# Botticellii -- Dec 2025

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 1, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303 "2025-12-01T21:07:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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**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 22, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/181 "2025-12-22T21:36:32Z")

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S.

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name starts with S
4. created after 1900
5. created before 1960
6. originally from TV or movies
7. good guy
8. originally from movies
9. created after 1940
10. human

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/182 "2025-12-22T22:50:49Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@knoodler](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > 1. Are you the partner of one of the most influential women in the world?
> > 2. Is your father the all-time points leader of the Charlotte Hornets?
> > 3. Are you his brother?
> 
> Dunno x3.

1. Stedman Graham (partner of Oprah Winfrey)
2. Stephen Curry (son of Dell Curry)
3. Seth Curry

DQs:

1. Known from cop/detective movies?
2. American?

4 DQs reserved

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/183 "2025-12-22T22:52:18Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@SunUp](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > 1. Were you the little girl in _Miracle on 34th Street_?
> > 2. Did you run the toy departmant at Macy’s in the same film?
> > 3. Were you a doubting psychologist in the same film?
> 
> Dunno x3.

Susan Walker (as portrayed by young Natalie Wood), Mr. Shellhammer, and Granville Sawyer.

DQ: Main character?

2 DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/184 "2025-12-23T02:01:57Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Congrats!
> 
> 1. Did you create, among other shows, **The A-Team**?
> 2. Are you Jameson Parker’s most famous role?
> 3. Did you play Mary Winchester on **Supernatural**?

Corrscf, AJ Simon, Samantha Smith.

DQ:

1. Caucasian?

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**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:** [December 23, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/185 "2025-12-23T16:45:44Z")

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IQs:  
1. Do you produce _Bridgerton_?  
2. Is a New Jersey Turnpike service area named after you?  
3. Did you first appear in the 1947 story “Christmas on Bear Mountain”, the Yuletide setting likely (along with your wealth and personality) inspiring your first name?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/186 "2025-12-23T18:16:52Z")

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iQs:

1. Did you play Ellen Harvelle on **Supernatural**?
2. Did you voice Kuzco?
3. Did you play Jedidiah Jones on **Barnaby Jones**?

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**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 23, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/187 "2025-12-23T21:03:20Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Do you produce _Bridgerton_?  
> 2. Is a New Jersey Turnpike service area named after you?  
> 3. Did you first appear in the 1947 story “Christmas on Bear Mountain”, the Yuletide setting likely (along with your wealth and personality) inspiring your first name?

Dunno, not Stockton and dunno.

> [@kitap](#):
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> iQs:
> 
> 1. Did you play Ellen Harvelle on **Supernatural**?
> 2. Did you voice Kuzco?
> 3. Did you play Jedidiah Jones on **Barnaby Jones**?

Dunno x3.

S.

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name starts with S
4. created after 1900
5. created before 1960
6. originally from TV or movies
7. good guy
8. originally from movies
9. created after 1940
10. human
11. not known from cop/detective movies
12. American
13. not the main character
14. Caucasian

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**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:** [December 23, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/188 "2025-12-23T21:15:39Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, not Stockton and dunno.

Respectively:

1 was Shonda Rhimes; correct on Richard Stockton; 3 was Scrooge McDuck.

DQs:  
1. created after 1950?  
2. movie is Christmas-related?

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**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 23, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/189 "2025-12-23T21:40:02Z")

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S.

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name starts with S
4. created after 1900
5. created before 1960
6. originally from TV or movies
7. good guy
8. originally from movies
9. created after 1940
10. human
11. not known from cop/detective movies
12. American
13. not the main character
14. Caucasian
15. created before 1950
16. movie is Christmas-related

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/190 "2025-12-23T21:47:14Z")

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DQs:

Appeared in more than one movie?  
At least one movie was adapted from a different work?

IQs:

1. Did you help save the main character’s bacon by advancing them a $25,000 loan?
2. Did you play the main character in the movie with #1?
3. Were you played by Lee Majors as an exceptionally valuable astronaut?

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**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 23, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/191 "2025-12-23T23:02:30Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you help save the main character’s bacon by advancing them a $25,000 loan?..

Hee-haw, and yes, I am

# Sam Wainwright

who came to George Bailey’s and the S&L’s financial aid when they most needed it in _It’s a Wonderful Life._ Well done, **SunUp**!

For more: [How much money did Uncle Billy lose in 'It's a Wonderful Life'?](https://www.citizen-times.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/12/21/how-much-money-did-uncle-billy-lose-its-wonderful-life/972756001/)

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**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 23, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/192 "2025-12-23T23:42:15Z")

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Nicely done, **SunUp!!**

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/193 "2025-12-24T17:37:16Z")

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Thanks! And for those who’ve never seen it, [the lost ending](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw89o0afb2A) to the film.

Let’s get it started again. I am

# N!

Let the guessing commence!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/194 "2025-12-24T17:44:02Z")

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Good work, **SunUp**!

IQs:

1. Were you played on TV by Chace Crawford?
2. Did you win a ring playing for the Boston Celtics in 1981?
3. Are you the founder of FiveThirtyEight?

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**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:** [December 24, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/195 "2025-12-24T18:08:16Z")

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Congrats, SunUp!

IQs:  
1. Did you pose for a picture on the lap of Mr. T, who was dressed as Santa Claus?  
2. Did you play Uhura?  
3. “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker”?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/196 "2025-12-24T18:13:31Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you played on TV by Chace Crawford?
> 2. Did you win a ring playing for the Boston Celtics in 1981?
> 3. Are you the founder of FiveThirtyEight?

Take 2 DQs and I am not Nate Silver.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you pose for a picture on the lap of Mr. T, who was dressed as Santa Claus?
> 2. Did you play Uhura?
> 3. “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker”?

Take a DQ.  
I am not Nichelle Nichols.  
I am not Ogden Nash.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/197 "2025-12-24T18:25:07Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> > [@knoodler](#):
> >
> > Qs:
> > 
> > 1. Were you played on TV by Chace Crawford?
> > 2. Did you win a ring playing for the Boston Celtics in 1981?
> > 3. Are you the founder of FiveThirtyEight?
> 
> Take 2 DQs and I am not Nate Silver.

1 & 2 are both Nate Archibald; 3 is correct

Nate x3!

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

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**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:** [December 24, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/198 "2025-12-24T18:34:08Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
>
> Take a DQ.  
> I am not Nichelle Nichols.  
> I am not Ogden Nash.

1 (Mr. T) was Nancy Reagan.

DQ: first name begins with N?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/199 "2025-12-24T18:48:46Z")

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# N

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with N

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/200 "2025-12-25T03:26:08Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you described as a man who had the power to destroy the world?
2. Do you live in the fictional town of Retroville?
3. Are you a former running back with the San Diego Chargers?

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