# December Botticelli

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/41 "2013-12-03T03:12:11Z")

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IQ: Are you the only cast member not introduced as “agent”?

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**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 3, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/42 "2013-12-03T11:44:26Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Are you the only cast member not introduced as “agent”?

Not … Maxwell Smart?

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**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/43 "2013-12-03T12:59:16Z")

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> [@fanganga](#):
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> DQ: From literature?
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> IQ1: Was your first appearance intimidating a witness in a Baltimore murder trial?  
> IQ2: Are you a member of an Italian-American crime family that refused to deal in drugs?  
> IQ3: Was giving you your name the meanest thing your father did?

1: \*\*Russell “Stringer” Bell \*\*, from _the Wire_  
2: I was thinking of **Sonny Corleone**. The Sopranos is on my “to watch” list, so I don’t know whether or not Tony fits. I’ll give you credit and not take the DQ  
3: Is indeed **A Boy Named Sue**

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**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 3, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/44 "2013-12-03T13:00:11Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Why?

It was on Cartoon Swim on the Cartoon Network late night, for adults who had grown up watching Space Ghost as a kid. It was mildly amusing, but (probably fortunately) short-lived.

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**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 3, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/45 "2013-12-03T13:05:39Z")

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DQ: From a movie (or series of movies)?

IQs:

1. Was your image on the $10,000 bill (US currency)?
2. Were you the first woman in space?
3. Are you Scooter’s twin sister?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/46 "2013-12-03T15:45:21Z")

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That was Spencer Reid.  
DQ: From TV?

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**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/47 "2013-12-03T23:06:43Z")

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IQ1: Are you an Intellectual Property lawyer with a habit of stumbling upon ancient conspiracies?  
IQ2: Are you the herald of Galactacus?  
IQ3: Did Liz Taylor voice your daughter?

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**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 4, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/48 "2013-12-04T01:39:01Z")

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> [@fanganga](#):
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> 2: I was thinking of **Sonny Corleone**. The Sopranos is on my “to watch” list, so I don’t know whether or not Tony fits. I’ll give you credit and not take the DQ

Go ahead and take the DQ - I’ve never watched _The Sopranos_ either, and was just guessing.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Was your image on the $10,000 bill (US currency)?
> 2. Were you the first woman in space?
> 3. Are you Scooter’s twin sister?

Not Salmon P Chase.  
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, so I assume you mean the first American woman - and no, I am not Sally Ride.  
DQ.

> [@etv78](#):
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> That was Spencer Reid.

Who’s he when he’s up and dressed?

> [@fanganga](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an Intellectual Property lawyer with a habit of stumbling upon ancient conspiracies?  
> IQ2: Are you the herald of Galactacus?  
> IQ3: Did Liz Taylor voice your daughter?

DQ.  
Not the Silver Surfer.  
DQ.

**S**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. American (for certain values of American)
4. Not from a work set in the future
5. Not a protagonist
6. Not from literature
7. Not from a movie (or series of movies), though there was one
8. From TV

Which I think should be enough information…

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**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 4, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/49 "2013-12-04T02:12:37Z")

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Scooter’s twin is Skeeter. (Muppets)

DQ: Is S the initial of his first name?

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**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 4, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/50 "2013-12-04T02:20:50Z")

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Male American TV character, not the protagonist and not from a series set in the future, and that’s enough info?

IQs:

1. Were you the Chinese cook on _Bonanza_?
2. Did Everett Edward Horton play you on _Batman_?
3. Were you a comedy writer for _The Allan Brady Show_?

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**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 4, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/51 "2013-12-04T03:06:18Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the Chinese cook on _Bonanza_?
> 2. Did Everett Edward Horton play you on _Batman_?
> 3. Were you a comedy writer for _The Allan Brady Show_?

Not Hop Sing.  
DQ.  
Not … Sally?

**S**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. American (for certain values of American)
4. Not from a work set in the future
5. Not a protagonist
6. Not from literature
7. Not from a movie (or series of movies), though there was one
8. From TV
9. S is the initial of my first name

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**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 4, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/52 "2013-12-04T12:53:42Z")

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E. E. Horton played Chief Screaming Chicken.  
Either Sally Rogers or Buddy Sorrell. (I was thinking of Buddy, actually.)

DQ: From a show that aired before 1980?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/53 "2013-12-04T17:30:49Z")

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Spencer Reid is from the show C_riminal Minds_. (The slender geeky kid)

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/54 "2013-12-04T17:40:45Z")

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IQ: Do you have a female friend, who is not, you insist, your girlfriend?

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**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/55 "2013-12-04T22:56:51Z")

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> [@fanganga](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an Intellectual Property lawyer with a habit of stumbling upon ancient conspiracies?  
> IQ2: Are you the herald of Galactacus?  
> IQ3: Did Liz Taylor voice your daughter?

1: **George Stobbart** , from the _Broken Sword_ series  
2: Was indeed the Silver Surfer  
3: **Homer Simpson**. I only knew that Liz Taylor voiced Maggie because I got that question earlier.

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**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/56 "2013-12-04T23:03:41Z")

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IQ1: Are you one member of a cartoon cat and chinchilla duo?  
IQ2: Do you fly a kennel?  
IQ3: Are you the principal of Springfield Elementary?

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**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 5, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/57 "2013-12-05T00:18:21Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Spencer Reid is from the show C_riminal Minds_. (The slender geeky kid)

Ah. I’ve seen one episode of that, but I was mainly watching for a high-school friend who was in it - didn’t pay a lot of attention to the regular cast.

> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Do you have a female friend, who is not, you insist, your girlfriend?

DQ.

> [@fanganga](#):
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> IQ1: Are you one member of a cartoon cat and chinchilla duo?  
> IQ2: Do you fly a kennel?  
> IQ3: Are you the principal of Springfield Elementary?

DQ.  
Not Snoopy.  
DQ.

**S**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. American (for certain values of American)
4. Not from a work set in the future
5. Not a protagonist
6. Not from literature
7. Not from a movie (or series of movies), though there was one
8. From TV
9. S is the initial of my first name
10. From a show that aired before 1980

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**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 5, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/58 "2013-12-05T00:25:19Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a con man of the old West portrayed by Red Skelton?
2. Were you the Man from U.N.C.L.E.?
3. Did Forrest Tucker play you on _F Troop_?

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**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/59 "2013-12-05T01:07:57Z")

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> [@fanganga](#):
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> IQ1: Are you one member of a cartoon cat and chinchilla duo?  
> IQ2: Do you fly a kennel?  
> IQ3: Are you the principal of Springfield Elementary?

1: **Stimpy** , of Ren and Stimpy fame.  
2: As you said, **Snoopy**  
3: **Seymour Skinner**

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/60 "2013-12-05T01:37:51Z")

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That is Sheldon Cooper.

DQ: Drama?

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