# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 28
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/542 "2014-01-01T10:25:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > The 'stans are up around the latitude of Beijing, I think - anyone know who the honchos there are? Hamid Karzai–nope. The Kims of North Korea–nope. I’m flummoxed. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/543 "2014-01-01T18:02:11Z")
Ditto. I yield my DQ to whoever’d like to ask it. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/544 "2014-01-01T18:34:11Z")
DQ: Ally of then -Soviet Union? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/545 "2014-01-01T20:34:06Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > DQ: Ally of then -Soviet Union? Yes 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 13. Current or former head of state 14. Never elected in a fair and open election 15. Currently holds a political office 16. Been in office over 10 years 17. Born slightly south of Beijing but can be considered same latitude 18. Used to be a communist 19. Not holding office in China 20. Ally of Soviet Union ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/546 "2014-01-01T21:19:58Z")
I’ll pass my last question. I have nary a clue. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/547 "2014-01-01T22:00:53Z")
So. We’re on to J, then? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/548 "2014-01-01T22:33:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > So. We’re on to J, then? I’d like to be. We obviously don’t know many formerly-communist Asians with K surnames, though we may well end up kicking ourselves once we find out. My vote is for moving on. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/549 "2014-01-01T22:52:16Z")
I too cry “uncle” ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/550 "2014-01-01T23:42:02Z")
Pass ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/551 "2014-01-02T00:37:04Z")
It was Islam Karimov, dictator of Uzbekistan. > **[Islam Karimov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Karimov)** > > Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov\[a\] (30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was an Uzbek politician who led Uzbekistan and its predecessor state, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, from 1989 until his death in 2016. He was the last First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 1991, when the party was reconstituted as the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDP); he led the PDP until 1996. He was the President of the Uzbek SSR from 24 March 1990 until he declared the independe... Please someone do J next ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/552 "2014-01-02T01:04:49Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’d like to be. We obviously don’t know many formerly-communist Asians with K surnames, though we may well end up kicking ourselves once we find out. Nope, not kicking myself. I can honestly say that I’ve never heard of Islam Karimov. Thanks for letting us go to J, **Guy**. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/553 "2014-01-02T02:32:11Z")
Not kicking myself either. I see etv’s started the J thread. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/554 "2014-01-02T05:48:25Z")
Never heard of him, either. Obviously I need to brush up on my obscure Asian heads of state. Here’s the new thread: [January 2014, Botticelli - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711887) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169.md?page=27)