# 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:** 10
**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 27, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/181 "2024-12-27T04:09:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? - Not George Crook, but Washington Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? - George Armstrong Custer (there’s a small roadside monument displaying the Seventh Cavalry flag where the house once stood) Did you pretend not to know your way around an army base to have more time courting a young woman? - Not George Patton, but Marshall, as he drove her home George x3! DQs: First appeared in print? Protagonist? From genre fiction (Western, sf, fantasy, detective, romance, etc.)? ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/182 "2024-12-27T13:06:40Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Good guess, but I was thinking of Grog from the B.C. comic strip. Note that if the answer is valid, it doesn’t have to be the person you were thinking of; you don’t get a DQ for it. DQ1: American creator(s)? DQ2: Created after 1960? 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 27, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/183 "2024-12-27T17:23:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you play Glinda in the movie _Wicked_? > > 2. Do you play Darlene Connor on _The Connors_? > > 3. Are you a giant leopard in _The Magic of Oz_? > > I am not Ariana Grande, I am not Sara Gilbert and take a DQ. Correct, Correct, and Gugu. 1 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 27, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/184 "2024-12-27T19:05:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct _Barbie_? 2. Was your first name Mohandas? 3. Did you write _Doom Patrol_, _JLA: Earth 2_, _Batman and Robin_, and _Klaus_? ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/185 "2024-12-27T19:05:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > Good guess, but I was thinking of Grog from the B.C. comic strip. > > Note that if the answer is valid, it doesn’t have to be the person you were thinking of; you don’t get a DQ for it… Correct. Next time, **knoodler** , you can rephrase your question and try again. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/186 "2024-12-28T00:45:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you direct _Barbie_? > 2. Was your first name Mohandas? > 3. Did you write _Doom Patrol_, _JLA: Earth 2_, _Batman and Robin_, and _Klaus_? I am not Greta Gerwig, I am not Gandhi, and take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/187 "2024-12-28T01:10:33Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with G 4.Created after 1960 4. I don’t believe his nationality has ever been determined, but a good probability he is American. 5. Does not appear first in print. 6. Created by Americans. 7. Protagonist. 8. Genre fiction. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/188 "2024-12-28T01:13:55Z")
DQs: Created before 1990? Appeared in TV/movies? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/189 "2024-12-28T02:10:43Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with G 4.Created after 1960 4. I don’t believe his nationality has ever been determined, but a good probability he is American. 5. Does not appear first in print. 6. Created by Americans. 7. Protagonist. 8. Genre fiction. 9. Created before 1990. 10. Has appeared in both TV and in the movies. ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/190 "2024-12-28T03:02:07Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Greta Gerwig, I am not Gandhi, and take a DQ. 3 (Doom Patrol etc.) was Grant Morrison. DQ: first appeared before 1975? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/191 "2024-12-28T03:11:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you die at the siege of Barad-dur? 2. Did you kill the Bull of Heaven and insult the goddess Ishtar? 3. Did you play on TV a comics character based on the novel _Armageddon 2419_? ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/192 "2024-12-28T03:32:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were you actually Mary Ann Evans? 2. Were you the Libertarian Party’s candidate for U.S. president in 2012, and did you not know what Aleppo was? 3. Were you Mabel’s friend in _Gravity Falls_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/193 "2024-12-28T03:40:33Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with G 4.Created after 1960 4. I don’t believe his nationality has ever been determined, but a good probability he is American. 5. Does not appear first in print. 6. Created by Americans. 7. Protagonist. 8. Genre fiction. 9. Created before 1990. 10. Has appeared in both TV and in the movies. 11. First appeared before 1975. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/194 "2024-12-28T03:42:19Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you die at the siege of Barad-dur? > 2. Did you kill the Bull of Heaven and insult the goddess Ishtar? > 3. Did you play on TV a comics character based on the novel _Armageddon 2419_? Take3 DQs unless #2 is Gilgamesh. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you actually Mary Ann Evans? > 2. Were you the Libertarian Party’s candidate for U.S. president in 2012, and did you not know what Aleppo was? > 3. Were you Mabel’s friend in _Gravity Falls_? I am not George Eliot and take 2 DQs. ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/195 "2024-12-28T16:51:01Z")
DQ: Appeared on TV before appearing in a movie? ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/196 "2024-12-28T16:52:38Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Ruth Buzzi’s most used character on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? 2. Were you Flip Wilson’s drag character on his variety show? 3. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/197 "2024-12-28T17:41:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you actually Mary Ann Evans? > 2. Were you the Libertarian Party’s candidate for U.S. president in 2012, and did you not know what Aleppo was? > 3. Were you Mabel’s friend in _Gravity Falls_? > [@kitap](#): > > I am not George Eliot and take 2 DQs. 2 was Gary Johnson; 3 was Grenda. DQs: 1. first appeared before 1970? 2. from science fiction or fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/198 "2024-12-28T18:33:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > Good guess, but I was thinking of Grog from the B.C. comic strip. > > Note that if the answer is valid, it doesn’t have to be the person you were thinking of; you don’t get a DQ for it. Good to know. I researched both characters, and while there is a marked difference between the two, I can see how my question did not focus on a specific characteristic, enough to define my intent. ( **E\_H** , I’ll be more incisive to avoid ambiguity.) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/199 "2024-12-28T18:42:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did Brendan Fraser portray you on film? 2. Are you Archie Bunker’s daughter? 3. Did you die suddenly, leaving your wife in a terrible predicament? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/200 "2024-12-28T20:58:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Ruth Buzzi’s most used character on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_? > 2. Were you Flip Wilson’s drag character on his variety show? > 3. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”? Take a DQ, I am not Geraldine, take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Brendan Fraser portray you on film? > 2. Are you Archie Bunker’s daughter? > 3. Did you die suddenly, leaving your wife in a terrible predicament? I am not Gloria, take a DQ But **YES!!** **I AM GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE!** Congrats knoodler! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=11)