# 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:** 3
**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 9, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/41 "2023-12-09T19:55:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Also known as Kris Kringle? Ho Ho Ho! Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Yes, I am **Nicholas of Myra** , a fourth century bishop of what is now Demre, Türkiye, known as “Nicholas the Wonderworker” for the miracles attributed to him. The most famous legend of St. Nicholas has him dropping a bag of gold through a poor man’s window, three nights in a row, to save his three daughters from being forced into prostitution by giving them dowries. This is of course is why he was mythologized into the Dutch “Sinterklaas”, who became the modern Santa Claus. I figured Saint Nick would be appropriate for our first December round. Little surprised it took this long, given all the “Nicholas/Nick” IQs y’all asked. Anyway, well done, @Prof.Pepperwinkle! Hope you’re feeling better! And a Merry Dopemass to all, and may Unca Cecil bless us, every one! ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/42 "2023-12-09T21:55:15Z")
I’m improving steadily, thank you all! Next… I am [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.84f019b85310014a9e802c0c9011fd31?rik=%2bRAzlvKKBnDwIA&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.84f019b85310014a9e802c0c9011fd31?rik=%2bRAzlvKKBnDwIA&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/43 "2023-12-10T15:55:00Z")
Glad to hear it, **Prof.**! IQs: 1. Did you have a 1978 hit song that features your flugelhorn? 2. Were you a fashion designer iconically linked to the little black dress? 3. Were you a drunken cowboy, played by Lee Marvin? ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/44 "2023-12-10T16:47:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Col Mortimer in a movie about bounty hunters? 2. Were you really Charles Buchinsky? 3. Are you also known as Karl der Große? ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/45 "2023-12-10T16:56:21Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.**! DQs: Did you have arguably the silliest alternative name in all of Middle-earth? Were you Lincoln’s first political hero? Were you the mythical antihero of Motie society? ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/46 "2023-12-10T17:34:45Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Between quests, do the Knights of the Round Table impersonate you? 2. Did you write _Piranesi_? 3. Did you assassinate William McKinley? ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/47 "2023-12-10T19:17:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a 1978 hit song that features your flugelhorn? > 2. Were you a fashion designer iconically linked to the little black dress? > 3. Were you a drunken cowboy, played by Lee Marvin? #3. All I’m coming up with is Kid Shalleen. Take 3 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Col Mortimer in a movie about bounty hunters? > 2. Were you really Charles Buchinsky? > 3. Are you also known as Karl der Große? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Charles Bronson (??). #3. I am not Charlemagne. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > Did you have arguably the silliest alternative name in all of Middle-earth? > Were you Lincoln’s first political hero? > Were you the mythical antihero of Motie society? 1. I am not Chi-Chi Chihuahua, Younger Elder of Middlefinger. Um. Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Between quests, do the Knights of the Round Table impersonate you? > 2. Did you write _Piranesi_? > 3. Did you assassinate William McKinley? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Suzanne Clarke. 3. I am not Leon Czolgosz (sp??). ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/48 "2023-12-10T19:32:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Suzanne Clarke. > 3. I am not Leon Czolgosz (sp??). 1 was Clark Gable. 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 10, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/49 "2023-12-10T19:48:36Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/50 "2023-12-10T20:02:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you have a 1978 hit song that features your flugelhorn? > > 2. Were you a fashion designer iconically linked to the little black dress? > > 3. Were you a drunken cowboy, played by Lee Marvin? > > #3. All I’m coming up with is Kid Shalleen. > Take 3 DQs 1 was Chuck Mangione, with [“Feels So Good”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V7dg8vRDM68&pp=ygUcY2h1Y2sgbWFuZ2lvbmUgZmVlbHMgc28gZ29vZA%3D%3D)". 2 was Coco Chanel. 3 was Cat Ballou. DQs: 1. Alive? 2. Female? 3. Known for the arts? ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/51 "2023-12-10T21:30:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Col Mortimer in a movie about bounty hunters? > > 2. Were you really Charles Buchinsky? > > 3. Are you also known as Karl der Große? > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Charles Bronson (??). > #3. I am not Charlemagne. Lee Van Cleef (_For a Few Dollars More_) correct correct One DQ reserved ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/52 "2023-12-10T21:41:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you suggest, in a musical way, a group activity where everyone rotate their bodies along the vertical axis? 2. Were you a Swedish astronomer who refined a popular scale of measurements, which now bears your name? 3. Was your real name Robert Leroy Parker? ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/53 "2023-12-10T21:47:28Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > > > IQs: > > > > > > 1. Did you have a 1978 hit song that features your flugelhorn? > > > 2. Were you a fashion designer iconically linked to the little black dress? > > > 3. Were you a drunken cowboy, played by Lee Marvin? > > > > #3. All I’m coming up with is Kid Shalleen. > > Take 3 DQs > > 1 was Chuck Mangione, with [“Feels So Good”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V7dg8vRDM68&pp=ygUcY2h1Y2sgbWFuZ2lvbmUgZmVlbHMgc28gZ29vZA%3D%3D)". 2 was Coco Chanel. 3 was Cat Ballou. Fine on Chuck and Coco, but… Jane Fonda played Cat Ballou. Lee Marvin was the drunk cowboy Kid Shalleen and his evil twin. As Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole are my witnesses, 'tis so. ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/54 "2023-12-10T21:47:53Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/55 "2023-12-10T21:48:45Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you suggest, in a musical way, a group activity where everyone rotate their bodies along the vertical axis? > 2. Were you a Swedish astronomer who refined a popular scale of measurements, which now bears your name? > 3. Was your real name Robert Leroy Parker? #2. I am not Copernicus (??). Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/56 "2023-12-11T01:03:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the host of _To Tell the Truth_? 2. Were you a Roman dictator who voluntarily gave up the post after the crisis was over? 3. Were you regarded as the first person killed in the American Revolution? DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/57 "2023-12-11T02:33:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you suggest, in a musical way, a group activity where everyone rotate their bodies along the vertical axis? > > 2. Were you a Swedish astronomer who refined a popular scale of measurements, which now bears your name? > > 3. Was your real name Robert Leroy Parker? > > #2. I am not Copernicus (??). > Take 2 DQs 1 was Chubby Checker, who urged everybody to do the Twist. 2 was Anders Celsius, who formulated a temperature scale that had the boiling point of water at 0° and the freezing point at 100°; this was later inverted at the suggestion of Linnaeus. 3 was the noted outlaw Butch Cassidy. Given my mistake on Cat Ballou, I will only claim two 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 11, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/58 "2023-12-11T02:48:41Z")
IQs: 1. Did you make a lot of money after winning the World Series of Poker in 2003? 2. Did you star in _Trog_? 3. Are you the main character of _Inception_? ---
**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, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/59 "2023-12-11T02:56:07Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. 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 11, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/60 "2023-12-11T02:56:55Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Given my mistake on Cat Ballou, I will only claim two DQs, reserved. Given that you already didn’t get your DQ for the Cat Ballou question, you now have 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=4)