# 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:** 4
**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, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/61 "2023-12-11T02:57:15Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 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_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/62 "2023-12-11T03:52:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Chris Moneymaker; 2 was Joan Crawford; 3 was Dom Cobb. DQs: 1. first name begins with C? 2. American? 3. born after 1970? ---
**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, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/63 "2023-12-11T04:00:40Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with C 6. American 7. Born before 1970 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/64 "2023-12-11T04:07:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Did the time bandits steal your prosthetic hand. > > 2. Were you a Canadian indigenous person and subject of one of the earliest motion picture documentaries. > > 3. DId you steal your dad’s Winnebago to escape with the woman you’ve been pining for for years before she got married to another man? > > 1. DQ. > 2. I am not Nanook of the North. > 3. DQ. Dustin Hoffman’s character in _The Graduate_ 1. Napoleon Bonaparte: in the movie he had a solid gold hand which is why he always kept it in his coat for portraits. 2. Correct 3. Niles Crane from Frasier running off with Daphne . If I recall correctly the graduate escaped with his love on a city bus. ETA Whoops the round ended. deleting my IQs. ---
**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, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/65 "2023-12-11T04:37:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@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 Yeah, I did. Look back at Post #50, I took three DQs. One was for the incorrect Cat Ballou question. So to make up for that, I only took two for sweeping you in Post #52. And they are: 1. Known for the performing arts? 2. First name begins with N - Z? ---
**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, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/66 "2023-12-11T05:18:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you in fact an outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, and Oakland A’s, and not the tasty chocolate dessert your name suggests? 2. Are you a rapper, weed enthusiast, pitchman, and friend of Martha Stewart, who performs under the name Snoop Dogg? 3. Are you an Atlanta-born rapper and singer whose biggest hits were “Crazy” (as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley) and “Fuck You”? ---
**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, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/67 "2023-12-11T12:49:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: Ahem. ---
**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, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/68 "2023-12-11T13:35:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a ruthless TV executive who got _Scrooged_? 2. Or his old girlfriend, working in the present day (of the movie) at a homeless shelter? 3. In _Scrooged_, did you play the Ghost of Christmas Present? ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/69 "2023-12-11T16:33:26Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you in fact an outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, and Oakland A’s, and not the tasty chocolate dessert your name suggests? > 2. Are you a rapper, weed enthusiast, pitchman, and friend of Martha Stewart, who performs under the name Snoop Dogg? > 3. Are you an Atlanta-born rapper and singer whose biggest hits were “Crazy” (as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley) and “Fuck You”? #3. I am not Cee-Lo Green. Take 2 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? Sorry 'bout that! 1. I am not Bill Cullen (??). 2. I am not Cincinnatus. 3. I am not Crispus Attucks. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a ruthless TV executive who got _Scrooged_? > 2. Or his old girlfriend, working in the present day (of the movie) at a homeless shelter? > 3. In _Scrooged_, did you play the Ghost of Christmas Present? 1. I haven’t watched that for a couple o’ years. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Claire (??). 3. I am not the ever-delightful Carol Kane. ---
**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, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/70 "2023-12-11T16:34:03Z")
DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with C 6. American 7. Born before 1970 8. Known for the performing arts. 9. First name starts with A-M. ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/71 "2023-12-11T16:35:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I haven’t watched that for a couple o’ years. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Claire (??). > 3. I am not the ever-delightful Carol Kane. 1 was Frank Cross. DQ: born after 1945? ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/72 "2023-12-11T16:37:36Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:70, topic:994134, full:true”] DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with C 6. American 7. Born before 1970 8. Known for the performing arts. 9. First name starts with A-M. 10. Born after 1945 ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/73 "2023-12-11T16:59:15Z")
Previous DQs: Did you have arguably the silliest alternative name in all of Middle-earth? - Celeborn AKA Teleporno Were you Lincoln’s first political hero? - Henry Clay, Whig of Kentucky Were you the mythical antihero of Motie society? - Crazy Eddie, in Niven and Pournelle’s _The Mote in God’s Eye_ DQs: Best known as an actress? White? Considered a beauty? IQs: Did you write _O Pioneers_? Do you demand that others respect your authoritah? Was Lincoln warned, in a funny way, of your political corruption? ---
**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, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/74 "2023-12-11T17:04:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > 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? > > Sorry 'bout that! > > 1. I am not Bill Cullen (??). > 2. I am not Cincinnatus. > 3. I am not Crispus Attucks. Bud Collyer correct correct One 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 11, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/75 "2023-12-11T17:14:34Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Frank’s personal assistant in _Scrooged_? 2. Or her son? 3. Or the _Christmas Carol_ character she corresponds to? ---
**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, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/76 "2023-12-11T18:03:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Were you in fact an outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, and Oakland A’s, and not the tasty chocolate dessert your name suggests? > > 2. Are you a rapper, weed enthusiast, pitchman, and friend of Martha Stewart, who performs under the name Snoop Dogg? > > 3. Are you an Atlanta-born rapper and singer whose biggest hits were “Crazy” (as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley) and “Fuck You”? > > #3. I am not Cee-Lo Green. Take 2 DQs. 1 was the deliciously-named Coco Crisp. Snoop’s legal name is Calvin Broadus. Correct on 3. DQ: 1. Known as a musician? One DQ 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 11, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/77 "2023-12-11T21:07:28Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:72, topic:994134”] DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with C 6. American 7. Born before 1970 8. Known for the performing arts. 9. First name starts with A-M. 10. Born after 1945 11. Not known as an actress, though she did try disastrously 12. Mixed race 13. Considered a beauty 14. Known as a singer/songwriter ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/78 "2023-12-11T21:08:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _O Pioneers_? > Do you demand that others respect your authoritah? > Was Lincoln warned, in a funny way, of your political corruption? 1. I am not Willa Cather. 2. I am not Cartman. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Frank’s personal assistant in _Scrooged_? > 2. Or her son? > 3. Or the _Christmas Carol_ character she corresponds to? 1 & 2. Take 2 DQs. 3. I am not Bob Cratchit. ---
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/79 "2023-12-11T22:01:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1 & 2. Take 2 DQs. > 3. I am not Bob Cratchit. 1 was Grace Cooley; 2 was Calvin Cooley. DQs: 1. born after 1960? 2. first name starts from H-M? ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/80 "2023-12-11T22:05:07Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:77, topic:994134”] DQ: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with C 6. American 7. Born before 1970 8. Known for the performing arts. 9. First name starts with A-M. 10. Born after 1945 11. Not known as an actress, though she did try disastrously 12. Mixed race 13. Considered a beauty 14. Known as a singer/songwriter 15. Born after 1960 16. Last name starts with H-M [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=5)