# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 12
**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, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/221 "2021-12-31T18:03:25Z")
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 16. from a film on the National Film Registry ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/222 "2021-12-31T19:29:13Z")
DQ: War 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 31, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/223 "2021-12-31T20:59:08Z")
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 16. from a film on the National Film Registry 17. not a war 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:** [January 1, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/224 "2022-01-01T14:59:11Z")
Happy New Year! Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Monday. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/225 "2022-01-02T18:38:53Z")
DQ: from a Christmas-related movie? 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:** [January 2, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/226 "2022-01-02T18:56:05Z")
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 16. from a film on the National Film Registry 17. not a war movie 18. from a Christmas-related 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:** [January 2, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/227 "2022-01-02T22:09:19Z")
Not a comedy. I wonder if EH considers _Meet Me In St. Louis_, _Miracle on 34th Street_ and/or _It’s A Wonderful Life_ comedies. It’s probably one of those. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/228 "2022-01-02T22:36:42Z")
Well, I haven’t seen any of those. My personal favorite Christmas movie, as a non-Christian, is _Gremlins_. Maybe _Trading Places_, if that counts. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/229 "2022-01-02T23:03:14Z")
Well, it has to be from the 1940’s, too. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/230 "2022-01-03T13:59:58Z")
My Final FirstName LastName Q: Are you Sam Wainwright from _It’s A Wonderful Life_? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/231 "2022-01-03T17:40:04Z")
He shoots, he scores! Hee-haw and yes, I am # Sam Wainwright from _It’s A Wonderful Life_ - annoying teenager and later very helpful millionaire friend of George Bailey’s: [Hee-haw and Merry Christmas - by Bill Murphy Jr.](https://www.understandably.com/p/hee-haw-and-merry-christmas) (Definitely not a comedy, although there are some laughs along the way). Well done, **Prof. P.**! ---
**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:** [January 4, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/232 "2022-01-04T01:45:59Z")
Here’s the January 2022 thread. [Botticelli - January 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=11)