# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/161 "2024-12-25T02:33:57Z")
> [@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**? Inga (really), correct, correct. One DQ reserved 1. Are you maybe best known today for singing “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas”? 2. Did you play Granny on **The Beverly Hillbillies**? 3. Were you played by Joanna Cameron on a 1970s kide’s TV show? ---
**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 25, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/162 "2024-12-25T04:32:10Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you maybe best known today for singing “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas”? > 2. Did you play Granny on **The Beverly Hillbillies**? > 3. Were you played by Joanna Cameron on a 1970s kide’s TV show? I am not Irene Ryan or Isis, but I am the recently [Pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-burl-ives/1011833) **Burl Ives**! Next game goes to **kitap**. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/163 "2024-12-25T04:34:12Z")
IQs: 1. Did you record songs for the soundtracks to _Fame_ and _Flashdance_? 2. Were you a goddess of ancient Egypt? 3. Were you a lifetime New Yorker who wrote _The Wilk Are Among Us_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/164 "2024-12-25T05:05:02Z")
Well that was quick. Congrats to **kitap**! ---
**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 25, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/165 "2024-12-25T05:06:41Z")
A quick round indeed! Good job, **kitap**. Previous 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? - Not Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but Iago, in a production of _Othello_ (did Kinnear actually play Brunel in something?) Did you have a prosthetic nose for one of your best-known roles? - Not Ian Holm (hmm, when did he wear a fake nose?), but Ian McKellen, as Gandalf in the _LOTR_ and _Hobbit_ movies Did you ride a nag called Gunpowder? - Yes, Ichabod Crane, in _The Legend of Sleepy Hollow_ ---
**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 25, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/166 "2024-12-25T18:08:42Z")
Great job, **kitap!** Have a holly jolly Christmas to all! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/167 "2024-12-26T03:12:16Z")
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! I am G! G for goat, ghost and grey. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/168 "2024-12-26T07:09:55Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > G for goat, ghost and grey. “For grath, for gruin, and the grey dawn!” IQs: 1. Are you a surf-loving teeny-bopper? 2. Were you sent away because your leader was infatuated with your wife? 3. Are you a thick, furry member of your group with a limited vocabulary? ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/169 "2024-12-26T14:24:05Z")
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_? ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/170 "2024-12-26T14:26:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an Edmonton Oiler and in your sport are arguably the G.O.A.T.? 2. In a 1988 Tim Burton movie did you play a ghost? 3. Are you a Cajun wielder of charged playing cards, and a mutant like Jean Grey? ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/171 "2024-12-26T14:52:29Z")
IQ1: Did you take over a top job after your brother resigned? IQ2: Were you #1’s father? IQ3: Were you Austria’s top-scoring submarine captain? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/172 "2024-12-26T15:46:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? 2. Did you come to the aid of #1 during the battle that give him his nickname? 3. Are you another Civil War general of renown whose first and middle names are the first names of #1 and #2, respectively? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/173 "2024-12-27T00:28:55Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > G for goat, ghost and grey. > > “For grath, for gruin, and the grey dawn!” > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a surf-loving teeny-bopper? > 2. Were you sent away because your leader was infatuated with your wife? > 3. Are you a thick, furry member of your group with a limited vocabulary? I am not Gidget, take a DQ, I am not Gurgi. > [@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. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you an Edmonton Oiler and in your sport are arguably the G.O.A.T.? > 2. In a 1988 Tim Burton movie did you play a ghost? > 3. Are you a Cajun wielder of charged playing cards, and a mutant like Jean Grey? I am not Wayne Gretzky and take 2 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you take over a top job after your brother resigned? > IQ2: Were you #1’s father? > IQ3: Were you Austria’s top-scoring submarine captain? Take 3 DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > 2. Did you come to the aid of #1 during the battle that give him his nickname? > 3. Are you another Civil War general of renown whose first and middle names are the first names of #1 and #2, respectively? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/174 "2024-12-27T00:39:40Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I am not Wayne Gretzky and take 2 DQs. 2 was Geena Davis; 3 was Gambit. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/175 "2024-12-27T00:55:56Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > > 2. Did you come to the aid of #1 during the battle that give him his nickname? > > 3. Are you another Civil War general of renown whose first and middle names are the first names of #1 and #2, respectively? > > Take 3 DQs. Maj. Gen’ls George H. Thomas, Gordon Granger, and George Gordon Meade respectively. DQ: Last name begins with G? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/176 "2024-12-27T00:57:34Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you take over a top job after your brother resigned? > > IQ2: Were you #1’s father? > > IQ3: Were you Austria’s top-scoring submarine captain? > > Take 3 DQs King George VI King George V Georg von Trapp Three DQs 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 27, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/177 "2024-12-27T03:39:35Z")
IQs: Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? Did you pretend not to know your way around an army base to have more time courting a young woman? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/178 "2024-12-27T03:59:25Z")
I am not George Crook, take a DQ, I am not George Patton. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/179 "2024-12-27T04:00:55Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with G ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/180 "2024-12-27T04:05:49Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a surf-loving teeny-bopper? > > 2. Were you sent away because your leader was infatuated with your wife? > > 3. Are you a thick, furry member of your group with a limited vocabulary? > > I am not Gidget, take a DQ, I am not Gurgi. 1. Correct 2. Goodwin Stanhope 3. Good guess, but I was thinking of Grog from the B.C. comic strip. DQs: 1. Created before 1950? 2. American? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224.md?page=10)