# 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\
**Page:** 21

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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 28, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/401 "2019-10-28T13:56:31Z")

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Well done, **atimnie**! Never knew the Wolf Man’s real name: [Larry Talbot - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Talbot)

Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Giantsbane? - Tormund, a wildling leader on _GOT_  
Were you a famous D&D dragon? - Yes, Tiamat  
Were you AKA Oakenshield? - Yes, Thorin, from _The Hobbit_

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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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/402 "2019-10-28T14:25:43Z")

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_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?_

Timothy Leary, Timi Yuro

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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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/403 "2019-10-28T14:27:08Z")

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I am F

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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 28, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/404 "2019-10-28T15:05:26Z")

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IQs:

Were you head of the RNC in the Eighties?  
Did your coworkers make fun of the home movie of your wedding?  
Were you the “action guy” on _FYI_?

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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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/405 "2019-10-28T17:18:59Z")

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Congratulations, atimnie!

Belated IQ wrap-up: 2 (police detective in _Pretty Maids All in a Row_) was Telly Savalas.

IQs:

1. Did you shoot Jesse James?
2. Did you tell the director of the film you were acting in that “You can type this shit, George, but you can’t say it”?
3. Are you _not_ an out-of-work actor, but in fact a researcher for the _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse?

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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, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/406 "2019-10-28T17:56:34Z")

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_Were you head of the RNC in the Eighties?  
Did your coworkers make fun of the home movie of your wedding?  
Were you the “action guy” on FYI?_

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 28, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/407 "2019-10-28T17:58:55Z")

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_1. Did you shoot Jesse James?  
2. Did you tell the director of the film you were acting in that “You can type this shit, George, but you can’t say it”?  
3. Are you not an out-of-work actor, but in fact a researcher for the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse?_

Do you drive a Ford? Not Robert Ford, Harrison Ford, or Ford Prefect.

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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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/408 "2019-10-28T19:54:27Z")

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IQs:

1. Do you write the Thursday Next series of books?
2. Are you the obligatory mad scientist in _The Nightmare Before Christmas_?
3. Were you a 19th Century Lutheran minister & encyclopedist?

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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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/409 "2019-10-28T20:16:31Z")

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Take 3 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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/410 "2019-10-28T20:20:45Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Do you write the Thursday Next series of books?
> 2. Are you the obligatory mad scientist in _The Nightmare Before Christmas_?
> 3. Were you a 19th Century Lutheran minister & encyclopedist?

> [@atimnie](#):
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> Take 3 DQs

#1 is Jasper Ffolkes.  
#2 is Dr. Finkelstein.  
#3 was Isaac Funk (of Funk & Wagnall).

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?
3. Last name starts with F?

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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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/411 "2019-10-28T20:23:03Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F

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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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/412 "2019-10-28T20:50:01Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you recently accept a BAFTA award while being arrested?
2. Are you a FLOTUS who started a renowned rehab center?
3. Were you the last Whig POTUS?

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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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/413 "2019-10-28T22:45:40Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> Do you drive a Ford? Not Robert Ford, Harrison Ford, or Ford Prefect.

A clean sweep!

IQs:

1. Were you Harry on _Third Rock from the Sun_?
2. Are you a writer for _TGS with Tracy Jordan_, with a large collection of trucker hats?
3. Did you contribute to the invention of television?

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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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/414 "2019-10-28T23:15:03Z")

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_1) Did you recently accept a BAFTA award while being arrested?  
2) Are you a FLOTUS who started a renowned rehab center?  
3) Were you the last Whig POTUS?_

Not Betty Ford, take 2 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 28, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/415 "2019-10-28T23:16:30Z")

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_1. Were you Harry on Third Rock from the Sun?  
2. Are you a writer for TGS with Tracy Jordan, with a large collection of trucker hats?  
3. Did you contribute to the invention of television?_

Not French Stewart, 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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/416 "2019-10-28T23:57:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> 1. Did you recently accept a BAFTA award while being arrested?
> 2. Are you a FLOTUS who started a renowned rehab center?
> 3. Were you the last Whig POTUS?
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> Not Betty Ford, take 2 DQs

#1 was Jane Fonda (last weekend, arrested for protesting climate change).  
Correct on Betty.  
#3 was Millard Fillmore.

DQs:

1. Living?
2. American?

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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 29, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/417 "2019-10-29T00:36:35Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Living
5. American

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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 29, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/418 "2019-10-29T04:14:26Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Do you write the Thursday Next series of books?..

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1 is Jasper Ffolkes…

'Tis Fforde.

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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 29, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/419 "2019-10-29T04:17:37Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you head of the RNC in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf  
Did your coworkers make fun of the home movie of your wedding? - Frank Burns on _M_A_S_H\*  
Were you the “action guy” on _FYI_? - Frank Fontana on _Murphy Brown_

Frank x3!

DQs:

Best known for the Arts?  
Born since 1950?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you command Hill Street Station?  
Was Johnny Favorite loosely based on you?  
Did you play the bad guy in _$ky Hei$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 29, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/420 "2019-10-29T07:20:25Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Living
5. American
6. Known for the arts
7. Born after 1950

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