# Botticelli - December 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 7, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745 "2018-12-07T13:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 22, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/101 "2018-12-22T17:05:48Z")
Woohoo! Thanks, **Prof. P.** I knew she was a star of some kind in her day, but didn’t remember that she was a dancer. Our next letter is, of course, J Best holiday wishes to you all! ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/102 "2018-12-22T20:48:52Z")
Congrats, EH! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ignatz Mouse. > 2. I am not Iman. > Take a DQ. Belated IQ wrap-up: 3 (from the [Old Spice ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE)) was Isaiah Mustafa. IQs: 1. Did you publish the _Daily Bugle_? 2. Did you play the “great, great actor” Joseph Tura (and the violin)? 3. Are you a comedian from Atlanta known for your “you might be a redneck” routine? ---
**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 22, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/103 "2018-12-22T22:09:41Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your partner start a studio which produced “Animagic” features? 2. Are you the latest previous Chief of Staff of the current POTUS? 3. Did you write the play _Volpone_? ---
**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 23, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/104 "2018-12-23T06:04:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you publish the _Daily Bugle_? > 2. Did you play the “great, great actor” Joseph Tura (and the violin)? > 3. Are you a comedian from Atlanta known for your “you might be a redneck” routine? Not J. Jonah Jameson, Jon Lovitz or Jeff Foxworthy. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your partner start a studio which produced “Animagic” features? > 2. Are you the latest previous Chief of Staff of the current POTUS? > 3. Did you write the play _Volpone_? Dunno, not John Kelly, and not Jorvendiere (sp?). ---
**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 23, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/105 "2018-12-23T14:57:02Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you and your partner start a studio which produced “Animagic” features? > 2. Are you the latest previous Chief of Staff of the current POTUS? > 3. Did you write the play Volpone? > Dunno, not John Kelly, and not Jorvendiere (sp?). #1 was Jules Bass, of Rankin-Bass. Correct on John Kelly. #3 was Ben Jonson. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 23, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/106 "2018-12-23T14:58:22Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Superman’s Kryptonian father? 2. Are you Superman’s son? 3. Are you Superman’s pal? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/107 "2018-12-23T16:11:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not J. Jonah Jameson, Jon Lovitz or Jeff Foxworthy. 2 was Jack Benny, in _To Be or Not to Be_. DQ: American? IQs: 1. Did you enjoy eating steak cut in the shape of Texas? 2. Did you write and direct _Get Out_? 3. Aside from being a burlesque dancer who wore a skirt of bananas, did you aid the French Resistance during World War II? ---
**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 23, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/108 "2018-12-23T20:52:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Superman’s Kryptonian father? > 2. Are you Superman’s son? > 3. Are you Superman’s pal? Not Jor-El, not James Kent, and not Jimmy Olsen. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you enjoy eating steak cut in the shape of Texas? > 2. Did you write and direct _Get Out_? > 3. Aside from being a burlesque dancer who wore a skirt of bananas, did you aid the French Resistance during World War II? Dunno, not Jordan Peele and not Josephine Baker. J. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not American ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/109 "2018-12-23T21:05:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you Superman’s Kryptonian father? > 2. Are you Superman’s son? > 3. Are you Superman’s pal? > Not Jor-El, not James Kent, and not Jimmy Olsen. Correct on 1 and 3. Superman’s son is Jonathan Kent. DQ: Created after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/110 "2018-12-23T21:55:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Jordan Peele and not Josephine Baker. 1 was Lyndon B. Johnson. IQs: 1. Were you the hardest working man in show business? 2. Did you co-found Wikipedia? 3. Is your name my name too? DQ: from literature (prose/theater)? ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/111 "2018-12-23T22:13:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the hardest working man in show business? > 2. Did you co-found Wikipedia? > 3. Is your name my name too?.. Not James Brown, dunno, and not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. J. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not American 4. created before 1900 5. from literature (prose/theater) ---
**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 23, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/112 "2018-12-23T23:24:08Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Ebenezer Scrooge’s deceased partner? 2. Are you a character in four of Shakespeare’s plays? 3. Are you the protagonist in _Les Miserables_? ---
**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, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/113 "2018-12-24T05:22:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Ebenezer Scrooge’s deceased partner? > 2. Are you a character in four of Shakespeare’s plays? > 3. Are you the protagonist in _Les Miserables_? Not Jacob Marley, Sir John Falstaff or Jean Valjean. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/114 "2018-12-24T19:48:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not James Brown, dunno, and not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. 2 was Jimmy Wales. IQs: 1. Did you write “The Blue Danube”? 2. Does Riverside, Iowa, claim to be your future birthplace? 3. Were you asked Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? DQ: created after 1800? ---
**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, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/115 "2018-12-25T02:59:01Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Did you sing _When You Wish Upon A Star_? 2. Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_? 3. Did Eusebius record that Polycarp, disciple of John the Apostle, that your birthday occurred on May 22, 6 B.C. (as translated from the Greek, and adjusting from the Hebrew calendar)? ---
**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, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/116 "2018-12-25T04:36:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you write “The Blue Danube”? > 2. Does Riverside, Iowa, claim to be your future birthplace? > 3. Were you asked Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?.. Not Johann Strauss, James T. Kirk or “Tailgunner Joe” McCarthy. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you sing _When You Wish Upon A Star_? > 2. Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_? > 3. Did Eusebius record that Polycarp, disciple of John the Apostle, [wrote] that your birthday occurred on May 22, 6 B.C. (as translated from the Greek, and adjusting from the Hebrew calendar)? Not Jiminy Cricket, dunno, and not Jesus Christ. J. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not American 4. created before 1900 5. from literature (prose/theater) 6. created after 1800 ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/117 "2018-12-25T15:36:56Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Archie’s hamburger-loving friend? 2. Are you Popeye’s hamburger-loving friend? 3. Are you a pop singer with such top ten hits as “Baby”, “What Do You Mean”, and “Love Yourself”? ---
**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, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/118 "2018-12-25T15:42:56Z")
> [@](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Did you sing When You Wish Upon A Star? > 2. Did you write Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? > 3. Did Eusebius record that Polycarp, disciple of John the Apostle, [wrote] that your birthday occurred on May 22, 6 B.C. (as translated from the Greek, and adjusting from the Hebrew calendar)? > Not Jiminy Cricket, dunno, and not Jesus Christ. Correct, James Joyce, Correct. DQ: Created by a European author? ---
**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, 2018, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/119 "2018-12-26T06:26:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Archie’s hamburger-loving friend? > 2. Are you Popeye’s hamburger-loving friend? > 3. Are you a pop singer with such top ten hits as “Baby”, “What Do You Mean”, and “Love Yourself”? Not Jughead Jones, not Wimpy Jones, and not Justin Timberlake. J. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not American 4. created before 1900 5. from literature (prose/theater) 6. created after 1800 7. created by a European author ---
**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, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/120 "2018-12-26T14:55:44Z")
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