# Botticelli - December 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 5, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134 "2023-12-05T13:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/1 "2023-12-05T13:29:07Z")
Okay, new month, new thread. I am: [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPm-HRNMSIYRIPkk7ePJR6xdiqFr2kgu5J6A&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPm-HRNMSIYRIPkk7ePJR6xdiqFr2kgu5J6A&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/2 "2023-12-05T13:31:44Z")
Ha! Succeeded in uploading an image! In yer _face_, discobot! That’s a “N”, if it’s not clear. Last month’s thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023) Happy Holidays, all! ---
**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 5, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/3 "2023-12-05T15:35:11Z")
IQs: 1. Is 666, the “Number of the Beast”, possibly a coded reference to you? 2. Did you appear in a Batman movie, and also a film directed by Stanley Kubrick? 3. Did you appear in a Batman movie, and also a film directed by Stanley Kubrick? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/4 "2023-12-05T16:33:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is 666, the “Number of the Beast”, possibly a coded reference to you? > 2. Did you appear in a Batman movie, and also a film directed by Stanley Kubrick? > 3. Did you appear in a Batman movie, and also a film directed by Stanley Kubrick? 1. I am not Nero. 2. I am not Jack Nicholson. 3. I am not Nicole Kidman. ---
**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 5, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/5 "2023-12-05T17:10:38Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Nero. > 2. I am not Jack Nicholson. > 3. I am not Nicole Kidman. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Are you a programmer who travels through time on _Russian Doll_? 2. Do you play the above person? 3. Did Sam Byck attempt to assassinate you? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/6 "2023-12-05T18:24:12Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > A clean sweep! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a programmer who travels through time on _Russian Doll_? > 2. Do you play the above person? > 3. Did Sam Byck attempt to assassinate you? Well, you returned the favor. Take two DQs for the first two questions, and I’m going to guess at the third and say, 3. I am not Richard Nixon. ---
**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 5, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/7 "2023-12-05T18:36:31Z")
IQ1: Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves [you]? IQ2: Was your declaration of “peace for our time” a bit premature and overly optimistic? IQ3: Are you a Nibblonian adopted by Leela? ---
**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 5, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/8 "2023-12-05T18:39:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you a programmer who travels through time on _Russian Doll_? > 2. Do you play the above person? > 3. Did Sam Byck attempt to assassinate you? > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Richard Nixon. 1 was Nadia; 2 was Natasha Lyonne; 3 was correct. DQ: real? IQs: 1. Did you create the comic strip _Sylvia_? 2. Were you never shown in full on _Muppet Babies_? 3. Are you the current prime minister of India? ---
**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 5, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/9 "2023-12-05T19:25:24Z")
I don’t remember a Max Martin either, but my daughter, who was a teenager in the 90’s, does. I didn’t have pneumonia after all. It’s COVID, and it’s getting better. IQs: 1. Did your adventures in a fantasy land usually end in you falling out of bed? 2. Were you a laconic, deadpan monotone comic of the 30’s and 40’s? 3. Are you the short, fat, Welsh protagonist usually at the center of whatever story was taking place on the COVID-free, antihistamine-laden 1950’s BBC Radio series _The Good Show_? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/10 "2023-12-05T20:27:31Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves [you]? > IQ2: Was your declaration of “peace for our time” a bit premature and overly optimistic? > IQ3: Are you a Nibblonian adopted by Leela? 1. DQ. 2. I am not Neville Chamberlain. 3. DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the comic strip _Sylvia_? > 2. Were you never shown in full on _Muppet Babies_? > 3. Are you the current prime minister of India? 1. DQ. 2.DQ. 2. I am not Nehurandu Modi (not sure of spelling). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your adventures in a fantasy land usually end in you falling out of bed? > 2. Were you a laconic, deadpan monotone comic of the 30’s and 40’s? > 3. Are you the short, fat, Welsh protagonist usually at the center of whatever story was taking place on the COVID-free, antihistamine-laden 1950’s BBC Radio series _The Good Show_? 1. I am not Nemo. 2. Hmm. DQ. 3. Another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/11 "2023-12-05T20:31:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real. ---
**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 5, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/12 "2023-12-05T20:40:50Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. DQ. > 2.DQ. > 2. I am not Nehurandu Modi (not sure of spelling). 1 was Nicole Hollander; 2 was Nanny; close enough for Narendra Modi? DQs: 1. living? 2. male? ---
**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 6, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/13 "2023-12-06T01:56:55Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves [you]? > > IQ2: Was your declaration of “peace for our time” a bit premature and overly optimistic? > > IQ3: Are you a Nibblonian adopted by Leela? > > 1. DQ. > 2. I am not Neville Chamberlain. > 3. DQ. Ned Flanders Correct Nibbler (later revealed to be King Nibbler) from _Futurama_ DQ: First name starts with N? Holding one DQ ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/14 "2023-12-06T14:22:42Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not living. 3. Male. 4. First name starts with “N”. ---
**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 6, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/15 "2023-12-06T19:24:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Sherlock Holmes in _The Seven-Per-Cent Solution_? 2. Were you a journalist who traveled around the world in fewer than eighty days and spent ten days in a madhouse? 3. Were you MVP of Super Bowl LII, then moved from the Eagles to the Jacksonville Jaguars? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/16 "2023-12-06T20:32:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Sherlock Holmes in _The Seven-Per-Cent Solution_? > 2. Were you a journalist who traveled around the world in fewer than eighty days and spent ten days in a madhouse? > 3. Were you MVP of Super Bowl LII, then moved from the Eagles to the Jacksonville Jaguars? 1. DQ. 2. I am not Nellie Bly. 3. DQ. Only prominent Eagle I can think of - besides Jalen Hurts - is Donovan McNabb. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/17 "2023-12-07T16:44:13Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. DQ. > 2. I am not Nellie Bly. > 3. DQ. Only prominent Eagle I can think of - besides Jalen Hurts - is Donovan McNabb. 1 was Nicol Williamson; 3 was Nick Foles. DQs: 1. American? 2. died after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/18 "2023-12-07T17:55:22Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not living. 3. Male. 4. First name starts with “N”. 5. Not American. 6. Died before 1980. ---
**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 8, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/19 "2023-12-08T13:53:20Z")
DQs 1. Was your brother Eric a very popular singer in the '60s? 2. For that matter, are you Eric as he is more commonly known? 3. Were you the last Grand Duke of Finland? ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/20 "2023-12-08T15:26:21Z")
IQs: 1. Among other things, did you investigate and prosecute counterfeiters in your position as Master of the (UK) Royal Mint? 2. Do you investigate stranger things with Steve, Jonathan, and Robin in Hawkins, Indiana? 3. Did you write _1602_, reimagining familiar Marvel characters in the Elizabethan Era? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=2)