# 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:** 4
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/61 "2021-12-11T21:33:49Z")
IQs: 1. Was your TV catchphrase: “…and away we go!”? 2. Did you train Darkseid’s Femazons? 3. Did you create Dick Tracy? ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/62 "2021-12-11T21:41:44Z")
I know I should know #1 but I can only think of Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan, so take a DQ. Take another DQ. I am not Chester Gould. DQ: 1. Only has one name. ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/63 "2021-12-11T21:58:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your TV catchphrase: “…and away we go!”? > 2. Did you train Darkseid’s Femazons? > 3. Did you create Dick Tracy? > [@kitap](#): > > I know I should know #1 but I can only think of Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan, so take a DQ. Take another DQ. I am not Chester Gould. #1 was Jackie Gleason. #2 is Granny Goodness. #3 is correct. De La Rue asked if the person is real in a DQ above. DQ: Male? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/64 "2021-12-11T23:58:43Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@MissTake](#): > > > > 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. Yes, yes, Godric Gryffindor Holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/65 "2021-12-12T00:02:24Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Only has one name 3. Male. ---
**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 12, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/66 "2021-12-12T00:06:17Z")
DQ: Created by an American author or authors? ---
**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 12, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/67 "2021-12-12T01:23:30Z")
DQ Created since 1900? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/68 "2021-12-12T01:57:26Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Only has one name 3. Male. 4. Not created by an American or Americans. 5. Created since 1900. A ---
**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 12, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/69 "2021-12-12T06:19:49Z")
Sweep. IQ1: Were you employed at Gringott’s Bank, in charge of taking clients to their secure vaults? IQ2: Did Blue Oyster Cult sing you’ve got to go? IQ3: Are you really neat and filled with turtle meat, according to MST3K? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/70 "2021-12-12T09:05:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Sweep. > > IQ1: Were you employed at Gringott’s Bank, in charge of taking clients to their secure vaults? > IQ2: Did Blue Oyster Cult sing you’ve got to go > IQ3: Are you really neat and filled with turtle meat, according to MST3K? Take a DQ, I am not Godzilla, 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 12, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/71 "2021-12-12T15:45:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _A Touch of Class_ opposite George Segal? 2. Did you star on Broadway in _George M_? 3. Did you have an elephant named Shep? ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/72 "2021-12-12T16:23:33Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a female prime minister of Israel? 2. Is the award given out by the World Science Fiction Convention named after you? 3. You! Klaatu barada nikto? ---
**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 12, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/73 "2021-12-12T18:54:14Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you employed at Gringott’s Bank, in charge of taking clients to their secure vaults? > > > IQ2: Did Blue Oyster Cult sing you’ve got to go > > > IQ3: Are you really neat and filled with turtle meat, according to MST3K? > > Take a DQ, I am not Godzilla, take a DQ. Griphook, a goblin from _Harry Potter_ Correct Gamera, the flying turtle attempt by another Japanese studio to rival Godzilla DQ: Originally appeared in a work of prose? DQ: Human? ---
**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 12, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/74 "2021-12-12T19:39:20Z")
IQs: Did the specially-made buttons on your suit bear the wrong date? Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? Was your middle name Catlett? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/75 "2021-12-12T23:26:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _A Touch of Class_ opposite George Segal? > 2. Did you star on Broadway in _George M_? > 3. Did you have an elephant named Shep? Take 2 DQs and I am not George of the Jungle. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a female prime minister of Israel? > 2. Is the award given out by the World Science Fiction Convention named after you? > 3. You! Klaatu barada nikto? I am not Golda Meir I am not Hugo Gernsback, I am not Gort. Or take some DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did the specially-made buttons on your suit bear the wrong date? > Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? > Was your middle name Catlett? Take 3 DQs. DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Only has one name 3. Male. 4. Not created by an American or Americans. 5. Created since 1900. 6. Originally appeared in prose. 7. Human. ---
**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 12, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/76 "2021-12-12T23:41:46Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you star in _A Touch of Class_ opposite George Segal? > > > 2. Did you star on Broadway in _George M_ ? > > > 3. Did you have an elephant named Shep? > > Take 2 DQs and I am not George of the Jungle. #1 was Glenda Jackson. #2 was Joel Grey. Correct on George. DQs: 1. Of European creation? 2. Created since 1980? ---
**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 12, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/77 "2021-12-12T23:43:58Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Pinocchio’s dad? 2. Were you Prime Minister of the U.K. towards the end of the 19th Century? 3. Did you torment the Smurfs? ---
**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 12, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/78 "2021-12-12T23:51:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Golda Meir I am not Hugo Gernsback, I am not Gort. Or take some DQs. A clean sweep! 1. Did Eddie Valiant clear you of spy charges? 2. Have you appeared in _A View to a Kill_ and _Conan the Destroyer_? 3. Did you say “To a man with an empty stomach, food is God”? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/79 "2021-12-13T06:12:00Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did Eddie Valiant clear you of spy charges? > 2. Have you appeared in _A View to a Kill_ and _Conan the Destroyer_? > 3. Did you say “To a man with an empty stomach, food is God”? Take a DQ, I am not Grace Jones, take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Pinocchio’s dad? > 2. Were you Prime Minister of the U.K. towards the end of the 19th Century? > 3. Did you torment the Smurfs? I am not Gepetto or some random dude, but yes!!! **I AM GARGAMEL!!!** Well done!! ---
**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 13, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/80 "2021-12-13T13:57:34Z")
Well done, **Prof. P.**! IQs: Did the specially-made buttons on your suit bear the wrong date? - George Washington, at his first inauguration: [https://shops.mountvernon.org/collections/mens-jewelry/products/gw-eagle-cufflinks-23765](https://shops.mountvernon.org/collections/mens-jewelry/products/gw-eagle-cufflinks-23765) Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, during the Civil War Was your middle name Catlett? - General and later U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall George x3! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496.md?page=5)