# 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:** 4
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/61 "2013-12-05T01:52:05Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you one member of a cartoon cat and chinchilla duo? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: **Stimpy** , of Ren and Stimpy fame. I thought Stimpy was supposed to be a chihuahua… ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/62 "2013-12-05T01:55:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? DQ. Not Napoleon Solo. 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 11. Not a drama ---
**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, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/63 "2013-12-05T11:15:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I thought Stimpy was supposed to be a chihuahua… I looked it up and we’re both wrong, although me more than you. _Ren_’s a chihuahua. ---
**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, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/64 "2013-12-05T12:13:33Z")
Has Elendil’s Heir been kidnapped by a UFO? ---
**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, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/65 "2013-12-05T13:00:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. > Not Napoleon Solo. > DQ. #1 was San Fernando Red. #3 was Sgt. Sylvester Roarke. 1. From a sitcom? I’ll save the second for the moment. ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/66 "2013-12-05T22:54:30Z")
**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 11. Not a drama 12. Not from a sitcom ---
**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, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/67 "2013-12-05T23:05:51Z")
IQ. Did you help launch Kelly Clarkson’s career, and later appear with AC Slater? ---
**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 6, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/68 "2013-12-06T00:57:56Z")
DQ: Action/adventure show? IQs: 1. Did you own the bar on _Cheers_? 2. Did you say “Book 'em, Danno”? 3. When Capt. Kirk tell you to go to Warp Factor 7, did you say, “Oh, my.”? ---
**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 6, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/69 "2013-12-06T01:13:29Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ. Did you help launch Kelly Clarkson’s career, and later appear with AC Slater? Haven’t the faintest idea who those people are, so DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you own the bar on _Cheers_? > 2. Did you say “Book 'em, Danno”? > 3. When Capt. Kirk tell you to go to Warp Factor 7, did you say, “Oh, my.”? I have this vague feeling the character was called Sam, but take a DQ. DQ. Not Hikaru Sulu. **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 11. Not a drama 12. Not from a sitcom 13. There is action, and there are adventures, but not an action/adventure show ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/70 "2013-12-06T01:18:35Z")
That is Simon Cowell. DQ: Reality show? ---
**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 6, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/71 "2013-12-06T01:21:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Action/adventure show? > > IQs: > > 1. Did you own the bar on _Cheers_? > 2. Did you say “Book 'em, Danno”? > 3. When Capt. Kirk tell you to go to Warp Factor 7, did you say, “Oh, my.”? > [@SCAdian](#): > > I have this vague feeling the character was called Sam, but take a DQ. > DQ. > Not Hikaru Sulu. > > w #1 was Sam Malone. #2 was _Hawaii Five O’s_ Steve McGarrett. I’ll save my DQs for when I have more time. ---
**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 6, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/72 "2013-12-06T02:59:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Has Elendil’s Heir been kidnapped by a UFO? How could I have missed this thread before now? :smack: Feel free to drop me a PM next time. IQs: Did your name become a cliche for a tyrannical overseer? Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? Were you a protagonist in Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? ---
**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 6, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/73 "2013-12-06T03:32:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your name become a cliche for a tyrannical overseer? > Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? > Were you a protagonist in Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? Not Simon Legree. Not … Stanton? 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 11. Not a drama 12. From a comedy, but I don’t think I’d call it a sitcom 13. There is action, and there are adventures, but not an action/adventure show 14. Not a reality show Note the slightly revised answer to DQ12. ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/74 "2013-12-06T22:23:01Z")
DQ: A recurring character on a variety show? ---
**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 6, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/75 "2013-12-06T23:47:31Z")
**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 11. Not a drama 12. From a comedy, but I don’t think I’d call it a sitcom 13. There is action, and there are adventures, but not an action/adventure show 14. Not a reality show 15. Not a recurring character on a variety show Note the slightly revised answer to DQ12. [/QUOTE] ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/76 "2013-12-07T03:10:55Z")
Anyone know what’s become of **ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness** or **Le Ministre de l’au-delà**? They used to be regulars in these games. And where does **Spoons** keep dsappearing to? ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/77 "2013-12-07T03:29:38Z")
Not a clue. Le Ministre’s starting up the short story contest, but that shouldn’t keep him away from here. IQs: 1. Did you kill a president’s brother? 2. Were you the best known Indian (Asia) actor of the 1930’s? 3. Did you write a play that’s currently starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan? ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/78 "2013-12-07T03:33:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill a president’s brother? > 2. Were you the best known Indian (Asia) actor of the 1930’s? > 3. Did you write a play that’s currently starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan? Not Sirhan Sirhan. DQ. DQ. ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/79 "2013-12-07T03:42:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Not a clue. Le Ministre’s starting up the short story contest, but that shouldn’t keep him away from here. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill a president’s brother? > 2. Were you the best known Indian (Asia) actor of the 1930’s? > 3. Did you write a play that’s currently starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Sirhan Sirhan. > DQ. > DQ. #2 was Sabu. #3 was Samuel Beckett, author of _Waiting for Godot_. I don’t feel stumped just yet. Maybe tomorrow will bring a brainstorm. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/80 "2013-12-07T12:48:45Z")
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