# Botticelli - December 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496 "2021-12-04T14:50:40Z")\ **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, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/1 "2021-12-04T14:50:40Z")
Last month’s thread: [Botticelli November 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596) Our new letter is ## D ---
**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, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/2 "2021-12-04T14:56:18Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the woeful triangular-faced pirate of the _H. M. S. Pinafore_? 2. Were you the legendary first queen of Carthage? 3. Did you compose the song _Dixie_? ---
**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 4, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/3 "2021-12-04T16:04:10Z")
IQs: 1. Were you, in fact, a dentist (thus your nickname)? 2. IN A WORLD…Were you a voiceover actor noted for narrating movie trailers? 3. Were you half of a comedy team, with Saunders? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/4 "2021-12-04T22:51:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Flo Closely on **Soap**?? 2. Did you play Mary Campbell on **Soap**? 3. Did you play Dutch on **Soap**? ---
**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, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/5 "2021-12-04T23:31:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the woeful triangular-faced sailor of the _H. M. S. Pinafore_ ? 2. Were you the legendary first queen of Carthage? 3. Did you compose the song _Dixie_ ? Corrected pirate to sailor in #1. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/6 "2021-12-05T01:48:37Z")
IQ1: Were you an infamous criminal tormented by Spiny Norman? IQ2: Did you warn others to keep away from Runaround Sue? IQ3: Did you have hits with covers of Beach Boys and Louis Prima songs? ---
**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, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/7 "2021-12-05T18:00:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the woeful triangular-faced [sailor] of the _H. M. S. Pinafore_? > 2. Were you the legendary first queen of Carthage? > 3. Did you compose the song _Dixie_? Not Dick Deadeye, Dido or Daniel Emmett. ---
**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, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/8 "2021-12-05T18:01:17Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you, in fact, a dentist (thus your nickname)? > 2. IN A WORLD…Were you a voiceover actor noted for narrating movie trailers? > 3. Were you half of a comedy team, with Saunders? Dunno x3 ---
**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, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/9 "2021-12-05T18:01:52Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Flo Closely on **Soap**?? > 2. Did you play Mary Campbell on **Soap**? > 3. Did you play Dutch on **Soap**? Also dunno x3. ---
**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, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/10 "2021-12-05T18:03:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you an infamous criminal tormented by Spiny Norman? > IQ2: Did you warn others to keep away from Runaround Sue? > IQ3: Did you have hits with covers of Beach Boys and Louis Prima songs? Neither Doug nor Dinsdale Piranha, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 5, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/11 "2021-12-05T18:22:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you, in fact, a dentist (thus your nickname)? > 2. IN A WORLD…Were you a voiceover actor noted for narrating movie trailers? > 3. Were you half of a comedy team, with Saunders? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3 1 was John “Doc” Holliday; 2 was Don LaFontaine; 3 was Dawn French. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? 3. first name starts with D? ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/12 "2021-12-06T00:28:22Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Were you the royal sorcerer to Queen Elizabeth I? 2. In the Endless series, are you Dream’s absent brother? 3. Did you play the lead in _Carmen Jones_? ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/13 "2021-12-06T00:55:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did you hang out with Bob, Agent of Hydra? 2. Have you played a government official, royalty, a tortoise owner, and a cat? 3. Does the top row of your keyboard layout begin ',.PYFGCRL? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/14 "2021-12-06T01:08:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you an infamous criminal tormented by Spiny Norman? > > > IQ2: Did you warn others to keep away from Runaround Sue? > > > IQ3: Did you have hits with covers of Beach Boys and Louis Prima songs? > > Neither Doug nor Dinsdale Piranha, dunno and dunno. Correct (I believe only Dinsdale could see Norman), Dion, David Lee Roth Holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/15 "2021-12-06T11:41:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Flo Closely on **Soap**?? > > 2. Did you play Mary Campbell on **Soap**? > > 3. Did you play Dutch on **Soap**? > > Also dunno x3. I got the name in the first wrong. So 1. Did you play Flo Flotsky on **Soap**? #2 was Kathryn Damon, #3 was Donnelly Rhodes. 2 DQs held. ---
**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, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/16 "2021-12-06T14:45:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Were you the royal sorcerer to Queen Elizabeth I? > 2. In the Endless series, are you Dream’s absent brother? > 3. Did you play the lead in _Carmen Jones_? Not Dr. John Dee, not Death and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you hang out with Bob, Agent of Hydra? > 2. Have you played a government official, royalty, a tortoise owner, and a cat? > 3. Does the top row of your keyboard layout begin ',.PYFGCRL? Not Dave, not my dad’s long-ago girlfriend Judi Dench (in _Skyfall, Shakespeare in Love_, dunno and _Cats_), and not Dvorak. > [@kitap](#): > > … > > 1. Did you play Flo Flotsky on **Soap**? > … Not Deborah Helmond (sp?). D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D ---
**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, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/17 "2021-12-06T14:58:06Z")
Updated list: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #87 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/87) ---
**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 6, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/18 "2021-12-06T15:09:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Dave, not my dad’s long-ago girlfriend Judi Dench (in _Skyfall_, _Shakespeare in Love_, dunno and _Cats_), and not Dvorak. 1 was Deadpool; 2 and 3 are correct (the other Dench role was in _Esio Trot_). DQ: 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 6, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/19 "2021-12-06T17:11:28Z")
D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/20 "2021-12-06T17:29:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > … > > > > > IQs: > > > > > > 1. Were you the royal sorcerer to Queen Elizabeth I? > > > 2. In the Endless series, are you Dream’s absent brother? > > > 3. Did you play the lead in _Carmen Jones_ ? > > Not Dr. John Dee, not Death and dunno. Correct on Dr. Dee. #2 was Destruction. (Death is his sister and not absent.) #3 was Dorothy Dandridge. DQs: 1. American? 2. Known for the Arts? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=2)