# Botticelli - January 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448 "2025-01-01T18:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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 27, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/301 "2025-01-27T14:36:21Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Zor-El’s nephew? 2. Were you an early manufacturer of radios? 3. Did you decree that any woman eating a banana in public should be put to death? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/302 "2025-01-28T02:57:05Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you assume the alias “Royal” after going into hiding, following the fall of the Ministry of Magic? > 2. Did Ben Affleck portray you in a recent movie that prominently featured Michael Jordan? > 3. Did LeVar Burton play your father in an epic TV miniseries? Dunno, dunno and neither Kunta Kinte or Kizzy. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. did your mom say You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? > 2. Did you create _Ren & Stimpy_? > 3. Did you write the _Animorphs_ series? Dunno x3. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the title role in _The White Shadow_? > 2. Did you play the male lead in _Herbie Rides Again_? > 3. Did you host the Merry Pranksters? Not Ken Atwood, not Ken Jones and not Ken Kesey (sp?). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Zor-El’s nephew? > 2. Were you an early manufacturer of radios? > 3. Did you decree that any woman eating a banana in public should be put to death? Not Kal-El, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/303 "2025-01-28T03:06:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was Kamala Harris; 2 was John Kricfalusi; 3 was K.A. Applegate. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with K? 3. male? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/304 "2025-01-28T03:09:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you play the title role in _The White Shadow_? > > 2. Did you play the male lead in _Herbie Rides Again_? > > 3. Did you host the Merry Pranksters? > > Not Ken Atwood, not Ken Jones and not Ken Kesey (sp?). Correct on Ken Kesey. #1 was Ken Howard; #2 was Ken Berry. Ken x 3! 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/305 "2025-01-28T05:31:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you assume the alias “Royal” after going into hiding, following the fall of the Ministry of Magic? > > 2. Did Ben Affleck portray you in a recent movie that prominently featured Michael Jordan? > > 3. Did LeVar Burton play your father in an epic TV miniseries? > > Dunno, dunno and neither Kunta Kinte or Kizzy. 1. Kingsley Shacklebolt 2. Phil Knight _(Air)_ 3. Correct DQs: 1. American? 2. Known for arts? ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/306 "2025-01-28T15:11:24Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Known for arts? This is assuming the person is real and not the best question to ask, since we don’t know if the person is real or a fictional character yet. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/307 "2025-01-28T15:27:28Z")
Good call. I’ll rephrase my post: **DQ:** 1. American? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/308 "2025-01-28T15:51:19Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. American? We might not even know yet if they are human, or from Terra. ---
**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 28, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/309 "2025-01-28T18:20:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you Zor-El’s nephew? > > 2. Were you an early manufacturer of radios? > > 3. Did you decree that any woman eating a banana in public should be put to death? > > Not Kal-El, dunno and dunno. Correct on Kal-El. #2 was Atwater Kent. 2 DQs reserved. #3 was King Kamehameha of Hawai’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:** [January 28, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/310 "2025-01-28T19:37:30Z")
K. 1. real 2. last name begins with K 3. male 4. American ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/311 "2025-01-28T19:38:53Z")
DQs: Living? Known for the arts? ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/312 "2025-01-28T19:41:02Z")
K. 1. real 2. last name begins with K 3. male 4. American 5. dead 6. not known for the 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:** [January 28, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/313 "2025-01-28T19:51:03Z")
DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. Known for politics/military? ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/314 "2025-01-28T19:52:16Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Attorney General of the U.S. in the 1960’s? 2. Were you his dad? 3. Were you his brother who “only” became a senator? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/315 "2025-01-28T20:24:20Z")
IQs: 1. Do you hold the world record for eating cow brains (15 in 57 minutes)? 2. Did you assume your nickname after Uma Thurman’s codename in _Kill Bill (Vols 1 and 2)_? 3. Did James Garner play you in a 1995 cabaret movie? ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/316 "2025-01-28T21:04:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you make a titanic attempt at the Philadelphia-Delco accent in _Mare of Easttown_? 2. Were you (technically) played by a woman, actress Sandra Smith, for part of the third-season–that is, series–finale? 3. Did you invent the Segway? ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/317 "2025-01-29T19:53:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Attorney General of the U.S. in the 1960’s? > 2. Were you his dad? > 3. Were you his brother who “only” became a senator? Not any of those three Kennedys: Robert, Joseph Sr. or Ted. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you hold the world record for eating cow brains (15 in 57 minutes)? > 2. Did you assume your nickname after Uma Thurman’s codename in _Kill Bill (Vols 1 and 2)_? > 3. Did James Garner play you in a 1995 cabaret movie? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make a titanic attempt at the Philadelphia-Delco accent in _Mare of Easttown_? > 2. Were you (technically) played by a woman, actress Sandra Smith, for part of the third-season–that is, series–finale? > 3. Did you invent the Segway? Not Kate Winslet, dunno and dunno. K. 1. real 2. last name begins with K 3. male 4. American 5. dead 6. not known for the Arts 7. died after 1900 8. not known for politics/military ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/318 "2025-01-29T20:30:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you hold the world record for eating cow brains (15 in 57 minutes)? > > 2. Did you assume your nickname after Uma Thurman’s codename in _Kill Bill (Vols 1 and 2)_? > > 3. Did James Garner play you in a 1995 cabaret movie? > > Dunno x3. 1. Takeru Kobiyashi 2. Kobe Bryant (the Black Mamba) 3. King Marchand _(Victor/Victoria)_ DQs: 1. Known for politics? 2. Died after 1950? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/319 "2025-01-29T22:12:58Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make a titanic attempt at the Philadelphia-Delco accent in _Mare of Easttown_? > 2. Were you (technically) played by a woman, actress Sandra Smith, for part of the third-season–that is, series–finale? > 3. Did you invent the Segway? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Kate Winslet, dunno and dunno. 2 was Captain James T. Kirk, in the _Star Trek_ episode “Turnabout Intruder”; 3 was Dean Kamen. DQs: 1. first name begins from A-M? 2. known from science? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/320 "2025-01-30T02:31:13Z")
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