# 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:** 5
**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 13, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/81 "2021-12-13T14:12:51Z")
That was just a lucky guess. I am… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.bc357c61aca9741eff28486610e574f9?rik=RMt3GGnpiVUrRw&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.bc357c61aca9741eff28486610e574f9?rik=RMt3GGnpiVUrRw&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ---
**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, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/82 "2021-12-13T14:18:34Z")
IQs: Did you become Prince of Ithilien? Were you that guy’s mom? Did your best friend marry Rosie Cotton? ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/83 "2021-12-13T14:22:37Z")
1. I am not Faramir (??) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Frodo Baggins. ---
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/84 "2021-12-13T14:25:32Z")
Correct, Finduilas and correct, all from _LOTR_. DQ: Real? IQs: Did you appear in a home movie only once in your life, in the window at a wedding celebration? Were you that person’s father? Did you command Hill Street Station? ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/85 "2021-12-13T14:27:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you appear in a home movie only once in your life, in the window at a wedding celebration? > Were you that person’s father? > Did you command Hill Street Station? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/86 "2021-12-13T14:27:22Z")
### DQs: 1. Real ---
**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, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/87 "2021-12-13T14:30:31Z")
Previous IQs: Did you appear in a home movie only once in your life, in the window at a wedding celebration? - Anne Frank Were you that person’s father? - Otto Frank Did you command Hill Street Station? - Frank Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ Frank x3! DQs: Living? Male? American? IQs: Are the former chief editor of _The Concord Monitor_, now a Capitol Hill reporter for _The New York Times_? Were you the field reporter for _FYI_? Were you, an old friend of Dumbledore’s, mentioned but never seen in _The Sorceror’s Stone_? ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/88 "2021-12-13T14:31:30Z")
### DQs: 1. Real 2. Living 3. Female 4. Not American ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/89 "2021-12-13T14:33:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are the former chief editor of _The Concord Monitor_ , now a Capitol Hill reporter for _The New York Times_ ? > Were you the field reporter for _FYI_ ? > Were you, an old friend of Dumbledore’s, mentioned but never seen in _The Sorceror’s Stone_ ? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Frank Fontana. #3. I am not Nicolas Flamel. ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/90 "2021-12-13T15:57:10Z")
IQs: 1. Did you sit alone on a bench in the park–your name was \_\_\_\_\_\_, you’d casually remark? 2. Did you say there was nothing to fear except fear itself? 3. Is your first name in fact Elizabeth (like the arguably autobiographical TV character you played)? ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/91 "2021-12-13T16:06:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you sit alone on a bench in the park–your name was \_\_\_\_\_\_, you’d casually remark? > 2. Did you say there was nothing to fear except fear itself? > 3. Is your first name in fact Elizabeth (like the arguably autobiographical TV character you played)? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Franklin D. Roosevelt. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/92 "2021-12-13T16:17:01Z")
Previous IQs: Are [you] the former chief editor of _The Concord Monitor_, now a Capitol Hill reporter for _The New York Times_? - Felice Belman Were you the field reporter for _FYI_? - Yes, Frank Fontana, on _Murphy Brown_ Were you, an old friend of Dumbledore’s, mentioned but never seen in _The Sorceror’s Stone_? - Yes, Nicholas Flamel DQ: First name start with F? IQs: Were you a noted Auroran roboticist and statesman? Were you the first casualty of the USS _Discovery_ on its way to Jupiter? Were you his boss, who visited Clavius Base not long before? ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/93 "2021-12-13T17:28:18Z")
### DQs: 1. Real 2. Living 3. Female 4. Not American 5. First name starts with F ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/94 "2021-12-13T17:29:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Auroran roboticist and statesman? > Were you the first casualty of the USS _Discovery_ on its way to Jupiter? > Were you his boss, who visited Clavius Base not long before? #1. That’s probably from Asimov, but take a DQ. Take 2 more DQs. ---
**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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/95 "2021-12-13T18:07:02Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a noted Auroran roboticist and statesman? - Dr. Han Fastolfe, from, yes, Asimov’s _The Robots of Dawn_ Were you the first casualty of the USS _Discovery_ on its way to Jupiter? - Frank Poole, in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ Were you his boss, who visited Clavius Base not long before? - Dr. Heywood Floyd, ditto DQs: European? Best known for the Arts? Born since 1950? IQs: Were you either of a pair of tailors in the Stallone comedy _Oscar_? Were you a longtime doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives with an unusual nickname? Were you a parody version of Dick Tracy? ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/96 "2021-12-13T18:38:58Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you sit alone on a bench in the park–your name was \_\_\_\_\_\_, you’d casually remark? > 2. Did you say there was nothing to fear except fear itself? > 3. Is your first name in fact Elizabeth (like the arguably autobiographical TV character you played)? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Franklin D. Roosevelt. > #3. Take a DQ. 1 is Forest Gump; 3 is Tina Fey. 2 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 13, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/97 "2021-12-13T19:35:10Z")
### DQs: 1. Real 2. Living 3. Female 4. Not American 5. First name starts with F 6. European 7. Best known for the Arts 8. Born since 1950 ---
**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 13, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/98 "2021-12-13T19:35:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you either of a pair of tailors in the Stallone comedy _Oscar_ ? > Were you a longtime doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives with an unusual nickname? > Were you a parody version of Dick Tracy? #3. I am not Fearless Fosdick. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/99 "2021-12-13T19:40:39Z")
Previous IQs: Were you either of a pair of tailors in the Stallone comedy _Oscar_? - The Brothers Fanucci Were you a longtime doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives with an unusual nickname? - “Fishbait” Miller Were you a parody version of Dick Tracy? - Yes, Fearless Fosdick DQs: Best known for the performing arts? From the British Isles? IQs: Will you soon play Lady Macbeth opposite Denzel Washington? Did you star in _Star Wars: Rogue One_? Were you one of the Pink Ladies in _Grease_? ---
**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 13, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/100 "2021-12-13T20:03:05Z")
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