# Botticelli - December 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924 "2022-12-02T15:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/1 "2022-12-02T15:23:04Z")
Starting off the month with # A! Link to last month’s game: [Botticelli, Nov. 2022 - #366 by Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/366) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/2 "2022-12-02T16:00:54Z")
> [@Botticelli, Nov. 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/362): > > DQ18 pretty much guaranteed that this is not somebody I’ve ever heard of. I was right. (I’ve never been able to decide which is more boring – baseball or basketball.) IQ1: Is Hobart the capital of an island named after you? IQ2: Were you allegedly the world’s first murder victim? IQ3: Were you originally called Abram? ---
**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 2, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/3 "2022-12-02T16:29:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a pet snake named Emily Spinach? 2. Did you live in an “Amish Paradise”? 3. Did you write stories about your son’s stuffed animals? ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/4 "2022-12-02T17:10:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is Hobart the capital of an island named after you? > IQ2: Were you allegedly the world’s first murder victim? > IQ3: Were you originally called Abram? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Abel. #3. I am not Abraham. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a pet snake named Emily Spinach? > 2. Did you live in an “Amish Paradise”? > 3. Did you write stories about your son’s stuffed animals? #1. I am not Alice Roosevelt Longworth. #2. I am not Weird Al Yankovic. #3. I am not A. A. Milne. ---
**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 2, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/5 "2022-12-02T17:45:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Alice Roosevelt Longworth. > #2. I am not Weird Al Yankovic. > #3. I am not A. A. Milne. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you an also-famous relative of Oliver Sacks? 2. Were you briefly a cast member on _You Can’t Do That on Television_, prior to your other career? 3. Did you say you didn’t know what weapons World War III would be fought with, but predicted World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/6 "2022-12-02T18:00:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Is Hobart the capital of an island named after you? > > IQ2: Were you allegedly the world’s first murder victim? > > IQ3: Were you originally called Abram? > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Abel. > #3. I am not Abraham. Abel Tasman correct correct DQ: Real? ---
**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 2, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/7 "2022-12-02T18:02:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/8 "2022-12-02T18:17:33Z")
IQ1: Did you write about Jommy Cross? IQ2: Are you Jim and Ingrid’s son? IQ3: Were you a four-time Indy 500 winner? ---
**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 2, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/9 "2022-12-02T18:45:41Z")
#3. I am not A. J. Foyt. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 2, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/10 "2022-12-02T19:05:43Z")
IQ1: Are you a hard rock guitarist known for wearing schoolboy uniforms while performing? IQ2: Were you the drummer for a band featuring your brother on lead guitar and at one point your nephew on bass? IQ3: Did a recent Disney+ Star Wars series depict your pre-rebellion life? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/11 "2022-12-02T19:56:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about Jommy Cross? > IQ2: Are you Jim and Ingrid’s son? > IQ3: Were you a four-time Indy 500 winner? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not A. J. Foyt. > Take 2 DQs. A. E. van Vogt (_Slan_) A. J. Croce correct A. x3! 😃 DQ1: Male? DQ2: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/12 "2022-12-02T22:24:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known for the Arts ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/13 "2022-12-02T22:24:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Are you a hard rock guitarist known for wearing schoolboy uniforms while performing? > IQ2: Were you the drummer for a band featuring your brother on lead guitar and at one point your nephew on bass? > IQ3: Did a recent Disney+ Star Wars series depict your pre-rebellion life? #1. Take a DQ. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Ahsoka (??). ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/14 "2022-12-02T22:26:28Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an also-famous relative of Oliver Sacks? > 2. Were you briefly a cast member on _You Can’t Do That on Television_, prior to your other career? > 3. Did you say you didn’t know what weapons World War III would be fought with, but predicted World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones? #1. Take a DQ. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Albert Einstein. ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/15 "2022-12-02T22:38:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Albert Einstein. 1 was Al Capp; 2 was Alanis Morissette. DQs: 1. living? 2. 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 2, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/16 "2022-12-02T22:49:10Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known for the Arts 4. Living 5. Not American ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/17 "2022-12-02T23:56:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you a hard rock guitarist known for wearing schoolboy uniforms while performing? > > IQ2: Were you the drummer for a band featuring your brother on lead guitar and at one point your nephew on bass? > > IQ3: Did a recent Disney+ Star Wars series depict your pre-rebellion life? > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Ahsoka (??). Angus Young, of AC/DC Alex Van Halen I was about to say the Ahsoka show is still in development and hasn’t aired yet, then I remembered she was the main character in three episodes of last month’s animated _Tales of the Jedi_ anthology series. I’ll rephrase. DQ: European? DQ: Born after 1970? ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/18 "2022-12-03T00:08:31Z")
IQ1: Were you the title character of a recent live-action Disney+ Star Wars series that depicted your pre-rebellion life? IQ2: Do you have adventures with your friend Obelix? IQ3: Have you won a record 5 Cesar awards (the French equivalent of the Oscars) for acting? ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/19 "2022-12-03T00:44:57Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the current Secretary General of the U.N.? 2. Does the Pink Panther briefly dress as you, in the opening credits of _The Pink Panther Strikes Again_ (hey, your husband directed that!)? 3. Did you write a comical history of the Sexual Revolution in 1973–and let’s face it, that makes it all the more likely you _were_ referring in a song of yours to James Joyce’s novel, given its reputed obscenity, _not_ Homer’s _Odyssey_ or the Tennyson poem? ---
**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 3, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924/20 "2022-12-03T01:00:27Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:16, topic:975924, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Known for the Arts 4. Living 5. Not American 6. European 7. Born after 1970 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2022/975924.md?page=2)