# 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:** 8
**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 15, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/141 "2023-12-15T21:37:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the pipe-smoking prophet of the Church of the Subgenius? 2. Were you the commander of rebel troops in Charleston, S.C. at the beginning of the Civil War? (You’re a big Civil War guy, so I thought I’d throw you a softball). 3. Did you call your favorite instrument “Lucille”? ---
**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 15, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/142 "2023-12-15T22:06:32Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the musical guest on tomorrow’s episode of _Saturday Night Live_? 2. Did you in fact raise your daughter Deborah in an air crib, and did she turn out just fine? 3. Are you a porn actress (and title character?) in Brian de Palma’s _Body Double_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/143 "2023-12-16T01:29:30Z")
1. Are you a critter, who we are told, “bounced” to explain how he survived a big fall? 2. Did you play Clara Topper in the 1937 movie **Topper**? 3. Did you play veterinarian Mitch Morgan in the CBS series **Zoo**? ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/144 "2023-12-16T15:31:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did Bob Hope refer to you as “the Old Groaner”? 2. Are you a British major whose eructations and moans were an integral portion of the highly acclaimed, mistletoe-and-holly-laminated, giraffe-approved 1950’s British radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Are you arguably the most famous person with the middle name of Robinette? ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/145 "2023-12-16T21:35:12Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the pipe-smoking prophet of the Church of the Subgenius? > 2. Were you the commander of rebel troops in Charleston, S.C. at the beginning of the Civil War? (You’re a big Civil War guy, so I thought I’d throw you a softball). > 3. Did you call your favorite instrument “Lucille”? I’m not Bob, Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (hands down the best name of the Civil War) or B.B. King. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/146 "2023-12-16T21:35:56Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you the musical guest on tomorrow’s episode of _Saturday Night Live_? > 2. Did you in fact raise your daughter Deborah in an air crib, and did she turn out just fine? > 3. Are you a porn actress (and title character?) in Brian de Palma’s _Body Double_? Dunno x3. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/147 "2023-12-16T21:36:29Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you a critter, who we are told, “bounced” to explain how he survived a big fall? > 2. Did you play Clara Topper in the 1937 movie **Topper**? > 3. Did you play veterinarian Mitch Morgan in the CBS series **Zoo**? I’m not Bumble; dunno x2. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/148 "2023-12-16T21:37:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Bob Hope refer to you as “the Old Groaner”? > 2. Are you a British major whose eructations and moans were an integral portion of the highly acclaimed, mistletoe-and-holly-laminated, giraffe-approved 1950’s British radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Are you arguably the most famous person with the middle name of Robinette? Dunno x2; not Joe Biden. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/149 "2023-12-16T22:08:19Z")
Correct, Billie Burke and Billy Burke. DQs: 1. Female? 2. Alive? IQs: 1. Were you the Queen of the Iceni? 2. Did you marry fellow gymnast Nadia Comaneci? 3. Did you play The Phantom in a 1996 movie? ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/150 "2023-12-17T02:30:09Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are you the musical guest on tomorrow’s episode of _Saturday Night Live_? > 2. Did you in fact raise your daughter Deborah in an air crib, and did she turn out just fine? > 3. Are you a porn actress (and title character?) in Brian de Palma’s _Body Double_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was Billie Eilish; 2 was B.F. Skinner; 3 was Holly Body. DQ: first name begins with B? 2 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 17, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/151 "2023-12-17T04:12:20Z")
Swept me! 1. Are you an pop singer of, unusually, Albanian descent? 2. Did you win an Emmy portraying a Boston psychiatrist who seduced her future husband when she let down her tightly wound bun? 3. Are you a gospel and R&B singer who released seven albums with your similarly-named sister? ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/152 "2023-12-17T04:31:27Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Queen of the Iceni? > 2. Did you marry fellow gymnast Nadia Comaneci? > 3. Did you play The Phantom in a 1996 movie? Not Boadicea/Boudicca, dunno, and not Billy Zane. ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/153 "2023-12-17T04:34:51Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > 1. Are you an pop singer of, unusually, Albanian descent? > 2. Did you win an Emmy portraying a Boston psychiatrist who seduced her future husband when she let down her tightly wound bun? > 3. Are you a gospel and R&B singer who released seven albums with your similarly-named sister? Dunno x3. B. 1. female 2. deceased 3. first name begins with B ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/154 "2023-12-17T04:42:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. Are you an pop singer of, unusually, Albanian descent? > > 2. Did you win an Emmy portraying a Boston psychiatrist who seduced her future husband when she let down her tightly wound bun? > > 3. Are you a gospel and R&B singer who released seven albums with your similarly-named sister? > > Dunno x3. 1 was Bebe Rexha. 2 was Bebe Neuwirth, who played Lilith on _Cheers_ and _Frasier._ 3 was BeBe Winans, who sang with his sister CeCe. Bebe x 3! DQs: American? Known for politics/military? Surname begins M - Z? ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/155 "2023-12-17T04:49:05Z")
B. 1. female 2. deceased 3. first name begins with B 4. not American 5. not political/military 6. surname unknown ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/156 "2023-12-17T06:26:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Queen of the Iceni? > 2. Did you marry fellow gymnast Nadia Comaneci? > 3. Did you play The Phantom in a 1996 movie? Correct, Bart Conner, correct. One,DQ held. ---
**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 17, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/157 "2023-12-17T14:01:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Bob Hope refer to you as “the Old Groaner”? > > 2. Are you a British major whose eructations and moans were an integral portion of the highly acclaimed, mistletoe-and-holly-laminated, giraffe-approved 1950’s British radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 3. Are you arguably the most famous person with the middle name of Robinette? > > Dunno x2; not Joe Biden. #1 was Bing Crosby. #2 was Major Bloodnok. #3 is correct. DQ: Real? 1 DQ 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 17, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/158 "2023-12-17T18:40:05Z")
B. 1. female 2. deceased 3. first name begins with B 4. not American 5. not political/military 6. surname unknown 7. fictional ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/159 "2023-12-17T19:20:09Z")
DQ: From a Christmas-related work? IQs: 1. Did Scrooge lose you because he loved gold more? 2. Were your last words a call to God to bless your executioner? 3. Were you the star of _Sea Hunt_? ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2023/994134/160 "2023-12-17T23:26:52Z")
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