# 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:** 12
**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 25, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/221 "2023-12-25T20:17:40Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. holiday-related 3. male 4. from TV or movies 5. created after 1970 6. last name starts with L 7. from movies 8. created after 1990 9. from a live-action movie 10. a significant but not main character 11. Caucasian 12. film is a comedy, among other things 13. not considered a good guy 14. created before 2020 ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/222 "2023-12-25T23:17:54Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a brother called Rerun? 2. Were you a Saturday morning live action chimpanzee secret agent? 3. Are you E. B. White’s diminutive hero? ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/223 "2023-12-26T00:49:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you make the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader list of unusual political candidates by posing nude on your campaign poster, with the slogan “What have I got to hide?” 2. Are you one of Oogie Boogie’s underlings in _The Nightmare before Christmas_, the trick-or-treater who wears a devil mask? 3. Were you Beverly in _Howard the Duck_? ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/224 "2023-12-26T14:46:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you one of Charlie’s original Angels? 2. Were you one of Charlie’s updated Angels, from the 2000 movie? 3. Were you a British peer who disappeared in 1974, after allegedly beating your children’s nanny to death? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/225 "2023-12-26T20:00:50Z")
DQ: Film was R rated? ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/226 "2023-12-26T20:25:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a brother called Rerun? > 2. Were you a Saturday morning live action chimpanzee secret agent? > 3. Are you E. B. White’s diminutive hero? Not Linus Van Pelt, not L. Grape Ape and not Stuart Little. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you make the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader list of unusual political candidates by posing nude on your campaign poster, with the slogan “What have I got to hide?” > 2. Are you one of Oogie Boogie’s underlings in _The Nightmare before Christmas_, the trick-or-treater who wears a devil mask? > 3. Were you Beverly in _Howard the Duck_? Not Abraham Lincoln, Lucifer or Lea Thompson. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you one of Charlie’s original Angels? > 2. Were you one of Charlie’s updated Angels, from the 2000 movie? > 3. Were you a British peer who disappeared in 1974, after allegedly beating your children’s nanny to death? Not Cheryl Ladd, Lucy Liu or Lord Lucan. L. 1. fictional 2. holiday-related 3. male 4. from TV or movies 5. created after 1970 6. last name starts with L 7. from movies 8. created after 1990 9. from a live-action movie 10. a significant but not main character 11. Caucasian 12. film is a comedy, among other things 13. not considered a good guy 14. created before 2020 15. film not R-rated ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/227 "2023-12-26T20:30:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Abraham Lincoln, Lucifer or Lea Thompson. 1 was Louis Abolafia; 2 was Lock (of Lock, Shock, and Barrel). 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/228 "2023-12-26T20:37:06Z")
I think that gets us to 20, then. No more IQs, please. ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/229 "2023-12-27T01:17:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you have a brother called Rerun? > > 2. Were you a Saturday morning live action chimpanzee secret agent? > > 3. Are you E. B. White’s diminutive hero? > > Not Linus Van Pelt, not L. Grape Ape and not Stuart Little. Correct, Lancelot Link, and correct. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/230 "2023-12-27T01:54:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I think that gets us to 20, then. I don’t think it does; I have two, the Prof. has one, SMV has none, and Kitap used her reserved DQs, so that’s 18 (15 answered DQs plus three). ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/231 "2023-12-27T03:04:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > I think that gets us to 20, then. > > I don’t think it does; I have two, the Prof. has one, SMV has none, and Kitap used her reserved DQs, so that’s 18 (15 answered DQs plus three) **SMV** has none because **EH** has swept him twice, the tricksy bugger! ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/232 "2023-12-27T14:38:10Z")
Ah, thanks. I’ll take at least three more IQs, then. ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/233 "2023-12-27T15:06:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you record _Christmas Tree_ with Space Cowboy? 2. Did you write the novel _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_? 3. Did you produce the movie Queen Elizabeth II watched with her family every Christmas Day for decades? ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/234 "2023-12-27T15:25:35Z")
DQs: 1. created after 2005? 2. from a fantasy movie or movie with fantastic elements, including the existence of Santa Claus? IQs: 1. Do you _and_ your sister get a mention in “The Hanukah Song” (not too shabby)? 2. Does Frank fire you in _Scrooged_, and you spend most of the rest of the movie trying to take a swig of booze and getting revenge on him? 3. Were you elected president of the United States in 1940, as a Republican? ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/235 "2023-12-27T15:47:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you record _Christmas Tree_ with Space Cowboy? > 2. Did you write the novel _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_? > 3. Did you produce the movie Queen Elizabeth II watched with her family every Christmas Day for decades? Dunno, not Lansdale and not Lord Louis Mountbatten. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Do you _and_ your sister get a mention in “The Hanukah Song” (not too shabby)? > 2. Does Frank fire you in _Scrooged_, and you spend most of the rest of the movie trying to take a swig of booze and getting revenge on him? > 3. Were you elected president of the United States in 1940, as a Republican? Dunno, dunno and not Charles Lindbergh (in _The Plot Against America_, at least). L. 1. fictional 2. holiday-related 3. male 4. from TV or movies 5. created after 1970 6. last name starts with L 7. from movies 8. created after 1990 9. from a live-action movie 10. a significant but not main character 11. Caucasian 12. film is a comedy, among other things 13. not considered a good guy 14. created before 2020 15. film not R-rated 16. created before 2005 17. from a fantasy movie or movie with fantastic elements, including the existence of Santa Claus OK, that’s it - _now_ no more IQs, please. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/236 "2023-12-27T16:13:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you record _Christmas Tree_ with Space Cowboy? > > 2. Did you write the novel _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_? > > 3. Did you produce the movie Queen Elizabeth II watched with her family every Christmas Day for decades? > > Dunno, not Lansdale and not Lord Louis Mountbatten. #1 was Lady Gaga. #2 was Anita Loos. #3 was Dino di Laurentiis. The movie was _Flash Gordon_. She particularly liked Brian Blessed as the leader of the Hawkmen. DQ: Adult character? 3 DQs reserved. Hmmmm. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/237 "2023-12-27T16:35:40Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. holiday-related 3. male 4. from TV or movies 5. created after 1970 6. last name starts with L 7. from movies 8. created after 1990 9. from a live-action movie 10. a significant but not main character 11. Caucasian 12. film is a comedy, among other things 13. not considered a good guy 14. created before 2020 15. film not R-rated 16. created before 2005 17. from a fantasy movie or movie with fantastic elements, including the existence of Santa Claus 18. adult character ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/238 "2023-12-27T16:38:19Z")
DQ: From a movie that is one of a series of movies? ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/239 "2023-12-27T16:49:42Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Do you _and_ your sister get a mention in “The Hanukah Song” (not too shabby)? > 2. Does Frank fire you in _Scrooged_, and you spend most of the rest of the movie trying to take a swig of booze and getting revenge on him? > 3. Were you elected president of the United States in 1940, as a Republican? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Charles Lindbergh (in _The Plot Against America_, at least). 1 was Ann Landers; 2 was Elliot Loudermilk. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 27, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/240 "2023-12-27T19:55:36Z")
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