# 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:** 24
**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 26, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/462 "2013-12-26T22:41:00Z")
Previous IQs: Did you appear with very long sideburns in a recent British documentary? - John Lithgow, in a special on the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre. Were you played by an actress who was inexplicably attacked as a child? - Liz Lemon on _30 Rock_ was played by Tina Fey, slashed on the face by a never-caught assailant. Did you play, on TV, someone everyone loved to hate? - Larry Linville played Maj. Frank Burns on _M_A_S_H\*. DQs: British? Political/military? Died since 1975? One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you a noted contemporary Chinese pianist? Are you an actor who narrates many PBS science and nature shows? Did you, later in life, utterly reject your best-known work? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/463 "2013-12-26T23:35:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > IQs: > > Are you a noted contemporary Chinese pianist? > Are you an actor who narrates many PBS science and nature shows? > Did you, later in life, utterly reject your best-known work? 1: I don’t know to whom you refer 2: I am not **Leonard Nimoy** 3: I am not … **Leo Tolstoy**? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/464 "2013-12-26T23:36:27Z")
My initial is L and… 1: I am real 2: I am male 3: L is the initial of my last name 4: I am not American. 5: I am not living. 6: I am not known for the arts 7: I died since 1900 8: I am European 9: I am not British 10: I am not a political or military figure 11: I died before 1975 ---
**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 27, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/465 "2013-12-27T00:19:28Z")
DQs: 1. French? 2. Known for the sciences? ---
**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 27, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/466 "2013-12-27T00:22:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did The Dawn’s Early Light come not the next morning, but some years after, A Night to Remember? > IQ2: Did you seem to be a celebrity when you appeared in North American commercials for hair-care products, prompting Johnny Carson to famously ask, “Who the hell is \_\_\_\_\_?” Correct on C.S. Lewis. You were on the right track when you mentioned “the Titanic film.” Note, though, that that film was based on a book named _A Night to Remember_, which was written by Walter Lord (who also wrote _The Dawn’s Early Light_ some years later). The “celebrity” was Rula Lenska, who was a well-known stage actress in the UK, but had no recognition at all in North America. DQ: Born after 1900? DQ: Sports figure? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/467 "2013-12-27T00:30:23Z")
My initial is L and… 1: I am real 2: I am male 3: L is the initial of my last name 4: I am not American. 5: I am not living. 6: I am not known for the arts 7: I died since 1900 8: I am European 9: I am not British 10: I am not a political or military figure 11: I died before 1975 12: I am not French 13: I am known for the sciences 14: I was born before 1900 15: I am not a sports figure ---
**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 27, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/468 "2013-12-27T01:15:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Coal-Miner’s Daughter? > IQ2: Were you the star of _The Wolf Man_? > IQ3: Are you a monkey attending summer camp? > [@fanganga](#): > > 0 for 3 Loretta Lynn. Lon Chaney Jr. Lazlo, from _Camp Lazlo_. DQ: Native speaker of a Slavic language? IQ1: Did you write about a party which included a Bellman, a Baker, a Beaver, a Boots, a Billiard-Marker, and others? IQ2: Were you a pilot for whom a circle was named? IQ3: Did you write _The Moonshine War_? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/469 "2013-12-27T01:24:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a party which included a Bellman, a Baker, a Beaver, a Boots, a Billiard-Marker, and others? > IQ2: Were you a pilot for whom a circle was named? > IQ3: Did you write _The Moonshine War_? 1: I know that a Bellman featured prominently in The Hunting of The Snark, and it sounds like the sort of thing **Lewis Caroll** would have written, but I’m not him 2: I am not … **Charles Lindbergh**? 3: I don’t know to whom you refer ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/470 "2013-12-27T01:26:37Z")
My initial is L and… 1: I am real 2: I am male 3: L is the initial of my last name 4: I am not American. 5: I am not living. 6: I am not known for the arts 7: I died since 1900 8: I am European 9: I am not British 10: I am not a political or military figure 11: I died before 1975 12: I am not French 13: I am known for the sciences 14: I was born before 1900 15: I am not a sports figure 16: I am not a native speaker of a Slavic language ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/471 "2013-12-27T02:30:18Z")
Mine were Jeff Lisand ro and John Locke. DQ: Died after 1950? DQ2: From a former Warsaw Pact nation? ---
**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 27, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/472 "2013-12-27T02:37:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a party which included a Bellman, a Baker, a Beaver, a Boots, a Billiard-Marker, and others? > IQ2: Were you a pilot for whom a circle was named? > IQ3: Did you write _The Moonshine War_? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I know that a Bellman featured prominently in The Hunting of The Snark, and it sounds like the sort of thing **Lewis Caroll** would have written, but I’m not him > 2: I am not … **Charles Lindbergh**? > 3: I don’t know to whom you refer Correct on Lewis Carroll (and also on _The Hunting of the Snark_). Raoul Lufbery (The Lufbery circle is a defensive manoeuvre in which a group of planes follow each other in a circle.) Elmore Leonard. DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language? ---
**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 27, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/473 "2013-12-27T03:34:11Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a noted contemporary Chinese pianist? - Lang Lang Are you an actor who narrates many PBS science and nature shows? - Yes, Leonard Nimoy, but I was thinking of someone else, so I’ll rephrase. Did you, later in life, utterly reject your best-known work? - Linda Lovelace, star of _Deep Throat_, was born again and turned strongly against porn. DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Best-known scientific achievement before 1939? One DQ reserved. IQs: Other than Leonard Nimoy, are you an actor who narrates many PBS science and nature shows? Were you a famous scientist about whom a humorous song was written? Were you the person who composed and sang that song? ---
**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 27, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/474 "2013-12-27T03:37:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a world chess champion? 2. Did you invent a kerosene stove? 3. Were you the architect of the Steiner Haus who rejected the Vienna Secession movement? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/475 "2013-12-27T03:44:13Z")
IQ1: Did you add multiplications and divisions to Pascal’s calculator? IQ2: Are you the most famous Hungarian composer? IQ3: Are you the father of taxonomy? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/476 "2013-12-27T12:46:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Other than Leonard Nimoy, are you an actor who narrates many PBS science and nature shows? > Were you a famous scientist about whom a humorous song was written? > Were you the person who composed and sang that song? 1: I don’t know to whom you refer. 2: mumble-mumble-mumble-ov **Lobachevsky** ’s not my name. 3: I am not **Tom Lehrer** > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a world chess champion? > 2. Did you invent a kerosene stove? > 3. Were you the architect of the Steiner Haus who rejected the Vienna Secession movement? I’ve got a feeling I should know the first two, but I’m drawing a blank on all three > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Did you add multiplications and divisions to Pascal’s calculator? > IQ2: Are you the most famous Hungarian composer? > IQ3: Are you the father of taxonomy? 1: I am not… **Leibniz**? 2: I’ll kick myself when you reveal who it is, but take a DQ. 3: I am not **Carl Linnaeus** ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/477 "2013-12-27T12:51:24Z")
My initial is L and… 1: I am real 2: I am male 3: L is the initial of my last name 4: I am not American. 5: I am not living. 6: I am not known for the arts 7: I died since 1900 8: I am European 9: I am not British 10: I am not a political or military figure 11: I died before 1975 12: I am not French 13: I am known for the sciences 14: I was born before 1900 15: I am not a sports figure 16: I am not a native speaker of a Slavic language 17: I died after 1950 18: I am not from a former Warsaw Pact nation 19: I am not a native speaker of a Germanic language 20: I was born west of Vienna 21: My best known scientific achievement was before 1930 That’s us past 20. Anyone who has a DQ is now entitled to ask “Are you [name]?” ---
**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 27, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/478 "2013-12-27T15:12:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a world chess champion? > 2. Did you invent a kerosene stove? > 3. Were you the architect of the Steiner Haus who rejected the Vienna Secession movement? > [@fanganga](#): > > I’ve got a feeling I should know the first two, but I’m drawing a blank on all three 1. Edmund Lasker. 2) Frans Lindqvist. 3) Adolph Loos. I’m gonna think a bit before I ask my DQ. I’ma-thinking we’re back to the Irish… ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/479 "2013-12-27T18:03:12Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not… **Leibniz**? > 2: I’ll kick myself when you reveal who it is, but take a DQ. > 3: I am not **Carl Linnaeus** Correct on both Leibniz and Carl Linnaeus. I think we can all agree that **Franz Liszt** is most famous Hungarian composer. DQ: Are you Max von Laue? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/480 "2013-12-27T18:25:43Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > Correct on both Leibniz and Carl Linnaeus. I think we can all agree that **Franz Liszt** is most famous Hungarian composer. > > DQ: Are you Max von Laue? I am not Max von Laue ---
**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 27, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/481 "2013-12-27T19:15:40Z")
A scientist, maybe Irish or Spanish or Portuguese, male, died between 1950 and 1975, best known work before 1930. Still thinking… … … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=25)