# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/401 "2014-12-17T14:52:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? Not Santa Claus or Sinterklaas. Take a DQ for the Polack. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/402 "2014-12-17T14:55:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF8QAeQm3ZM](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? Not Edwin Stanton. After that… I should know #2, but don’t. Take a DQ. No clue on #3. So. two DQs for you. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/403 "2014-12-17T14:56:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you associated with the Pharaohs? > IQ2: Were you Jonas Grumby? > IQ3: Did you share a flat with Wood and Tripper? Not Sam the Sham, not the Skipper, and not Chrissy Snow. ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/404 "2014-12-17T15:57:45Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SECWAR? - Yes, Edwin Stanton. Were you born in Ireland, at sea or in New York City, but no one quite knows for sure? - Gen. Phil Sheridan. It became an issue when he considered running for President. Were you thought crazy by some, and your friend and colleague a drunk? - William T. Sherman, who was certain he did _not_ want to be President. DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Were you FDR’s SECWAR? Even if you couldn’t put it into words, did you know obscenity when you saw it? Did you play a guy with a dog named after a French literary character? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/405 "2014-12-17T16:08:59Z")
1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/406 "2014-12-17T16:17:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you FDR’s SECWAR? > Even if you couldn’t put it into words, did you know obscenity when you saw it? > Did you play a guy with a dog named after a French literary character? Not Henry Stimson or Justice Potter Stewart I SHOULD know #3, but I can’t think of it right now. Take a DQ ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/407 "2014-12-17T16:46:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you FDR’s SECWAR? - Yes, Henry Stimson. Even if you couldn’t put it into words, did you know obscenity when you saw it? - Yes, Justice Potter Stewart. Did you play a guy with a dog named after a French literary character? - Scott Bakula played Capt. Jonathan Archer on _Star Trek: Enterprise_, who had a dog named Porthos. DQ: Last name start with S? IQs: Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? Was your mother’s maiden name Grayson? Is your first name Waylon? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/408 "2014-12-17T17:05:56Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “S” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/409 "2014-12-17T17:08:35Z")
IQs: \*\*Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? Was your mother’s maiden name Grayson? Is your first name Waylon? \*\* No idea on #1, so take a DQ Not Mr. Spock (his mother ws Amanda Grayson, played by Jane “Father Knows Best” Wyatt) Not Smithers, from _ **The Simpsons** _ ---
**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 17, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/410 "2014-12-17T21:11:45Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Santa Claus or Sinterklaas. > > Take a DQ for the Polack. Swiety Mikolai, you racist. 🙂 DQ: 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 17, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/411 "2014-12-17T21:18:35Z")
IQ1: Are you a St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer who was nicknamed “The Man”? IQ2: Did you play saxophone on your hit, _The Girl From Ipanema_? IQ3: Are you the lead singer for the LA New Wave band _Wall of Voodoo_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/412 "2014-12-17T22:25:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer who was nicknamed “The Man”? > IQ2: Did you play saxophone on your hit, _The Girl From Ipanema_? > IQ3: Are you the lead singer for the LA New Wave band _Wall of Voodoo_? Not Stan Musial or Stan Getz. Take a DQ for #3, whose first name is undoubtedly Stan! ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/413 "2014-12-18T01:53:51Z")
Previous IQs: Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? - Saladin, during the Crusades. Was your mother’s maiden name Grayson? - Yes, Mr. Spock. Is your first name Waylon? - Yes, Smithers, Mr. Burns’s lickspittle, on _The Simpsons_. DQ: American? IQs: Did Mark Lenard play a Romulan, a Klingon, and you? Did Mission Control play the perfect song for you one morning? Did Mr. Krabs make your name up on the spot, but later see your gravestone? ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/414 "2014-12-18T01:54:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did Rosemary Clooney sing about you coming to town? 2. Did you narrate TV’s _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_? 3. Do you have a red candy heart that beats “I love you truly”? ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/415 "2014-12-18T03:54:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you associated with the Pharaohs? > IQ2: Were you Jonas Grumby? > IQ3: Did you share a flat with Wood and Tripper? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Sam the Sham, not the Skipper, and not Chrissy Snow. Correct on all three. IQ1: Did you serve in the CS Army, the US Army, and the US Navy before becoming a journalist? IQ2: Did you invent a new method of attaching sabres to belts, which was adopted by the US Army? ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/416 "2014-12-18T04:01:04Z")
IQ3: Were you also known as Ben Colder? ---
**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 18, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/417 "2014-12-18T05:24:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Stan Musial or Stan Getz. > Take a DQ for #3, whose first name is undoubtedly Stan! Stan Ridgway holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/418 "2014-12-18T13:08:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Mark Lenard play a Romulan, a Klingon, and you? > Did Mission Control play the perfect song for you one morning? > Did Mr. Krabs make your name up on the spot, but later see your gravestone? Not Sarek. Take a DQ for #2 I have seen every SpongeBob episode and should know this… but I don’t. So take a DQ for #3 ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/419 "2014-12-18T15:05:35Z")
IQ1: Are you a 5-time Pro Bowl selection wide receiver who for some ungodly stupid reason was released by the Carolina Panthers and now plays for the Baltimore Ravens? IQ2: Are you known for starring in the _Police Academy_ movies and was groomed to be the Jewish John Travolta? IQ3: Are you known for performing dangerous and usually painful stunts on a reality TV show? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/420 "2014-12-18T15:47:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Rosemary Clooney sing about you coming to town? > 2. Did you narrate TV’s _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_? > 3. Do you have a red candy heart that beats “I love you truly”? Not Santa CLaus. Uh… I thought Burl Ives narrated _ **Rudolph…** _ Take a DQ for #3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=22)