# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/541 "2014-12-24T02:00:23Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > 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? Take a DQ for #1 Not Vincent Vega or Vincent Price ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/542 "2014-12-24T02:01:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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? Not Velma Dinkley or Vanna White. I remember Violet from _ **Willy Wonka** _, but not her last name. 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 24, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/543 "2014-12-24T04:00:51Z")
Correct on all three. Violet Beauregard, BTW. DQ: Real? ---
**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 24, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/544 "2014-12-24T04:59:26Z")
All right, **astorian**! Previous IQs: Was your death referred to in the Book of Revelation? - “In the year King Uzziah died…” Were you going to interview Indira Gandhi the day she was assassinated? - Peter Ustinov. Did you write about William of Baskerville? -Umberto Eco, in _The Name of the Rose_. On to V. IQs: Were you the first white child born in North Carolina? Did your dad have great confidence in _The Sun_ newspaper? Did you play Princess Irulan? ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/545 "2014-12-24T05:33:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Take a DQ for #1 > > Not Vincent Vega or Vincent Price 1 was Vega from the Street Fighter 2 series, the remaining two were correct. DQ: Male? IQ1: Did you play Chris Knight? IQ2: Did you play Fez? IQ3: Were you revealed to have once been Jeffrey Sinclair? ---
**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 24, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/546 "2014-12-24T06:27:35Z")
IQ1: Were you head of the Norwegian government during most of WW II? IQ2: Did your character often request that channel D be opened? IQ3: Did you write “The Devil and Daniel Webster”? ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/547 "2014-12-24T14:45:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of Bruce Wayne’s girlfriends? 2. Were you a noted Dutch painter of interior scenes? 3. Did you paint “Starry Night”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/548 "2014-12-24T15:39:58Z")
SUMMARY: 1. Real person 2. Female ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/549 "2014-12-24T15:41:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A > IQs: > > Were you the first white child born in North Carolina? > Did your dad have great confidence in _The Sun_ newspaper? > Did you play Princess Irulan? Not Virginia Dare. Take 2 DQs for the others ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/550 "2014-12-24T15:42:16Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Chris Knight? > IQ2: Did you play Fez? > IQ3: Were you revealed to have once been Jeffrey Sinclair? Not Wilmer Valderrama (I only know that because my son used to love Handy Manny) or Valen (from Babylon 5) Take a DQ for #1 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/551 "2014-12-24T15:43:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of Bruce Wayne’s girlfriends? > 2. Were you a noted Dutch painter of interior scenes? > 3. Did you paint “Starry Night”? Not Vicki Vale or Vincent Van Gogh Take a DQ for #2 ---
**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 24, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/552 "2014-12-24T16:14:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of Bruce Wayne’s girlfriends? > 2. Were you a noted Dutch painter of interior scenes? > 3. Did you paint “Starry Night”? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Vicki Vale or Vincent Van Gogh > > Take a DQ for #2 Correct on 1 and 3. #2 is SCAdian’s favorite painter, Vermeer. DQ: First name starts with V? ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/553 "2014-12-24T17:39:31Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Chris Knight? > IQ2: Did you play Fez? > IQ3: Were you revealed to have once been Jeffrey Sinclair? The first was Val Kilmer in _Real Genius_, the second two were correct, very nice. DQ: Alive? IQ1: Do you write a column in _Parade_? IQ2: Are you an SNL alum who is outspoken in favor of Tea Party candidates? IQ3: Did you give up a national title when scandalous photographs of you were published? ---
**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 24, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/554 "2014-12-24T19:21:02Z")
IQs: 1. Is Betty Cooper your rival? 2. Did you work in _Little House on the Prairie_ and _Highway to Heaven_? 3. Are you he who must not be named? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/555 "2014-12-24T22:37:30Z")
SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Female 3. Dead 4. First name starts with V ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/556 "2014-12-24T22:39:20Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Do you write a column in _Parade_? > IQ2: Are you an SNL alum who is outspoken in favor of Tea Party candidates? > IQ3: Did you give up a national title when scandalous photographs of you were published? Not Marikyn Vos Savant, Victoria Jackson or Vanessa Williams ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/557 "2014-12-24T22:40:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is Betty Cooper your rival? > 2. Did you work in _Little House on the Prairie_ and _Highway to Heaven_? > 3. Are you he who must not be named? Not Veronica Lodge, Victor French or Voldemort ---
**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 24, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/558 "2014-12-24T23:45:22Z")
Ahem. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you head of the Norwegian government during most of WW II? > IQ2: Did your character often request that channel D be opened? > IQ3: Did you write “The Devil and Daniel Webster”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/559 "2014-12-25T03:25:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Ahem. Not Vidkun Quisling or Stephen Vincent Benet Take a DQ for #2 ---
**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 25, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/560 "2014-12-25T03:58:16Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the first white child born in North Carolina? - Yes, Virginia Dare Did your dad have great confidence in _The Sun_ newspaper? - The seasonally-appropriate “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus…” girl. Did you play Princess Irulan? - Virginia Madsen, in _Dune_. DQs: American? Died since 1964? IQs: Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? Are you the animated character whom that same person voiced? Did Picard meet you on Risa? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=29)