# 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:** 8
**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 9, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/142 "2013-12-09T14:28:02Z")
Did you miss this one, **Professor**? > [@Spoons](#): > > Correct on Rembrandt and Riff-Raff. John McClane’s pseudonym was Roy Rogers. > > DQ: Known for your work in literature? ---
**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 9, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/143 "2013-12-09T14:30:16Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Not American 3. Real 4. Dead 5. European 6. Known for the Arts 7. Died after 1800 8. Died after 1900 9. Not a native speaker of English 10. Not British 11. Last name starts with R 12. Not known for work in literature 13. Not German (oops.) ---
**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 9, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/144 "2013-12-09T14:42:40Z")
IQ1: Are you a Russian composer and pianist who emigrated to the US in the wake of the Russian Revolution? IQ2: Did a character you played originate the greeting, “Nanu nanu!” IQ3: Are you a “Watchmen” character who wears an odd mask? ---
**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 9, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/145 "2013-12-09T14:45:38Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Russian composer and pianist who emigrated to the US in the wake of the Russian Revolution? > IQ2: Did a character you played originate the greeting, “Nanu nanu!” > IQ3: Are you a “Watchmen” character who wears an odd mask? I am not Robin Williams. I am not Rohrschach. However, yes, I AM [COLOR=“DarkGreen”]Sergei Rachmaninoff.[/COLOR] Well done, Spoons! ---
**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 9, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/146 "2013-12-09T15:27:03Z")
Congrats, **Spoons**! Previous IQs: Were you a fat, dissolute king of a make-believe realm? - Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros in _Game of Thrones_. Were you this monarch’s probably-gay brother? - Renly Baratheon. Were you shown in a recent movie with bird poop in your hair? - Radagast the Brown, a wizard in _The Hobbit_. ---
**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 9, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/147 "2013-12-09T16:34:34Z")
Thanks, **EH** ; and a great choice, **Professor**! Let’s see … this time around, why don’t we go with C. ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/148 "2013-12-09T17:13:32Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first Holy Roman Emperor? 2. Are you a hoochy-coochy classical guitarist? 3. Were you the wife of Agamemnon? ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/149 "2013-12-09T17:15:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first Holy Roman Emperor? > 2. Are you a hoochy-coochy classical guitarist? > 3. Were you the wife of Agamemnon? I am neither Constantine, Charo, nor Clytemnestra. ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/150 "2013-12-09T17:20:07Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I am neither Constantine, Charo, nor Clytemnestra. Charlemagne was the first Holy Roman Emperor, not Constantine. DQ: Real? ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/151 "2013-12-09T17:23:30Z")
:smack: Charlemagne, of course. Summary for C: 1. Not real. ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/152 "2013-12-09T17:59:25Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a dog named Snoopy? 2. Did you hang with Jim Phelps and Rollin Hand? 3. Are you a mild-mannered reporter at a greater metropolitan newspaper? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/153 "2013-12-09T18:11:35Z")
IQ: Are you in love with The Little Red-Haired Girl? (Whose name IS NOT Heather BTW) 😉 ---
**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 9, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/154 "2013-12-09T18:35:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a dog named Snoopy? > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you in love with The Little Red-Haired Girl? (Whose name IS NOT Heather BTW) 😉 In neither case am I Charlie Brown. These others from the **Professor** : > [@](#): > > 1. Did you hang with Jim Phelps and Rollin Hand? > 2. Are you a mild-mannered reporter at a greater metropolitan newspaper? I am not Cinnamon Carter, nor am I Clark Kent. ---
**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 9, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/155 "2013-12-09T18:41:05Z")
IQ: 1. Are you the paterfamilias of the Ponderosa? 2. Did you travel to Barsoom? 3. Were you a very relaxed crooner of the 1950’s/60’s? ---
**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 9, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/156 "2013-12-09T18:55:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Are you the paterfamilias of the Ponderosa? > 2. Did you travel to Barsoom? > 3. Were you a very relaxed crooner of the 1950’s/60’s? I’m not Ben Cartwright, nor am I John Carter. Take a DQ for the crooner. ---
**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 9, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/157 "2013-12-09T18:56:43Z")
Perry Como. DQ: Male? ---
**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 9, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/158 "2013-12-09T19:05:56Z")
Summary for C: 1. Not real. 2. Male. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/159 "2013-12-09T19:19:26Z")
IQ: Did you attempt to use an ‘ape man’ to discover the location of a tribe of gorillas for poaching purposes? ---
**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 9, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/160 "2013-12-09T19:33:19Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > IQ: > Did you attempt to use an ‘ape man’ to discover the location of a tribe of gorillas for poaching purposes? No idea. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-botticelli/675169/161 "2013-12-09T19:58:05Z")
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