# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/422 "2013-12-23T05:06:02Z")
That was Mariska Hargitay. DQ: Real? ---
**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 23, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/423 "2013-12-23T05:26:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a role in Watergate under a pseudonym that might be familiar to both porn fans and otolaryngologists? > IQ2: Has your character been asked “What’s it all about, Alfie?” > IQ3: Have your film roles included Isabeau d’Anjou and Susie Diamond? Not Mark Felt or Michael Caine. Dunno the third. M. 1. real ---
**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 23, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/424 "2013-12-23T07:17:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mark Felt or Michael Caine. Dunno the third. Correct on Felt and Caine. The young lady who played Isabeau d’Anjou and Susie Diamond was Michelle Pfeiffer. She played Isabeau in _Ladyhawke_, and Susie in _The Fabulous Baker Boys_. DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/425 "2013-12-23T11:56:09Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Congratulations on the last round, EH. > > IQ1: Did you accompany your husband to his home town while pregnant with a baby that wasn’t his? > IQ2: Did you play a slacker, a spy and a swamp-dweller? > IQ3: Was your original name “Jumpman”? 1 - Had to ask this one because of the time of year - the husband was Joseph, the hometown was Bethlehem, the baby’s father was God and the mother was **The Virgin Mary** 2 - **Mike Myers** as Wayne, Austin Powers and Shrek. 3 - The player character in Donkey Kong was called Jumpman in Japan, then the staff of Nintendo US renamed him after their landlord, **Mario** ---
**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 23, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/426 "2013-12-23T12:18:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do they say you ran away? > IQ2: Did you take a sergeant to Cuba? > IQ3: Are you a notoriously picky eater? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno the first two. Finally, not Madeline? Jason McCord. (“All but one man died, there at Bitter Creek, and they say he ran away…”) Sky Masterson took Sgt Sarah Brown to Havana in _Guys and Dolls_. Morris the cat. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Living? DQ3: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you the last king of Romania? IQ2: Was your final score 80? IQ3: Did you lose an eye to a French sniper? ---
**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 23, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/427 "2013-12-23T13:41:14Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a noted British art pottery manufacturer? 2. Were you a 1st Century A.D. satirist? 3. Did you write the _Spoon River Anthology_? ---
**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 23, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/428 "2013-12-23T16:20:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you the last king of Romania? > IQ2: Was your final score 80? > IQ3: Did you lose an eye to a French sniper? Not Marie, dunno and not Moshe Dayan. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted British art pottery manufacturer? > 2. Were you a 1st Century A.D. satirist? > 3. Did you write the _Spoon River Anthology_? Dunno, not Marcellus, and not Masterson. M. 1. real 2. American 3. male 4. dead 5. not known for the arts ---
**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 23, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/429 "2013-12-23T16:48:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a noted British art pottery manufacturer? > 2. Were you a 1st Century A.D. satirist? > 3. Did you write the _Spoon River Anthology_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Marcellus, and not Masterson. #1 was William Moorcroft. #2 was Martial, not Marcellus #3 was Edgar Lee Masters, close enough. I’ll wait a wee little on my DQs. ---
**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 23, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/430 "2013-12-23T23:41:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the last king of Romania? > IQ2: Was your final score 80? > IQ3: Did you lose an eye to a French sniper? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Marie, dunno and not Moshe Dayan. Marie is the best-known queen of Romania, but the last king was Michael. 🙂 Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Correct on Moshe Dayan. DQ1: Military/political figure? DQ2: Died after 1900? IQ1: Did you write _The Warlord of the Air_? IQ2: Are unbranded, free-roaming cattle called by your name? IQ3: Are you a Scottish outlaw sometimes called “the Robin Hood of Scotland?” ---
**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 24, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/431 "2013-12-24T01:44:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you write _The Warlord of the Air_? > IQ2: Are unbranded, free-roaming cattle called by your name? > IQ3: Are you a Scottish outlaw sometimes called “the Robin Hood of Scotland?” Dunno any of those! Take three DQs. M. 1. real 2. American 3. male 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. not a military/political figure 7. died after 1900 ---
**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 24, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/432 "2013-12-24T02:13:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _The Warlord of the Air_? > IQ2: Are unbranded, free-roaming cattle called by your name? > IQ3: Are you a Scottish outlaw sometimes called “the Robin Hood of Scotland?” > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of those! Take three DQs. Michael Moorcock. Mr Maverick (don’t remember his first name, but he was a Texan rancher who didn’t brand his cattle). Rob Roy MacGregor. DQ1: Sports? DQ2: Died after 1950? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Does your title of nobility include the name of an African town? IQ2: Did you create Fester Bestertester? IQ3: Were you and your brothers three of the four members of a famous trio? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/433 "2013-12-24T02:26:34Z")
IQ: Did you win gm 7 of the World Series with a homer? ---
**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 24, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/434 "2013-12-24T02:52:35Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Does your title of nobility include the name of an African town? > IQ2: Did you create Fester Bestertester? > IQ3: Were you and your brothers three of the four members of a famous trio? Not Montgomery of El Alamein; dunno the other two. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you win gm 7 of the World Series with a homer? Not… Billy Martin? M. 1. real 2. American 3. male 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. not a military/political figure 7. died after 1900 8. not known for sports 9. died after 1950 ---
**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 24, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/435 "2013-12-24T03:18:07Z")
DQs: 1. Is M the initial of his last name? 2. Known for the sciences? ---
**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 24, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/436 "2013-12-24T03:47:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Does your title of nobility include the name of an African town? > IQ2: Did you create Fester Bestertester? > IQ3: Were you and your brothers three of the four members of a famous trio? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Montgomery of El Alamein; dunno the other two. Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, but close enough. _Mad_ magazine’s Don Martin. Moe Howard and his brothers, Shemp and Curly, were three of the four Three Stooges (Larry Fine being the other one). DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Do you think some of your digits are flowers? IQ2: Did you play a man who kidnapped a woman in order to trade her for a Gatling gun? IQ3: Were you emperor of Mexico? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/437 "2013-12-24T03:50:07Z")
That was Bill Mazeroski. DQ: Die of natural causes? ---
**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 24, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/438 "2013-12-24T04:56:08Z")
M. 1. real 2. American 3. male 4. dead 5. not known for the arts 6. not a military/political figure 7. died after 1900 8. not known for sports 9. died after 1950 10. did not die of natural causes ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/439 "2013-12-24T14:52:53Z")
DQ1: Did you die by the deliberate action of another (murdered, killed in war, killed in self defence etc.)? DQ2: Are you best known for a single event? IQ1: Were you killed in an accident involving a device you created to help you cope with limited mobility? IQ2: Did a court in Florida find your killer not guilty on grounds of self-defence? ---
**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 24, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/440 "2013-12-24T15:24:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Is M the initial of his last name? > 2. Known for the sciences? (cough.) ---
**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 24, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/441 "2013-12-24T20:10:42Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you killed in an accident involving a device you created to help you cope with limited mobility? > IQ2: Did a court in Florida find your killer not guilty on grounds of self-defence? Dunno the first. But yes, I am Trayvon Martin Well done, **fanganga**! > **[Trayvon Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin)** > > Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012) was a 17-year-old African-American from Miami Gardens, Florida, who was fatally shot in Sanford, Florida, by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispanic-American. Martin had accompanied his father to visit his father's fiancée at her townhouse at The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford. On the evening of February 26, Martin was walking back to the fiancée's house from a nearby convenience store. Zimmerman, a member of the community watch... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=23)