# Botticellii -- Dec 2025 **URL:** \ **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:** 12
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/221 "2025-12-26T17:01:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a girlfriend of Sid Vicious? 2. Were you married to Mariah Carey? 3. Are you the all-time leader of MLB no-hitters? ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/222 "2025-12-26T17:02:33Z")
IQs 1. Were you the round Welsh character that served as the center for most episodes of the highly acclaimed, all-leather wireless type 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Does the book _Good Omens_ deal with your prophecies? 3. Did you write _The Scarlet Letter_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/223 "2025-12-26T17:06:47Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a girlfriend of Sid Vicious? > 2. Were you married to Mariah Carey? > 3. Are you the all-time leader of MLB no-hitters? Her given name was Nancy, but I forget her surname. Take a DQ. I am not Nick Cannon. I am not Nolan Ryan. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you the round Welsh character that served as the center for most episodes of the highly acclaimed, all-leather wireless type 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Does the book _Good Omens_ deal with your prophecies? > 3. Did you write _The Scarlet Letter_? Ah, I’ve been goonshowed. Take a DQ. I am not Neil Gaiman. I am not Nathaniel Hawthorne. ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/224 "2025-12-26T17:13:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were you sleep-hypnotized into being Richard Nixon? 2. Did you do “hatchetations”? 3. Was the pizza place in _Home Alone_ named after you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/225 "2025-12-26T17:23:19Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a girlfriend of Sid Vicious? > > 2. Were you married to Mariah Carey? > > 3. Are you the all-time leader of MLB no-hitters? > > Her given name was Nancy, but I forget her surname. Take a DQ. > I am not Nick Cannon. > I am not Nolan Ryan. Nancy Spungen, but you got the important part correct. No DQs ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/226 "2025-12-26T18:57:15Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Were you the round Welsh character that served as the center for most episodes of the highly acclaimed, all-leather wireless type 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 2. Does the book _Good Omens_ deal with your prophecies? > > 3. Did you write _The Scarlet Letter_? > > Ah, I’ve been goonshowed. Take a DQ. > I am not Neil Gaiman. > I am not Nathaniel Hawthorne. #1 is Neddy Seagoon (I don’t wish to know that!) #2 was Agnes Nutter. Neil was a co-author but not a prophet. #3 is correct. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/227 "2025-12-27T01:29:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you sleep-hypnotized into being Richard Nixon? > 2. Did you do “hatchetations”? > 3. Was the pizza place in _Home Alone_ named after you? #3 I am not Nero. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/228 "2025-12-27T01:42:50Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > #3 I am not Nero. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Nandor, in _What We Do in the Shadows_; 3 was Carrie Nation. DQs: 1. died after 1915? 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:** [December 27, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/229 "2025-12-27T02:12:58Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the true chosen one to destroy Voldemort? 2. Did you hope to contain Hitler? 3. Did you and your brothers form an R&B/soul/funk band in the 70s? ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/230 "2025-12-27T02:58:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you vanish with Amelia Earhart? 2. Were you caretaker of the Muppet babies? 3. Did you play Nandor on _What We Do in the Shadows_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/231 "2025-12-27T04:19:10Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the true chosen one to destroy Voldemort? > 2. Did you hope to contain Hitler? > 3. Did you and your brothers form an R&B/soul/funk band in the 70s? I am not Neville Longbottom. I am not Neville Chamberlain. I am not Aaron Neville (and the other Neville Brothers). Neville x3 ! > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you vanish with Amelia Earhart? > 2. Were you caretaker of the Muppet babies? > 3. Did you play Nandor on _What We Do in the Shadows_? I am not Fred Noonan. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/232 "2025-12-27T04:23:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Fred Noonan. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Nanny; 3 was Kayvan Novak. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/233 "2025-12-27T04:27:02Z")
# N 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with N 4. Known partially from the arts 5. Dead 6. Naturalized American 7. Died before 1930 8. Also partially known from politics 9. Died after 1900 10. First name begins with N-Z 11. Born in Europe 12. Died before 1915 13. Not known from science ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/234 "2025-12-27T05:50:22Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > @Elendil_s_Heir , you have one more DQ (Living? was a duplicate) Ah, thanks. Previous IQs: Were you the last cast member to appear onscreen in the crime spoof _Murder by Death_? - Nancy Walker Did Jane Fonda play you in _The Butler_? - Yes, Nancy Reagan (she was OK, but was outdone by Alan Rickman, who made for a _very_ convincing Ronnie) Are you, so far, the only woman to serve as Governor of Ohio? - Nancy Hollister Nancy x3! DQs: Born in the British Isles? Held American elective office? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did JFK wish you a happy birthday by phone on Nov. 22, 1963? Were you the pen name of an early American humorist? Are you the best-known person from Wapakoneta, Ohio? ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/235 "2025-12-27T14:19:26Z")
DQ: Are you a German-born cartoonist who helped solidify our present day image of Santa Claus? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/236 "2025-12-27T15:01:55Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not Neville Longbottom. > I am not Neville Chamberlain. > I am not Aaron Neville (and the other Neville Brothers). > > Neville x3 ! Yep 0 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/237 "2025-12-27T16:38:35Z")
Ding ding ding! We have a winner! Yes, I am # Thomas Nast New York political cartoonist, scourge of the Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring, and the first person to portray Santa Claus in his now-familiar red suit. You’re up to host, **Prof**! ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/238 "2025-12-27T17:05:40Z")
And I am… # K! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/239 "2025-12-27T17:20:31Z")
K it is! IQs: 1. Are you a German soccer star who once coached the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team? 2. Are you his son, and now a (sometime) goalkeeper for that same team? 3. Are you the most-capped player for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team? ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/240 "2025-12-27T17:26:36Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you draw the first few issues of _The Sandman_, for Vertigo? 2. Is a _Doctor Who_ novel about _Who Killed_ you? 3. Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=13)