# Boticelli March 2022

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 28, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243 "2022-02-28T17:58:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 13

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/241 "2022-03-31T05:53:44Z")

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**D**

1. Real
2. First name starts with D
3. Female
4. Dead
5. American
6. Not best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1990
8. Not political/military
9. Not known for business/entrepreneur
10. Not considered a beauty
11. Did not have a famous husband
12. Died after 1900
13. Partially, but not primarily known for social work / social activism (fighting racism, raising awareness, women’s rights, etc.)
14. Died after 1950
15. Not best known for a single incident
16. Not associated with NYC
17. Wrote a well-known book, but not primarily known for writing

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/242 "2022-03-31T05:54:04Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQ: Did you write “Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses.”?

Not Dorothy Parker

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/243 "2022-03-31T14:30:34Z")

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IQs:  
1. Are you the terror that flaps in the night?  
2. Did you claim the ability to grin a raccoon out of a tree?  
3. Were you, in fact, Anna Sorokin (currently imprisoned in New Jersey and facing deportation)?

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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:** [March 31, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/244 "2022-03-31T15:34:27Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you Love a Mystery with Jack and Reggie?
2. Was Muttley your dog?
3. Was your art among the first to be heavily influenced by the camera?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/245 "2022-03-31T16:51:53Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Are you the terror that flaps in the night?
> 2. Did you claim the ability to grin a raccoon out of a tree?
> 3. Were you, in fact, Anna Sorokin (currently imprisoned in New Jersey and facing deportation)?

Not Darkwing Duck  
2 DQs

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Did you Love a Mystery with Jack and Reggie?
> 2. Was Muttley your dog?
> 3. Was your art among the first to be heavily influenced by the camera

DQ  
Not Dick Dasterdly  
Not Dziga Vertov

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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:** [March 31, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/246 "2022-03-31T19:16:40Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > 1. Did you Love a Mystery with Jack and Reggie?
> > 
> > > 1. Was Muttley your dog?
> > > 2. Was your art among the first to be heavily influenced by the camera
> 
> DQ  
> Not Dick Dasterdly  
> Not Dziga Vertov

#1 was Doc (from the radio series _I Love A Mystery_).  
Correct on 2.  
#3 was Edgar Degas, but I see that Vertov works just as well.

DQ: Known from television?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/247 "2022-03-31T19:45:26Z")

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**D**

1. Real
2. First name starts with D
3. Female
4. Dead
5. American
6. Not best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1990
8. Not political/military
9. Not known for business/entrepreneur
10. Not considered a beauty
11. Did not have a famous husband
12. Died after 1900
13. Partially, but not primarily known for social work / social activism (fighting racism, raising awareness, women’s rights, etc.)
14. Died after 1950
15. Not best known for a single incident
16. Not associated with NYC
17. Wrote a well-known book, but not primarily known for writing
18. Not known from television

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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:** [March 31, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/248 "2022-03-31T20:08:11Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Wimpy in the live-action movie musical version of _Popeye_?
2. Were you the cab-driving sidekick of the original Green Lantern?
3. Did you play Buddy Bizarre in _Blazing Saddles_?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/249 "2022-03-31T20:17:22Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Did you play Wimpy in the live-action movie musical version of _Popeye_ ?
> 2. Were you the cab-driving sidekick of the original Green Lantern?
> 3. Did you play Buddy Bizarre in _Blazing Saddles_ ?

2 DQs  
Not Dom DeLuise

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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:** [March 31, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/250 "2022-03-31T22:38:17Z")

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#1 was Paul Dooley.  
#2 was Doiby Dickles.  
Correct on Dom.

2 DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/251 "2022-04-01T03:12:32Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the terror that flaps in the night?
> 2. Did you claim the ability to grin a raccoon out of a tree?
> 3. Were you, in fact, Anna Sorokin (currently imprisoned in New Jersey and facing deportation)?

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Darkwing Duck  
> 2 DQs

2 was Davy Crockett; 3 was Anna Delvey, con artist Sorokin’s claimed identity.

2 DQs reserved.

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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:** [April 1, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/252 "2022-04-01T12:16:10Z")

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DQs:

1. Caucasian?
2. Known from religion?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/253 "2022-04-01T15:53:30Z")

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Indirect answers:

1. You _are_ big; it’s the pictures that got small.  
2. You landed in a rottweiler farm, according to Gary Larson; you were in fact female, but dressed in male drag to commit the hijacking; after jumping from the plane, you went through a mysterious light in the sky and were transported to a fantasy world where you encountered Amelia Earhart.  
3. 42.

2 DQs reversed.

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**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:** [April 1, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/254 "2022-04-01T18:23:11Z")

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Or reserved, even.

Previous IQs:

Was your dad played by an actor who later played a cop and a starship captain? - Draco Malfoy; Jason Isaacs was later in _Awake_ and _Star Trek: Discovery_  
Does the same actor who plays your dad also typically play your enemy? - Wendy Darling, in _Peter Pan_ (as to Mr. Darling and Captain Hook)  
Are you Dagwood’s boss? - Yes, Mr. Dithers

Two DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/255 "2022-04-01T18:51:48Z")

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**D**

1. Real
2. First name starts with D
3. Female
4. Dead
5. American
6. Not best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1990
8. Not political/military
9. Not known for business/entrepreneur
10. Not considered a beauty
11. Did not have a famous husband
12. Died after 1900
13. Partially, but not primarily known for social work / social activism (fighting racism, raising awareness, women’s rights, etc.)
14. Died after 1950
15. Not best known for a single incident
16. Not associated with NYC
17. Wrote a well-known book, but not primarily known for writing
18. Not known from television
19. Caucasian
20. Not known from religion

That’s 20, so no more IQs. Get your earned DQs, whether reserved or reversed, in by the end of the weekend. Sunday April 3, 9:00 pm PST.

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/256 "2022-04-01T18:53:50Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. You _are_ big; it’s the pictures that got small.
> 2. You landed in a rottweiler farm, according to Gary Larson; you were in fact female, but dressed in male drag to commit the hijacking; after jumping from the plane, you went through a mysterious light in the sky and were transported to a fantasy world where you encountered Amelia Earhart.
> 3. 
> 1.

Not Norma Desmond  
Not DB Cooper - what’s the middle one? First is Far Side cartoon, last was Loki  
Not Douglas Adams

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/257 "2022-04-01T19:14:17Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Norma Desmond  
> Not DB Cooper - what’s the middle one? First is Far Side cartoon, last was Loki  
> Not Douglas Adams

The middle one was an actual potential Cooper suspect, Barbara Dayton; the third one is not _Loki_ but the comic book series _Elsewhere_.

DQ: known from science?  
1 DQ reserfed.

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**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:** [April 1, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/258 "2022-04-01T20:07:19Z")

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There are no serfs here, are there?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/259 "2022-04-01T20:12:01Z")

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**D**

1. Real
2. First name starts with D
3. Female
4. Dead
5. American
6. Not best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1990
8. Not political/military
9. Not known for business/entrepreneur
10. Not considered a beauty
11. Did not have a famous husband
12. Died after 1900
13. Partially, but not primarily known for social work / social activism (fighting racism, raising awareness, women’s rights, etc.)
14. Died after 1950
15. Not best known for a single incident
16. Not associated with NYC
17. Wrote a well-known book, but not primarily known for writing
18. Not known from television
19. Caucasian
20. Not known from religion
21. Known from science

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-march-2022/960243/260 "2022-04-01T20:16:10Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Two DQs reserved.

I believe you actually have 3. You get a do-over on the already asked “Died before 1990?” (post #237)

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