# Botticelli - December 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 5, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224 "2024-12-05T22:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/1 "2024-12-05T22:37:09Z")
Ok, here we go. I am # O ! Link to last month: [Botticelli - November 2024 - #392 by knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/392) ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/2 "2024-12-06T16:28:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did Robin Williams play you in Kenneth Branagh’s version of _Hamlet_? 2. Were you a little boy called Tip before becoming queen of a fairyland? 3. Did you play Moon Knight on TV? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/3 "2024-12-06T17:43:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did Robin Williams play you in Kenneth Branagh’s version of _Hamlet_? > 2. Were you a little boy called Tip before becoming queen of a fairyland? > 3. Did you play Moon Knight on TV? I’m pretty sure he didn’t do Ophelia in drag. Take a DQ. I am not Princess Ozma of Oz. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/4 "2024-12-06T18:30:20Z")
IQ: 1. Were you a former teammate of Micheal Jordan who was the first professional NBA player to wear a zero (0) on his jersey? 2. Were you a different NBA player who also wore a zero (0) on his jersey and figured heavily in the assemblage of the 1990 Chicago Bulls championship team? 3. Were you the starting center of the Utah Jazz during their two NBA Championship appearances? ---
**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 6, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/5 "2024-12-06T18:38:40Z")
IQ1: Was Snaps Provolone the main character in a movie that bore your name? IQ2: Was a moon named after you? IQ3: Were you the unstoppable opponent in Berzerk? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/6 "2024-12-07T01:41:57Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Were you a former teammate of Micheal Jordan who was the first professional NBA player to wear a zero (0) on his jersey? > 2. Were you a different NBA player who also wore a zero (0) on his jersey and figured heavily in the assemblage of the 1990 Chicago Bulls championship team? > 3. Were you the starting center of the Utah Jazz during their two NBA Championship appearances? I am not Charles Oakley. Take 2 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was Snaps Provolone the main character in a movie that bore your name? > IQ2: Was a moon named after you? > IQ3: Were you the unstoppable opponent in Berzerk? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 7, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/7 "2024-12-07T02:37:27Z")
On to O! IQs: Were you not, despite having claimed to be, a descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? Were you Mork’s boss? Did you voice a Hobbit and much later become a SDMB running gag? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/8 "2024-12-07T03:04:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you not, despite having claimed to be, a descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? > Were you Mork’s boss? > Did you voice a Hobbit and much later become a SDMB running gag? I am not Orson Welles. I am not Orson. I am not Orson Bean. Orson x 3! ---
**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 7, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/9 "2024-12-07T03:31:21Z")
Right you are - swept me! IQs: Were you AKA Mithrandir? Had you been of some service to the State, and they knew it, as you said not long before your death? Were you a former cop, elected mayor of a fictional city after running against a current cop? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/10 "2024-12-07T05:34:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you a former teammate of Micheal Jordan who was the first professional NBA player to wear a zero (0) on his jersey? > > 2. Were you a different NBA player who also wore a zero (0) on his jersey and figured heavily in the assemblage of the 1990 Chicago Bulls championship team? > > 3. Were you the starting center of the Utah Jazz during their two NBA Championship appearances? > > I am not Charles Oakley. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Orlando Woolridge 2. Olden Polynice, drafted by the Bulls in 1987 and immediately traded to Seattle for Scottie Pippen. (One scout remarked that he led the league in stolen VCRs.) 3. Greg Ostertag **DQs** 1. Real? 2. Alive? 3. Male? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/11 "2024-12-07T07:09:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you AKA Mithrandir? > Had you been of some service to the State, and they knew it, as you said not long before your death? > Were you a former cop, elected mayor of a fictional city after running against a current cop? I am not Olorin. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/12 "2024-12-07T07:10:51Z")
# O 1. Real. 2. Dead. 3. Male. ---
**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 7, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/13 "2024-12-07T15:06:38Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Was Snaps Provolone the main character in a movie that bore your name? > > IQ2: Was a moon named after you? > > IQ3: Were you the unstoppable opponent in Berzerk? > > Take 3 DQs. Oscar (the American version) Oberon Evil Otto DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: American? DQ3: Died after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/14 "2024-12-07T15:33:19Z")
IQ: 1. Were you convicted of killing your girlfriend in 2013 and again in 2015? 2. Did you win your only NBA Championship playing alongside one of the greatest professional basketball players ever? 3. Did you recently portray the father of a messiah-type figure from a popular novel? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/15 "2024-12-07T15:50:20Z")
# O 1. Real. 2. Dead. 3. Male. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Not American. 6. Died after 1900. ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/16 "2024-12-07T19:13:11Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did Robin Williams play you in Kenneth Branagh’s version of _Hamlet_? > > 2. Were you a little boy called Tip before becoming queen of a fairyland? > > 3. Did you play Moon Knight on TV? > > I’m pretty sure he didn’t do Ophelia in drag. Take a DQ. > I am not Princess Ozma of Oz. > Take a DQ. #1 was Osric, a courier. #2 is correct. #3 is Oscar Isaac. DQs: 1. Last name starts with O? 2. Died after 1970? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/17 "2024-12-07T22:36:13Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Were you convicted of killing your girlfriend in 2013 and again in 2015? > 2. Did you win your only NBA Championship playing alongside one of the greatest professional basketball players ever? > 3. Did you recently portray the father of a messiah-type figure from a popular novel? Take 2 DQs. I am not Oscar Isaac (as Duke Leo Atreides.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/18 "2024-12-07T22:37:01Z")
# O 1. Real. 2. Dead. 3. Male. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Not American. 6. Died after 1900. 7. First name starts with O. 8. Died before 1970. ---
**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 7, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/19 "2024-12-07T23:05:19Z")
IQs: 1. Now you are become death, destroyer of worlds? 2. Did you animate King Kong? 3. Did you perform _Cut Piece_? ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/20 "2024-12-08T02:49:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you AKA Mithrandir? - Yes, Olorin, AKA Gandalf Had you been of some service to the State, and they knew it, as you said not long before your death? - Othello, in Shakespeare’s play Were you a former cop, elected mayor of a fictional city after running against a current cop? - Ozzie Cleveland, elected mayor in a later season of _Hill Street Blues_ after beating Chief Fletcher Daniels DQs: Politics/military? European? IQs: Have you played the son of both Thranduil and Bootstrap Bill? Did Tilda Swinton play you in a movie featuring a man playing a queen? Did one of your songs become a hit during a national crisis in the late Seventies? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=2)