# 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:** ![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 27, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/381 "2019-10-27T04:22:40Z")

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You swept me, **DLR** , and good job, **Prof. P.**!

IQs:

Did you, your dragons and your sisters defeat six of the Seven Kingdoms?  
Did Jaime Lannister slay you and then sit on your throne?  
Did you lay waste to King’s Landing even after you learned of its surrender?

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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 27, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/382 "2019-10-27T12:34:41Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> You swept me, **DLR** , and good job, **Prof. P.**!
> 
> IQs:
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> Did you, your dragons and your sisters defeat six of the Seven Kingdoms?  
> Did Jaime Lannister slay you and then sit on your throne?  
> Did you lay waste to King’s Landing even after you learned of its surrender?

#1. Take a DQ.  
#2. I am not Tywin.  
#3. I am not Tyrion (??)

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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 27, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/383 "2019-10-27T16:03:08Z")

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IQs

1. Are you a Cheech and Chong character who had a Basketball Jones?
2. Were you a Playboy Playmate and girlfriend of Hugh Hefner in the 70s/80s?
3. In A Chorus Line, did a character claim that if you could be a movie star, then he could be a movie star?

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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 27, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/384 "2019-10-27T16:51:47Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQs
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> 1. Are you a Cheech and Chong character who had a Basketball Jones?
> 2. Were you a Playboy Playmate and girlfriend of Hugh Hefner in the 70s/80s?
> 3. In A Chorus Line, did a character claim that if you could be a movie star, then he could be a movie star?

1. I am not Tyrone Shoelaces.
2. I am not Tarbi Tenton. Oh, wait. Take a DQ.
3. Take another DQ.

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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 27, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/385 "2019-10-27T17:19:00Z")

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2 was not Tarbi Tenton, but good try. It was Sondra Theodore.

_If Troy Donahue can be a movie star, then I can be a movie star_

Comedy?

Holding one DQ

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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 27, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/386 "2019-10-27T18:09:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with T
4. Not created for TV
5. Not originally from literature
6. Created for the movies
7. Created before 1970
8. Main character
9. Not Suspense genre
10. Not Comedy genre

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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 27, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/387 "2019-10-27T18:12:13Z")

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Character’s name in movie title?

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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 27, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/388 "2019-10-27T18:42:35Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with T
4. Not created for TV
5. Not originally from literature
6. Created for the movies
7. Created before 1970
8. Main character
9. Not Suspense genre
10. Not Comedy genre
11. Character’s name is not in the movie title

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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 27, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/389 "2019-10-27T21:59:01Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. I am not Topo.  
> #2. I am not Toro.  
> #3. I am not Tojo.

A clean sweep!

IQs:

1. Are you the frontman of the Electric Mayhem?
2. Were you, in fact, W. Mark Felt?
3. Did you put your Cary Grant impression to good use in a 1959 comedy?

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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 27, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/390 "2019-10-27T22:15:56Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you, your dragons and your sisters defeat six of the Seven Kingdoms? - Aegon Targaryen, known as “the Conqueror”  
Did Jaime Lannister slay you and then sit on your throne? - the Mad King, Aerys Targaryen  
Did you lay waste to King’s Landing even after you learned of its surrender? - Daenerys Targaryen

All from _Game of Thrones_, obviously.

DQs:

American?  
Appeared in more than one movie?  
Considered a good guy?

IQs:

Were you AKA Giantsbane?  
Were you a famous D&D dragon?  
Were you AKA Oakenshield?

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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 28, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/391 "2019-10-28T00:55:30Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with T
4. Not created for TV
5. Not originally from literature
6. Created for the movies
7. Created before 1970
8. Main character
9. Not Suspense genre
10. Not Comedy genre
11. Character’s name is not in the movie title
12. American
13. Appeared in more than one movie
14. Considered a good, if tormented, good

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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 28, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/392 "2019-10-28T00:56:31Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> A clean sweep!
> 
> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the frontman of the Electric Mayhem?
> 2. Were you, in fact, W. Mark Felt?
> 3. Did you put your Cary Grant impression to good use in a 1959 comedy?

1. I am not Dr. Teeth.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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 28, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/393 "2019-10-28T00:58:01Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you AKA Giantsbane?  
> Were you a famous D&D dragon?  
> Were you AKA Oakenshield?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Tiamat.
3. I am not Thorin.

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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 28, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/394 "2019-10-28T03:27:55Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. I am not Dr. Teeth.  
> Take 2 DQs.

2 was Deep **Throat** ; 3 was Tony ( **Toe** -ny) Curtis, in _Some Like It Hot_.\*

IQs:

1. Was _The Simpsons_ a spinoff of your sketch show?
2. Did you play a police detective in the film _Pretty Maids All in a Row_, before going on to play one on TV?
3. Was “Bully!” your favorite expression?  
DQs:
4. first appeared after 1950?
5. from a horror movie?

\*I know, it’s a stretch.

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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 28, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/395 "2019-10-28T11:43:02Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with T
4. Not created for TV
5. Not originally from literature
6. Created for the movies
7. Created before 1970
8. Main character
9. Not Suspense genre
10. Not Comedy genre
11. Character’s name is not in the movie title
12. American
13. Appeared in more than one movie
14. Considered a good, if tormented, guy
15. First appeared before 1950
16. From Horror 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 28, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/396 "2019-10-28T11:44:02Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Was _The Simpsons_ a spinoff of your sketch show?
> 2. Did you play a police detective in the film _Pretty Maids All in a Row_, before going on to play one on TV?
> 3. Was “Bully!” your favorite expression?

#1. I am not Tracy Ullman.  
#2. Take a DQ.  
#3. I am not Theodore Roosevelt.

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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 28, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/397 "2019-10-28T12:27:23Z")

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1. Did you turn into a werewolf on the full moon?
2. Did the Moody Blues claim you were dead, when you were still very much alive?
3. Did you sing versions of Hurt and What’s a Matter Baby?

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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 28, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/398 "2019-10-28T12:33:42Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> 1. Did you turn into a werewolf on the full moon?

Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night  
May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the full moon is shining bright.

Yes, I am Larry Talbot!

Good job, **atimnie**!

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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 28, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/399 "2019-10-28T12:40:31Z")

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Should I start another one here, or make a new thread?

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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 28, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/400 "2019-10-28T13:24:28Z")

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There’s time for one more round here, I would think.

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