# 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:** 20
**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 16, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/381 "2014-12-16T02:00:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a Graustarkian romance called _The Mad King_? > IQ2: Were you the protagonist of a Graustarkian romance and its sequel? > IQ3: Did four men ask whatever happened to you? Take DQs for the first two. I am not Randolph Scott. ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/382 "2014-12-16T02:22:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a Graustarkian romance called _The Mad King_? > IQ2: Were you the protagonist of a Graustarkian romance and its sequel? > IQ3: Did four men ask whatever happened to you? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take DQs for the first two. > I am not Randolph Scott. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Rudolf Rassendyll (_The Prisoner of Zenda_ and _Rupert of Hentzau_). Correct. DQ1: Best known for music? DQ2: Born after 1950? IQ1: Were you just a simple cobbler from Connecticut? IQ2: Did you plan to go home to celebrate and pop a cork? IQ2: Did you admit that God in Heaven is everybody’s god? ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/383 "2014-12-16T02:53:57Z")
Correct on all three of mine. IQs: Were you the idiot-prince played by Steve Martin in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_? Did you usually hang out at Rhosgobel? Did Anthony Hopkins play a fictionalized version of you on stage? ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/384 "2014-12-16T14:55:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Rorschach. > 2. I am not Prez Rickard. > 3. Somehow I never got around to the Squad. Take a DQ. correct x2, Rick Flag 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 16, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/385 "2014-12-16T15:11:23Z")
IQ1: Are you a sun god who created the Metamorphae to battle Apep? IQ2: Are you a frustrated artist who turned to a life of crime using goggles that project multicolored bands of light? IQ3: Are you Ma Hinkle, considered comics’ first cross-dressing heroine? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/386 "2014-12-16T15:22:13Z")
DQ1) Are you primarily known as an actress? DQ2) Are you widely known as a singer? Will save a few more 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 16, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/387 "2014-12-16T15:42:33Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with R 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died after 1964 7. Known for the Arts 8. Born after 1900 9. Caucasian 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Not best known for movies/TV, but did do both 12. Best known for music 13. Born before 1950 14. Not best known as an actress 15. Best known as a singer ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/388 "2014-12-16T15:46:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you just a simple cobbler from Connecticut? > IQ2: Did you plan to go home to celebrate and pop a cork? > IQ2: Did you admit that God in Heaven is everybody’s god? I am not Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, nor Richard Henry Lee. Mr. Adian, I think YOU should write it. ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/389 "2014-12-16T15:48:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Correct on all three of mine. > > IQs: > > Were you the idiot-prince played by Steve Martin in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_? > Did you usually hang out at Rhosgobel? > Did Anthony Hopkins play a fictionalized version of you on stage? It’s been too long since I saw DSR. 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 16, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/390 "2014-12-16T15:49:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a sun god who created the Metamorphae to battle Apep? > IQ2: Are you a frustrated artist who turned to a life of crime using goggles that project multicolored bands of light? > IQ3: Are you Ma Hinkle, considered comics’ first cross-dressing heroine? I am not Ra. I am not the Rainbow Raider. I am not the Red Tornado. ---
**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 16, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/391 "2014-12-16T20:06:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Rita Hayworth. > I am not Rokk Krinn, Cosmic Boy. > I am not Ronnie Raymond. Correct on all three, well done. IQ1: Were you rejected from a superhero team only to return as a member of a super villain team to oppose them? IQ2: Were you a superhero who became addicted to heroin? IQ3: Were you the oldest of three siblings who acquired the same super power at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/392 "2014-12-16T20:30:50Z")
DQ1) Have you recorded a top 40 hit single since 1970? DQ2) Are you considered a pop or rock singer? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/393 "2014-12-16T20:34:14Z")
IQ1) Was your signature song written by the Chipmunks’ foster Dad, David Seville? IQ2) Were you the first major league ballplayer to win the MVP award in both leagues? IQ3) Did you abandon heavy metal to start a Renaissance folk music band with your much younger wife? ---
**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 16, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/394 "2014-12-16T21:04:22Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Correct on all three, well done. > > IQ1: Were you rejected from a superhero team only to return as a member of a super villain team to oppose them? > IQ2: Were you a superhero who became addicted to heroin? > IQ3: Were you the oldest of three siblings who acquired the same super power at the same time? 1. I am not Roy Harper, take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 16, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/395 "2014-12-16T21:07:56Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Was your signature song written by the Chipmunks’ foster Dad, David Seville? Yes! I am Rosemary Clooney! The Christmas connection is, of course, the film _White Christmas_! Good job, astorian. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/396 "2014-12-16T22:18:02Z")
Let’s see, can I come up with an “S” character that has some kind of seasonal connection, however tenuous… Okay, I have one. S ---
**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 16, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/397 "2014-12-16T22:56:04Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Correct on all three, well done. > > IQ1: Were you rejected from a superhero team only to return as a member of a super villain team to oppose them? > IQ2: Were you a superhero who became addicted to heroin? > IQ3: Were you the oldest of three siblings who acquired the same super power at the same time? Correct on 2, 1 was Radiation Roy, 3 was Mekt Ranzz (Lightning Lord) ---
**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 16, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/398 "2014-12-16T23:18:21Z")
wtg astorian! IQ1: Do you bring toys to good girls and boys on Christmas for English speakers? IQ2: Are you the Dutch version? IQ3: Are you the Polish version? ---
**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 17, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/399 "2014-12-17T01:54:50Z")
Way to go, **astorian** , and kudos, **SCAdian** , for the trifecta of _1776_ questions! Previous IQs: Were you the idiot-prince played by Steve Martin in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_? - Ruprecht, in the role of a lifetime: [Steve Martin as RUPRECHT - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF8QAeQm3ZM). Did you usually hang out at Rhosgobel? - Radagast the Brown, one of Gandalf’s fellow wizards. Did Anthony Hopkins play a fictionalized version of you on stage? - Rupert Murdoch. On to S… IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SECWAR? Were you born in Ireland, at sea or in New York City, but no one quite knows for sure? Were you thought crazy by some, and your friend and colleague a drunk? ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/400 "2014-12-17T03:04:18Z")
IQ1: Are you associated with the Pharaohs? IQ2: Were you Jonas Grumby? IQ3: Did you share a flat with Wood and Tripper? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=21)