# 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:** 2
**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 3, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/21 "2025-01-03T03:35:47Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with C 4. Did not first appear in prose fiction 5. Created after 1960 6. American creators ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/22 "2025-01-03T03:36:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Q1: Was “Uh-oh, [you]!” frequently heard on Danger Island? > IQ2: Did you discover the best-known dwarf planet? > IQ3: Did you swallow all but one of your children as infants, before the last-born killed you? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I thought that was Percival Lowell. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Cronos. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/23 "2025-01-03T04:02:28Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Did Haley Joel Osment play you in **The Sixth Sense**? > 2. Did your character famously respond with “Slipper socks! Medium!” to her mother-in-law in the classic Christmas movie **The Ref**? > 3. Did you write a quartet of books set in a hot air balloon finishing school? Cole, Christine Baranski, Gail Carriger. DQ: First appeared on TV? 2 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:** [January 3, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/24 "2025-01-03T04:30:03Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECTREAS? - Yes, Salmon P. Chase Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? - Yes, Simon Cameron (of whom it was said, “He probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove”) Did you accept the formal surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox? - Brevet Maj. Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a hero of Gettysburg DQ: Main character? IQs: Were you a US senator after whom a major student loan was named? Did Al Franken make a joke about your unpopularity among some senators? Are you the most famous former Goldwater Girl from the 1964 election? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/25 "2025-01-03T12:39:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Q1: Was “Uh-oh, [you]!” frequently heard on Danger Island? > > IQ2: Did you discover the best-known dwarf planet? > > IQ3: Did you swallow all but one of your children as infants, before the last-born killed you? > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I thought that was Percival Lowell. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Cronos. Chongo Clyde Tombaugh correct (Cron **u** s, actually, I believe, but close enough) DQ: First appeared on TV? 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 3, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/26 "2025-01-03T13:26:04Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with C 4. Did not first appear in prose fiction 5. Created after 1960 6. American creators 7. Not from TV 8. Not the main character of the whole work, but the main character of the section of the work in which she appears **SCA** , kitap already asked about TV, so take another DQ. ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/27 "2025-01-03T13:26:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a US senator after whom a major student loan was named? > Did Al Franken make a joke about your unpopularity among some senators? > Are you the most famous former Goldwater Girl from the 1964 election? #2. I am not Ted Cruz. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/28 "2025-01-03T13:39:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **SCA** , kitap already asked about TV, so take another DQ. Well, she has a lot of nerve! 😃 DQ: First appeared in a movie? 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 3, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/29 "2025-01-03T13:44:20Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with C 4. Did not first appear in prose fiction 5. Created after 1960 6. American creators 7. Not from TV 8. Not the main character of the whole work, but the main character of the section of the work in which she appears 9. Appeared in a movie ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/30 "2025-01-03T14:01:01Z")
DQ: Created after 1990? ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/31 "2025-01-03T15:06:33Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with C 4. Did not first appear in prose fiction 5. Created after 1960 6. American creators 7. Not from TV 8. Not the main character of the whole work, but the main character of the section of the work in which she appears 9. Appeared in a movie 10. Created before 1990 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/32 "2025-01-03T15:37:04Z")
DQs: 1. Created before 1975? 2. First appeared in newspapers? 3. Character’s age under 21? ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/33 "2025-01-03T15:45:56Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with C 4. Did not first appear in prose fiction 5. Created after 1960 6. American creators 7. Not from TV 8. Not the main character of the whole work, but the main character of the section of the work in which she appears 9. Appeared in a movie 10. Created before 1990 11. Created after 1975 12. Did not appear in newspapers 13. Character’s age not given, but most probably over 21 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/34 "2025-01-03T15:50:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you travel with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows? 2. Were you named Euphrasie by your birth mother? 3. Were you a member of the American Philosophical Society before organizing the influential Bread and Cheese Club? ---
**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 3, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/35 "2025-01-03T18:14:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you travel with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows? 2. Were you named Euphrasie by your birth mother? 3. Were you a member of the American Philosophical Society before organizing the influential Bread and Cheese Club? [/quote] #1. I am not Calamity Jane. 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 3, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/36 "2025-01-03T19:18:01Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a US senator after whom a major student loan was named? - Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) Did Al Franken make a joke about your unpopularity among some senators? - Yes, Sen. Ted Cruz (“I like Ted Cruz better than most of his Republican colleagues do, and I _hate_ Ted Cruz”) Are you the most famous former Goldwater Girl from the 1964 election? - [Hillary Clinton](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/goldwater-girl/) DQs: First appeared in a movie? American character? IQs: Did your alleged aunt repeatedly explain she was from Brazil, “where the nuts come from”? Did John Forsythe provide your voice although you never showed your face? Are you the protagonist of the John Scalzi crime comedy novel _Starter Villain_? Highly recommended, BTW. ---
**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, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/37 "2025-01-04T02:10:30Z")
**DQs:** 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with C 4. Did not first appear in prose fiction 5. Created after 1960 6. American creators 7. Not from TV 8. Not the main character of the whole work, but the main character of the section of the work in which she appears 9. Appeared in a movie 10. Created before 1990 11. Created after 1975 12. Did not appear in newspapers 13. Character’s age not given, but most probably over 21 14. Only appearance is in one movie 15. American character ---
**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, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/38 "2025-01-04T02:12:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your alleged aunt repeatedly explain she was from Brazil, “where the nuts come from”? > Did John Forsythe provide your voice although you never showed your face? > Are you the protagonist of the John Scalzi crime comedy novel _Starter Villain_? 1. I am not Chaley, from _Charley’s Aunt_ and _Where’s Charley?_ 2. I am not Charlie from _Charlie’s Angels_. 3. I am not Charley, but take a DQ. I enjoyed _Starter Villain_ this last year, but don’t recall his actual name. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/39 "2025-01-04T04:36:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you travel with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows? > 2. Were you named Euphrasie by your birth mother? > 3. Were you a member of the American Philosophical Society before organizing the influential Bread and Cheese Club? > > #1. I am not Calamity Jane. > Take 2 DQs. 1. Cosette, _Les Miserables_ 2. James Fenimore Cooper 2 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:** [January 5, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/40 "2025-01-05T03:57:00Z")
Swept me! The third, in _Starter Villain_, was Charlie Fitzer. You got all three Charlie/Charleys, so I won’t take a DQ. IQs: Were you Galadriel’s husband? Were you lord of the Grey Havens? Were you the greatest ring-maker of the Elves? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448.md?page=3)