# 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:** 8
**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 21, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/141 "2024-12-21T21:11:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you an ABC news anchor for over four decades? > > 2. Were you a Republican senator sometimes called “the Wizard of Ooze”? > > 3. Are you aka Calvin Broadus, Jr.? > > Not Dan Rather, Everett Dirksen or Snoop Dogg. 1. Dan was on CBS. Sam Donaldson was on ABC. Correct on the others. 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 21, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/142 "2024-12-21T22:58:57Z")
D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. American creator 4. originally from prose fiction 5. last name begins with D 6. doesn’t actually appear in work 7. known for sci/fi or fantasy fiction 8. has not, as far as I can determine, appeared in cinema/radio/TV based on character 9. not associated with an equally popular character (like a buddy or wife) 10. unseen character 11. created before 1960 12. known from science fiction 13. created after 1945 14. not from a novel 15. work is set in the future (relative to publication) 16. from a short story by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke or Robert Heinlein 17. Human 18. story is set on Earth ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/143 "2024-12-22T02:45:05Z")
DQ: From a short story by Asimov or Bradbury? 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 23, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/144 "2024-12-23T03:10:01Z")
D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. American creator 4. originally from prose fiction 5. last name begins with D 6. doesn’t actually appear in work 7. known for sci/fi or fantasy fiction 8. has not, as far as I can determine, appeared in cinema/radio/TV based on character 9. not associated with an equally popular character (like a buddy or wife) 10. unseen character 11. created before 1960 12. known from science fiction 13. created after 1945 14. not from a novel 15. work is set in the future (relative to publication) 16. from a short story by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke or Robert Heinlein 17. Human 18. story is set on Earth 19. from a short story by Asimov or Bradbury ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/145 "2024-12-23T03:32:57Z")
Final DQs: 1. story was adapted into film? 2. from an Asimov story? ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/146 "2024-12-23T03:50:55Z")
D. 1. fictional 2. male 3. American creator 4. originally from prose fiction 5. last name begins with D 6. doesn’t actually appear in work 7. known for sci/fi or fantasy fiction 8. has not, as far as I can determine, appeared in cinema/radio/TV based on character 9. not associated with an equally popular character (like a buddy or wife) 10. unseen character 11. created before 1960 12. known from science fiction 13. created after 1945 14. not from a novel 15. work is set in the future (relative to publication) 16. from a short story by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke or Robert Heinlein 17. Human 18. story is set on Earth 19. from a short story by Asimov or Bradbury 20. story was adapted into film 21. not from an Asimov story ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/147 "2024-12-23T04:09:47Z")
Oh. Are you Deutscher, the guy who gets elected president or something as a result of the time changes in “A Sound of Thunder” and is implied to be right-wing/fascist, given that his name means “German”? ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/148 "2024-12-23T16:27:35Z")
That’s an amazing guess! ---
**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 24, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/149 "2024-12-24T03:56:19Z")
It certainly is, and a correct one, to boot! I am indeed # Deutscher An extraordinarily [anvilicious name](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious), I’d say, for a scary right-wing politician from whom people would be willing to travel into the past to escape. For more on the story: [A Sound of Thunder - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sound_of_Thunder) Well done, **DLR**! ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/150 "2024-12-24T04:25:29Z")
OK: I am **I**. ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/151 "2024-12-24T04:39:02Z")
I it is! IQs: Did Rory Kinnear play you in a National Theater production a few years ago that began with you sharing a pint with a subordinate outside a pub? Did you have a prosthetic nose for one of your best-known roles? Did you ride a nag called Gunpowder? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/152 "2024-12-24T06:55:47Z")
Great choice, **E\_H** and great get, **D\_L\_R**! IQs: 1. Are you the uncle of Zuko and Azula? 2. Did you play a cook whose catchphrase was “I hear you!”? 3. Were you a Deltan navigator on the _Enterprise_? ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/153 "2024-12-24T14:11:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Rory Kinnear play you in a National Theater production a few years ago that began with you sharing a pint with a subordinate outside a pub? > Did you have a prosthetic nose for one of your best-known roles? > Did you ride a nag called Gunpowder? Respectively: I am not Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I am not Ian Holm. I am not Ichabod Crane. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the uncle of Zuko and Azula? > 2. Did you play a cook whose catchphrase was “I hear you!”? > 3. Were you a Deltan navigator on the _Enterprise_? 1. I am not Iroh. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ilia. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/154 "2024-12-24T15:03:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Are you the uncle of Zuko and Azula? > > 2. Did you play a cook whose catchphrase was “I hear you!”? > > 3. Were you a Deltan navigator on the _Enterprise_? > > 1. I am not Iroh. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Ilia. Correct on 1 & 3. #2 was Inga Swenson on _Benson_. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/155 "2024-12-24T15:47:00Z")
Good job guys! I was totally clueless in that last round. IQs: 1. Were you a member of the Howling Commandos? 2. Did you get your start at an iconic punk club in NYC in the early 70s? 3. Did John Travolta botch your name at the 2014 Academy Awards? ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/156 "2024-12-24T19:22:09Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a member of the Howling Commandos? > 2. Did you get your start at an iconic punk club in NYC in the early 70s? > 3. Did John Travolta botch your name at the 2014 Academy Awards? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Iggy Pop? 3. I am not Idina Menzel. DQs: 1. real ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/157 "2024-12-24T20:22:02Z")
1. Are you the Prince of Pingaree in **Rinkitink in Oz**? 2. Did the Weavers sing about Goodnight you? 3. Did you star in the 1950s TV show **Sheena, Queen of the Jungle**? ---
**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 24, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/158 "2024-12-24T21:56:21Z")
IQ1: Did the oldest of your sons trade his birthright for a pot of soup? IQ2: Were you #1’s second-oldest son? IQ3: Did you write “The Ugly Little Boy”? ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/159 "2024-12-24T23:07:14Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the Prince of Pingaree in **Rinkitink in Oz**? > 2. Did the Weavers sing about Goodnight you? > 3. Did you star in the 1950s TV show **Sheena, Queen of the Jungle**? 1: Take a DQ. 2: I am not Irene. 3: I am not Irish McCalla. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the oldest of your sons trade his birthright for a pot of soup? > IQ2: Were you #1’s second-oldest son? > IQ3: Did you write “The Ugly Little Boy”? IQ1: I am not Isaac. IQ2: Take a DQ. IQ3: I am not Isaac Asimov. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/160 "2024-12-24T23:11:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did the oldest of your sons trade his birthright for a pot of soup? > > IQ2: Were you #1’s second-oldest son? > > IQ3: Did you write “The Ugly Little Boy”? > > IQ1: I am not Isaac. > IQ2: Take a DQ. > IQ3: I am not Isaac Asimov. correct Israel (originally known as Jacob) correct DQ: Male? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=9)