# 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:** 17
**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 16, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/322 "2013-12-16T23:22:37Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > The French-born British agent was most often known simply as Odette. Odette Sansom GC, I assume? One of only four women to receive a direct award of the GC… > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Woo-hoo! It was the “most often female” that tipped (no pun intended) me off. That was why I asked about being human - thought it might be one of those TV/movie animals who are sometimes played by a critter of the opposite sex (such as Lassie, who was usually - if not always - played by a male collie). IQ1: Were you a POW in a poorly run WWII prison camp? IQ2: Are you considered to be the first King of Scots? IQ3: Were you killed in the premature explosion of an aircraft you were temporarily piloting? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/323 "2013-12-16T23:26:58Z")
IQ: Are you the most decorated US figure skater, despite never winning Olympic Gold, and my 1st choice for “fantasy so it doesn’t count” sex? ---
**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 17, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/324 "2013-12-17T00:48:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a POW in a poorly run WWII prison camp? > IQ2: Are you considered to be the first King of Scots? > IQ3: Were you killed in the premature explosion of an aircraft you were temporarily piloting? Not Kinch from Hogan’s Heroes. Take DQs for the other 2 > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you the most decorated US figure skater, despite never winning Olympic Gold, and my 1st choice for “fantasy so it doesn’t count” sex? Not Michelle Kwan ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/325 "2013-12-17T01:11:58Z")
IQ: Did you famously “autograph” military hardware? ---
**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 17, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/326 "2013-12-17T01:29:30Z")
IQs: Have you played a nurse, a governor’s daughter and a young bride? Did you and your chums set sail on the _Botany Bay_? Did you point to the star where you would someday return? ---
**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 17, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/327 "2013-12-17T01:45:31Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you famously “autograph” military hardware? Not Kilroy > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Have you played a nurse, a governor’s daughter and a young bride? > Did you and your chums set sail on the _Botany Bay_? > Did you point to the star where you would someday return? 1: Take a DQ 2: Not Star Trek’s Khan 3: Not K-PAX? I’m pulling that one out of my ass, so take a DQ in the very likely event that guess is incorrect ---
**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 17, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/328 "2013-12-17T01:55:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a POW in a poorly run WWII prison camp? > IQ2: Are you considered to be the first King of Scots? > IQ3: Were you killed in the premature explosion of an aircraft you were temporarily piloting? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Kinch from Hogan’s Heroes. Take DQs for the other 2 Correct on S/Sgt Kinchloe. Kenneth MacAlpin. Joe Kennedy Jr. (The plane, filled with explosives, was to be flown to its target by remote control after Kennedy and his co-pilot got it into the air, but it blew up before they could bail out.) DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Were you a gangster known as “Creepy”? IQ2: Were you a 19th-century German mystery boy? IQ3: Were you a fictional British secret agent in Afghanistan in the early 20th century? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/329 "2013-12-17T04:08:59Z")
IQ: Are you a MILF who still has"flex appeal"? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/330 "2013-12-17T12:59:34Z")
IQ1: Were you the commander of a WWII POW camp, perpetually exasperated by your incompetent subordinates? IQ2: Are you the leader of the Brotherhood of NOD? IQ3: Is your catchphrase “It’s so unfair!”? ---
**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 17, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/331 "2013-12-17T13:09:04Z")
IQs: 1. Were you credited with painting the first abstract art? 2. Were you the most famous member of the Viennese Secessionist movement? 3. Were you one of the other two great Viennese artists of the same period as #2 (the third being Egon Schiele)? ---
**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 17, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/332 "2013-12-17T17:17:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Odette Sansom GC, I assume? One of only four women to receive a direct award of the GC… Yep, _that_ Odette. IQs: IQ1: Are you a saxophonist known for smooth jazz? IQ2: Are you the “Eternal President” of your country? IQ3: Are you the narrator of the Ron Burgundy movies? ---
**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 17, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/333 "2013-12-17T18:44:45Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Real? > DQ2: Male? Yes and yes > [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you a gangster known as “Creepy”? > IQ2: Were you a 19th-century German mystery boy? > IQ3: Were you a fictional British secret agent in Afghanistan in the early 20th century? IQ1: Not Al Karpis (I visited Alcatraz last winter) Take 2 DQs > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a MILF who still has"flex appeal"? DQ for you > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Were you the commander of a WWII POW camp, perpetually exasperated by your incompetent subordinates? > IQ2: Are you the leader of the Brotherhood of NOD? > IQ3: Is your catchphrase “It’s so unfair!”? Not Commander Klink. Take DQs for the other 2 > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you credited with painting the first abstract art? > 2. Were you the most famous member of the Viennese Secessionist movement? > 3. Were you one of the other two great Viennese artists of the same period as #2 (the third being Egon Schiele)? 3 DQs for you > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you a saxophonist known for smooth jazz? > IQ2: Are you the “Eternal President” of your country? > IQ3: Are you the narrator of the Ron Burgundy movies? 1: Not Kenny G 2: Not Kim Il-Sung (I think it’s Sung - I know it’s the current bozo’s grandfather) 3: Never seen them. Take a DQ. Recap: K 1. Real 2. 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 17, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/334 "2013-12-17T18:46:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you credited with painting the first abstract art? > 2. Were you the most famous member of the Viennese Secessionist movement? > 3. Were you one of the other two great Viennese artists of the same period as #2 (the third being Egon Schiele)? In order: Wasily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka. I’ll wait a moment before asking my DQs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/335 "2013-12-17T19:23:27Z")
That was Kiana Tom (she had an exercise show on ESPN) DQ: Living? ---
**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 17, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/336 "2013-12-17T19:42:20Z")
Previous IQs: Have you played a nurse, a governor’s daughter and a young bride? - Keira Knightley, in _Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean_ and _Love Actually_. Did you and your chums set sail on the _Botany Bay_? - Yes, Khan Noonien Singh. Did you point to the star where you would someday return? - That was Kahless, the great Klingon emperor. DQs: Last name start with K? American? IQs: Did Mr. Spock torture you? Did you play a captain and marry an Ohio politician? Did you say of faculty politics, “The fighting is so fierce because the stakes are so small”? ---
**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 17, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/337 "2013-12-17T19:45:15Z")
Correct on Kenny G and Kim Il-Sung. The narrator of the Ron Burgundy movies is, appropriately, TV personality and former news anchor Bill Kurtis. DQ reserved, pending answers to the above DQs. ---
**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 17, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/338 "2013-12-17T21:26:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Living? No > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > Last name start with K? > American? Yes No > [@](#): > > IQs: > > Did Mr. Spock torture you? > Did you play a captain and marry an Ohio politician? > Did you say of faculty politics, “The fighting is so fierce because the stakes are so small”? 1: uh… the transporter chief in the mirror universe (“Mirror, Mirror”) Chief Kmumblemumble. Take a DQ 2: Not Kate Mulgrew. What was with the female leads on that show and Midwestern politicians? 3: Take another DQ Recap: K 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name starts with K 5. Not 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 17, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/339 "2013-12-17T21:29:11Z")
DQs: 1. European? 2. Died after 1900? 3. In the Arts as they are celebrated here? ---
**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 17, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/340 "2013-12-17T23:06:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. European? > 2. Died after 1900? > 3. In the Arts as they are celebrated here? Yes to all 3 Recap: K 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not living 4. Last name starts with K 5. Not American 6. European 7. Died after 1900 8. In the arts ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/341 "2013-12-17T23:29:49Z")
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