# Botticelli - January 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 31, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679 "2019-12-31T17:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 31, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/1 "2019-12-31T17:46:06Z")
Happy New Year! I am D! Last month’s thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22054150#post22054150](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22054150#post22054150) ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/2 "2019-12-31T18:13:15Z")
1. Are you one of the mormon brothers that turned Leonard Cohen’s brilliant Halleluja into a shitty Christmas song? 2. Did you perform with The Moody Blues and Wings? 3. In two different movies that you directed, did you have contentious relations with your mother and your daughter? ---
**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 31, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/3 "2019-12-31T18:27:50Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Are you one of the mormon brothers that turned Leonard Cohen’s brilliant Halleluja into a shitty Christmas song? > 2. Did you perform with The Moody Blues and Wings? > 3. In two different movies that you directed, did you have contentious relations with your mother and your daughter? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/4 "2019-12-31T18:42:14Z")
Well I didn’t think it would be _that_ easy… Donny Osmond (thought mormon would have given that to you), Denny Laine, Danny DeVito (Throw Mama From the Train, Mitilda) Real? 2 DQs 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 31, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/5 "2019-12-31T19:11:39Z")
I try not to think of the Osmonds… DQ 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/6 "2019-12-31T20:08:50Z")
2 more DQs Living? Male? ---
**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 31, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/7 "2019-12-31T20:21:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/8 "2019-12-31T21:12:47Z")
1. Are you named in one half of an effect where people think they’re more competent than they actually are? (as in this example of trying to form a comprehensible question) 2. Did you allegedly cheat the boxers you represented? 3. Did Peter O’Toole play you in a movie musical? ---
**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 31, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/9 "2019-12-31T21:54:27Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > 1. Are you named in one half of an effect where people think they’re more competent than they actually are? (as in this example of trying to form a comprehensible question) > > 2. Did you allegedly cheat the boxers you represented? > > 3. Did Peter O’Toole play you in a movie musical? 1. I am not Dunning of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Don Quixote (??) Take 1 or 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/10 "2019-12-31T22:20:59Z")
Don King, right on the others. Known for the performing arts? ---
**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 31, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/11 "2019-12-31T23:27:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Known for the Performing Arts Happy New Year! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/12 "2020-01-01T04:06:47Z")
D it is. IQs: Are you a notable Oberlin alum in showbiz? Are you a notable former Oberlin faculty member who’s a _NYT_-bestselling author? Were you a noted non-royal Victorian who married his first cousin? All the best to all my Doper friends for a happy, healthy New Year! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/13 "2020-01-01T05:43:24Z")
HAPPY NEW YEEEEAR 1. Were you born on a mountaintop in Tennessee? 2. Were you BoJack Horseman’s ghostwriter? 3. Did you play Jim Stark? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/14 "2020-01-01T12:39:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > D it is. > > IQs: > > Are you a notable Oberlin alum in showbiz? > Are you a notable former Oberlin faculty member who’s a _NYT_-bestselling author? > Were you a noted non-royal Victorian who married his first cousin? > > All the best to all my Doper friends for a happy, healthy New Year! #3. I am not Charles Dickens (???) Take 2 or 3 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:** [January 1, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/15 "2020-01-01T12:41:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > HAPPY NEW YEEEEAR > > 1. Were you born on a mountaintop in Tennessee? > 2. Were you BoJack Horseman’s ghostwriter? > 3. Did you play Jim Stark? #1. I am not Davy Crockett. Take 2 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:** [January 1, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/16 "2020-01-01T16:07:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Davy Crockett. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Diane Nguyen (from _BoJack Horseman_); 3 was James Dean. DQs: 1. first name begins with D? 2. died after 1900? IQs: 3. Are you the Warner sister? 4. Aside from playing James Bond’s boss, do you appear as Old Deuteronomy in the current film version of _Cats_? 5. Did you say that you had never been lost, but you were once bewildered for three days? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/17 "2020-01-01T19:00:37Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. Known for the Performing Arts 5. Last name starts with D 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:** [January 1, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/18 "2020-01-01T19:01:44Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Warner sister? > 2. Aside from playing James Bond’s boss, do you appear as Old Deuteronomy in the current film version of _Cats_? > 3. Did you say that you had never been lost, but you were once bewildered for three days? 1. I am not Dot. 2. I am not Dame Judi Dench. 3. I am not Daniel Boone. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/19 "2020-01-02T03:59:55Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a notable Oberlin alum in showbiz? - Lena Dunham of _Girls_ Are you a notable former Oberlin faculty member who’s a _NYT_-bestselling author? - Dan Chaon Were you a noted non-royal Victorian who married his first cousin? - Yes, Charles Darwin DQs: American? Actress? IQs: Did Halle Berry play you in a tragic biopic? Were you often the Marx Brothers’ comedic nemesis? Have you played a spy, an astronaut, a different astronaut, a genius and a showman’s lover? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679/20 "2020-01-02T04:20:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Dot. > 2. I am not Dame Judi Dench. > 3. I am not Daniel Boone. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Does a man named Tony live in your finger? 2. Did you play the above person? 3. Were you a Cynical Greek philosopher? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2020/845679.md?page=2)