# Botticelli - December 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446 "2015-12-04T19:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 18, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/161 "2015-12-18T22:02:15Z")
IQ1: Are you a professor who used time-travel hypnosis on Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson? IQ2: Are you a member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes who married Cosmic Boy? IQ3: Were you a prospective member of the Legion of Super-Heroes but was actually sent to infiltrate them on behalf of the Khunds? ---
**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 18, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/162 "2015-12-18T22:09:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a professor who used time-travel hypnosis on Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson? > IQ2: Are you a member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes who married Cosmic Boy? > IQ3: Were you a prospective member of the Legion of Super-Heroes but was actually sent to infiltrate them on behalf of the Khunds? Take a DQ for #1. 2. I am not Night Girl. 3. I am not Nemesis Kid. ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/163 "2015-12-19T02:13:17Z")
Professor Carter Nichols DQ: Primarily known from movies? holding a DQ ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/164 "2015-12-19T02:39:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with N 4. Alive 5. American 6. Born before 1964 7. Known for the arts 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Actress 10. Primarily known from movies ---
**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 19, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/165 "2015-12-19T15:01:49Z")
Can’t think of that many “N” actresses… IQ1: Did you play James Stewart’s love interest twice in _Vertigo_? IQ2: Did you play Lt. Uhura in _Star Trek: TOS_? IQ3: Did you play Frazier Crane’s wife Lilith in _Cheers_? ---
**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 19, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/166 "2015-12-19T17:51:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Can’t think of that many “N” actresses… > > IQ1: Did you play James Stewart’s love interest twice in _Vertigo_? > IQ2: Did you play Lt. Uhura in _Star Trek: TOS_? > IQ3: Did you play Frazier Crane’s wife Lilith in _Cheers_? You’re right. There aren’t that many N actresses. Yes, I am Kim Novak! Well done, KO! ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/167 "2015-12-19T19:37:07Z")
In honor of Vertigo, the next letter is V. ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/168 "2015-12-19T19:43:53Z")
Good job, **KO**! Previous IQs: Were you a female U.S. senator from Kansas since 1960? - Nancy Landon Kassebaum. Were you Horace Bury’s longtime servant? - Nabil, in Niven and Pournelle’s _The Mote in God’s Eye_. Did Sherman hate you more than any other Confederate officer? - Nathan Bedford “That Devil” Forrest. On to V, then. IQs: Are you the best-known escapee from Larkhill Resettlement Camp? Are you one of the few non-Presidents to have a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier named after you? Were you Earl Warren’s predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States? ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/169 "2015-12-19T19:51:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of Santa’s reindeer? 2. Did a newspaper editor assure you Santa exists? 3. Were you “a sentimental crook, with a touch that lingers in his sandpapered fingers”? ---
**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 19, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/170 "2015-12-19T22:32:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Can’t think of that many “N” actresses… > > IQ1: Did you play James Stewart’s love interest twice in _Vertigo_? > IQ2: Did you play Lt. Uhura in _Star Trek: TOS_? > IQ3: Did you play Frazier Crane’s wife Lilith in _Cheers_? Well, you obviously thought of three more than I did. IQ1: Did you write _Invasion of the Sea_? IQ2: Did you write _Dreamsnake_? IQ3: Did you write _A Fire Upon the Deep_? ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/171 "2015-12-20T00:29:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of Santa’s reindeer? > 2. Did a newspaper editor assure you Santa exists? > 3. Were you “a sentimental crook, with a touch that lingers in his sandpapered fingers”? not Vixen, not Virginia, DQ ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/172 "2015-12-20T00:31:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Invasion of the Sea_? > IQ2: Did you write _Dreamsnake_? > IQ3: Did you write _A Fire Upon the Deep_? 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 20, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/173 "2015-12-20T01:30:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of Santa’s reindeer? > 2. Did a newspaper editor assure you Santa exists? > 3. Were you “a sentimental crook, with a touch that lingers in his sandpapered fingers”? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Vixen, not Virginia, DQ Correct, correct, and Jimmy Valentine. 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 20, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/174 "2015-12-20T02:16:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Invasion of the Sea_? > IQ2: Did you write _Dreamsnake_? > IQ3: Did you write _A Fire Upon the Deep_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 3 DQs Jules Verne (the last of his books published before his death). Vonda McIntyre. Vernor Vinge. DQ: Male? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/175 "2015-12-20T12:57:22Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Gru’s antagonist in _Despicable Me_? 2. Were you one of the Shadow’s agents? 3. Have you been… Batman? ---
**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 20, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/176 "2015-12-20T21:43:25Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 20, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/177 "2015-12-20T21:44:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Gru’s antagonist in _Despicable Me_? > 2. Were you one of the Shadow’s agents? > 3. Have you been… Batman? don’t remember his name dadgummit, DQ, not Val Kilmer ---
**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 20, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/178 "2015-12-20T21:57:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Gru’s antagonist in _Despicable Me_? > 2. Were you one of the Shadow’s agents? > 3. Have you been… Batman? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > don’t remember his name dadgummit, DQ, not Val Kilmer 1. “Vector! That’s me! 'Cause I commit crimes with both direction and magnitude!” 2. Harry Vincent. 3. correct. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Last name starts with V? ---
**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 20, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/179 "2015-12-20T22:05:06Z")
DQ1: American? DQ2: 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 20, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2015/739446/180 "2015-12-20T22:17:30Z")
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