# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/141 "2025-12-17T21:26:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Was your _Harry Potter_ character a favorite for fanfics? > > 2. Were you known as “The Great Brain”? > > 3. Did you play guitar in a band with your brother John? > > 1. I am not Fred Weasley. > Take 2 DQs. Fred Weasley was a character; I was looking for the actor Tom Felton. #2 was Tom D. Fitzgerald, from the children’s books. #e was Tom Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Tom x 3! DQs: First appeared in a work of prose fiction? First appeared before 1900? First name begins with F? ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/142 "2025-12-17T21:30:53Z")
**DQs** : 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First appeared in a work of prose fiction 4. First appeared before 1900 5. Last name begins with F ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/143 "2025-12-17T21:56:49Z")
F it is! IQs: Did you lead the RNC in the Eighties? Did you command Hill Street Station? Were you _FYI_’s “action guy”? ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/144 "2025-12-17T22:36:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you lead the RNC in the Eighties? > Did you command Hill Street Station? > Were you _FYI_’s “action guy”? 1. I am not Frank Fontana. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/145 "2025-12-17T22:43:01Z")
Correct. The others are Frank Fahrenkopf and Frank Furillo (on _Hill Street Blues_). Frank x3! DQs: American character? Created by an American? IQs: Were you a noted flatboatman in early American folklore? Was your son killed by a future Civil War general? Did President Truman appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/146 "2025-12-17T23:31:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Henry Ford. > 2. Take 2 DQs. 2 (My Brilliant Friend) was Elena Ferrante; 3 (starred in a 70s TV sitcom with a live-in housekeeper) was Florence Henderson. DQs: 1. originally from a novel? 2. main character? IQs: 1. Cracking safes at Los Alamos? Sketching a topless Marie Curie? Asking for a “map of the cat”? _Surely_ you’re joking, Mister… 2. Were you Lola in _Run Lola Run_? 3. Did your sister Jackie marry your boss Ralph? ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/147 "2025-12-17T23:58:08Z")
**DQs** : 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First appeared in a work of prose fiction 4. First appeared before 1900 5. Last name begins with F 6. Not an American character 7. Not by an American author 8. Originally from a novel, or what would be reprinted as a novel 9. Not the main character ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/148 "2025-12-17T23:59:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted flatboatman in early American folklore? > Was your son killed by a future Civil War general? > Did President Truman appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? 1. I am not Mike Fink. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Cracking safes at Los Alamos? Sketching a topless Marie Curie? Asking for a “map of the cat”? _Surely_ you’re joking, Mister… > 2. Were you Lola in _Run Lola Run_? > 3. Did your sister Jackie marry your boss Ralph? 1. I am not Richard Feynman. 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 18, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/149 "2025-12-18T00:03:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Richard Feynman. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Franka Potente; 3 was Sally Forth. DQs: 1. British character? 2. created after 1800? ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/150 "2025-12-18T00:04:25Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:147, topic:1025303, full:true”] **DQs** : 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First appeared in a work of prose fiction 4. First appeared before 1900 5. Last name begins with F 6. Not an American character 7. Not by an American author 8. Originally from a novel, or what would be reprinted as a novel 9. Not the main character 10. British character 11. Created after 1800 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/151 "2025-12-18T01:23:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Were you the first cast member replacement to appear on _MASH_? > > 2. Are you credited for inventing the first steamboat? > > 3. Did your love for a bottle of Amontillado lead to your demise? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am neither the actual inventor, John Fitch, nor am I Robert Fulton, who usually gets credit. > 3. For the love of God, I am not Fortunato. Mike Farrell (as Capt BJ Hunnicutt) Correct (good catch with Fitch, almost no one remembers him) Correct (although you sound a bit winey) DQs: Known for detective fiction? First name begins with A-M? ---
**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 18, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/152 "2025-12-18T03:16:17Z")
**DQs** : 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First appeared in a work of prose fiction 4. First appeared before 1900 5. Last name begins with F 6. Not an American character 7. Not by an American author 8. Originally from a novel, or what would be reprinted as a novel 9. Not the main character 10. British character 11. Created after 1800 12. Not known from detective fiction 13. First name is never stated, at least in the original novel ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/153 "2025-12-18T04:41:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Dipper and Mabel’s other great-uncle on _Gravity Falls_? 2. Are you a gay former congressman? 3. Did you play Ann Darrow? ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/154 "2025-12-18T14:09:01Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/155 "2025-12-18T17:12:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the rotund member of a trio created by Gilbert Shelton? 2. Are you companion to Prince Hal? 3. Did you take a group of orphaned street urchins, training them to become pickpockets? ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/156 "2025-12-18T17:59:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you Dipper and Mabel’s other great-uncle on _Gravity Falls_? > 2. Are you a gay former congressman? > 3. Did you play Ann Darrow? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Ford Pines; 2 was Barney Frank; 3 was Fay Wray. DQs: 1. created by British author? 2. created before 1850? 3. story is Christmas-related? IQs: 1. Did you design a line of rainbow-and-neon-colored school supplies in the late 80s and 90s? 2. Did you voice Piglet, and also guest-star on _Star Trek_ (“Wolf in the Fold”) and the _Twilight Zone_ Christmas episode (“Night of the Meek”)? 3. Are you the title character of a recent Guillermo del Toro film, played by Oscar Isaac (_not_ Jacob Elordi)? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/157 "2025-12-18T18:34:04Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you one of John Dickson Carr’s detectives? > 2. Did you play Baby Snooks? > 3. Did you play Jack Crawford on the TV show **Hannibal**? Correct, correct, Laurence Fishburne DQ: 1. Created by Charles Dickens? ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/158 "2025-12-18T20:30:47Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > > > 1. Did your love for a bottle of Amontillado lead to your demise? > > > > 1. For the love of God, I am not Fortunato. > > Correct (although you sound a bit winey) ISWYDT 😉 Previous IQs: Were you a noted flatboatman in early American folklore? - Yes, Mike Fink Was your son killed by a future Civil War general? - [Francis Scott Key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Daniel_Sickles) Did President Truman appoint you Chief Justice of the United States? - Fred Vinson DQs: Tale is a dramatic one? A “good guy”? IQs: Were you a young Ebenezer Scrooge’s boss? Did Orson Welles play you in an oversize suit of armor? Did you praise Gen. George Washington’s New Jersey campaign of 1776-77 as “the most brilliant of any recorded in the annals of military achievements”? ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/159 "2025-12-18T20:49:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a young Ebenezer Scrooge’s boss? Yes! I am old **Fezziwig!** Glad tidings to you, **EH!** ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/160 "2025-12-19T16:02:59Z")
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