# 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:** 3
**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 8, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/41 "2021-12-08T21:50:55Z")
Dunno, not the Dread Pirate Roberts and not D’oyly Carte (sp?). D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts 9. not best known as an actress 10. born after 1950 11. known for music 12. known for singing 13. award winner 14. best known as a solo act (as opposed to singer in a group) 15. arguably best known for rock genre 16. arguably most famous in the Eighties 17. not Caucasian ---
**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 8, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/42 "2021-12-08T21:53:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you host _International Showtime_ ? > 2. Are you a literary hero whose horse was named Buttercup? > 3. Did you build the Savoy Theatre in London? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not the Dread Pirate Roberts and not D’oyly Carte (sp?). #1 was Don Ameche. #2 was D’Artagnan. Correct on Richard D’Oyly Carte. 3 DQs 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 9, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/43 "2021-12-09T15:08:48Z")
DQs: 1. Did you win a Grammy? 2. Did you have a #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100? 3. Known for music videos? ---
**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 9, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/44 "2021-12-09T15:36:57Z")
D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts 9. not best known as an actress 10. born after 1950 11. known for music 12. known for singing 13. award winner 14. best known as a solo act (as opposed to singer in a group) 15. arguably best known for rock genre 16. arguably most famous in the Eighties 17. not Caucasian 18. won four Grammys 19. had two #1 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 20. not particularly known for music videos, as far as I know No more IQs, please. Please ask any earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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 10, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/45 "2021-12-10T04:20:42Z")
Final DQ: African-American? ---
**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 10, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/46 "2021-12-10T21:46:24Z")
D. 1. real 2. female 3. first name starts with D 4. living 5. American 6. known for the Arts 7. born before 1965 8. known for the performing arts 9. not best known as an actress 10. born after 1950 11. known for music 12. known for singing 13. award winner 14. best known as a solo act (as opposed to singer in a group) 15. arguably best known for rock genre 16. arguably most famous in the Eighties 17. not Caucasian 18. won four Grammys 19. had two #1 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 20. not particularly known for music videos, as far as I know 21. African American Tawk amongst yourselves, and please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Sunday. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/47 "2021-12-10T23:49:53Z")
Well, it’s not Diana Ross or Dionne Warwicke… ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/48 "2021-12-11T02:21:35Z")
Are you Denice Williams of “Let’s Here it for the Boy” fame? ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/49 "2021-12-11T05:32:27Z")
Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed ## Deniece Williams Well done, **kitap**! ---
**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 11, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/50 "2021-12-11T08:05:02Z")
Well done, kitap. Everyone I could think of was either too old (like Prof’s mentions) or too young. Heck, I even saw Ms. Williams in person when she sang for the pope at his Los Angeles mass. Should have remembered her. (And no, she did not sing “Let’s Hear It For the Pope” like several of us joked she would.) ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/51 "2021-12-11T18:27:14Z")
Good one, **kitap**! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/52 "2021-12-11T18:39:45Z")
I had help…_Let’s Hear it for the Boy_ is on my work playlist and it was playing… I see I spelled her name wrong, though. I am **G**! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/53 "2021-12-11T19:30:32Z")
IQs 1. Did you portray a very naughty boy? 2. Were you actually a very naughty boy, who planned to take out your wife’s competitor? 3. Did a very special kind of hat once belong to you? ---
**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 11, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/54 "2021-12-11T20:05:04Z")
Congrats, kitap! I suspected Williams, but was thrown off by the mention of “arguably best known for rock”. IQs: 1. Did you famously laugh in _Ninotchka_ (and were you willingly in the company of other people)? 2. Did you have a last stand at Little Bighorn? 3. Have you written the Doom Patrol, Animal Man, Superman, and Batman? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/55 "2021-12-11T20:43:33Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you portray a very naughty boy? > 2. Were you actually a very naughty boy, who planned to take out your wife’s competitor? > 3. Did a very special kind of hat once belong to you? I am not Graham Chapman, I am not Jeff Gillooly, take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you famously laugh in _Ninotchka_ (and were you willingly in the company of other people)? > 2. Did you have a last stand at Little Bighorn? > 3. Have you written the Doom Patrol, Animal Man, Superman, and Batman? I am not Greta Garbo, I am not George Custer, take a DQ. ---
**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 11, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/56 "2021-12-11T20:52:37Z")
IQ1: Are you a bad banana with a greasy black peel? IQ2: Did you lead an attack on Nakatomi Plaza? IQ3: Did you get run over by a reindeer? ---
**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 11, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/57 "2021-12-11T20:57:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a co-creator of _Dungeons & Dragons_? 2. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi? 3. Did you tell Mary about her pregnancy? ---
**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 11, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/58 "2021-12-11T21:14:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Greta Garbo, I am not George Custer, take a DQ. 1 and 2 were correct. 3 was Grant Morrison. DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/59 "2021-12-11T21:27:37Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a bad banana with a greasy black peel? > IQ2: Did you lead an attack on Nakatomi Plaza? > IQ3: Did you get run over by a reindeer? I am not The Grinch, I am not Hans Gruber, I am not Grandma. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a co-creator of _Dungeons & Dragons_? > 2. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi > 3. Did you tell Mary about her pregnancy? I am not Gary Gygax, take a DQ, I am not Gabriel. Or take a DQ. ---
**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 11, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/60 "2021-12-11T21:31:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a co-creator of _Dungeons & Dragons_ ? > 2. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi > 3. Did you tell Mary about her pregnancy? Correct, Gamaliel, Correct. DQ: Last name begins with G? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=4)