# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/202 "2013-12-11T03:01:36Z")
Was thinking of him! ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/203 "2013-12-11T03:45:49Z")
Way to go once again, **Prof**.! Previous IQs: Were you the Finch family’s cook and confidante? - Yes, Calpurnia in _To Kill A Mockingbird_. Have you played a Pole, an Israeli and a Brit? - Daniel Craig, in _Defiance, Munich_ and _Casino Royale_. Did bartenders prefer that you not drop by their places of business? - Carry Nation. ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/204 "2013-12-11T03:47:52Z")
It’s just that magic time of year. And now, I am Q. ---
**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 11, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/205 "2013-12-11T11:52:55Z")
IQ1: Are you a president’s son who flew in WWI? IQ2: Did the Man in Black perform at a site named after you? IQ3: Were you a flautist and composer? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/206 "2013-12-11T12:50:35Z")
IQ1: Were you on the same ship as Starbuck? IQ2: Are you a godlike being found in outer space? IQ3: Are you responsible for putting machine-guns and ejector seats in Aston Martins? ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/207 "2013-12-11T13:00:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a president’s son who flew in WWI? > IQ2: Did the Man in Black perform at a site named after you? > IQ3: Were you a flautist and composer? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/208 "2013-12-11T13:01:28Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Were you on the same ship as Starbuck? > IQ2: Are you a godlike being found in outer space? > IQ3: Are you responsible for putting machine-guns and ejector seats in Aston Martins? Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Q, and I’m not Q. Thank Q. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/209 "2013-12-11T13:19:42Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Were you on the same ship as Starbuck? > IQ2: Are you a godlike being found in outer space? > IQ3: Are you responsible for putting machine-guns and ejector seats in Aston Martins? IQ1: was **Queequeg** - long before Battlestar Galactica, one of the mates on the Pequod was called Starbuck. IQ2: As you say, you are not Star Trek’s Q IQ3: As you say, you are not James Bond’s Q. DQ: Are you male? ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/210 "2013-12-11T13:24:26Z")
[good one, fanganga!] DQ: Male ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/211 "2013-12-11T13:49:08Z")
IQ1: Did you produce a lot of 1970s police/detective TV shows? IQ2: Were you a British fashion designer? IQ3: Are you both the pseudonymous author and the main character in a series of mystery novels? ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/212 "2013-12-11T14:15:15Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you produce a lot of 1970s police/detective TV shows? > IQ2: Were you a British fashion designer? > IQ3: Are you both the pseudonymous author and the main character in a series of mystery novels? I’m not Quinn Martin. #2 eludes me, take a DQ. I’m not Ellery Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/213 "2013-12-11T14:20:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Quinn Martin. #2 eludes me, take a DQ. I’m not Ellery Queen. Correct on Quinn Martin and Ellery Queen. Number 2 was looking for Mary Quant. DQ: Are you real? ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/214 "2013-12-11T14:21:19Z")
[oh, yeah, popularizer of the miniskirt] DQs: 1. Male 2. Real ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/215 "2013-12-11T14:37:09Z")
Work has finally calmed down enough that I think I’ve got time for this again … IQ1: Are you a music producer and father of a popular sitcom actress? IQ2: Were you a television medical examiner? IQ3: Does your middle name distinguish you from a similarly-named relative who held the same job before you? ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/216 "2013-12-11T14:43:24Z")
Yay! Welcome back, Draelin! #1. I’m not QuincyJones. #2. I’m not Quincy, M.E. #3. I’m not John Quincy Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/217 "2013-12-11T14:50:22Z")
I knew those were too easy … IQ1: Are you an animated member of a supernaturally-endowed family that includes both movies and television appearances? IQ2: Did you invent a wormhole generator that enables you and a motley crew of buddies to hop between parallel universes? IQ3: Did you play a huge jerk on a television show about a town full of geniuses? ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/218 "2013-12-11T14:53:54Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I knew those were too easy … > > IQ1: Are you an animated member of a supernaturally-endowed family that includes both movies and television appearances? > IQ2: Did you invent a wormhole generator that enables you and a motley crew of buddies to hop between parallel universes? > IQ3: Did you play a huge jerk on a television show about a town full of geniuses? #1. I’m not Quicksilver. Take DQs for the other 2. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/219 "2013-12-11T14:57:02Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/220 "2013-12-11T15:05:01Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an animated member of a supernaturally-endowed family that includes both movies and television appearances? > IQ2: Did you invent a wormhole generator that enables you and a motley crew of buddies to hop between parallel universes? > IQ3: Did you play a huge jerk on a television show about a town full of geniuses? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I’m not Quicksilver. Take DQs for the other 2. I actually meant Quentin MacLeod, from the _Highlander_ animated series, but yours works too. 🙂 The others were Quinn Mallory from _Sliders_, and Ed Quinn, who played Nathan Stark on _Eureka_. DQs: Alive? American? ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/221 "2013-12-11T15:13:50Z")
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