# 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:** 29
**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 25, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/561 "2014-12-25T05:56:18Z")
> [@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”? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Vidkun Quisling or Stephen Vincent Benet > > Take a DQ for #2 Correct. Robert Vaughn, who played Napoleon Solo on _The Man from UNCLE_. Correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 25, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/562 "2014-12-25T16:08:12Z")
3 more correct. IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _(Ghost) Riders in the Sky_? 2. Did you play Ben Casey on TV? 3. Are you the Patrician? ---
**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, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/563 "2014-12-25T16:26:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your dad have great confidence in _The Sun_ newspaper? - The seasonally-appropriate “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus…” girl. DUH! You won, and I didn’t even catch it! YESSS! I am VIRGINIA O’HANLON, the little girl who inspired Francis Church’s famed editorial “Yes, Virginia, There IS a Santa Claus.” Congrats and Merry Christmas, Elendil!!! ---
**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 26, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/564 "2014-12-26T05:30:30Z")
Hey, thanks! I think she was my “mystery guest” a few years ago, as a matter of fact. My previous IQs: Did you write _Assassination Vacation_? - Sarah Vowell Are you the animated character whom that same person voiced? - Violet, in _The Incredibles_ Did Picard meet you on Risa? - Vash OK, the next letter is W ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/565 "2014-12-26T14:49:10Z")
IQs: 1. Is today, the Feast of Stephen, the time setting for a song about you? 2. Are you the “reputed” inventor of peanut butter? 3. Did Kay Kyser have a hit with a song that featured you and your laugh? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/566 "2014-12-26T18:42:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hey, thanks! I think she was my “mystery guest” a few years ago, as a matter of fact. You did? Dang! I thought quite a while before coming up with Virginia. Guess I should have stuck to my first ideas- Vixen or Jackie (Frosty) Vernon. ---
**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 26, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/567 "2014-12-26T22:33:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is today, the Feast of Stephen, the time setting for a song about you? > 2. Are you the “reputed” inventor of peanut butter? > 3. Did Kay Kyser have a hit with a song that featured you and your laugh? Not King Wenceslaus, George Washington Carver or Woody Woodpecker. ---
**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 26, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/568 "2014-12-26T23:25:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you disturb the Grinch in mid-theft? 2. Were you a 19th Century American painter of marine scenes? 3. Were you an early Bible translator, who translated the Bible from the Vulgate into English? ---
**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 27, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/569 "2014-12-27T03:21:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you disturb the Grinch in mid-theft? > 2. Were you a 19th Century American painter of marine scenes? > 3. Were you an early Bible translator, who translated the Bible from the Vulgate into English? Not Cindy-Lou Who, Winslow Homer or… William of Ockham? ---
**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 27, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/570 "2014-12-27T03:26:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you disturb the Grinch in mid-theft? > 2. Were you a 19th Century American painter of marine scenes? > 3. Were you an early Bible translator, who translated the Bible from the Vulgate into English? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Cindy-Lou Who, Winslow Homer or… William of Ockham? Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was John Wycliffe. DQ: Real? ---
**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 27, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/571 "2014-12-27T03:33:11Z")
IQ1: Were you the first Kid Flash? IQ2: Did you play Dick Grayson? IQ3: Did you play Grayson’s guardian? ---
**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 27, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/572 "2014-12-27T18:06:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first Kid Flash? > IQ2: Did you play Dick Grayson? > IQ3: Did you play Grayson’s guardian? Dunno, not Burt Ward, and not Adam West. W. 1. real ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/573 "2014-12-27T18:08:59Z")
IQ1) Were you Rowena’s hero and Robin Hood’s pal? IQ2) Did Stetson Kennedy claim you joined the Ku Klux Klan in a secret White House ceremony? IQ3) Were you the juror in Twelve Angry Men who wanted to deliver a fast verdict and get to the ballgame? ---
**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 27, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/574 "2014-12-27T19:47:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you Rowena’s hero and Robin Hood’s pal? > > IQ2) Did Stetson Kennedy claim you joined the Ku Klux Klan in a secret White House ceremony? > > IQ3) Were you the juror in Twelve Angry Men who wanted to deliver a fast verdict and get to the ballgame? Not Will Scarlet, Warren G. Harding or Eli Wallach. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/575 "2014-12-27T21:09:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Will Scarlet, Warren G. Harding or Eli Wallach. Warren Harding is correct. But the angry juror was Jack Warden and Rowena’s hero was Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe. DQ1) Male? DQ2) First name start with “W”? ---
**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 28, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/576 "2014-12-28T03:59:13Z")
W. 1. real 2. female 3. last name starts with W ---
**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 28, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/577 "2014-12-28T12:13:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the first Kid Flash? > IQ2: Did you play Dick Grayson? > IQ3: Did you play Grayson’s guardian? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Burt Ward, and not Adam West. Wally West. Correct. Correct. DQ: Living? IQ1: Were you the romantic interest in _Armageddon 2419 AD_? IQ2: Did you sing “Jose Cuervo”? IQ3: Were you that person’s mother? ---
**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 28, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/578 "2014-12-28T14:16:59Z")
IQs: 1. Is the sorcerer in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment of _Fantasia_ a caricature of you? 2. Did you create the comic strip _Pogo_? 3. Were your puppets Jerry Mahoney & Knucklehead Smith? ---
**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 28, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/579 "2014-12-28T20:02:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you the romantic interest in _Armageddon 2419 AD_? > IQ2: Did you sing “Jose Cuervo”? > IQ3: Were you that person’s mother? Dunno any of those. Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is the sorcerer in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment of _Fantasia_ a caricature of you? > 2. Did you create the comic strip _Pogo_? > 3. Were your puppets Jerry Mahoney & Knucklehead Smith? Not Walt Disney, Walt Kelly or… dunno. W. 1. real 2. female 3. last name starts with W 4. living ---
**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 28, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/580 "2014-12-28T20:47:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is the sorcerer in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment of Fantasia a caricature of you? > 2. Did you create the comic strip Pogo? > 3. Were your puppets Jerry Mahoney & Knucklehead Smith? > > Not Walt Disney, Walt Kelly or… dunno. Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Paul Winchell. DQ: Born after 1970? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=30)