# 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:** 14
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/261 "2025-12-28T17:10:10Z")
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 10. Born before 1965 ---
**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, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/262 "2025-12-28T18:42:41Z")
IQs: 1. Were you, according to the title of a _Freaks and Geeks_ episode, Lindsay Weir’s friend? 2. Did you found the department store chain that eventually became K-Mart? 3. Did you go to a rock quarry to shoot a Cricket? ---
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/263 "2025-12-28T18:58:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did you first appear in “Love’s Labour’s Lost in Space”? 2. Were you born Temujin? 3. Were you an Irish reporter and vampire, cut from _Dracula_ by Stoker but later used as a character by Kim Newman? ---
**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, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/264 "2025-12-28T20:15:29Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you, according to the title of a _Freaks and Geeks_ episode, Lindsay Weir’s friend? > 2. Did you found the department store chain that eventually became K-Mart? > 3. Did you go to a rock quarry to shoot a Cricket? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Mr. Kresge. 3. I am not Kristi Noem. ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/265 "2025-12-28T20:16:36Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you first appear in “Love’s Labour’s Lost in Space”? > 2. Were you born Temujin? > 3. Were you an Irish reporter and vampire, cut from _Dracula_ by Stoker but later used as a character by Kim Newman? 1. I am not Kublai Khan. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/266 "2025-12-28T20:22:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you, according to the title of a _Freaks and Geeks_ episode, Lindsay Weir’s friend? > > 2. Did you found the department store chain that eventually became K-Mart? > > 3. Did you go to a rock quarry to shoot a Cricket? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Mr. Kresge. > 3. I am not Kristi Noem. #1 was Kim Kelly, played by Busy Phillips. Correct on 2 & 3. DQ: Known for the performing arts? ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/267 "2025-12-28T20:23:08Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:261, topic:1025303, full:true”] 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 10. Born before 1965 11. Known for the performing arts ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/268 "2025-12-28T20:25:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you first appear in “Love’s Labour’s Lost in Space”? > 2. Were you born Temujin? > 3. Were you an Irish reporter and vampire, cut from _Dracula_ by Stoker but later used as a character by Kim Newman? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Kublai Khan. > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Kif Kroker, on _Futurama_; 2 was Genghis Khan; 3 was Kate Reed. DQs: 1. known for acting? 2. born after 1957? 3. first name starts from A-M? ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/269 "2025-12-28T21:42:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 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. Correct Kourtney Kardashian Kylie Jenner DQs: Appeared mostly on TV? Was married just once? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/270 "2025-12-29T02:20:58Z")
Non-player’s nitpick: Khan is a title, so no more a qualification for a name starting with K than King Henry would be. OTOH, Prof. Pepperwinkle probably saw that and jumped to Kublai. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/271 "2025-12-29T03:34:28Z")
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 10. Born before 1965 11. Known for the performing arts 12. Known for acting 13. Born before 1957 14. First name starts with A-M 15. Known from both TV and movies 16. Never married Quondam, nah, I just guessed the wrong Khan. I disagree with your premise: in a number of cases a title has been associated as part of a name for so long, it should be considered such. This is mainly true for titles that don’t stand alone as words in English. King, Queen, Lord, Sir, Cardinal, for instance, wouldn’t be a name, but Khan or Caesar, yep. But that’s just my opinion. ---
**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 29, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/272 "2025-12-29T04:09:21Z")
I agree, given the vagaries of the English language. Previous IQs: Have Blair Brown and Natalie Portman both played you? - Jacqueline Kennedy, in _Kennedy_ and _Jackie_ Were you the title character of the sf novel _Joshua Son of None_? - Joshua Francis Kellogg, almost certainly a clone of President Kennedy Did you speak to an SRO crowd at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio in early 1963? - Yes, MLK, just a few months before the March on Washington DQs: Considered a beauty? Has won an Oscar or an Emmy? ---
**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 29, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/273 "2025-12-29T04:13:44Z")
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 10. Born before 1965 11. Known for the performing arts 12. Known for acting 13. Born before 1957 14. First name starts with A-M 15. Known from both TV and movies 16. Never married 17. Not considered a beauty 18. Nominated for an Oscar, but didn’t win; has won two Emmys. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/274 "2025-12-29T04:15:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in such Disney movies as **No Deposit, No Return** and **Escape to Witch Mountain**? 2. Were you Lindsay in the original **Halloween**? 3. Did you marry hotel heir Rick Hilton? DQ: Known for a genre? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 29, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/275 "2025-12-29T04:24:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _On Thermonuclear War_ (and do you definitely count for this round)? 2. Did you star on _The Office_ and your own sitcom, _The_ you _Project_? 3. You made your family disappear…you made your family disappear! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/276 "2025-12-29T15:17:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play an accountant who briefly married a state senator on _The Office_? 2. Did you play a Native American former flight attendant on _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_? 3. Did you play Kimmy’s landlady on the same show? ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/277 "2025-12-29T17:05:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Did you play Kimmy’s landlady on the same show? Yes! I am Lillian Kaushtupper! er, wait, no, that’s the character… I am # Carol Kane! [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ISzpDxMoL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ISzpDxMoL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg) Known from _Hester Street,_ _Annie Hall_, _Scrooged_ (the Ghost of Christmas Past), _The Princess Bride_ (Mad Max’s wife), and, most recently, on _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt._ Well done, **SunUp!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/278 "2025-12-29T17:24:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs > > 1. Not considered a beauty I beg to differ. ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/279 "2025-12-29T23:25:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > _Scrooged_ (the Ghost of Christmas Past) Correction: no, you’d think she would have–she’s the right type for that kind of elfin role–but she played the Ghost of Christmas Present. ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/280 "2025-12-30T00:15:37Z")
Oh, you’re right. Buster Poindexter was Past, with a taxi. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=15)