# 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:** 6
**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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/101 "2023-12-13T19:03:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@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. 1 was Harold Hill, from the musical _The Music Man_ It’s amazing how many “double H” names there are! DQ: Real? ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/102 "2023-12-13T19:46:20Z")
IQ1: Were you obsessed with your landlady’s 12-year-old daughter? IQ2: Were you famous for being one of the worst singers on _American Idol_? IQ3: Do you use your tongue prettier than a $20 whore? ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/103 "2023-12-13T20:12:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? 1. I am not Hillary Clinton. 2. I am not…shoot, I can’t think of her name…Huma Abedin? Married to a prominent Republican. Wait, no, wasn’t she married to Anthony “Look, here’s my” Weiner? 3. Take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you obsessed with your landlady’s 12-year-old daughter? > IQ2: Were you famous for being one of the worst singers on _American Idol_? > IQ3: Do you use your tongue prettier than a $20 whore? 1. I am not Humbert Humbert. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Hedy (“That’s _ **HEDLEY**!!_”) Lamarr. ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/104 "2023-12-13T20:12:40Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional. ---
**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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/105 "2023-12-13T20:55:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Hillary Clinton. > 2. I am not…shoot, I can’t think of her name…Huma Abedin? Married to a prominent Republican. Wait, no, wasn’t she married to Anthony “Look, here’s my” Weiner? > 3. Take a DQ. 1 is correct; 2 is correct; 3 was H.A. Rey. DQ: first name begins with H? ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/106 "2023-12-13T20:56:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@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. #1 was Adolf Hitler. #2 was Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, from the South Park Christmas Special. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/107 "2023-12-13T20:58:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you hear a Who? 2. Were you born Erich Weisz? 3. Are you the title character of a book by Johanna Spyri? ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/108 "2023-12-13T21:18:16Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Blackbeard’s first mate? 2. Did you draw _Assassin Nation_? 3. Do you feature on “Closer”, by the Chainsmokers? ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/109 "2023-12-13T21:28:03Z")
IQ1: Did C S Forester write about you? IQ2: Did you write about Umslopogaas? IQ3: Did “the world” supposedly wonder where you were? ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/110 "2023-12-13T21:44:47Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you obsessed with your landlady’s 12-year-old daughter? > > IQ2: Were you famous for being one of the worst singers on _American Idol_? > > IQ3: Do you use your tongue prettier than a $20 whore? > > 1. I am not Humbert Humbert. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Hedy (“That’s _ **HEDLEY**!!_”) Lamarr. Correct William Hung Correct Holding 1 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 14, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/111 "2023-12-14T01:15:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hear a Who? > 2. Were you born Erich Weisz? > 3. Are you the title character of a book by Johanna Spyri? 1. I am not Horton. 2. I am not…nah, no clue. DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Blackbeard’s first mate? > 2. Did you draw _Assassin Nation_? > 3. Do you feature on “Closer”, by the Chainsmokers 1. I am not Israel Hands. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did C S Forester write about you? > IQ2: Did you write about Umslopogaas? > IQ3: Did “the world” supposedly wonder where you were? 1. I am not Horatio Hornblower. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not…no, can’t be Carmen Sandiego…take a 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 14, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/112 "2023-12-14T01:19:17Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. First name begins with “H”. 3. Male. 4. Created after 1960. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/113 "2023-12-14T02:48:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Israel Hands. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. 2 was Erica Henderson; 3 was Halsey. DQs: 1. created after 1990? 2. a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)? ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/114 "2023-12-14T03:23:51Z")
IQs: Were you nicknamed “Coach” and exposed, late in life, as a child molester? Were you the villain in _Annie_? Did you liken the sales of a work of yours to that of a cold drink in a particularly warm place? ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/115 "2023-12-14T03:25:07Z")
Of course, now I can’t edit it. That should be “ **FROM** a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)” ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/116 "2023-12-14T03:26:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a porn actress (and title character?) in Brian de Palma’s _Body Double_? 2. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? 3. Did you Abominate gravy, And live with the odium Of having isolated sodium? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/117 "2023-12-14T17:04:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Qs: > > Were you nicknamed “Coach” and exposed, late in life, as a child molester? > Were you the villain in _Annie_? > Did you liken the sales of a work of yours to that of a cold drink in a particularly warm place? 1. I am not Dennis Hastert. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you a porn actress (and title character?) in Brian de Palma’s _Body Double_? > 2. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? > 3. Did you > Abominate gravy, > And live with the odium > Of having isolated sodium? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Humphry Davy. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/118 "2023-12-14T17:07:23Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional. 2. First name begins with “H”. 3. Male. 4. Created after 1960. 5. Created before 1990. 6. From a filmed dramatic work. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/119 "2023-12-14T17:09:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Humphry Davy. 1 was Holly Body; 2 was Hawley Crippen. DQs: 1. main character? 2. from film? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/120 "2023-12-14T17:19:32Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you hear a Who? > > 2. Were you born Erich Weisz? > > 3. Are you the title character of a book by Johanna Spyri? > > 1. I am not Horton. > 2. I am not…nah, no clue. DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct. Harry Houdini. Heidi (think Shirley Temple). 2 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134.md?page=7)