# 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:** 26
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/502 "2013-12-28T21:50:20Z")
Mine were: Michelle Kwan Krystyne Haje DQ1: American? DQ2: Born after 1950? ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/503 "2013-12-28T22:11:21Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > DQ: Were you born in the Northern hemisphere? I was born in the Northern hemisphere. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Danish footballer known for diving? > IQ2: Are you a previous leader of the British Liberal Democrat party? > IQ3: Did you play Ghandi? I am not Ben Kingsley or Charles Kennedy. Take a DQ [QUOTE=etv78;16965950 DQ1: American? DQ2: Born after 1950?[/QUOTE] I am not American and born after 1950. K 1. Real 2. Male 3. K is the initial of my last name 4. Alive 5. Born in the Northern hemisphere 6. Not American 7. Not born after 1950 ---
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/504 "2013-12-28T22:27:57Z")
IQ: Were you a key foreign policy advisor to Nixon and Ford? ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/505 "2013-12-28T23:30:48Z")
> [@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? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not Stanley Kubrick or Boris Karloff. Have a DQ. Correct on Kubrick and Karloff. Teddy Kennedy. DQ: European? IQ1: Did you often pass through Del Floria’s tailor shop to get to work? IQ2: Did you work with Ollie and Fran? IQ3: Did you eat Michael Palin’s goldfish? ---
**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 29, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/506 "2013-12-29T02:48:41Z")
IQ1: Is a temperature scale named after you? IQ2: Finding yourself in dire straits, did you send out a communique? IQ3: Are you a European woman who has graced the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/507 "2013-12-29T03:17:57Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a key foreign policy advisor to Nixon and Ford? I am not Henry Kissinger. > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: European? > IQ1: Did you often pass through Del Floria’s tailor shop to get to work? > IQ2: Did you work with Ollie and Fran? > IQ3: Did you eat Michael Palin’s goldfish? I’m not European and I’m not Kukla. 2 DQs > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Is a temperature scale named after you? > IQ2: Finding yourself in dire straits, did you send out a communique? > IQ3: Are you a European woman who has graced the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue? I’m not Baron Kelvin, Mark Knopfler or Heidi Klum(?). K 1. Real 2. Male 3. K is the initial of my last name 4. Alive 5. Born in the Northern hemisphere 6. Not American 7. Not born after 1950 8. Not European ---
**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 29, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/508 "2013-12-29T03:45:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you often pass through Del Floria’s tailor shop to get to work? > IQ2: Did you work with Ollie and Fran? > IQ3: Did you eat Michael Palin’s goldfish? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not European and I’m not Kukla. 2 DQs Ilya Kuryakin. (The tailor shop was one of the secret entrances to UNCLE headquarters.) Correct on Kukla. Kevin Kline, in _A Fish Called Wanda_. DQ1: Asian? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Are you an inventor who died recently? IQ2: Did you write two books about a man with a rare affliction, his intelligent dog, and his surfer buddy (amongst others) in a town with some big secrets? IQ3: Did you allegedly bang your shoe on the table? ---
**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 29, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/509 "2013-12-29T03:57:50Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Baron Kelvin, Mark Knopfler or Heidi Klum(?). Correct on all. IQ1: Did you ask, many times, “How’m I doin’?” IQ2: Are you the main character in the film, “The Shoes of the Fisherman”? IQ3: Did you play the Chinese chairman in that film? ---
**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 29, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/510 "2013-12-29T03:58:12Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an actor who worked in the White House as a staffer? - Yes, Kal Penn Did a critic comment on your ill-fitting uniform? - John Koenig (Martin Landau) in _Space: 1999_, who, according to one TV critic, had a baggy seat to his pants. Did you say you’d gladly accept a demotion if it meant more lines in the script? - This was also Walter Koenig, earlier asked about by another player. DQ: Born in or east of Moscow? IQs: Did you say you’d be willing to take the janitor’s advice, if it was useful? Are you the daughter of that person? Did you marry someone who was very hospitable to Winston Churchill late in Churchill’s life? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/511 "2013-12-29T04:34:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ1: Asian? > DQ2: Known for the Arts? > IQ1: Are you an inventor who died recently? > IQ2: Did you write two books about a man with a rare affliction, his intelligent dog, and his surfer buddy (amongst others) in a town with some big secrets? > IQ3: Did you allegedly bang your shoe on the table? I am not Mikhail Kalashnikov or Dean Koontz (?). Have a DQ. Also, yes, I’m from Asia but not known for the arts. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you ask, many times, “How’m I doin’?” > IQ2: Are you the main character in the film, “The Shoes of the Fisherman”? > IQ3: Did you play the Chinese chairman in that film? I don’t know the chairman’s name but I am not Kiril or Ed Koch > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: > > Born in or east of Moscow? > > IQs: > > Did you say you’d be willing to take the janitor’s advice, if it was useful? > Are you the daughter of that person? > Did you marry someone who was very hospitable to Winston Churchill late in Churchill’s life? 3 DQs I am born east of Moscow. K 1. Real 2. Male 3. K is the initial of my last name 4. Alive 5. Born in the Northern hemisphere 6. Not American 7. Not born after 1950 8. Not European 9. Asian 10. Not known for the arts 11. Born east of Moscow ---
**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 29, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/512 "2013-12-29T05:53:49Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > I don’t know the chairman’s name but I am not Kiril or Ed Koch. Correct on Kiril and Koch. The Chinese chairman was played by Burt Kwouk. DQ: Known for your work in the political/military sphere? ---
**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 29, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/513 "2013-12-29T15:12:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you an inventor who died recently? > IQ2: Did you write two books about a man with a rare affliction, his intelligent dog, and his surfer buddy (amongst others) in a town with some big secrets? > IQ3: Did you allegedly bang your shoe on the table? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not Mikhail Kalashnikov or Dean Koontz (?). Have a DQ. Correct on Kalashnikov and Koontz (who really needs to write the third book in that series, as he’s been promising for years…). Nikita Khrushchev. DQ reserved pending answer to Spoons’s. IQ1. Were you the head of a country that attacked the country headed by Syngman Rhee? IQ2: Were you a doctor who ran a sanitarium in southern Michigan? IQ3: Were you heard of the OKW during WW II? ---
**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 29, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/514 "2013-12-29T15:37:33Z")
IQ: Were you aka Temujin? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/515 "2013-12-29T19:21:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > DQ: Known for your work in the political/military sphere? I am known for my work in the political sphere. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1. Were you the head of a country that attacked the country headed by Syngman Rhee? > IQ2: Were you a doctor who ran a sanitarium in southern Michigan? > IQ3: Were you heard of the OKW during WW II? I am not Kim Il-sung or Mr. Kellogg (I don’t know his first name) I guess you meant Head of the OKW. It doesn’t matter because you get a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you aka Temujin? Not Genghis Khan. K 1. Real 2. Male 3. K is the initial of my last name 4. Alive 5. Born in the Northern hemisphere 6. Not American 7. Not born after 1950 8. Not European 9. Asian 10. Not known for the arts 11. Born east of Moscow 12. Known for my work in the political sphere. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/516 "2013-12-29T20:36:18Z")
IQ: Did you succeed a man whose first name began with K in a job of international significance? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/517 "2013-12-29T20:48:05Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Did you succeed a man whose first name began with K in a job of international significance? I am not Ban Ki-moon ---
**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 29, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/518 "2013-12-29T20:53:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1. Were you the head of a country that attacked the country headed by Syngman Rhee? > IQ2: Were you a doctor who ran a sanitarium in southern Michigan? > IQ3: Were you heard of the OKW during WW II? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I am not Kim Il-sung or Mr. Kellogg (I don’t know his first name) Correct on Kim Il-Sung and Mr (John?) Kellogg. Wilhelm Keitel (and yes, I did mean “head”:o). IQ: Do you currently hold Kim Il-Sung’s best-known job? ---
**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 29, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/519 "2013-12-29T21:49:17Z")
DQ: Born after 1800? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/520 "2013-12-29T21:58:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Do you currently hold Kim Il-Sung’s best-known job? I am not Kim Jong-un. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Born after 1800? I’ll let you ask another one. See number 4. K 1. Real 2. Male 3. K is the initial of my last name 4. Alive 5. Born in the Northern hemisphere 6. Not American 7. Not born after 1950 8. Not European 9. Asian 10. Not known for the arts 11. Born east of Moscow 12. Known for my work in the political sphere ---
**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 30, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/521 "2013-12-30T01:48:42Z")
IQ1: Did you create a comic book character who has been played in the movies by such stars as Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney? IQ2: Did you tell us about going Up the Down Staircase? IQ3: Have you danced with Jerry the mouse, sung in the rain, and been an American in Paris? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=27)