# 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:** 5
**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, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/81 "2024-12-12T17:14:32Z")
1. I am not Tim Walz. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/82 "2024-12-12T17:45:05Z")
Man, that’s what I get for taking a couple of weeks off; I woke up this morning with three really good “O” IQs, only to find I was too late. _Tant pis pour moi._ IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of Shakespeare’s darkest play, that features rape, mutilation, and cannibalism? 2. Are you a noted actor who shares a name with a diacritical mark? 3. Did Neil Gaiman model Delirium on you? ---
**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, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/83 "2024-12-12T18:28:27Z")
DQ1: born after 1940? DQ2: elected? IQs: 1. Did the buck stop when it got to your desk, where you presumably gave it hell? 2. Were you on _Sister, Sister_? 3. Were YOU on _Sister, Sister_? ---
**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, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/84 "2024-12-12T19:55:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with T 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. American 6. Living 7. Known for politics 8. Born before 1960 9. Currently serving in public office 10. Associated with a state east of the Mississippi River 11. Last name begins with A-M 12. Born after 1940 13. Elected ---
**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, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/85 "2024-12-12T19:56:52Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Shakespeare’s darkest play, that features rape, mutilation, and cannibalism? > 2. Are you a noted actor who shares a name with a diacritical mark? > 3. Did Neil Gaiman model Delirium on you? #1. I am not Titus Andronicus. #2. I am not Tilda Swinton. #3. I am not Tori Amos. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did the buck stop when it got to your desk, where you presumably gave it hell? > 2. Were you on _Sister, Sister_? > 3. Were YOU on _Sister, Sister_? 1. I am not Harry Truman. Take 2 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 12, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/86 "2024-12-12T20:39:01Z")
I vaguely remember who Otto Hahn was, but would never have come up with his name. Good job, **Prof. P.**! IQs: Did you say you could either control your eldest child, or you could hold a top government post, but you couldn’t do both? Are you a U.S. senator with the same first name as a noted fashion designer? Are you a U.S. senator just reelected in the Lone Star State? ---
**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, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/87 "2024-12-12T20:42:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did the buck stop when it got to your desk, where you presumably gave it hell? > 2. Were you on _Sister, Sister_? > 3. Were YOU on _Sister, Sister_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Harry Truman. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Tia Mowry; 3 was Tamera Mowry. DQs: 1. elected to state office? 2. Democrat? ---
**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, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/88 "2024-12-13T00:37:13Z")
DQ: Second letter of ‘T’ name is A or E? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/89 "2024-12-13T06:21:20Z")
1. Tommy Tuberville 2. Correct 3. Tom Cotton 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/90 "2024-12-13T06:30:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you trapped in a mine cave-in and later died in an unappetizing way? 2. Were you the only person in Middle-Earth unaffected by Isildur’s Bane? 3. Were you John Travolta’s breakout film role? ---
**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, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/91 "2024-12-13T13:33:26Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with T 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. American 6. Living 7. Known for politics 8. Born before 1960 9. Currently serving in public office 10. Associated with a state east of the Mississippi River 11. Last name begins with A-M 12. Born after 1940 13. Elected 14. Presently elected to federal office; previously elected to state office 15. Democrat 16. Second letter of first name is not A or E ---
**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, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/92 "2024-12-13T13:34:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say you could either control your eldest child, or you could hold a top government post, but you couldn’t do both? > Are you a U.S. senator with the same first name as a noted fashion designer? > Are you a U.S. senator just reelected in the Lone Star State? 1. I am not Theodore Roosevelt. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ted Cruz. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you trapped in a mine cave-in and later died in an unappetizing way? > 2. Were you the only person in Middle-Earth unaffected by Isildur’s Bane? > 3. Were you John Travolta’s breakout film role? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Tom Bombadil. 3. I am not Tony something from _Saturday Night Fever_ (??) ---
**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, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/93 "2024-12-14T01:53:55Z")
IQs: 1. Do I have a six-inch articulated figure version of you, from Good Smile Company’s Table Museum series, modeled after the iconic Rodin statue? 2. Do you get wished a merry Christmas in the musical of _Billy Elliot_? 3. speaking of musicals Would it spoil some vast, eternal plan… if you were a wealthy man? ---
**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, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/94 "2024-12-14T03:45:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say you could either control your eldest child, or you could hold a top government post, but you couldn’t do both? - Yes, Theodore Roosevelt, who said of his headstrong daughter Alice, “I can control Alice, or I can be President of the United States, but I cannot possibly do both” Are you a U.S. senator with the same first name as a noted fashion designer? - Tommy Tuberville (R-Alab.) Are you a U.S. senator just reelected in the Lone Star State? - Yes, Ted Cruz DQ: Now represents a state above the Mason-Dixon Line? IQs: An expatriate there, were you killed with an icepick in Mexico? Did you play the top MIB? Were you the evil child in _The Omen_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/95 "2024-12-14T15:36:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you trapped in a mine cave-in and later died in an unappetizing way? > > 2. Were you the only person in Middle-Earth unaffected by Isildur’s Bane? > > 3. Were you John Travolta’s breakout film role? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Tom Bombadil. > 3. I am not Tony something from _Saturday Night Fever_ (??) #1 was Timothy, the eponymous subject of [a song by The Buoys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_(song)) (written by Rupert Holmes, famous for “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”) Correct on #2. #3 was Tony Manero, I think getting the first name qualifies. 1 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 14, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/96 "2024-12-14T16:26:14Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:91, topic:1011224, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with T 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. American 6. Living 7. Known for politics 8. Born before 1960 9. Currently serving in public office 10. Associated with a state east of the Mississippi River 11. Last name begins with A-M 12. Born after 1940 13. Elected 14. Presently elected to federal office; previously elected to state office, but best known for an election he didn’t win 15. Democrat 16. Second letter of first name is not A or E 17. Currently represents a state below the Mason-Dixon Line ---
**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, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/97 "2024-12-14T16:27:47Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Do I have a six-inch articulated figure version of you, from Good Smile Company’s Table Museum series, modeled after the iconic Rodin statue? > 2. Do you get wished a merry Christmas in the musical of _Billy Elliot_? > 3. speaking of musicals Would it spoil some vast, eternal plan… > if you were a wealthy man? 1. I am not the Thinker. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Tevye. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > An expatriate there, were you killed with an icepick in Mexico? > Did you play the top MIB? > Were you the evil child in _The Omen_? 1. I am not Leon Trotsky. 2. I am not Rip Torn. 3. Take a DQ. That will put us at 20 or more DQs, so please, no more IQs. Please ask all remaining DQs by Noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/98 "2024-12-14T19:29:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not the Thinker. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Tevye. 1 was [correct](https://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5080/figma+The+Thinker+Plaster+ver.html); 2 was Margaret Thatcher; 3 was correct. 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 15, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/99 "2024-12-15T04:06:59Z")
Previous IQs: An expatriate there, were you killed with an icepick in Mexico? - Yes, Leon Trotsky Did you play the top MIB? - Yes, Rip Torn Were you the evil child in _The Omen_? - Damien Thorne DQ: In the U.S. Senate? ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/100 "2024-12-15T14:45:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name starts with T 3. Male 4. Not known for the Arts 5. American 6. Living 7. Known for politics 8. Born before 1960 9. Currently serving in public office 10. Associated with a state east of the Mississippi River 11. Last name begins with A-M 12. Born after 1940 13. Elected 14. Presently elected to federal office; previously elected to state office, **but best known for an election he didn’t win** 15. Democrat 16. Second letter of first name is not A or E 17. Currently represents a state below the Mason-Dixon Line 18. Currently in the Senate I’m extending the deadline for DQs until Monday, noon EST. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=6)