# Botticelli - January 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178 "2022-01-04T01:44:34Z")\ **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:** [January 4, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/1 "2022-01-04T01:44:34Z")
Happy New Year! I am # **T!** [Link to Dec 2021 thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2021/955496/231) ---
**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 4, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/2 "2022-01-04T01:59:58Z")
IQs: Were you known as “Old Slow Trot”? A Starfleet admiral, did you say not a word in your single _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ appearance? Did your later-famous son not attend your funeral when he pretty easily could have? ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/3 "2022-01-04T03:13:30Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Were you Abe Lincoln’s son? 2. Were you Will Riker’s transporter duplicate? 3. Is your memoir _Bossypants_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/4 "2022-01-04T09:40:16Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you write the murder mystery **Did She Fall?**? 2. Did the above author write two books about you, a mildly henpecked banker who got tangled up with a married pair of ghosts? 3. Are you main character of Mercedes Lackey’s trilogy “Arrows of the Queen”? ---
**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 4, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/5 "2022-01-04T13:09:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you known as “Old Slow Trot”? > A Starfleet admiral, did you say not a word in your single _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ appearance? > Did your later-famous son not attend your funeral when he pretty easily could have? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Abe Lincoln’s son? > 2. Were you Will Riker’s transporter duplicate? > 3. Is your memoir _Bossypants_ ? #1. I am not Todd Lincoln. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I read Tina Fey’s book last year, but I am not her. > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write the murder mystery **Did She Fall?**? > - Did the above author write two books about you, a mildly henpecked banker who got tangled up with a married pair of ghosts? > - Are you main character of Mercedes Lackey’s trilogy “Arrows of the Queen”? #2. I am not Topper. 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:** [January 4, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/6 "2022-01-04T14:46:48Z")
Happy New Year to all! Previous IQs: Were you known as “Old Slow Trot”? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas of Civil War fame A Starfleet admiral, did you say not a word in your single _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ appearance? - Adm. William Thomas Did your later-famous son not attend your funeral when he pretty easily could have? - Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham, from whom he was estranged Thomas x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name starts with T? IQs: Were you namechecked just once in a song from _Grease_? Did you play General Zod? Did you deliver a glorious rant about the flaws of American society, including its obsession with mammary glands? ---
**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 4, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/7 "2022-01-04T15:29:22Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you Abe Lincoln’s son? > 2. Were you Will Riker’s transporter duplicate? > 3. Is your memoir _Bossypants_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Todd Lincoln. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I read Tina Fey’s book last year, but I am not her. Close enough for Tad Lincoln; 2 was Thomas Riker; 3 was correct. 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:** [January 4, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/8 "2022-01-04T18:01:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T ---
**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 4, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/9 "2022-01-04T18:02:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you namechecked just once in a song from _Grease_ ? > Did you play General Zod? > Did you deliver a glorious rant about the flaws of American society, including its obsession with mammary glands? #1. I am not Troy Donahue. 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:** [January 4, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/10 "2022-01-04T18:57:54Z")
Correct, and Terrence Stamp, and Terry-Thomas: [It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - Preoccupation With Bosoms Scene (2/10) | Movieclips - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hln19l9RtWg) DQs: Living? American? IQs: Were you, a Vermonter who built his political career in Pennsylvania, played by a Texan? Did a joke caption of you peeking out of a basement window read, “Oh, good. Here comes Norman with the heads.”? Were you the Norman in question? ---
**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 4, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/11 "2022-01-04T20:02:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Deceased 5. Not American ---
**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 4, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/12 "2022-01-04T20:04:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you, a Vermonter who built his political career in Pennsylvania, played by a Texan? > Did a joke caption of you peeking out of a basement window read, “Oh, good. Here comes Norman with the heads.”? > Were you the Norman in question? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/13 "2022-01-05T03:33:06Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you write the murder mystery **Did She Fall?**? > 2. Did the above author write two books about you, a mildly henpecked banker who got tangled up with a married pair of ghosts? > 3. Are you main character of Mercedes Lackey’s trilogy “Arrows of the Queen”? Thorne Smith, correct, Talia DQs: 1. Known for the Arts? 2. Died before 1900? ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/14 "2022-01-05T14:59:51Z")
Previous IQs: Were you, a Vermonter who built his political career in Pennsylvania, played by a Texan? - Thaddeus Stevens, played by Tommy Lee Jones in _Lincoln_ Did a joke caption of you peeking out of a basement window read, “Oh, good. Here comes Norman with the heads.”? - Margaret Thatcher Were you the Norman in question? - Norman Tebbit, an MP and a loyal supporter, later chair of the Conservative Party DQs: European? One DQ reserved. IQs: In a 1982 movie, was Flynn a friend and ally of yours? Did you, with great regret, have an abortion in order to focus on your career? Were you Pig’s adored girlfriend in Pat Conroy’s novel _The Lords of Discipline_? ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/15 "2022-01-05T15:05:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died after 1900 8. Not European ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/16 "2022-01-05T15:07:06Z")
IQs: In a 1982 movie, was Flynn a friend and ally of yours? Did you, with great regret, have an abortion in order to focus on your career? Were you Pig’s adored girlfriend in Pat Conroy’s novel _The Lords of Discipline_ ? [/quote] Take 3 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:** [January 5, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/17 "2022-01-05T16:43:29Z")
The title character of _Tron_, DCI Jane Tennison and Theresa. DQs: Asian? Political/military? Died after 1950? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did your theories of naval power influence a future national leader? Were you that leader? Were you the Bartlet White House’s director of communications? ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/18 "2022-01-05T16:53:53Z")
IQs: 1. Do you appear on the American nickel? 2. Did you never give them hell–you just told the truth, and they thought it was hell? 3. Were you a socialite/philanthropist who went to the Bad Place? 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:** [January 5, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/19 "2022-01-05T20:58:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died after 1900 8. Not European 9. Not Asian 10. Not political/military 11. Died after 1950 ---
**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 5, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178/20 "2022-01-05T20:59:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your theories of naval power influence a future national leader? > Were you that leader? > Were you the Bartlet White House’s director of communications? #2. I am not Theodore Roosevelt (??) Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you appear on the American nickel? > 2. Did you never give them hell–you just told the truth, and they thought it was hell? > 3. Were you a socialite/philanthropist who went to the Bad Place? 1. I am not Thomas Jefferson. 2. I am not Harry S Truman. Take a DQ. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2022/957178.md?page=2)