# 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:** 5
**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 12, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/81 "2025-12-12T14:21:40Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the Eraser? 2. Did you co-found Google? 3. Did you do an OK as hell performance as the Duchess on _The Mandalorian_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/82 "2025-12-12T14:36:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you spend three nights and days searching for a fine little girl? > > 2. Were you once a close friend of Clark Kent? > > 3. Were you an old flame of Clark’s? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Lex Luthor, at least in the Silver Age. > 3. I am not Lana Lang. Louie (of “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen) Correct Correct DQ: Born after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/83 "2025-12-12T14:47:05Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the lead singer for the Stone Poneys? 2. Did you, a classically trained actor, often carry a whoopee cushion around on set? 3. Did you play the fast-talking manager of a Connecticut resort hotel? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/84 "2025-12-12T14:48:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did you front the band Nine Stories? 2. Were you frightened by a spider? 3. Are you best remembered for working with Lloyd Dobyns? ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/85 "2025-12-12T16:57:48Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with L 4. No obvious Christmas connection 5. Born after 1950 ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/86 "2025-12-12T16:58:46Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Eraser? > 2. Did you co-found Google? > 3. Did you do an OK as hell performance as the Duchess on _The Mandalorian_? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the lead singer for the Stone Poneys? > 2. Did you, a classically trained actor, often carry a whoopee cushion around on set? > 3. Did you play the fast-talking manager of a Connecticut resort hotel? 1. I am not Linda Ronstadt. Take 2 DQs. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you front the band Nine Stories? > 2. Were you frightened by a spider? > 3. Are you best remembered for working with Lloyd Dobyns? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Little Miss Muffet. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/87 "2025-12-12T17:10:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you the lead singer for the Stone Poneys? > > 2. Did you, a classically trained actor, often carry a whoopee cushion around on set? > > 3. Did you play the fast-talking manager of a Connecticut resort hotel? > > 1. I am not Linda Ronstadt. > Take 2 DQs. Correct on #1. #2 was Leslie Nielsen. #3 is Lauren Graham of _Gilmore Girls_. DQs: Alive? Known for the 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 12, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/88 "2025-12-12T17:11:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 (the Eraser) was Lenny Fiasco; 2 (Google co-founder) was Larry Page; 3 (the Duchess on The Mandalorian) was Lizzo. DQ: American? 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 12, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/89 "2025-12-12T17:23:28Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with L 4. No obvious Christmas connection 5. Born after 1950 6. Alive 7. Not known for the Arts 8. American ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/90 "2025-12-12T22:05:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Did you front the band Nine Stories? > > 2. Were you frightened by a spider? > > 3. Are you best remembered for working with Lloyd Dobyns? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Little Miss Muffet. > 3. Take a DQ. 1. Lisa Loeb 2. Correct 3. Linda Ellerbee (_NBC News Overnight_) DQs: Born after 1980? Known for literature? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/91 "2025-12-13T08:17:07Z")
1. Were you a paleoanthropologist who.worked in Olduvai Gorge? 2. Were you his wife? 3. Are you considered the father of the National Weather Service? ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/92 "2025-12-13T13:40:31Z")
IQs: 1. Were you showrunner on _TGS with Tracy Jordan_? 2. Were you shot by Jack Ruby? 3. Just imagine…did you create Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Shazam, and Reverend Darrk, for DC in 2001? (Well, with multiple artists. Also Michael Uslan.) ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/93 "2025-12-13T14:09:58Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with L 4. No obvious Christmas connection 5. Born after 1950 6. Alive 7. Not known for the Arts 8. American 9. Born after 1980 **knoodler** , take another DQ. Literature is considered part of the 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 13, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/94 "2025-12-13T14:11:16Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Were you a paleoanthropologist who.worked in Olduvai Gorge? > - Were you his wife? > - Are you considered the father of the National Weather Service? 1. I am not Louis Leakey. 2. I am not Mrs. Leakery. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you showrunner on _TGS with Tracy Jordan_? > 2. Were you shot by Jack Ruby? > 3. Just imagine…did you create Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Shazam, and Reverend Darrk, for DC in 2001? (Well, with multiple artists. Also Michael Uslan.) 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Lee Harvey Oswald. 3. I am not Stan Lee. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/95 "2025-12-13T15:10:59Z")
Thanks **Prof**! Brain fart on my part. 1 DQ reserved IQs: 1. Are you the Hick from French Lick? 2. Are you the boss of Samantha Stephen’s husband? 3. Are you the mother of Biff and Happy? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/96 "2025-12-13T15:51:04Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the White House Press Secretary? 2. Are you a right-wing provocateur who once chained herself to the door of a Twitter office? 3. Did you once offer psychiatric help for the low, low price of a nickel? ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/97 "2025-12-13T16:05:06Z")
IQs: 1. According to a song in _Sunday in the Park with George_, does everybody love you? 2. Did you have an affair with your boss, who happened to be president of the US? 3. In a comedy, does your character climb the side of a department store building as a publicity stunt, planning to switch places with his acrobatic friend after the first floor—except the friend keeps getting delayed, so you keep climbing, higher and higher, all the way to the top, leading to the iconic image you’re best known for? ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/98 "2025-12-13T19:12:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Lee Harvey Oswald. > 3. I am not Stan Lee. Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (showrunner of _TGS with Tracy Jordan_) was Liz Lemon, on _30 Rock_. DQ: known for sports? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/99 "2025-12-13T20:16:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you a paleoanthropologist who.worked in Olduvai Gorge? > 2. Were you his wife? > 3. Are you considered the father of the National Weather Service? Correct, Mary Leakey and Increase Lapham. DQ: Caucasian? One DQ 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 13, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/100 "2025-12-13T23:27:17Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with L 4. No obvious Christmas connection 5. Born after 1950 6. Alive 7. Not known for the Arts 8. American 9. Born after 1980 10. Known for sports 11. Caucasian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=6)