# 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:** 13
**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, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/242 "2013-12-12T01:09:43Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. Died before 1950 6. Last name starts with Q 7. Not known for the creative arts, broadly defined 8. Political/military 9. Died before 1900 10. Did not hold elective office 11. Died after 1825 ---
**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, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/243 "2013-12-12T01:10:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a cartoon iguana? > IQ2: Did you lead an expedition to Kukuanaland? > IQ3: Will everyone jump for joy when you arrive? I am not FoxTrot’s Quincy. I am not Quinn the Eskimo. Take a DQ for #2. ---
**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 12, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/244 "2013-12-12T01:53:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a cartoon iguana? > IQ2: Did you lead an expedition to Kukuanaland? > IQ3: Will everyone jump for joy when you arrive? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not FoxTrot’s Quincy. I am not Quinn the Eskimo. Take a DQ for #2. Correct on Quincy and Quinn. #2 is Allan Quatermain (in _King Solomon’s Mines_). IQ: Were Frank and Jesse members of your group? ---
**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, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/245 "2013-12-12T03:12:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were Frank and Jesse members of your group? Yes, indeed. I am [William Quantrill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Quantrill). Good job again, SCAdian! Well done. ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/246 "2013-12-12T05:31:16Z")
D’oh - Quantrill occurred to me earlier tonight, before I had a chance to get back in the game! Good job, **SCAdian**. Previous IQs: Did the Fremen believe Paul was this? - Yes, the Quisatch Haderatch (sp?). Did Tom Selleck play you? - Yes, in _Quigley Down Under_. Did you recruit a comedian to play a DJ? - Quentin Tarantino cast Stephen Wright as a DJ in _Reservoir Dogs_, IIRC. ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/247 "2013-12-12T14:55:49Z")
T, S, R, Q… I am **P**. ---
**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, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/248 "2013-12-12T14:57:40Z")
IQs: [you know I’m gonna ask this:] 1. Are you me? 2. Are you Walt Kelly’s eponymous comic strip character? 3. Are you one of Santa’s reindeer? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/249 "2013-12-12T15:04:07Z")
Congratulations, SCAdian IQ1: Did you claim to be someone who fought for the Confederacy? IQ2: Is your most remembered action washing your hands? IQ3: Are you The Man Who Saved The World? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/250 "2013-12-12T15:21:55Z")
IQ1: Have you ever been bitten by a radioactive spider? IQ2: Is your superhero name taken from an ancient wonder of the world? IQ3: Are you the civilian alter-ego of an eco-minded supervillain? ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/251 "2013-12-12T17:14:21Z")
IQ: Were you the only Indian in the room when Lee surrendered to Grant? Were you Brett’s buddy on the USCSS _Nostromo_? Did you do, and then undo, the same crafts project over and over? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/252 "2013-12-12T17:40:17Z")
IQ1: Did you create the legislation allowing millions of middle class US kids to afford college? IQ2: Are you #1’s grandson, married to my celebrity crush? ---
**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 12, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/253 "2013-12-12T18:41:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > [you know I’m gonna ask this:] > > 1. Are you me? > 2. Are you Walt Kelly’s eponymous comic strip character? > 3. Are you one of Santa’s reindeer? Neither Professor Pepperwinkle, Pogo nor Prancer (though I did consider using both of those last two :)) > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you claim to be someone who fought for the Confederacy? > IQ2: Is your most remembered action washing your hands? > IQ3: Are you The Man Who Saved The World? DQ. Not Pontius Pilate. DQ. (I assume you mean that Soviet officer, but I don’t remember his name.) > [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1: Have you ever been bitten by a radioactive spider? > IQ2: Is your superhero name taken from an ancient wonder of the world? > IQ3: Are you the civilian alter-ego of an eco-minded supervillain? Not Peter Parker. DQ DQ… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Were you the only Indian in the room when Lee surrendered to Grant? > Were you Brett’s buddy on the USCSS _Nostromo_? > Did you do, and then undo, the same crafts project over and over? DQ. DQ. Not Penelope. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Did you create the legislation allowing millions of middle class US kids to afford college? > IQ2: Are you #1’s grandson, married to my celebrity crush? Two 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 12, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/254 "2013-12-12T18:47:55Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Walter Lantz creation? 2. Were you also known as Rebecca Rolfe? 3. Were your last words: “I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.”? ---
**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 12, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/255 "2013-12-12T18:48:42Z")
Previous IQ: Were you the only Indian in the room when Lee surrendered to Grant? - Col. Ely Parker, a Seneca who served on Grant’s staff. Were you Brett’s buddy on the USCSS _Nostromo_? - Parker (Yaphet Kotto) in _Alien_. Did you do, and then undo, the same crafts project over and over? - Yes, Penelope, Odysseus’s long-suffering wife. DQs: Male? Real? IQs: Did you play a vagabond, a henchman and a florist? Are you a regular contestant on a radio game show? Did you impress Liet Kynes? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/256 "2013-12-12T18:48:51Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Congratulations, SCAdian > > IQ1: Did you claim to be someone who fought for the Confederacy? > IQ2: Is your most remembered action washing your hands? > IQ3: Are you The Man Who Saved The World? IQ1: Because of the time it took me to post, I was also asking if you were **Prof. Pepperwinkle** , who recently claimed to be William Quantrill. IQ2: As you said, **Pontius Pilate**. IQ3: You are correct in thinking of **Stanislaw Petrov** who correctly interpreted an apparent US missile launch as a false alarm and didn’t report it to someone with the authority to retailiate. I really like the story that when people found out and reporters were looking to interview him, his wife asked him what he’d done and he replied “I did nothing”. ---
**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 12, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/257 "2013-12-12T19:56:05Z")
A little late, but good job, **SCAdian**! IQ1: Did you select a certain amount of genus _capsicum_, fermented in brine? IQ2: Do you send written communications by owl? IQ3: Did you play cousins who walked alike and talked alike? What a crazy pair! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/258 "2013-12-12T20:59:57Z")
Those were: Claiborne Pell (as in Pell Grant) Clay Pell (married to Michelle Kwan) DQ1: Living? DQ2: American? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/259 "2013-12-12T21:47:25Z")
IQ1:Were you required to accessorize your wardrobe with the first letter of the alphabet? IQ2: Were you the daughter of the person in IQ1? IQ3: Are you the cetacean daughter of a crustacean? ---
**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 12, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/260 "2013-12-12T21:59:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Walter Lantz creation? > 2. Were you also known as Rebecca Rolfe? > 3. Were your last words: “I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.”? Not … Andy Panda? Not Pocahontas. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a vagabond, a henchman and a florist? > Are you a regular contestant on a radio game show? > Did you impress Liet Kynes? Three DQs. (There are radio game shows?) > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you select a certain amount of genus _capsicum_, fermented in brine? > IQ2: Do you send written communications by owl? > IQ3: Did you play cousins who walked alike and talked alike? What a crazy pair! Not Peter Piper. Not Harry Potter. DQ. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American ---
**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 12, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/261 "2013-12-12T22:23:27Z")
Correct on Peter Piper and Harry Potter. The cousins were played by Patty Duke, on “The Patty Duke Show.” (And now I can’t get the theme song out of my head!) DQ: Known for your achievements in the arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=14)