# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/161 "2025-12-19T16:18:40Z")
S it is! IQs: 1. Did you, like a fellow New York politician of a previous generation, have a project derided as a “Folly”? 2. Were you the victor in the Battle of Pea Ridge? 3. Are you a midfielder for the Vancouver Whitecaps and the U.S. Men’s National Team? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/162 "2025-12-19T16:28:26Z")
Good sussing, **E\_H**! IQs: 1. Are you the namesake of a line of frozen desserts? 2. Are you best known as an actress in an anthology series? 3. Are you and your sister known for voicing characters in _Bob’s Burgers_? ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/163 "2025-12-19T16:32:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of the stars of the British movie _Down Among The Z-Men_? 2. Are you another? 3. Are you yet another? ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/164 "2025-12-19T16:44:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you perform “The Hanukkah Song”? 2. Were you an LA Dodger who could have also been mentioned in “The Hanukkah Song”? 3. Did you recently appear as the drunk raccoon discovered in a liquor store on _Saturday Night Live_’s Weekend Update? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/165 "2025-12-21T05:19:06Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you create, among other shows, **The A-Team**? 2. Are you Jameson Parker’s most famous role? 3. Did you play Mary Winchester on **Supernatural**? ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/166 "2025-12-21T16:51:37Z")
Thanks, all! Previous IQs: IQs: Did Orson Welles play you in an oversize suit of armor? - Falstaff, in [_Chimes at Midnight_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles_filmography#/media/File:Orson-Welles-Falstaff.jpg) 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”? - Frederick the Great > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you, like a fellow New York politician of a previous generation, have a project derided as a “Folly”? > 2. Were you the victor in the Battle of Pea Ridge? > 3. Are you a midfielder for the Vancouver Whitecaps and the U.S. Men’s National Team? Not Seward, not Gen. Sterling Price, and dunno. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the namesake of a line of frozen desserts? > 2. Are you best known as an actress in an anthology series? > 3. Are you and your sister known for voicing characters in _Bob’s Burgers_? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the stars of the British movie _Down Among The Z-Men_? > 2. Are you another? > 3. Are you yet another? Also dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you perform “The Hanukkah Song”? > 2. Were you an LA Dodger who could have also been mentioned in “The Hanukkah Song”? > 3. Did you recently appear as the drunk raccoon discovered in a liquor store on _Saturday Night Live_’s Weekend Update? Not Adam Sandler, not Sandy Koufax, and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you create, among other shows, **The A-Team**? > 2. Are you Jameson Parker’s most famous role? > 3. Did you play Mary Winchester on **Supernatural**? Not Stephen J. Cannell (sp?), not either of the Simons, and dunno. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/167 "2025-12-21T17:05:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Adam Sandler, not Sandy Koufax, and dunno. 3 was Sarah Sherman. DQ: real? IQs: 1. Did you star in _Speed_, _Miss Congeniality_, and _The Blind Side_? 2. Were you president of South Korea? 3. Were you a serpentine demon and resident of the Hazbin Hotel? ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/168 "2025-12-21T17:53:58Z")
The stars of Down Among The Z-Men were Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, the Goons! 3 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 21, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/169 "2025-12-21T18:47:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you, like a fellow New York politician of a previous generation, have a project derided as a “Folly”? > > 2. Were you the victor in the Battle of Pea Ridge? > > 3. Are you a midfielder for the Vancouver Whitecaps and the U.S. Men’s National Team? > > Not Seward, not Gen. Sterling Price, and dunno Correct on SecState William Seward. (The Erie Canal was also known as (DeWitt) “Clinton’s Folly”) #2 was Samuel R. Curtis, Sterling Price was on the losing side. #3 is Sebastian Berhalter. DQs: 1. Male? 2. First name starts with S? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/170 "2025-12-21T20:18:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Are you the namesake of a line of frozen desserts? > > 2. Are you best known as an actress in an anthology series? > > 3. Are you and your sister known for voicing characters in _Bob’s Burgers_? > > Dunno x3. Sara Lee Lubin Sarah Paulson Sarah Silverman (along with her sister Laura, voices of Ollie and Andy Pesto) Sara/h x3! DQ: Real? 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/171 "2025-12-21T20:25:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the partner of one of the most influential women in the world? 2. Is your father the all-time points leader of the Charlotte Hornets? 3. Are you his brother? ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/172 "2025-12-22T19:26:55Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you star in _Speed_, _Miss Congeniality_, and _The Blind Side_? > 2. Were you president of South Korea? > 3. Were you a serpentine demon and resident of the Hazbin Hotel? Not Sandra Bullock, Synghman Rhee (sp?) or Satansnake. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the partner of one of the most influential women in the world? > 2. Is your father the all-time points leader of the Charlotte Hornets? > 3. Are you his brother? Dunno x3. S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with S **DLR** had already asked if this dude was real. Take another DQ, **knoodler** , if you wish. ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/173 "2025-12-22T19:40:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Sandra Bullock, Synghman Rhee (sp?) or Satansnake. 3 was Sir Pentious. DQ: created before 1900? ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/174 "2025-12-22T19:44:15Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with S 4. created after 1900 ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/175 "2025-12-22T19:55:29Z")
DQs: 1. Created after 1960? 2. Originally from TV or movies? 3. Good guy? ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/176 "2025-12-22T20:17:46Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with S 4. created after 1900 5. created before 1960 6. originally from TV or movies 7. good guy ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/177 "2025-12-22T20:36:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the little girl in _Miracle on 34th Street_? 2. Did you run the toy departmant at Macy’s in the same film? 3. Were you a doubting psychologist in the same film? ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/178 "2025-12-22T20:43:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did the Doctor tell you “Don’t blink”? 2. Does a fast food chain restaurant currently have a special offering this month based on a character from one of your books, including fries with dill seasoning and a pair of socks? 3. Were your last words about paying off a debt with a chicken? ---
**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 22, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/179 "2025-12-22T20:46:35Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the little girl in _Miracle on 34th Street_? > 2. Did you run the toy departmant at Macy’s in the same film? > 3. Were you a doubting psychologist in the same film? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did the Doctor tell you “Don’t blink”? > 2. Does a fast food chain restaurant currently have a special offering this month based on a character from one of your books, including fries with dill seasoning and a pair of socks? > 3. Were your last words about paying off a debt with a chicken? Likewise! ---
**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 22, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/180 "2025-12-22T21:01:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Likewise! 1 was Sally Sparrow; 2 was Dr. Seuss; 3 was Socrates. DQs: 1. originally from movies? 2. created after 1940? 3. human? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303.md?page=10)