# December Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 30, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169 "2013-11-30T23:15:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/1 "2013-11-30T23:15:56Z")
Hello everyone, and welcome to a new round of Botticelli - for new players, the rules can be found [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)), some points that have been previously clarified are: - Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli would have the letter “S” or “B”, but not A, M, V, F or D. - For the purposes of answering DQs Sitting Bull’s first name is Sitting and his last name is Bull - John Calvin Coolidge is a C, not a J. Stephen Grover Cleveland is a G or a C, not an S. Thomas Woodrow Wilson is a W, not a T - There are people with a name like “Alessandro di Mariano” who would come under “di Mariano” in standard reference works and count as having a “D name”. I’m not too clear on the criteria - would Leonardo da Vinci count as having a “D name”? Round starts, my letter is **U** ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/2 "2013-11-30T23:50:14Z")
IQs 1). Are you half-octopus? 2). Was one of your big musical hits titled a popular abbreviation of a proclamation of shock and surprise? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/3 "2013-11-30T23:53:44Z")
> [@eltro102](#): > > IQs > 1). Are you half-octopus? > 2). Was one of your big musical hits titled a popular abbreviation of a proclamation of shock and surprise? 1: I am not Ursula the Sea Witch. 2: I do not know to whom you refer - take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/4 "2013-12-01T00:00:01Z")
> [@eltro102](#): > > IQs > 1). Are you half-octopus? > 2). Was one of your big musical hits titled a popular abbreviation of a proclamation of shock and surprise? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not Ursula the Sea Witch. > 2: I do not know to whom you refer - take a DQ Right on the first, the second would be referring to Usher (and his hit O.M.G.) DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/5 "2013-12-01T00:01:58Z")
IQ1: Are you the main character in 2 ancient epics? IQ2: Is your autobiography, finished days before your death, a classic of American writing? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/6 "2013-12-01T01:08:28Z")
IQ1: Are you a pseudonym used in Bree? IQ2: Are you a legendary British king? IQ3: Do you have a cabin? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/7 "2013-12-01T01:22:01Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Are you the main character in 2 ancient epics? > IQ2: Is your autobiography, finished days before your death, a classic of American writing? 1: I am not … Ulysses? 2: I am not … Ulysses S Grant? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a pseudonym used in Bree? > IQ2: Are you a legendary British king? > IQ3: Do you have a cabin? 1: I am not Mr. Underhill 3: I am not Uncle Tom. This may be a record for fastest round, as I am **Uther Pendragon** Congratulations, SCAdian. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/8 "2013-12-01T02:05:08Z")
That HAS to be a record! WOW! You nailed mine btw. ---
**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 1, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/9 "2013-12-01T02:24:14Z")
Wow! Well done, SCAdian, and you too, fanganga, since the holidays have kept me away! Yahoo! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/10 "2013-12-01T13:59:34Z")
Good heavens - a complete game in only seven posts? Continuing on the way we’ve been going, I am … **S**. ---
**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 1, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/11 "2013-12-01T15:54:50Z")
IQs: 1. Do you ride forth in a reindeer-driven sleigh on the Eve of Christmas every year? 2. Are you you? 3. Do you disguise yourself as a mild-manned reporter for a greater metropolitan newspaper? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/12 "2013-12-01T16:36:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you ride forth in a reindeer-driven sleigh on the Eve of Christmas every year? > 2. Are you you? > 3. Do you disguise yourself as a mild-manned reporter for a greater metropolitan newspaper? Nice coincidence. Just a couple hours ago I was considering using you for an IQ in the next _P_ game - especially if you host it . 😃 Neither Santa, SCAdian nor Superman. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/13 "2013-12-01T17:31:39Z")
IQ: Did you co-chair a committee on deficit reduction? ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/14 "2013-12-01T17:32:00Z")
IQs: 1). Were you once bitten by a irradiated arachnid? 2). Have you been visited by 3 ghosts from various time periods? 3). Do you own a magical coin giving you access to various riches, and often like to swim through said riches? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/15 "2013-12-01T18:00:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you co-chair a committee on deficit reduction? DQ. > [@eltro102](#): > > IQs: > 1). Were you once bitten by a irradiated arachnid? > 2). Have you been visited by 3 ghosts from various time periods? > 3). Do you own a magical coin giving you access to various riches, and often like to swim through said riches? Neither Spiderman, Ebenezer Scrooge, nor … Scrooge McDuck? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/16 "2013-12-01T18:06:32Z")
That was Alan Simpson. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/17 "2013-12-01T18:17:38Z")
IQ1: Were you the only woman on the Corps of Discovery? IQ2: Were you attacked by an overzealous fan of your rival? IQ3: Were you that rival? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/18 "2013-12-01T18:23:38Z")
IQ: Along with #1 above, are you 1 of 2 American women to appear on currency? ---
**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/19 "2013-12-01T18:29:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Neither Spiderman, Ebenezer Scrooge, nor … Scrooge McDuck? spot on ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/20 "2013-12-01T20:46:07Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Were you the only woman on the Corps of Discovery? > IQ2: Were you attacked by an overzealous fan of your rival? > IQ3: Were you that rival? Not Sacajawea. DQ. DQ. **S** 1. Fictional [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=2)