# 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:** 25
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/482 "2013-12-27T19:37:15Z")
I may have made some mistakes when answering DQs - in the interests of clarity I will expand those answers which may be ambiguous. 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. **I was born in a country in which the majority language is Germanic, but in a region of that country where the majority language is not Germanic. I published my best known work in a non-Germanic language** 20: I was born west of Vienna 21: My best known scientific achievement was before 1930. **My best known scientific achievement is related to an idea I first articulated before 1930, and developed at length in a book I published after 1939** That’s us past 20. Anyone who has a DQ is now entitled to ask “Are you [name]?” As guylvesque didn’t have the benefit of these clarifications when he made his guess, I’ll let him have another. ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/483 "2013-12-27T19:38:22Z")
IQ: Were you the first person to talk about the Big Bang? ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/484 "2013-12-27T19:55:18Z")
Congratulations, I was the Belgian priest and scientist, and native speaker of French, Georges Lemaitre. And apologies for misspelling your name above. ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/485 "2013-12-27T19:58:58Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > Congratulations, I was the Belgian priest and scientist, and native speaker of French, Georges Lemaitre. > > And apologies for misspelling your name above. No worries. You can spell it better than most people on other forums. To continue the backwards alphabet, I am **K** ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/486 "2013-12-27T20:24:27Z")
Congratulations guylevesque! And fanganga, that was a good choice! IQs: 1. Are you George Herriman’s best known creation? 2. Are you a mild-mannered blogger, formerly a reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper? 3. Did you know… what Evil… lurks in the hearts of men? ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/487 "2013-12-27T21:24:59Z")
IQ1: Did you a stately pleasure dome decree? IQ2: Were you a fan of the soap opera, “Androids”? IQ3: Did you play a Duchess and a Governor’s daughter? ---
**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 28, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/488 "2013-12-28T00:27:41Z")
IQ1: Did you work at Blair General? IQ2: Was the wreck of one of your ships found in the Dominican Republic a few years ago? IQ3: Did you play a missionary in Africa, a queen of England, and an antique-shop owner? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/489 "2013-12-28T01:20:16Z")
IQ1:Are you my #1 choice for “fantasy so it doesn’t count” cheating? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/490 "2013-12-28T01:23:08Z")
IQ2: Did you play a shy poetess, who was dating your rebel classmate in AP History? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/491 "2013-12-28T03:32:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Congratulations guylevesque! And fanganga, that was a good choice! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you George Herriman’s best known creation? > 2. Are you a mild-mannered blogger, formerly a reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper? > 3. Did you know… what Evil… lurks in the hearts of men? I am not Krazy Kat. Take 2 DQs. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you a stately pleasure dome decree? > IQ2: Were you a fan of the soap opera, “Androids”? > IQ3: Did you play a Duchess and a Governor’s daughter? I’m not Kublai Khan. 2 DQs > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you work at Blair General? > IQ2: Was the wreck of one of your ships found in the Dominican Republic a few years ago? > IQ3: Did you play a missionary in Africa, a queen of England, and an antique-shop owner? I am not William Kidd or Kathy Bates? (I know she played Victoria). Have 1 DQ > [@etv78](#): > > IQ1:Are you my #1 choice for “fantasy so it doesn’t count” cheating > IQ2: Did you play a shy poetess, who was dating your rebel classmate in AP History? I am not Diane Keaton? Take a DQ ---
**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 28, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/492 "2013-12-28T03:55:16Z")
Way to go, **guy**! Previous IQs: Other than Leonard Nimoy, are you an actor who narrates many PBS science and nature shows? - Liev Schreiber Were you a famous scientist about whom a humorous song was written? - Yes, Lobachevsky Were you the person who composed and sang that song? - Yes, Tom Lehrer IQs: Are you an actor who worked in the White House as a staffer? Did a critic comment on your ill-fitting uniform? Did you say you’d gladly accept a demotion if it meant more lines in the script? ---
**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 28, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/493 "2013-12-28T05:10:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you work at Blair General? > IQ2: Was the wreck of one of your ships found in the Dominican Republic a few years ago? > IQ3: Did you play a missionary in Africa, a queen of England, and an antique-shop owner? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not William Kidd or Kathy Bates? (I know she played Victoria). Have 1 DQ Dr Kildare. Correct on Captain Kidd. Katharine Hepburn (_The African Queen_, _The Lion in Winter_, and _Olly, Olly, Oxen Free_). DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/494 "2013-12-28T10:39:03Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you a stately pleasure dome decree? > IQ2: Were you a fan of the soap opera, “Androids”? > IQ3: Did you play a Duchess and a Governor’s daughter? 1: As you say, you are not **Kublai Khan** 2: Then you are not **Kryten** from _Red Dwarf_. 3: Then you are not **Kiera Knightley** , who played Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire in _The Duchess_ and Governor Swan’s daughter, Elizabeth, in _The Pirates of the Carribean_\* ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/495 "2013-12-28T11:47:59Z")
DQ1: Is K the initial letter of your last name? DQ2: Are you currently alive (or, if fictional are the setting and your storyline such that you would be currently alive?) ---
**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 28, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/496 "2013-12-28T12:25:40Z")
IQ1: Did you direct a film wich included _Also Sprach Zarathustra_ in its soundtrack? IQ2: Were you an English actor who starred in a film based on Mary Shelley’s book? IQ3: Did you drive your car off a bridge near Martha’s Vineyard? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/497 "2013-12-28T13:50:32Z")
IQ1: Did you take a name beginning with K when you were ennobled? IQ2: Did you appear in both _Star Trek_ and _Babylon 5_? IQ3: Did you make McDonald’s what it is today? ---
**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 28, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/498 "2013-12-28T14:47:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Congratulations guylevesque! And fanganga, that was a good choice! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you George Herriman’s best known creation? > 2. Are you a mild-mannered blogger, formerly a reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper? > 3. Did you know… what Evil… lurks in the hearts of men? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not Krazy Kat. Take 2 DQs. #2 is Clark Kent, formerly with the Daily Planet. #3 is Kent Allard, aka Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/499 "2013-12-28T17:21:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you an actor who worked in the White House as a staffer? > Did a critic comment on your ill-fitting uniform? > Did you say you’d gladly accept a demotion if it meant more lines in the script? I am not Kal Penn > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Real? > DQ2: Male? I am real and male. > [@fanganga](#): > > DQ1: Is K the initial letter of your last name? > DQ2: Are you currently alive (or, if fictional are the setting and your storyline such that you would be currently alive?) K is the initial of my last name and I’m still alive. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you direct a film wich included _Also Sprach Zarathustra_ in its soundtrack? > IQ2: Were you an English actor who starred in a film based on Mary Shelley’s book? > IQ3: Did you drive your car off a bridge near Martha’s Vineyard? I am not Stanley Kubrick or Boris Karloff. Have a DQ. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you take a name beginning with K when you were ennobled? > IQ2: Did you appear in both _Star Trek_ and _Babylon 5_? > IQ3: Did you make McDonald’s what it is today? I am not Ray Kroc. Only Genghis Khan comes to mind for the first one. DQ for 2. K 1. Real 2. Male 3. K is the initial of my last name 4. Alive ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/500 "2013-12-28T20:52:16Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you take a name beginning with K when you were ennobled? > IQ2: Did you appear in both _Star Trek_ and _Babylon 5_? > IQ3: Did you make McDonald’s what it is today? 1: I was thinking of **William Thompson, Lord Kelvin** , but I’ll accept Ghengis Khan as an answer. 2: **Walter Koenig** played Chekov in Star Trek and Bester the Psi-cop in Babylon 5 3: As you said, Ray Kroc. DQ: Were you born in the Northern hemisphere? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/501 "2013-12-28T21:09:40Z")
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