# Botticelli - December 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349 "2019-12-04T05:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/1 "2019-12-04T05:43:10Z")
November thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884694](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884694) Our next letter is D Have at you! ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/2 "2019-12-04T05:58:18Z")
IQ1: Were you involved recording Sunshine Superman? IQ2: Were you cast into Hades by a god? IQ3: Are you suing an Internet cow? (New at this game, so bear with me.) ---
**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, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/3 "2019-12-04T14:35:20Z")
Dunno, not Demeter (guessing), and dunno. Welcome, **Locrian**! ---
**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, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/4 "2019-12-04T15:02:21Z")
Yes! Glad to have you here Locrian! IQs: 1. In Italy are you secretly Paperino? 2. Did you have a hit with _Grandma’s Feather Bed_? 3. Are you in love with Hermia at the start of the play but end up marrying Helena? ---
**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, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/5 "2019-12-04T15:23:01Z")
Dunno, not John Denver, and not Demetrius (I just saw _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_, and was in a high school production of it) ---
**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, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/6 "2019-12-04T15:51:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Yes! Glad to have you here Locrian! > > IQs: > > 1. In Italy are you secretly Paperino? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Grandma’s Feather Bed_? > 3. Are you in love with Hermia at the start of the play but end up marrying Helena? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not John Denver, and not Demetrius (I just saw _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_, and was in a high school production of it) #1 is Donald Duck (In Italian comic books he’s secretly a superhero.) Correct on the other two. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/7 "2019-12-04T15:53:30Z")
1. Were you a member of a boy band, and brother of an actor and former rapper? 2. Did you co-star with the brother of the above in probably M. Night’s worst movie? 3. Was your character, played by two different actors, often annoyed by your wife’s relatives? ---
**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, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/8 "2019-12-04T20:17:49Z")
Not Donnie Wahlberg, dunno, and dunno. D. 1. real ---
**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, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/9 "2019-12-04T20:54:39Z")
IQs: 1. Does David McCallum play you on _NCIS_? 2. Were you the perpetual female foil for the Marx Brothers? 3. Were you the best known queen of Carthage? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/10 "2019-12-04T21:34:10Z")
_1. Were you a member of a boy band, and brother of an actor and former rapper? 2. Did you co-star with the brother of the above in probably M. Night’s worst movie? 3. Was your character, played by two different actors, often annoyed by your wife’s relatives?_ Right on Donnie, the others were Zooey Deschanel (co-starring with Mark in The Happening) and Darrin Stephens (Bewitched, played by a couple of Dicks) Male? Living? ---
**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, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/11 "2019-12-05T03:14:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does David McCallum play you on _NCIS_? > 2. Were you the perpetual female foil for the Marx Brothers? > 3. Were you the best known queen of Carthage? Dunno, dunno, and not… Delilah? D. 1. real 2. male 3. deceased ---
**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, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/12 "2019-12-05T03:23:51Z")
D. 1. real 2. male 3. deceased ---
**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, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/13 "2019-12-05T12:50:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does David McCallum play you on NCIS? > 2. Were you the perpetual female foil for the Marx Brothers? > 3. Were you the best known queen of Carthage? > Dunno, dunno, and not… Delilah? #1 is Dr. Donald Mallard, usually called Ducky. #2 was Margaret Dumont. #3 was Dido (see the Aeneid). DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. American? 3. Died before 1900? ---
**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, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/14 "2019-12-05T14:09:11Z")
Dido, of course! D. 1. real 2. male 3. deceased 4. not known for the Arts 5. not American 6. died before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/15 "2019-12-05T17:38:52Z")
1. Are you the current head of Scientology? 2. Did you play the mayor on Mary Hartman? 3. Did you play Mary’s mother on that show? ---
**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, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/16 "2019-12-05T18:37:08Z")
Not Dtom Dcruise, dunno, and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/17 "2019-12-05T18:48:59Z")
_1. Are you the current head of Scientology? 2. Did you play the mayor on Mary Hartman? 3. Did you play Mary’s mother on that show?_ David Miscavige, Dabney Coleman, Dody Goodman Political? Religious? European? ---
**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, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/18 "2019-12-05T21:30:09Z")
Huh. I didn’t know that about Dabney Coleman. D. 1. real 2. male 3. deceased 4. not known for the Arts 5. not American 6. died before 1900 7. not political 8. not religious 9. European ---
**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, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/19 "2019-12-05T21:57:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did Joss Whedon gripe about your performance in the movie _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, saying you were perpetually mixing up your lines and making up stuff? 2. Did you have a series of hits with chipmunks in the 1950’s? 3. Were you a sex bomb who came to fame in the early days of TV? ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/20 "2019-12-06T05:16:16Z")
Dunno x3. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349.md?page=2)