# 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:** 13
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/241 "2025-12-27T17:43:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 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? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not John F. Kennedy (??) 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/242 "2025-12-27T18:13:10Z")
O, K! IQs: 1. Did you include your family in a weekly sketch comedy program? 2. Are you currently the cast member of a sketch comedy and variety program with the longest tenure? 3. Did you appear in a sitcom with him? ---
**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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/243 "2025-12-27T18:28:35Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you include your family in a weekly sketch comedy program? > 2. Are you currently the cast member of a sketch comedy and variety program with the longest tenure? > 3. Did you appear in a sitcom with him? 1. I am not Keenan Wayans. 2. Live from New York, I have no idea. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/244 "2025-12-27T18:35:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not John F. Kennedy (??) > 3. Take a DQ. 1 (_Sandman_) is Sam Kieth; 2 (_Doctor Who_ novel) was indeed John F. Kennedy; 3 (milkshake) was Kelis. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? ---
**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, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/245 "2025-12-27T19:13:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 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? > > Take 3 DQs. Juergen Klinsmann, Jonathan Klinsmann, and Kristine Lilly. DQ: First name beings with K? 2 DQs 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:** [December 27, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/246 "2025-12-27T19:48:54Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with K ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/247 "2025-12-27T22:24:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you include your family in a weekly sketch comedy program? > > 2. Are you currently the cast member of a sketch comedy and variety program with the longest tenure? > > 3. Did you appear in a sitcom with him? > > 1. I am not Keenan Wayans. > 2. Live from New York, I have no idea. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct Kenan Thompson Kel Mitchell (_Kenan & Kel_) DQs: 1. Alive? 2. American? ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/248 "2025-12-27T22:48:55Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with K 4. Alive 5. American ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/249 "2025-12-28T00:29:55Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you get knee capped by Jeff Gillooly? 2. Were you Ruggedo’s steward? 3. Did you play Antoinette in the movie **Wide Sargasso Sea**? ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/250 "2025-12-28T01:23:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Titanic_? 2. Were Y\*O\*U an immigrant and night school English student with a unique grasp of the language, created by Leo Rosten? 3. Did you invent the Segway? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/251 "2025-12-28T01:27:38Z")
DQs: Known for the arts? Born since 1980? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/252 "2025-12-28T02:58:34Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Did you get knee capped by Jeff Gillooly? > - Were you Ruggedo’s steward? > - Did you play Antoinette in the movie **Wide Sargasso Sea**? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _Titanic_? > 2. Were Y_O_U an immigrant and night school English student with a unique grasp of the language, created by Leo Rosten? > 3. Did you invent the Segway? 1. I am not Kate Winslet. 2. I am not Hyman Kaplan. 3. 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:** [December 28, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/253 "2025-12-28T02:59:01Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with K 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1980 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/254 "2025-12-28T03:09:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you become famous from a leaked sex tape? 2. Are you her older sister? 3. Are you dating Timothée Chalamet? ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/255 "2025-12-28T03:28:10Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you star in _Titanic_? > 2. Were Y\*O\*U an immigrant and night school English student with a unique grasp of the language, created by Leo Rosten? > 3. Did you invent the Segway? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Kate Winslet. > 2. I am not Hyman Kaplan. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was Dean Kamen. DQ: born after 1950? IQs: 1. Speaking of _The Sandman_, does someone who looks a lot like you show up in “Calliope”, interviewing Ric? In real life, you’re a movie critic and author of movie-and-literature-reference-heavy stories like “The McCarthy Witch Hunt” and the _Anno Dracula_ novels. 2. Were you a privateer who buried treasure? 3. Did you team up with Static in _Batman/Deadpool_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/256 "2025-12-28T05:42:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you get knee capped by Jeff Gillooly? > 2. Were you Ruggedo’s steward? > 3. Did you play Antoinette in the movie **Wide Sargasso Sea**? Nancy Kerrigan, Kaliko, Karina Lombard DQ: Caucasian? 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:** [December 28, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/257 "2025-12-28T05:44:23Z")
Well done, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did JFK wish you a happy birthday by phone on Nov. 22, 1963? - FDR’s elderly VP, John Nance Garner Were you the pen name of an early American humorist? - Petroleum V. Nasby (actually David Ross Locke) Are you the best-known person from Wapakoneta, Ohio? - Neil Armstrong On to K! IQs: Have Blair Brown and Natalie Portman both played you? Were you the title character of the sf novel _Joshua Son of None_? Did you speak to an SRO crowd at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio in early 1963? ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/258 "2025-12-28T14:02:39Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with K 4. Alive 5. American 6. Known for the Arts 7. Born before 1980 8. Born after 1950 9. Caucasian ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/259 "2025-12-28T14:04:08Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you become famous from a leaked sex tape? > 2. Are you her older sister? > 3. Are you dating Timothée Chalamet? 1. I am not Kim Kardashian. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Speaking of _The Sandman_, does someone who looks a lot like you show up in “Calliope”, interviewing Ric? In real life, you’re a movie critic and author of movie-and-literature-reference-heavy stories like “The McCarthy Witch Hunt” and the _Anno Dracula_ novels. > 2. Were you a privateer who buried treasure? > 3. Did you team up with Static in _Batman/Deadpool_? 1. I am not Kim Newman. 2. I am not Captain Kidd. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Have Blair Brown and Natalie Portman both played you? > Were you the title character of the sf novel _Joshua Son of None_? > Did you speak to an SRO crowd at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio in early 1963? 1. I am not the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (??) 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 28, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/260 "2025-12-28T15:11:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Kim Newman. > 2. I am not Captain Kidd. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was Kamala Khan. DQ: born after 1965? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=14)