# 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:** 25
**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 21, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/481 "2014-12-21T03:49:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Well done again, KO! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you say “God bless us, every one!”? > 2. Are you one of the Chipmunks? > 3. Was your pet Mighty Manfred, the Wonder Dog? Shortest Boticelli game ever. I am Tiny Tim! Grats Prof, U get U. ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/482 "2014-12-21T04:50:30Z")
Woohoo! Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Most impressive. ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/483 "2014-12-21T14:08:08Z")
I guess the mind reading books paid off… Okay. Christmas continues, and I am U! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/484 "2014-12-21T16:45:53Z")
IQ1) Did you inspire the name of the band best known for “Easy Living”? IQ2) Did the Germans help deliver you to the Finland Station in 1917? IQ3) Did you sing “Gimme That Old Time Religion” over the opening credits of the movie version of _ **Inherit the Wind** _? ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/485 "2014-12-21T16:53:22Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you inspire the name of the band best known for “Easy Living”? > > IQ2) Did the Germans help deliver you to the Finland Station in 1917? > > IQ3) Did you sing “Gimme That Old Time Religion” over the opening credits of the movie version of _ **Inherit the Wind** _? Take 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 21, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/486 "2014-12-21T19:47:27Z")
Tiny Tim was the only Christmas T I could think of. All I did was give a really blatant clue right off the bat. 🙂 IQ1: Did you finish 3rd in Season 3 of _Project Runway_, and now host your own show on Plum TV? IQ2: Are you the nickname of a beekeeper portrayed by Henry Fonda? IQ3: Are you the Roman name for a Greek hero who took 10 years to return from the Trojan War? ---
**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 21, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/487 "2014-12-21T21:19:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Tiny Tim was the only Christmas T I could think of. All I did was give a really blatant clue right off the bat. 🙂 > > IQ1: Did you finish 3rd in Season 3 of _Project Runway_, and now host your own show on Plum TV? > IQ2: Are you the nickname of a beekeeper portrayed by Henry Fonda? > IQ3: Are you the Roman name for a Greek hero who took 10 years to return from the Trojan War? I am not Ulysses. Take 2 DQs for the other two. [Lessee, Fred Astaire played Ted Hanover in _Holiday Inn_, Tim Burton created _The Nightmare Before Christmas_; Frosty the Snowman didn’t stop for the Traffic Cop…] ---
**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 21, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/488 "2014-12-21T22:26:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Did you narrate and co-script _A Christmas Story_? Narrator! Good thinking, Prof. > [@astorian](#): > > JEAN SHEPHERD Never heard of him. And even if I had known the name, I would have assumed that Jean was a woman. 🙂 ---
**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 21, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/489 "2014-12-21T22:32:27Z")
IQ1: Did you father a child with Gorlois’s wife? IQ2: Did you write a novel about the American meatpacking industry? IQ3: Were you the only combat soldier to receive the Victoria Cross twice? ---
**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 21, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/490 "2014-12-21T23:05:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you father a child with Gorlois’s wife? > IQ2: Did you write a novel about the American meatpacking industry? > IQ3: Were you the only combat soldier to receive the Victoria Cross twice? 1. I am not Uther Pendragon. 2. I am not Upton Sinclair. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 21, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/491 "2014-12-21T23:23:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you father a child with Gorlois’s wife? > IQ2: Did you write a novel about the American meatpacking industry? > IQ3: Were you the only combat soldier to receive the Victoria Cross twice? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Uther Pendragon. > 2. I am not Upton Sinclair. > Take a DQ for #3. Correct. Correct. Charles Upham VC\*, in WW II. (Two other men were awarded the VC twice - one during the Boer War and again in WW I, the other on two occasions in WW I - but they were both doctors.) I won’t take the DQ because I figure none of you other players are likely to have heard of Upham - he was just the only ‘U’ I could think of… ---
**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 21, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/492 "2014-12-21T23:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you finish 3rd in Season 3 of Project Runway, and now host your own show on Plum TV? > IQ2: Are you the nickname of a beekeeper portrayed by Henry Fonda? > IQ3: Are you the Roman name for a Greek hero who took 10 years to return from the Trojan War? > I am not Ulysses. Take 2 DQs for the other two. Uli Herzer, Ulee of _Ulee’s Gold_, correct DQ1: Real? DQ2: 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 21, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/493 "2014-12-21T23:49:52Z")
IQ1: Are you a jazz singer/guitarist who led groups such as the _Music Revelation Ensemble_, _Odyssey_, and _Phalanx_? IQ2: Are you a Norwegian actress who worked frequently with Ingmar Bergman? IQ3: Did you usually end your show wearing a bathrobe and telling the audience to go home? ---
**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 21, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/494 "2014-12-21T23:49:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct. > Correct. > Charles Upham VC\*, in WW II. (Two other men were awarded the VC twice - one during the Boer War and again in WW I, the other on two occasions in WW I - but they were both doctors.) > I won’t take the DQ because I figure none of you other players are likely to have heard of Upham - he was just the only ‘U’ I could think of… Actually, I believe I HAVE heard of Upham. Take a 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 21, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/495 "2014-12-21T23:51:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Uli Herzer, Ulee of _Ulee’s Gold_, correct > > DQ1: Real? > DQ2: Male? DQs: 1. Fictional 2. 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 21, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/496 "2014-12-21T23:52:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a jazz singer/guitarist who led groups such as the _Music Revelation Ensemble_, _Odyssey_, and _Phalanx_? > IQ2: Are you a Norwegian actress who worked frequently with Ingmar Bergman? > IQ3: Did you usually end your show wearing a bathrobe and telling the audience to go home? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Liv Ullman (Ullmann?) 3. I am not Tracy Ullman. ---
**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 22, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/497 "2014-12-22T13:16:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Liv Ullman (Ullmann?) > 3. I am not Tracy Ullman. James “Blood” Ullmer, correctx2 DQ: From comics? ---
**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 22, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/498 "2014-12-22T13:44:41Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from comics Though there has undoubtedly been a comic book version of the story. ---
**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 22, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/499 "2014-12-22T14:38:51Z")
IQ1: Are you a character from The Epic of Gilgamesh, tasked by Enki to create a giant ship called _The Preserver of Life_, possibly the inspiration for Noah’s Ark? IQ2: Are you a giant robot from 60’s Japanese TV? IQ3: Are you the sister of Dormammu and enemy of Dr. Strange? ---
**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 22, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/500 "2014-12-22T15:49:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a character from The Epic of Gilgamesh, tasked by Enki to create a giant ship called _The Preserver of Life_, possibly the inspiration for Noah’s Ark? > IQ2: Are you a giant robot from 60’s Japanese TV? > IQ3: Are you the sister of Dormammu and enemy of Dr. Strange? 1. I am not Utnapishtim. Take 2 DQs for the others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=26)