# 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:** 7
**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, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/121 "2019-12-23T19:39:43Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Darren Steven’s mother-in-law? 2. Are you Rowan Atkinson’s spy character? 3. Did you write _A Boy and His Dog_? ---
**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, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/122 "2019-12-23T19:54:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Darren Steven’s mother-in-law? > 2. Are you Rowan Atkinson’s spy character? > 3. Did you write _A Boy and His Dog_? Not Eudora, Johnny England or Harlan Ellison. E. 1. not real 2. male 3. not known from literature 4. main character, I guess you could say 5. first appeared in the 1900s 6. not a film character 7. not a villain 8. not known from TV 9. first name starts with E 10. first appeared before 1959 11. character not associated with Christmas 12. not from a song ---
**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 24, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/123 "2019-12-24T00:29:35Z")
Swept me. (Well, Rowan is Johnny English, but way close enough.) ---
**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 24, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/124 "2019-12-24T01:27:11Z")
But isn’t 1 Endora? ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/125 "2019-12-24T03:26:25Z")
Yes, Endora. Still, close enough. ---
**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, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/126 "2019-12-24T14:18:49Z")
I wasn’t quite right, so take one or two DQs, if you wish. And Merry Christmas to those who celebrate 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 24, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/127 "2019-12-24T14:49:25Z")
Merry Christmas to you, as well! ---
**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, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/128 "2019-12-25T18:00:20Z")
I’ll pass. You were close enough on the IQ’s. IQs: 1. Do you run a cookie factory in a hollow tree? 2. Were you the voice of Mermaidman on _Spongebob Squarepants_? 3. Did your show feature The Nairobi Trio? ---
**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, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/129 "2019-12-26T21:19:39Z")
Righto! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Do you run a cookie factory in a hollow tree? > 2. Were you the voice of Mermaidman on _Spongebob Squarepants_? > 3. Did your show feature The Nairobi Trio? Not Ernie Keebler (or the Keebler Elf), Ernest “Eeeeeeee-vil!” Borgnine or Ernie Kovacs. ---
**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, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/130 "2019-12-26T21:34:13Z")
Righto. Swept again. IQs: 1. Are you a comic book villain who used a black diamond to possess the unwary? 2. Has PETA condemned your safari hunting and have your contributions to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital been far less than you reported? 3. Do you play the Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? 4. ---
**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 27, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/131 "2019-12-27T00:04:15Z")
1. Were you Mr. Nairobi Trio’s wife? 2. Were you a B-movie actress that once streaked Cannes? 3. Were you the Oscar winning inspiration for Edna Mode? ---
**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 27, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/132 "2019-12-27T02:53:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a comic book villain who used a black diamond to possess the unwary? > 2. Has PETA condemned your safari hunting and have your contributions to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital been far less than you reported? > 3. Do you play the Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?.. Dunno, not Eric Trump and dunno. > [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Were you Mr. Nairobi Trio’s wife? > 2. Were you a B-movie actress that once streaked Cannes? > 3. Were you the Oscar winning inspiration for Edna Mode? Not Edna Kovacs, dunno, and not Edith Head. ---
**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 27, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/133 "2019-12-27T03:05:42Z")
_1. Were you Mr. Nairobi Trio’s wife? 2. Were you a B-movie actress that once streaked Cannes?_ 1 was Edie Adams, 2 was Edy Williams DQs reserved, can’t think of a media we haven’t covered. ---
**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 27, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/134 "2019-12-27T23:33:17Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a comic book villain who used a black diamond to possess the unwary? 2. Has PETA condemned your safari hunting and have your contributions to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital been far less than you reported? 3. Do you play the Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?.. Dunno, not Eric Trump and dunno. Correct on Eric. #1 is Eclipso. #3 is Elizabeth Olsen. DQ: Known from radio? 1 DQ 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 27, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/135 "2019-12-27T23:35:17Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > _1. Were you Mr. Nairobi Trio’s wife? > 2. Were you a B-movie actress that once streaked Cannes?_ > > 1 was Edie Adams, 2 was Edy Williams > > DQs reserved, can’t think of a media we haven’t covered. Circus acts, theatrical characters, advertising characters, characters like Uncle Sam or John Q. Public, comic book characters, comic strip characters… ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/136 "2019-12-28T03:53:49Z")
E. 1. not real 2. male 3. not known from literature 4. main character, I guess you could say 5. first appeared in the 1900s 6. not a film character 7. not a villain 8. not known from TV 9. first name starts with E 10. first appeared before 1959 11. character not associated with Christmas 12. not from a song 13. not known from radio ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/137 "2019-12-28T14:48:30Z")
DQ: Known from comic strips or comic books? IQs: 1. Are you a young boy who pesters Dagwood Bumstead? 2. Are you the inventive Ghostbuster? 3. Were you Star-Lord’s dad in the movie? ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/138 "2019-12-29T03:55:39Z")
Not Elmo or Egon; dunno the last. E. 1. not real 2. male 3. not known from literature 4. main character, I guess you could say 5. first appeared in the 1900s 6. not a film character 7. not a villain 8. not known from TV 9. first name starts with E 10. first appeared before 1959 11. character not associated with Christmas 12. not from a song 13. not known from radio 14. not known from comic strips or comic books ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/139 "2019-12-29T14:57:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a young boy who pesters Dagwood Bumstead? 2. Are you the inventive Ghostbuster? 3. Were you Star-Lord’s dad in the movie? Correct on Elmo and Egon. In _Guardians of the Galaxy 2_, Peter Quill’s father is revealed to be Ego, the Living Planet. DQ: From advertising? ---
**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 30, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349/140 "2019-12-30T04:29:02Z")
E. 1. not real 2. male 3. not known from literature 4. main character, I guess you could say 5. first appeared in the 1900s 6. not a film character 7. not a villain 8. not known from TV 9. first name starts with E 10. first appeared before 1959 11. character not associated with Christmas 12. not from a song 13. not known from radio 14. not known from comic strips or comic books 15. from advertising [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2019/844349.md?page=8)