistant until the plastic surgery performed on your face melted? > IQ3: Are you a boyhood friend of Clark Kent who knew he was actually Superboy, but kept it a secret, even from Superboy himself? 1. I am not Pete Ross. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 15, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/358 "2014-12-15T19:56:52Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Gotham City crime boss haunted by the ghost of Hugo Strange? > IQ2: Are you the host of the TV show Impossible… But True!, who was imprisoned in a limo with your assistant until the plastic surgery performed on your face melted? > IQ3: Are you a boyhood friend of Clark Kent who knew he was actually Superboy, but kept it a secret, even from Superboy himself? > > 1. I am not Pete Ross. > Take 2 DQs for the others. Rupert Thorne, Roy Raymond, correct DQ1: Alive? DQ2: American? ---
**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 15, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/359 "2014-12-15T20:04:26Z")
IQ1: Is your mask an inkblot? IQ2: Are you the first teenage President of the United States of America? IQ3: Did you, your son & grandson, all of whom have the same name, serve with the _Suicide Squad_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/360 "2014-12-15T20:33:11Z")
Before turning to political commentary, Rush Limbaugh was wacky, zany DJ Jeff CHristie John RIggins of the Redskins told Sandra Day O’Connor to “Loosen up, Sandy Baby!” San Diego Chargers kicker Rolf Benirschke replaced Pat Sajak as host of _ **Wheel of Fortune.** _ Will save my 3 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=19)