# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/21 "2013-12-01T21:23:12Z")
Those were: Monica Seles. Steffi Graf. DQ1: Male DQ2: American ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/22 "2013-12-01T21:41:17Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Along with #1 above, are you 1 of 2 American women to appear on currency? Miss this? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/23 "2013-12-01T23:04:37Z")
IQ1: Did the gods condemn you to eternal labour? IQ2: Did you collapse a great building on top of yourself (and your enemies?) IQ3: Did your elder brother rebel against a mad king? ---
**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 2, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/24 "2013-12-02T01:57:45Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Along with #1 above, are you 1 of 2 American women to appear on currency? Not Susan B Anthony. > [@etv78](#): > > Miss this? No. The norm for this game is three IQs at a time, so I answered your first three. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did the gods condemn you to eternal labour? > IQ2: Did you collapse a great building on top of yourself (and your enemies?) > IQ3: Did your elder brother rebel against a mad king? Not Sisyphus. Not Samson. Not … Solomon? **S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American (for lack of evidence to the contrary, and for certain values of American) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/25 "2013-12-02T02:09:46Z")
Cool. I tried to slyly split my. posts ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/26 "2013-12-02T02:20:56Z")
IQ: Was the actor best known for playing you paralyzed in an equestrian accident? ---
**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 2, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/27 "2013-12-02T04:00:14Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was the actor best known for playing you paralyzed in an equestrian accident? Still not Superman (post 12). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/28 "2013-12-02T04:15:39Z")
Duh! Missed that. Trying to determine what DQ answer 3 means. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/29 "2013-12-02T08:17:30Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did the gods condemn you to eternal labour? > IQ2: Did you collapse a great building on top of yourself (and your enemies?) > IQ3: Did your elder brother rebel against a mad king? 1: Was indeed Sisyphus 2: Was indeed Samson 3: Then you are not Stannis Baratheon, from the Song of Ice and Fire series. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/30 "2013-12-02T12:44:28Z")
DQ: From a work set in the future? IQ1: Are you in charge of a space station named after a Mesopotamian city? IQ2: Are you in charge of a spaceship named after a French province? IQ3: Are you in charge of the engine room on a spaceship named after an abstract noun? ---
**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 2, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/31 "2013-12-02T13:00:13Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of Neil Gaiman’s _American Gods_? 2. Do you know? 3. Does everybody claim to be you? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/32 "2013-12-02T17:51:32Z")
IQ: Are you a Beethoven fanboy, who’s friends with a pitcher disrobed by comebackers? ---
**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 2, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/33 "2013-12-02T23:13:51Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you in charge of a space station named after a Mesopotamian city? > IQ2: Are you in charge of a spaceship named after a French province? > IQ3: Are you in charge of the engine room on a spaceship named after an abstract noun? DQ. (Have never watched _Babylon 5_.) DQ. Not Montgomery Scott. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Neil Gaiman’s _American Gods_? > 2. Do you know? > 3. Does everybody claim to be you? DQ. Not the Shadow. Not Spartacus. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a Beethoven fanboy, who’s friends with a pitcher disrobed by comebackers? Not Schroeder. **S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American (for certain values of American) 4. Not from a work set in the future ---
**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 2, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/34 "2013-12-02T23:21:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Neil Gaiman’s _American Gods_? > 2. Do you know? > 3. Does everybody claim to be you? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not the Shadow. > Not Spartacus. #1 is Shadow. DQ: Protagonist? IQs: 1. Were you the Demon Barber of Fleet Street? 2. Were you the first Christian martyr? 3. Are you a cartoon character who hosted a talk show? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/35 "2013-12-02T23:44:16Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you in charge of a space station named after a Mesopotamian city? > IQ2: Are you in charge of a spaceship named after a French province? > IQ3: Are you in charge of the engine room on a spaceship named after an abstract noun? 1: You were right that the space station is Babylon 5, the commander is **Jeffery Sinclair** 2: **Commander Shepard** , who commanded the _Normandy_ in the Mass Effect Series of games - and as a video game protagonist, could be either male or female depending on player choice. 3: As you said, Chief Engineer **Montgomery Scott** - otherwise known as Scotty ---
**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 3, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/36 "2013-12-03T00:56:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Demon Barber of Fleet Street? > 2. Were you the first Christian martyr? > 3. Are you a cartoon character who hosted a talk show? Not Sweeney Todd. Not … Stephen? DQ. **S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American (for certain values of American) 4. Not from a work set in the future 5. Not a protagonist ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/37 "2013-12-03T01:08:09Z")
DQ: From literature? IQ1: Was your first appearance intimidating a witness in a Baltimore murder trial? IQ2: Are you a member of an Italian-American crime family that refused to deal in drugs? IQ3: Was giving you your name the meanest thing your father did? ---
**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 3, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/38 "2013-12-03T01:43:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Demon Barber of Fleet Street? > 2. Were you the first Christian martyr? > 3. Are you a cartoon character who hosted a talk show? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Sweeney Todd. > Not … Stephen? > DQ. Right on 1 and 2. Space Ghost had a talk show cartoon series with live action celebrities a couple o’ decades after his original series. I’ll save the DQ for a moment. ---
**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 3, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/39 "2013-12-03T02:43:39Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ: From literature? > > IQ1: Was your first appearance intimidating a witness in a Baltimore murder trial? > IQ2: Are you a member of an Italian-American crime family that refused to deal in drugs? > IQ3: Was giving you your name the meanest thing your father did? DQ. Not … Tony Soprano? Not Sue. **S** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American (for certain values of American) 4. Not from a work set in the future 5. Not a protagonist 6. Not from literature ---
**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 3, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/40 "2013-12-03T02:44:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Space Ghost had a talk show cartoon series with live action celebrities a couple o’ decades after his original series. Why? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=3)