# 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:** 5
**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, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/81 "2013-12-07T12:55:44Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Are you good enough, are you smart enough and gosh-darn it, do people like you? DQ. ---
**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, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/82 "2013-12-07T13:10:18Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ: Are you good enough, are you smart enough and gosh-darn it, do people like you? I didn’t figure you were Al Franken’s character **Stuart Smalley** , but I had to take a punt. ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/83 "2013-12-07T18:20:22Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? I’ve PM’d them. **Le Ministre** is very busy and sends his regrets; haven’t heard back from **ChockFull** or **Spoons**. Previous IQs: Did your name become a cliche for a tyrannical overseer? - Yes, Simon Legree from _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_. Were you Lincoln’s SecWar? - Yes, Edwin M. Stanton. Were you a protagonist in Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? - Simon Kerslake, a centrist Tory MP (great political novel, BTW). DQ: From a show that aired before 1965? IQs: Did you promise to build a bridge that your successor decided not to? Are you a prominent radio foreign correspondent? Did you call a timeout for a rival’s wedding night? ---
**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 7, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/84 "2013-12-07T19:18:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve PM’d them. **Le Ministre** is very busy and sends his regrets; haven’t heard back from **ChockFull** or **Spoons**. My schedule’s been unpredictable the last little while, and I haven’t been able to play as much as I’d like. Hopefully, things will settle down soon. ---
**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, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/85 "2013-12-07T23:03:43Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > I didn’t figure you were Al Franken’s character **Stuart Smalley** , but I had to take a punt. Never heard of either one of them… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you promise to build a bridge that your successor decided not to? > Are you a prominent radio foreign correspondent? > Did you call a timeout for a rival’s wedding night? Seems to me you’ve used a couple of those IQs before, but I can’t remember the answers. Three DQs. **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 16. From a show that aired before 1965 ---
**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 8, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/86 "2013-12-08T00:14:10Z")
Oh, heck… DQ: Cartoon? ---
**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 8, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/87 "2013-12-08T01:09:24Z")
**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 16. From a show that aired before 1965 17. Cartoon ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/88 "2013-12-08T02:30:51Z")
IQ: Was your star employee’s son a previous Botticelli target? ---
**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 8, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/89 "2013-12-08T03:45:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Was your star employee’s son a previous Botticelli target? DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/90 "2013-12-08T04:22:16Z")
That was Mr Spacely. Elroy Jetson was an earlier answer. DQ: Aired in color? ---
**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 8, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/91 "2013-12-08T04:25:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Did you promise to build a bridge that your successor decided not to? > Are you a prominent radio foreign correspondent? > Did you call a timeout for a rival’s wedding night? > [@SCAdian](#): > > …Seems to me you’ve used a couple of those IQs before, but I can’t remember the answers. Three DQs… The third one, yes, but not the other two, I don’t think. Then-Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi promised to build a bridge to Sicily over the Strait of Messina, but the plan has since been killed. NPR’s Sylvia Padjoli (sp?). Saladin, during the Crusades. DQs: Human? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you a cartoon canine whose initials appear on his collar? Are you best friends of that canine? Were you a cartoon character with a three-syllable name, the last of which was an abbreviated nickname for a kind of pet? ---
**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 8, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/92 "2013-12-08T05:03:45Z")
**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 16. From a show that aired before 1965 17. Cartoon 18. Aired in colour 19. Human ---
**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 8, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/93 "2013-12-08T05:09:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a cartoon canine whose initials appear on his collar? > Are you best friends of that canine? > Were you a cartoon character with a three-syllable name, the last of which was an abbreviated nickname for a kind of pet? 3 DQs. (Not that they’ll do you any good, as we’re already at 19…) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/94 "2013-12-08T05:13:58Z")
IQ: Did you regularly talk to a dog? ---
**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 8, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/95 "2013-12-08T05:17:08Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you regularly talk to a dog? Not Sherman. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/96 "2013-12-08T05:50:40Z")
I was going for Scooby pal Shaggy. DQ: In a relationship? ---
**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 8, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/97 "2013-12-08T13:54:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you travel the universe fighting crime with Jan, Jace and Blip the Monkey, and later have a talk show? 2. Were you Dudley Do-right’s archenemy? 3. Were you the kid companion to Clutch Cargo? ---
**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 8, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/98 "2013-12-08T14:47:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you Dudley Do-right’s archenemy? Curses, foiled again! Yes, I am that dastardly, moustache-twirling Canadian who ties women to railroad tracks, Snidely Whiplash! ---
**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 8, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/99 "2013-12-08T14:49:20Z")
Nyaahahaa! ---
**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 8, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/100 "2013-12-08T15:24:44Z")
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