# 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:** 5
**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/81 "2023-12-11T22:20:58Z")
IQs: 1. Do you spend all your life livin’ in the gangsta’s paradise? 2. Are you a Manhattan-born Jewish singer-songwriter whose songs have been covered by Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, and Grand Funk Railroad, as well as sung by yourself on one of the top-selling albums of all time? 3. Were you the “C” of TLC? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Last name starts with H-M Did you mean, _first_ name starts with H - 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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/82 "2023-12-11T22:40:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you represent John Scopes? 2. Were you Peter Parker’s girlfriend? 3. Were you a titular 70s TV role played by John Forsythe? . . . . who also played the ghost of Frank’s old boss Lew Hayward in _Scrooged_? ---
**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 12, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/83 "2023-12-12T00:41:21Z")
DQ: Known for country or folk music? IQs: 1. Did you often throw your briefcase out the train window on your way home from work? 2. Did you and your congregation sing the theme song for a comedy war movie? 3. Were you an engineer whose nickname derived from the name of the town where you lived when you were young? ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/84 "2023-12-12T03:19:07Z")
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. First name starts with H-M 17. Not known for country or folk music ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/85 "2023-12-12T03:20:13Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you spend all your life livin’ in the gangsta’s paradise? > 2. Are you a Manhattan-born Jewish singer-songwriter whose songs have been covered by Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, and Grand Funk Railroad, as well as sung by yourself on one of the top-selling albums of all time? > 3. Were you the “C” of TLC? 1. I am not Coolio. 2. I am not Carole King. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you represent John Scopes? > 2. Were you Peter Parker’s girlfriend? > 3. Were you a titular 70s TV role played by John Forsythe? > . 1. I am not Clarence Darrow. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Charlie. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you often throw your briefcase out the train window on your way home from work? > 2. Did you and your congregation sing the theme song for a comedy war movie? > 3. Were you an engineer whose nickname derived from the name of the town where you lived when you were young? 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 12, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/86 "2023-12-12T03:32:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Clarence Darrow. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Charlie. 3 was Carlie Cooper. DQ: known for Christmas music? ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/87 "2023-12-12T04:04:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you often throw your briefcase out the train window on your way home from work? > > 2. Did you and your congregation sing the theme song for a comedy war movie? > > 3. Were you an engineer whose nickname derived from the name of the town where you lived when you were young? > > Take 3 DQs. Mad Jack Churchill (He was throwing it into his back yard so he wouldn’t have to carry it home from the train station.) Mike Curb (“Burning Bridges”) Casey Jones. Three DQs reserved. #17 means I may never have heard of her… ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/88 "2023-12-12T04:13:43Z")
DQ: Best known as a member of a group? Two DQs 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 12, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/89 "2023-12-12T12:09:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you spend all your life livin’ in the gangsta’s paradise? > > 2. Are you a Manhattan-born Jewish singer-songwriter whose songs have been covered by Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, and Grand Funk Railroad, as well as sung by yourself on one of the top-selling albums of all time? > > 3. Were you the “C” of TLC? > > 1. I am not Coolio. > 2. I am not Carole King. > 3. Take a DQ. 1 and 2 correct. 3 was Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. DQs (one earned and one reserved) 1. Known for a five-octave range? 2. Had a hit song called “All I Want For Christmas Is You”? ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/90 "2023-12-12T14:10:42Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > DQs (one earned and one reserved) > > 1. Known for a five-octave range? > 2. Had a hit song called “All I Want For Christmas Is You”? Yes! I am “the Queen of Christmas”: # Mariah Carey! Festive cheers to you, _SMV!_ ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/91 "2023-12-12T16:19:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > #17 means I may never have heard of her… No idea what she sings, but I have heard of her. ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/92 "2023-12-12T17:05:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Known for a five-octave range? > > 2. Had a hit song called “All I Want For Christmas Is You”? > > Yes! I am “the Queen of Christmas”: > > # Mariah Carey! > > Festive cheers to you, _SMV!_ Thank you! I think I stole this from **DLR** , though. > [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > 17 means I may never have heard of her… > > No idea what she sings, but I have heard of her. This being the season of peace and charity, I will not post a link to that execrable earworm. ---
**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 12, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/93 "2023-12-12T18:23:24Z")
Allow me!: [James Corden - carpool karaoke of "All I Want for Christmas" with a BUNCH of famous singers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-corden-carpool-karaoke-of-all-i-want-for-christmas-with-a-bunch-of-famous-singers/826584) Good job, **SMV**. Previous IQs: Did you write _O Pioneers_? - Yes, Willa Cather Do you demand that others respect your authoritah? - Yes, Cartman, from _South Park_ Was Lincoln warned, in a funny way, of your political corruption? - Simon Cameron, who served (badly) as Lincoln’s first Secretary of War. When Lincoln asked a more honest Pennsylvania politician just how crooked Cameron was, the man thought for a moment and said, “Well, I don’t suppose he’d steal a hot stove…” ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/94 "2023-12-13T13:35:21Z")
Thanks, all! I am [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/fd/ee/6afdee77acb362fdb383e8831c5837a3.png) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/fd/ee/6afdee77acb362fdb383e8831c5837a3.png) ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/95 "2023-12-13T15:09:05Z")
IQs: 1. When Satan found you weeping for a Tannenbaum, did he declare it _Christmas Time In Hell_? 2. Was #1 above part of a series of cartoons hosted by you? 3. Are you Hagar the Horrible’s wife? ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/96 "2023-12-13T15:24:37Z")
Congrats, Vehicle! IQs: 1. Did you say history is bunk, which means you probably wouldn’t do well in this game? 2. Were you one of the celebrity parents caught fixing their children’s SAT results in Operation Varsity Blues? 3. Were you born Araminta Ross? ---
**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 13, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/97 "2023-12-13T17:34:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. When Satan found you weeping for a Tannenbaum, did he declare it _Christmas Time In Hell_? > 2. Was #1 above part of a series of cartoons hosted by you? > 3. Are you Hagar the Horrible’s wife? 1. DQ. 2. DQ. 3. I am not Helga. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you say history is bunk, which means you probably wouldn’t do well in this game? > 2. Were you one of the celebrity parents caught fixing their children’s SAT results in Operation Varsity Blues? > 3. Were you born Araminta Ross? 1. I am not Henry Ford. 2. I am not…Felicity Huffman? 3. I am not Harriet Tubman. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/98 "2023-12-13T18:17:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you invent “The Think System” for learning to play musical instruments? 2. Did you serve non-consecutive terms as Senator from Minnesota? 3. Did a character you played once get fired for saying “Booger”? ---
**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 13, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/99 "2023-12-13T18:52:31Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > : > > 1. Did you invent “The Think System” for learning to play musical instruments > 2. Did you serve non-consecutive terms as Senator from Minnesota? > 3. Did a character you played once get fired for saying “Booger”? 1. DQ. 2. I am not Hubert Humphrey. 3. I am not Howard “Doctor Johnny Fever” Hessman. ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/100 "2023-12-13T19:00:44Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Henry Ford. > 2. I am not…Felicity Huffman? > 3. I am not Harriet Tubman. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Were you secretary of state under Barrack Obama? 2. Were you that person’s deputy chief of staff? 3. Did you create Curious George? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=6)