# Botticelli - November 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440 "2015-11-02T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **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:** [November 27, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/301 "2015-11-27T14:32:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played a soldier, a dictator, an assassin and a jazz musician? > Did you command the USS _Monitor_ during its duel with the CSS _Virginia_? > Were you duped by the Red-Headed League? 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:** [November 28, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/302 "2015-11-28T02:37:47Z")
You had two answer #12s. Previous IQs: Have you played a soldier, a dictator, an assassin and a jazz musician? - Forest Whitaker, in _The Crying Game, The Last King of Scotland, Ghost Dog_ and _Bird_. Did you command the USS _Monitor_ during its duel with the CSS _Virginia_? - John Worden, who was later superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. Were you duped by the Red-Headed League? - Jabez Wilson, in the Sherlock Holmes story. DQ: In a movie with animals? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? Does the same actor often play your dad and the heavy? Were your two main hobbies chopping wood and organizing your papers? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/303 "2015-11-28T02:54:21Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American 4. Not from literature 5. If real, would probably be alive today 6. Created before 1964 7. Best known from movies 8. Last name starts with W 9. Primary character (or very close to it) 10. Appeared in one movie and remakes of the same movie 11. First movie in B&W 12. Not a heroic role, but she is a good girl. 13. Not a beauty, but a pretty little girl. 14. Not in a movie with animals ---
**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:** [November 28, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/304 "2015-11-28T02:56:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? > Does the same actor often play your dad and the heavy? > Were your two main hobbies chopping wood and organizing your papers? I am not Ethel Waters. 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:** [November 28, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/305 "2015-11-28T20:13:20Z")
Previous IQs: Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? - I’ll rephrase. Does the same actor often play your dad and the heavy? - Wendy Darling, in stage performances of _Peter Pan_. Were your two main hobbies chopping wood and organizing your papers? - William Gladstone, the British PM of the Victorian era. Four DQs reserved. IQs: You are not Ethel Waters. Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? Is your father’s application for land under the Homestead Act on display at the U.S. National Archives? Were you Lincoln’s SecNav? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/306 "2015-11-28T22:11:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You are not Ethel Waters. Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? > Is your father’s application for land under the Homestead Act on display at the U.S. National Archives? > Were you Lincoln’s SecNav? I am not Marsha Warfield. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Gideon Welles. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/307 "2015-11-29T01:54:39Z")
Previous IQs: You are not Ethel Waters. Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? - I’ll rephrase. Is your father’s application for land under the Homestead Act on display at the U.S. National Archives? - Laura Ingalls Wilder. Were you Lincoln’s SecNav? - Yes, the redoubtable Gideon Welles. DQs: Appears in a family-suitable film? Any actress get a top award for playing this role? Three DQs reserved. IQs: You are neither Ethel Waters nor Marsha Warfield. Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/308 "2015-11-29T03:26:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You are neither Ethel Waters nor Marsha Warfield. Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? Okay, take a 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:** [November 29, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/309 "2015-11-29T03:28:09Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. American 4. Not from literature 5. If real, would probably be alive today 6. Created before 1964 7. Best known from movies 8. Last name starts with W 9. Primary character (or very close to it) 10. Appeared in one movie and remakes of the same movie 11. First movie in B&W 12. Not a heroic role, but she is a good girl. 13. Not a beauty, but a pretty little girl. 14. Not in a movie with animals 15. From a classic family-suitable film 16. The film won three Oscars, but none for this part. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/310 "2015-11-30T18:14:39Z")
Where did everybody go? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/311 "2015-11-30T18:20:01Z")
Previous IQs: You are neither Ethel Waters nor Marsha Warfield. Are you often cast as a sassy black woman? - Wanda Sykes. Four DQs reserved. Still can’t figure out who this girl is. What else should we be asking, sportsfans? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/312 "2015-12-01T03:27:13Z")
Did Santa Claus get you a house on Long Island for Christmas? ---
**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 1, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/313 "2015-12-01T12:22:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did Santa Claus get you a house on Long Island for Christmas? Yes! I am S[COLOR=“Red”]usan Walker[/COLOR]. Well done, astorian! and welcome back! ---
**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 1, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/314 "2015-12-01T16:03:40Z")
I remember _Miracle on 34th Street_, but don’t know any of the characters’ names. Good job, **astorian**! Start a new thread for December, please. ---
**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 3, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/315 "2015-12-03T18:22:04Z")
Looks like a drive-by solving. You take the next one, EH. ---
**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 3, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/316 "2015-12-03T19:30:47Z")
Which way did he go, George? Which way did he go? I saw the movie once and, as much as I loathe Christmas, thought it was pretty cute. But like EH, I didn’t remember any of the characters’ names. ---
**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 3, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/317 "2015-12-03T19:32:00Z")
Not even Kris Kringle? Or Mr. Macy? ---
**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 3, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/318 "2015-12-03T19:38:45Z")
It’s been ~36 years since the one time I saw it, so no. If you’d asked me cold, last week, I don’t think I’d have been able to tell you that Macy’s was involved. And I doubt I would have remembered what name Santa was using. ---
**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 4, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/319 "2015-12-04T19:49:03Z")
December thread started here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18911013#post18911013](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18911013#post18911013) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=15)