# 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:** 4
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/61 "2014-12-04T20:54:45Z")
I forget his last name, but think his first name is Kyle. Are you a former star of _Friday Night Lights_ and appeared in _The Wolf of Wall Street_? ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/62 "2014-12-04T21:19:22Z")
I am not Kyle Maclachlan I am not Kyle Davis I am not Kyle Chandler getting warm though ---
**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 5, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/63 "2014-12-05T13:58:06Z")
Someone else can use my final DQ. I haven’t the faintest idea here… ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/64 "2014-12-05T14:04:53Z")
I am [SIZE=“7”]Kyle Mooney[/SIZE] from [Saturday Night Live](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/about/bio/kyle-mooney)! First time I have ever stumped the SDMB Botticelli team! The next letter is L. Gentlemen, start your IQs! ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/65 "2014-12-05T14:13:54Z")
Never heard of him. Ah, well, on to the Ls. IQs: Did your habit of going around the house barefoot bother your wife? Did your husband joke about your family’s last name? Did you look remarkably like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth? ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/66 "2014-12-05T14:44:31Z")
I’ve never heard of him either. IQ1: Is an opening gambit named after you? IQ2: Did you claim never to have thrown your mashed potatoes up against the wall? IQ3: Were you with #2 when he made that claim? ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/67 "2014-12-05T15:24:54Z")
Also never heard of him. IQs: 1. Are you a rare and radiant maiden named by the angels? 2. Were you the King of Bongo Congo? 3. Did you direct _American Graffiti_? ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/68 "2014-12-05T15:26:12Z")
Me three, haven’t followed SNL for a while. IQ1: Did you write the novel _Protector_? IQ2: Were you the inspiration for the character George Costanza? IQ3: Did you travel into the “land of the lounge lizards”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/69 "2014-12-05T15:35:10Z")
IQ) Did you have disappointing sons named Happy and Biff? IQ2) Are you an all-time great receiver who scored a touchdown in Super Bowl 6 for the Dallas Cowboys? IQ3) Did you write a best seller about clones of Adolf Hitler? ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/70 "2014-12-05T18:30:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your habit of going around the house barefoot bother your wife? > Did your husband joke about your family’s last name? > Did you look remarkably like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth? 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 5, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/71 "2014-12-05T18:32:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I’ve never heard of him either. > IQ1: Is an opening gambit named after you? > IQ2: Did you claim never to have thrown your mashed potatoes up against the wall? > IQ3: Were you with #2 when he made that claim? not Leonitz (?), have no clue x 2 ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/72 "2014-12-05T18:33:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a rare and radiant maiden named by the angels? > 2. Were you the King of Bongo Congo? > 3. Did you direct _American Graffiti_? dunno x 2, not George Lucas ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/73 "2014-12-05T18:34:35Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the novel _Protector_? > IQ2: Were you the inspiration for the character George Costanza? > IQ3: Did you travel into the “land of the lounge lizards”? dunno, not Larry David, not Lesiure Suit Larry ---
**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 5, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/74 "2014-12-05T18:35:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Did you have disappointing sons named Happy and Biff? > > IQ2) Are you an all-time great receiver who scored a touchdown in Super Bowl 6 for the Dallas Cowboys? > > IQ3) Did you write a best seller about clones of Adolf Hitler? 😕😕😕 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 5, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/75 "2014-12-05T20:05:26Z")
Willy Loman, in _ **Death of a Salesman** _, had sons named Biff and Happy Lance Alworth finally got a Super Bowl ring and a TD in SUper Bowl 6. Ira Levin wrote _ **The Boys From Brazil** _, a novel about boys cloned from Hitler. DQ1) Real? DQ2) Male? DQ3) Last name start with L? ---
**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 5, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/76 "2014-12-05T20:11:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Larry David, not Lesiure Suit Larry Correct on the last two, the first Larry was Larry Niven, the author of _Protector_. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/77 "2014-12-05T20:21:09Z")
IQ1: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s from Metropolis? IQ2: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s from Smallville? IQ3: Are you a love-interest of Superman’s who is a mermaid? ---
**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 5, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/78 "2014-12-05T20:23:52Z")
IQ1: Did you live in the tunnels underneath Pacific Tech? IQ2: Were you an antagonist who had the power to heal? IQ3: Did you have an affair with your Queen, with tragic results? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/79 "2014-12-05T20:31:22Z")
IQ1) Are you a well-known singer who played Loretta Lynn’s Dad in _ **Coal Miner’s Daughter** _? IQ2) Was the Shasta daisy your creation? IQ3) Were you the charming villain of _ **The Third Man** _? ---
**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 5, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/80 "2014-12-05T20:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a rare and radiant maiden named by the angels? > 2. Were you the King of Bongo Congo? > 3. Did you direct American Graffiti? > > dunno x 2, not George Lucas #1 is Lenore, from Poe’s poem _The Raven_. #2 is King Leonardo from _King Leonardo and His Short Subjects_ cartoon. Correct on George Lucas. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153.md?page=5)