# 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:** 11
**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, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/201 "2021-12-29T17:02:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did Rick tell you to “Play it again” (or words to that effect)? > > > 2. Did you play Janet in _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_ ? > > > 3. Did John Lithgow play you on _Third Rock From The Sun_ ? > > Not Sam from _Casablanca,_ still not Susan Sarandon and not Scott. Correct, Correct, and Dick Solomon. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/202 "2021-12-29T20:34:04Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with S 4. created by an American or Americans 5. from a medium involving actors, e.g. movies or television 6. created before 1950 7. not an unusual first name 8. from film 9. movie is from after 1930 10. not a main character ---
**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, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/203 "2021-12-29T23:06:49Z")
DQ: Movie from the 1940’s? ---
**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, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/204 "2021-12-30T02:23:35Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with S 4. created by an American or Americans 5. from a medium involving actors, e.g. movies or television 6. created before 1950 7. not an unusual first name 8. from film 9. movie is from after 1930 10. not a main character 11. movie from the 1940s ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/205 "2021-12-30T03:00:31Z")
IQs: 1,2,3) Are you one of the stars of _Only Murders In The Building_? ---
**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 30, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/206 "2021-12-30T04:12:24Z")
IQs: 1. If you had a hammer, would you hammer in the morning? Would you hammer in the evening? All over this land? 2. Did you withdraw from the 2020 Olympics gymnastics finals, citing a sudden lack of both body control and spatial awareness while in the air, only to return in the balance beam final and win a bronze medal? 3. Are you an African-American actress and comedienne who was a cast member of _Saturday Night Live_ from 2014 to 2017, and is named after the flower-like crystals found on Kelva that Kelinda mentions in “By Any Other Name”? ---
**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, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/207 "2021-12-30T14:59:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1,2,3) Are you one of the stars of _Only Murders In The Building_? I’m not Steve Martin, Martin Short or Selena Gomez. ---
**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, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/208 "2021-12-30T15:00:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. If you had a hammer, would you hammer in the morning? Would you hammer in the evening? All over this land? > 2. Did you withdraw from the 2020 Olympics gymnastics finals, citing a sudden lack of both body control and spatial awareness while in the air, only to return in the balance beam final and win a bronze medal? > 3. Are you an African-American actress and comedienne who was a cast member of _Saturday Night Live_ from 2014 to 2017, and is named after the flower-like crystals found on Kelva that Kelinda mentions in “By Any Other Name”? Dunno x3. ---
**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 30, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/209 "2021-12-30T16:16:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was Pete Seeger; 2 was Simone Biles; 3 was Sasheer Zamata. DQs: 1. character is American? 2. film is a comedy? 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 30, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/210 "2021-12-30T16:33:39Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Do you play Stakar in _Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2_? 2. Do you play Gamora in the MCU? 3. Do you voice Howard the Duck in the MCU? ---
**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 30, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/211 "2021-12-30T17:15:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an LA Dodger who refused to pitch in game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, and whose birthday is today? 2. Were you briefly considered for the role of Dorothy in _The Wizard of Oz_? 3. Were you a Bill Hader character who appeared on _Saturday Night Live_’s Weekend Update to offer recommendations for things to do in the city, which always turned out to be New York’s hottest club? ---
**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, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/212 "2021-12-30T22:48:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Do you play Stakar in _Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2_? > 2. Do you play Gamora in the MCU? > 3. Do you voice Howard the Duck in the MCU? Not Sylvester Stallone, dunno and dunno. ---
**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, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/213 "2021-12-30T22:49:58Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you an LA Dodger who refused to pitch in game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, and whose birthday is today? > 2. Were you briefly considered for the role of Dorothy in _The Wizard of Oz_? > 3. Were you a Bill Hader character who appeared on _Saturday Night Live_’s Weekend Update to offer recommendations for things to do in the city, which always turned out to be New York’s hottest club? Dunno, not Shirley Temple and not Sebastian. ---
**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, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/214 "2021-12-30T22:50:59Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with S 4. created by an American or Americans 5. from a medium involving actors, e.g. movies or television 6. created before 1950 7. not an unusual first name 8. from film 9. movie is from after 1930 10. not a main character 11. movie from the 1940s 12. character is American 13. not a comedy ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/215 "2021-12-30T23:28:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Do you play Stakar in _Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 2_ ? > > > 2. Do you play Gamora in the MCU? > > > 3. Do you voice Howard the Duck in the MCU? > > Not Sylvester Stallone, dunno and dunno. Correct on #1 #2 is Zoe Saldana. #3 is Seth Green. DQs: 1. Antagonist? 2. Mystery or film noir movie? ---
**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 31, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/216 "2021-12-31T02:34:36Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you an LA Dodger who refused to pitch in game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, and whose birthday is today? > 2. Were you briefly considered for the role of Dorothy in _The Wizard of Oz_? > 3. Were you a Bill Hader character who appeared on _Saturday Night Live_’s Weekend Update to offer recommendations for things to do in the city, which always turned out to be New York’s hottest club? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Shirley Temple and not Sebastian. 1 was Sandy Koufax; 2 was correct; 3 was Stefon. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 31, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/217 "2021-12-31T02:44:43Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with S 4. created by an American or Americans 5. from a medium involving actors, e.g. movies or television 6. created before 1950 7. not an unusual first name 8. from film 9. movie is from after 1930 10. not a main character 11. movie from the 1940s 12. character is American 13. not a comedy 14. kinda sorta an antagonist 15. not a mystery or film noir movie ---
**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 31, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/218 "2021-12-31T14:29:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you aka The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh? 2. Do you hang around with Mike Wazowski? 3. Did you write _A Child’s Garden of Verses_? ---
**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 31, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/219 "2021-12-31T16:49:09Z")
Dunno, not Sully and dunno. I think that will bring us to 20 DQs, so no more IQs, please. ---
**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 31, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/220 "2021-12-31T16:51:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you aka The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh? > 2. Do you hang around with Mike Wazowski? > 3. Did you write _A Child’s Garden of Verses_ ? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Sully and dunno. #1 was Dr. Syn. Correct on Sully. #3 was Robert Louis Stevenson. DQ: From a film on the National Film Registry? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=12)