# Boticelli Oct. 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166 "2019-10-02T18:14:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/341 "2019-10-25T01:07:49Z")

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_Originally Posted by atimnie View Post  
IQ1: Are you mentioned in the Reunion song, Life is a Rock, right after Mott the Hoople?  
IQ2: Are you a popular chef with a wide range of products?  
IQ3: Did you have a more popular version of the previously mentioned song, Peaceful?_

1 is Ray Charles…

BB Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers…

3 was Helen Reddy

3 DQs…

Known from the movies?  
Known for comedy?  
Usually the leading lady?

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/342 "2019-10-25T02:36:50Z")

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DQs:

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with R
4. living
5. known for the Arts
6. American
7. born since 1950
8. known for the performing arts
9. born before 1979
10. attractive, I guess
11. not known for singing
12. known for acting
13. has won two awards
14. known mostly from the movies
15. not known for comedy, has been in some
16. usually the lead

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/343 "2019-10-25T03:28:41Z")

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Swept me again. Bravo!

IQs:

Did Hugh Grant marry you and then knock you up at the end of one of your movies?  
Are you a recurring cast member of _American Horror Story_?  
Will you preside over any Trump impeachment trial?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/344 "2019-10-25T12:14:48Z")

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IQ1: Did you play Thor’s mother Frigga in the MCU movies?  
IQ2: Did you play Bunny Lebowski?  
IQ3: Were you a Brat Pack member and frequent star of John Hughes movies?

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/345 "2019-10-25T13:33:51Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did Hugh Grant marry you and then knock you up at the end of one of your movies?  
> Are you a recurring cast member of _American Horror Story_?  
> Will you preside over any Trump impeachment trial?

Respectively:  
I am not Julia Roberts.  
I am not Emma Roberts.  
I am not John Roberts.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play Thor’s mother Frigga in the MCU movies?  
> IQ2: Did you play Bunny Lebowski?  
> IQ3: Were you a Brat Pack member and frequent star of John Hughes movies?

IQ1: Take a DQ.  
IQ2: I am not Tara Reid.  
IQ3: I am not Judge Reinhold? If not Reinhold, take a DQ.

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/346 "2019-10-25T13:36:29Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQ: best known from movies?

> [@atimnie](#):
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> 3 DQs…
> 
> Known from the movies?  
> Known for comedy?  
> Usually the leading lady?

atimnie: Note the Prof. already asked about the person’s being known from movies.

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/347 "2019-10-25T13:37:20Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you suggest to King James I that a new translation of the Bible be published?
2. Did you sculpt _The Gates of Hell_?
3. Did you take an energy pill that gave you the strength of 20 atom bombs for a period of 20 seconds?

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/348 "2019-10-25T14:16:04Z")

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_atimnie: Note the Prof. already asked about the person’s being known from movies._

Height of popularity in the last century?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/349 "2019-10-25T15:19:26Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play Thor’s mother Frigga in the MCU movies?  
> IQ2: Did you play Bunny Lebowski?  
> IQ3: Were you a Brat Pack member and frequent star of John Hughes movies?
> 
> IQ1: Take a DQ.  
> IQ2: I am not Tara Reid.  
> IQ3: I am not Judge Reinhold? If not Reinhold, take a DQ.

Rene Russo, correct, Molly Ringwold

DQ: Been in any MCU movies?  
DQ: Blonde?

holding 2 DQs

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/350 "2019-10-25T16:01:58Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you suggest to King James I that a new translation of the Bible be published?
> 2. Did you sculpt _The Gates of Hell_?
> 3. Did you take an energy pill that gave you the strength of 20 atom bombs for a period of 20 seconds?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Rodin.
3. Take a DQ.  
DQs:

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with R
4. living
5. known for the Arts
6. American
7. born since 1950
8. known for the performing arts
9. born before 1979
10. attractive, I guess
11. not known for singing
12. known for acting
13. has won two awards
14. known mostly from the movies
15. not known for comedy, has been in some
16. usually the lead
17. hasn’t been in any MCU movies
18. blonde, but usually dyes her hair
19. more popular in the last century than the current one, but only because of a hiatus from acting taken at the turn of this century

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/351 "2019-10-25T16:11:30Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you suggest to King James I that a new translation of the Bible be published?
> 
> 2. Did you sculpt The Gates of Hell?
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> 3. Did you take an energy pill that gave you the strength of 20 atom bombs for a period of 20 seconds?
> 
> 4. Take a DQ.
> 
> 5. I am not Rodin.
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> 6. Take a DQ.

#1 was the Puritan John Rainolds.  
Correct on Rodin.  
#3 was Roger Ramjet.

DQ: Born before 1970?

1 DQ reserved.

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/352 "2019-10-25T17:51:36Z")

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Swept me again! Roberts x3.

IQs:

Were you Dracula’s mentally-ill familiar?  
Are you Daniel Craig’s wife?  
Were you Maxim de Winter’s first wife?

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/353 "2019-10-25T18:03:23Z")

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DQ: Did you play Spock’s mom, Edward Scissorhands’s girlfriend, the mom on Stranger Things, Jo in Little Women and Cher’s daughter in Mermaids?

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/354 "2019-10-25T18:28:18Z")

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[That hiatus was the giveaway.]

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/355 "2019-10-25T21:56:07Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you Dracula’s mentally-ill familiar?  
> Are you Daniel Craig’s wife?  
> Were you Maxim de Winter’s first wife?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQ: Did you play Spock’s mom, Edward Scissorhands’s girlfriend, the mom on Stranger Things, Jo in Little Women and Cher’s daughter in Mermaids?

I am not Renfield, Rachel Weisz, or Rebecca, but I am indeed Winona Ryder! Whose birthday is next Tuesday. Next game goes to Prof. Pepperwinkle.

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/356 "2019-10-25T22:03:54Z")

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Thank you.

I am T!

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/357 "2019-10-25T22:27:13Z")

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1. Did your father play Ellery Queen on TV?
2. Did you star in a televised version of the play, The Gin Game?
3. Were you half of a duo who sang about God, Love, and Rock and Roll?

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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:** [October 25, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/358 "2019-10-25T23:06:12Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> 1. Did your father play Ellery Queen on TV?
> 2. Did you star in a televised version of the play, The Gin Game?
> 3. Were you half of a duo who sang about God, Love, and Rock and Roll?

Take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/359 "2019-10-26T00:12:57Z")

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Timothy Hutton. Father Jim played Ellery Queen.

Jessica Tandy, along with husband Hume Cronyn.

Teegarden and Van Winkle.

Real?  
Male?  
First name starts with T?

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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:** [October 26, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/360 "2019-10-26T01:39:27Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with T

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