# 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:** 15
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/282 "2013-12-14T17:21:38Z")
Previous IQs: Were you born on Corfu and spent your early married life on Malta? - Yes, Prince Philip Did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase Did a lightning bolt make you say “OK”? - Philoctetes (Danny DeVito), trainer of heroes in Disney’s _Hercules_ Two DQs reserved. Hmm. Not sure who this guy is… ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/283 "2013-12-14T22:36:48Z")
**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 18. Known for science fiction ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/284 "2013-12-15T00:24:50Z")
IQ: Did you ask what androids dreamt of? ---
**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 15, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/285 "2013-12-15T00:37:49Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Did you ask what androids dreamt of? Not Philip K Dick. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/286 "2013-12-15T01:21:49Z")
Darn, I was sure he was the one. ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/287 "2013-12-15T02:26:21Z")
IQ: Did you write about the Psychotechnic League? ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/288 "2013-12-15T02:48:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you write about the Psychotechnic League? Had to look that one up - I’ve never read any of those stories. Yes, I am seven-time Hugo and three-time Nebula winner, founding member of the SCA, and SFWA Grand Master **Poul Anderson**. ---
**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 15, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/289 "2013-12-15T04:28:00Z")
Crap crap crap! I corresponded briefly with Poul Anderson years ago… coulda shoulda oughta guessed him! Nicely done, once more, **Prof. 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 15, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/290 "2013-12-15T15:03:53Z")
Good morning, gamers! I am O. ---
**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 15, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/291 "2013-12-15T15:15:47Z")
IQ1: Did you sing a song to a pretty woman? IQ2: Is your name associated with a type of snack food? IQ3: Did you and your partner sing about a man whose family had very tangled relationships? ---
**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 15, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/292 "2013-12-15T15:50:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing a song to a pretty woman? > IQ2: Is your name associated with a type of snack food? > IQ3: Did you and your partner sing about a man whose family had very tangled relationships? I am not Roy Orbison. I am not Orville Redenbacher. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 15, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/293 "2013-12-15T16:08:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing a song to a pretty woman? > IQ2: Is your name associated with a type of snack food? > IQ3: Did you and your partner sing about a man whose family had very tangled relationships? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Roy Orbison. I am not Orville Redenbacher. Take a DQ for #3. Correct on Orbison and Redenbacher. “I’m My Own Grandpa” was originally sung by Lonzo and Oscar. DQ: Real? IQ1: Are you a mythical hunter who was taken up into the sky after dying? IQ2: Were you a movie and theatre director? IQ3: Are you a fictional pig? ---
**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 15, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/294 "2013-12-15T17:02:48Z")
IQs: Did your friend disapprove of what you did with your cigar? Did you have something memorable to declare to Customs? Were you a bureaucrat played by an actor who later played a Confederate general at Gettysburg? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/295 "2013-12-15T18:04:19Z")
IQ1: Were you a noted WWII general? IQ2: Are you an actor who took up bridge? ---
**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 15, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/296 "2013-12-15T20:30:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a mythical hunter who was taken up into the sky after dying? > IQ2: Were you a movie and theatre director? > IQ3: Are you a fictional pig? I am not Orion. I am not Oscar Preminger. Take a DQ for the pig. ---
**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 15, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/297 "2013-12-15T20:31:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your friend disapprove of what you did with your cigar? > Did you have something memorable to declare to Customs? > Were you a bureaucrat played by an actor who later played a Confederate general at Gettysburg? I am not Oscar Madison. Take 2 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 15, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/298 "2013-12-15T20:32:53Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Were you a noted WWII general? > IQ2: Are you an actor who took up bridge? I am neither Omar Bradley nor Omar Shariff. ---
**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 15, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/299 "2013-12-15T21:01:33Z")
Previous IQs: Did your friend disapprove of what you did with your cigar? - Yes, Oscar Madison. Did you have something memorable to declare to Customs? - The story goes that when Oscar Wilde first came to the U.S., he was asked by a Customs official if he had anything to declare. He replied, “Only my genius!” Were you a bureaucrat played by an actor who later played a Confederate general at Gettysburg? - Oscar Goldman on _The Six Million Dollar Man_ was played by Richard Anderson, who went on to play Gen. George G. Meade (my mistake, a U.S. and not Confederate general) in _Gettysburg_. DQs: Last name start with O? Male? IQs: Were you played by an actress who is best known for playing a terrified mom? Did you star in a movie that had the bad guy put into a tiny cage and hung outside? Did the pizza guy get into your family holiday photo this year? ---
**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 15, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/300 "2013-12-15T22:17:06Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Only name starts with O 3. Most often female ---
**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 15, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/301 "2013-12-15T22:18:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you played by an actress who is best known for playing a terrified mom? > Did you star in a movie that had the bad guy put into a tiny cage and hung outside? > Did the pizza guy get into your family holiday photo this year? …and three more DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=16)