# 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:** 3
**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 3, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/41 "2014-12-03T18:50:16Z")
Previous IQs: Was your tour of the U.S. the subject of a recent PBS documentary? - Yes, ol’ Nikita K. himself Did you talk to a subordinate about your boss being “loaded”? - Dr. Henry Kissinger; see about halfway down here: [Is the Secret Service responsible for keeping the president from getting drunk? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2910/is-the-secret-service-responsible-for-keeping-the-president-from-getting-drunk) Are you the most famous fictional fan of the Toledo Mudhens? - Yes, Klinger from _M_A_S_H\*. DQ: Actor? IQs: Are you the U.S. ambassador to Japan? Were you buried at sea from the deck of a warship even though you weren’t technically entitled to be? Are you a possibly-immortal NBC page? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/42 "2014-12-03T20:05:07Z")
Kemal Ataturk was the guy Monty Python claimed had a menagerie all named Abdul Kenny Rogers sang the acid rock song “I Just Stopped By to See What COndition My Condition Was In” with the First Edition. The first British author to win the Nobel Prize was Rudyard Kipling. I’ll save my 3 DQs until I see some other answers. ---
**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 3, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/43 "2014-12-03T21:19:25Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with K 3. American 4. Male 5. Alive 6. Known for the Arts, performing or creative 7. Born after 1950 8. Born west of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts 10. First name is fairly common 11. Born since 1970 12. Has not received top prize in his field 13. Known from TV 14. Actor ---
**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 3, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/44 "2014-12-03T21:22:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the U.S. ambassador to Japan? > Were you buried at sea from the deck of a warship even though you weren’t technically entitled to be? > Are you a possibly-immortal NBC page? pass, don’t recall, not Kenneth Parcell of _30 Rock_ ---
**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 3, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/45 "2014-12-03T21:44:23Z")
IQ: Did you appear on the show _Growing Pains_? DQ: Are you in a currently running TV series? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/46 "2014-12-03T22:06:10Z")
DQ1) Have you appeared regularly on a sitcom? DQ2) Caucasian? DQ3) First name start with “Ke”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/47 "2014-12-03T22:13:35Z")
IQ1) Did you ride a Segway during much of your best-known movie? IQ2) DId you write the #1 single “Sugar, Sugar” for the Archies and later record a #1 single of your own? IQ3) HAve you received several Emmy nominations for your work in\*\*\* Entourage\*\*\*? ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/48 "2014-12-04T00:10:25Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the civilian name of one of the founders of the Legion of Super Heroes? (There are way way too many [name] Kids in the LSH…) > IQ2: Are you a record-setting game show contestant? > IQ3: Did you write a trilogy of books set in the Star Wars universe? \> > [@](#): > > not Kyle Gardner, not Kenneth (don’t remember last name), pass IQ1 was Rokk Krinn (aka Cosmic Boy). Kyle Gardner sounds like an amalgam of Green Lanterns… 2. Ken Jennings 3. Kevin Anderson There are currently 4 DQs pending, so I’ll continue to sit on a stack of them, I guess ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/49 "2014-12-04T01:46:25Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with K 3. American 4. Male 5. Alive 6. Known for the Arts, performing or creative 7. Born after 1950 8. Born west of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts 10. First name is fairly common 11. Born since 1970 12. Has not received top prize in his field 13. Known from TV 14. Actor 15. On a currently running TV series 16. Has not regularly appeared on a sitcom 17. Caucasian 18. First name does not begin with Ke ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/50 "2014-12-04T01:47:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you ride a Segway during much of your best-known movie? > > IQ2) DId you write the #1 single “Sugar, Sugar” for the Archies and later record a #1 single of your own? > > IQ3) HAve you received several Emmy nominations for your work in\*\*\* Entourage\*\*\*? not Kevin James, pass x2 ---
**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 4, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/51 "2014-12-04T04:15:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _The Affluent Society_? > IQ2: Did preventing your death delay US entry into WW II, leading to an Axis victory? > IQ3: Did you fall in love with that person? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > pass, can’t remember her name, not James T. Kirk John Kenneth Galbraith. Edith Keeler. Correct. (Very good!) Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 4, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/52 "2014-12-04T04:22:17Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with K 3. American 4. Male 5. Alive 6. Known for the Arts, performing or creative 7. Born after 1950 8. Born west of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts 10. First name is fairly common 11. Born since 1970 12. Has not received top prize in his field 13. Known from TV 14. Actor 15. On a currently running TV series 16. Has not regularly appeared on a sitcom 17. Caucasian 18. First name does not begin with Ke Previous IQs: Are you the U.S. ambassador to Japan? - Caroline Kennedy Were you buried at sea from the deck of a warship even though you weren’t technically entitled to be? - Her brother, JFK Jr. Are you a possibly-immortal NBC page? - Yes, Kenneth Parcell on _30 Rock_. We’re near the end of our DQs. What would be useful to know? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/53 "2014-12-04T12:12:03Z")
Andy Kim wrote “Sugar Sugar” and later sang the #1 hit “Rock Me Gently” Kevin Dillon is the co-star of \*\*\*Entourage \*\*\* DQ1) Do you appear on an action-oriented or crime-oriented TV show? DQ2) Is your best-known show on ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX? ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/54 "2014-12-04T13:18:02Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. First name starts with K 3. American 4. Male 5. Alive 6. Known for the Arts, performing or creative 7. Born after 1950 8. Born west of the Mississippi 9. Known for the performing arts 10. First name is fairly common 11. Born since 1970 12. Has not received top prize in his field 13. Known from TV 14. Actor 15. On a currently running TV series 16. Has not regularly appeared on a sitcom 17. Caucasian 18. First name does not begin with Ke 19. Does not appear on an action-oriented or crime-oriented TV show 20. Best-known show is on ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX We are now at the phase where players ask “Are you \?” If no one guesses correctly, tune in tomorrow for the identity of our mystery guest to be revealed! Bonus hint: #16 does not disqualify him from being a comedian. ---
**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 4, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/55 "2014-12-04T16:46:55Z")
Brainstorming… The only non-Ke fairly common first name that comes to my mind is Karl. Kim would also qualify, though in the US that’s more commonly a female name… ---
**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 4, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/56 "2014-12-04T17:52:25Z")
Kurt… ---
**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 4, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/57 "2014-12-04T19:03:58Z")
Karl, Kim, Kirk, Kurt, Kyle… ---
**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 4, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/58 "2014-12-04T19:33:27Z")
Could be a drama, a talk show, a soap opera, a sports show, a game show, a reality show, et cetera. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/59 "2014-12-04T19:42:43Z")
Are you Kyle Maclachlan? ---
**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 4, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/60 "2014-12-04T20:36:13Z")
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