# 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:** 27
**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 23, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/521 "2014-12-23T13:31:21Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the purported narrator of the book of ABZ’s? > IQ2: Do you have a brother named Dweezil? > IQ3: Do you have a son named Rond Vidar? Take a DQ for 1. I am not Moon Unit Zappa. I am not Universo. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/522 "2014-12-23T13:32:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you associated with Adm Halsey? > IQ2: Are you a rabbit created by a Stratemeyer author? > IQ3: Were you a Hittite soldier killed on the orders of his king? I am not Uncle Albert. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Uriah. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/523 "2014-12-23T13:33:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Have you been portrayed by Jackie Coogan and Christopher Lloyd? > IQ2: Were you portrayed by John Candy in a John Hughes film? > IQ3: Did Paul McCartney apologize to you in song because “we haven’t done a bloody thing all day”? I am not Uncle Fester. I am not Uncle Buck. I am still not Uncle Albert. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/524 "2014-12-23T13:34:37Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from comics 4. Not from myths 5. First “name” starts with U 6. Has appeared in a number of movies (and TV movies/specials) 7. First name is Uncle 8. Not American ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/525 "2014-12-23T14:47:22Z")
Previous IQs: Did David Letterman once mock your and another celeb’s names? - Yes, when hosting the Oscars, he kept saying “Uma [Thurman]… Oprah!” Did one of your videos start in reverse? - Usher - one of my favorite recent earworms: [Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (Official Music Video) ft. Pitbull - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dvTjK_07c) Did Chekhov write about you? - Yes, the title character from _Uncle Vanya_. DQ: European? IQs: Was your death referred to in the Book of Revelation? Were you going to interview Indira Gandhi the day she was assassinated? Did you write about William of Baskerville? ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/526 "2014-12-23T15:06:27Z")
IQ1: Is your only friend a monstrous crab named Crabley who lives in your dungeon? IQ2: Are you a cartoon wizard voiced by Peter Browngardt? IQ3: Do you make duck calls on a reality TV show? ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/527 "2014-12-23T15:35:55Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not from comics 4. Not from myths 5. First “name” starts with U 6. Has appeared in a number of movies (and TV movies/specials) 7. First name is Uncle 8. Not American 9. European ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/528 "2014-12-23T15:37:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your death referred to in the Book of Revelation? > Were you going to interview Indira Gandhi the day she was assassinated? > Did you write about William of Baskerville? 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 23, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/529 "2014-12-23T15:38:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Is your only friend a monstrous crab named Crabley who lives in your dungeon? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon wizard voiced by Peter Browngardt? > IQ3: Do you make duck calls on a reality TV show? I know I know #1, but it’s not coming to me this morning. Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/530 "2014-12-23T16:26:42Z")
IQ) Do you appear in a popular seasonal ballet? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/531 "2014-12-23T16:40:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Do you appear in a popular seasonal ballet? Why, yes, I do. I am Uncle Drosselmeyer from **the Nutcracker**. In the original story in the _Tales from Hoffman_ that served as the inspiration, Uncle D was the Imperial Ratcatcher. He killed the Queen of the Rats, who used her magic to put a dying curse on D’s nephew, turning him into the Nutcracker Prince. D then spent years trying to find the one girl whose love could restore his nephew, which, in the ballet, became Clara. Good job, astorian! ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/532 "2014-12-23T16:50:35Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the purported narrator of the book of ABZ’s? > IQ2: Do you have a brother named Dweezil? > IQ3: Do you have a son named Rond Vidar? The first was Uncle Shelby(an alias for Shel Silverstein), and you answered the second two correctly. Congrats astorian! ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/533 "2014-12-23T17:25:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you associated with Adm Halsey? > IQ2: Are you a rabbit created by a Stratemeyer author? > IQ3: Were you a Hittite soldier killed on the orders of his king? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Uncle Albert. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Uriah. Correct. Uncle Wiggily was created by Howard Garis, a very prolific author who wrote many of the Tom Swift and Bobbsey Twins books for Stratemeyer. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/534 "2014-12-23T17:38:28Z")
Hmmm… Okay, time for a\*\* V\*\* ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/535 "2014-12-23T18:58:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you rule Britain for most of the 19th Century? 2. Were you the Roman Emperor at the time of the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem? 3. Did you write _Candide_? ---
**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 23, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/536 "2014-12-23T20:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Is your only friend a monstrous crab named Crabley who lives in your dungeon? > IQ2: Are you a cartoon wizard voiced by Peter Browngardt? > IQ3: Do you make duck calls on a reality TV show? > > I know I know #1, but it’s not coming to me this morning. > > Take 3 DQs. Uncle Wormsley, Uncle Grandpa, Uncle Si From _Duck Dynasty_ Grats to astorian IQ1: Did you play Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s _Psycho_? IQ2: Are you a dancer who appeared in the 1954 production of _White Christmas_? IQ3: Are you a former figure skater who went on to become a top haute couture fashion designer? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/537 "2014-12-23T21:43:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you rule Britain for most of the 19th Century? > 2. Were you the Roman Emperor at the time of the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem? > 3. Did you write _Candide_? Not Queen Victoria, Vespasian or Voltaire. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/538 "2014-12-23T21:44:23Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Uncle Wormsley, Uncle Grandpa, Uncle Si From _Duck Dynasty_ > > Grats to astorian > > IQ1: Did you play Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s _Psycho_? > IQ2: Are you a dancer who appeared in the 1954 production of _White Christmas_? > IQ3: Are you a former figure skater who went on to become a top haute couture fashion designer? Not Vera Miles, Vera-Ellen or Vera Wang. ---
**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 23, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/539 "2014-12-23T21:57:30Z")
IQ1: Are you a Spaniard who fights with long claws attached to one arm? IQ2: Do you work for Marcellus Wallace? IQ3: Does your voice appear on one of Micheal Jackson’s greatest hits? ---
**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 23, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/540 "2014-12-23T23:11:59Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Do you hang with Fred and Daphne? 2. Do you turn letters for a living? 3. Did you have trouble with experimental bubble gum? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=28)