# 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:** 14
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/262 "2013-12-12T23:27:16Z")
DQ: Last name begins with P? IQ1: Did you manufacture luxurious railway carriages? IQ2: Is a missile system named after you? IQ3: Are you known for your exclusion principle? ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/263 "2013-12-13T00:30:45Z")
> [@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.”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not … Andy Panda? > Not Pocahontas. > DQ. > [ Yes, and yes. #3 was Pres. James K. Polk. I’ll save my DQ for the nonce. ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/264 "2013-12-13T00:34:04Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you manufacture luxurious railway carriages? > IQ2: Is a missile system named after you? > IQ3: Are you known for your exclusion principle? Not George Pullman. Not Black Jack Pershing. DQ. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for achievements in the arts 6. Last name does not begin with 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 13, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/265 "2013-12-13T01:21:57Z")
DQ: Died after 1960? ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/266 "2013-12-13T02:50:53Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a vagabond, a henchman and a florist? - Pete Postelthwaite, in _James and the Giant Peach, The Usual Suspects_ and _The Town_. Are you a regular contestant on a radio game show? - Paula Poundstone, here: [Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! : NPR](http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/) Did you impress Liet Kynes? - Paul Atreides, in _Dune_. DQs: In the performing arts (TV, movies, plays, radio, dance, etc.)? Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you a former Laker Girl who went on to later fame? Were you an early propagandist, among other things? Were you born Scottish but eventually worked for the Russians? ---
**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 13, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/267 "2013-12-13T03:51:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a former Laker Girl who went on to later fame? > Were you an early propagandist, among other things? > Were you born Scottish but eventually worked for the Russians? DQ. Not … St Paul? Not John Paul Jones. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for achievements in the arts 6. Last name does not begin with P 7. Died after 1960 8. Not in the performing arts 9. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/268 "2013-12-13T06:32:15Z")
IQ: Are you the foremost Cubist? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/269 "2013-12-13T09:59:37Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ: Last name begins with P? > > IQ1: Did you manufacture luxurious railway carriages? > IQ2: Is a missile system named after you? > IQ3: Are you known for your exclusion principle? Correct on Pullman and Pershing, number 3 was **Wolfgang Pauli** ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/270 "2013-12-13T12:00:21Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 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? Don’t Know how I missed this yesterday! Not Hester Prynne. DQ. Not Pearl. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you the foremost Cubist? Not Picasso. ---
**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 13, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/271 "2013-12-13T15:15:11Z")
IQs: 1. Were you arguably the hottest of the Spirit’s femme fatales? 2. Were you a one-handed wizard from _Dark Shadows_ who was seeking his missing hand? 3. Is your name linked to the letter “h”? ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/272 "2013-12-13T16:25:43Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a former Laker Girl who went on to later fame? - Paula Abdul Were you an early propagandist, among other things? - I’ll rephrase Were you born Scottish but eventually worked for the Russians? - Yes, John Paul Jones. DQ: Painter? IQs: Were you an early American propagandist, among other things? Are you, more than any other individual, credited with inventing TV? Is your sister forever failing to see you “busted”? ---
**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 13, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/273 "2013-12-13T18:51:35Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 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? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Hester Prynne. > DQ. > Not Pearl. IQ2: Hester Prynne’s daughter was also named Pearl DQ: Writer of some sort (novels, short stories, essays, plays)? IQ1: Are you a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm? IQ2: Is your grandfather very clean? IQ3: Did you create Mr. Coffee Nerves’ nemesis? ---
**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 14, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/274 "2013-12-14T00:29:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you arguably the hottest of the Spirit’s femme fatales? > 2. Were you a one-handed wizard from _Dark Shadows_ who was seeking his missing hand? > 3. Is your name linked to the letter “h”? DQ. DQ. (Which version of _Dark Shadows_?) Not Max Planck. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you an early American propagandist, among other things? > Are you, more than any other individual, credited with inventing TV? > Is your sister forever failing to see you “busted”? Not Thomas Paine. DQ. Not … Peter Fox? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm? > IQ2: Is your grandfather very clean? > IQ3: Did you create Mr. Coffee Nerves’ nemesis? Three DQs. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for achievements in the arts 6. Last name does not begin with P 7. Died after 1960 8. Not in the performing arts 9. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 10. Not a painter 11. Writer of some sort (novels, short stories, essays, plays) ---
**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 14, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/275 "2013-12-14T01:28:42Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an early American propagandist, among other things? - I’ll rephrase. Are you, more than any other individual, credited with inventing TV? - Philo T. Farnsworth Is your sister forever failing to see you “busted”? - No, this is the sister of Phineas and Ferb. DQs: First published after 1940? Best known as a novelist? IQs: Were you an early American visual propagandist, among other things? Did you refer to your musical instrument as a “machine”? Did you make a cameo appearance on _Scrubs_ and insist you weren’t who J.D. said you were? ---
**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 14, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/276 "2013-12-14T02:35:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you an early American visual propagandist, among other things? > Did you refer to your musical instrument as a “machine”? > Did you make a cameo appearance on _Scrubs_ and insist you weren’t who J.D. said you were? Not Paul Revere. (I’m pretty sure the Boston Massacre engraving was done by him. If I’m wrong, take a DQ.) DQ. DQ. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for achievements in the arts 6. Last name does not begin with P 7. Died after 1960 8. Not in the performing arts 9. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 10. Not a painter 11. Writer of some sort (novels, short stories, essays, plays) 12. First published after 1940 13. Best known as a novelist ---
**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 14, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/277 "2013-12-14T03:49:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you arguably the hottest of the Spirit’s femme fatales? > 2. Were you a one-handed wizard from _Dark Shadows_ who was seeking his missing hand? > 3. Is your name linked to the letter “h”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > DQ. (Which version of _Dark Shadows_?) > Not Max Planck. #1 is P’Gell (I am P’Gell, and this is NOT a story for little boys…) #2 is from the original daytime drama series, so… I’ll wait on my DQ. ---
**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 14, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/278 "2013-12-14T04:23:58Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm? > IQ2: Is your grandfather very clean? > IQ3: Did you create Mr. Coffee Nerves’ nemesis? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs. 1: Iggy Pop, quoting the first line of _Search and Destroy_ 2: Paul McCartney - it’s a running gag from the film _A Hard Day’s Night_ 3: C. W. Post of Post Cereals fame, who created coffee substitute Postum. DQ1: Have any of your novels been adapted for the screen? DQ2: Have you written in the mystery or crime genre? I’ll save my third one for now ---
**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 14, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/279 "2013-12-14T06:04:55Z")
Previous IQs: Were you an early American visual propagandist, among other things? - Yes, Paul Revere: [http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/battles/paul-revere-boston-massacre.jpg](http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/battles/paul-revere-boston-massacre.jpg). Did you refer to your musical instrument as a “machine”? - Folk singer Pete Seeger, who printed on his guitar “This machine kills fascists.” Did you make a cameo appearance on _Scrubs_ and insist you weren’t who J.D. said you were? - Eve Plumb appeared in a wedding fantasy of J.D. and insisted she wasn’t Marcia of _The Brady Bunch_, her best-known role; J.D. shushed her. DQs: Died since 1980? Ever won a Pulitzer or Nobel for writing? IQs: Were you born on Corfu and spent your early married life on Malta? Did you found Kenyon College? Did a lightning bolt make you say “OK”? ---
**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 14, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/280 "2013-12-14T12:22:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you born on Corfu and spent your early married life on Malta? > Did you found Kenyon College? > Did a lightning bolt make you say “OK”? Not Prince Philip. DQ. DQ. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. Known for achievements in the arts 6. Last name does not begin with P 7. Died after 1960 8. Not in the performing arts 9. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line 10. Not a painter 11. Writer of some sort (novels, short stories, essays, plays) 12. First published after 1940 13. Best known as a novelist 14. None of my novels have been adapted for the screen 15. Have written in the mystery or crime genre, though not best known for it 16. Died since 1980 17. Never won a Pulitzer or Nobel for writing, but have won other awards ---
**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 14, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/281 "2013-12-14T14:33:18Z")
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