# 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 29, 2019, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/421 "2019-10-29T07:23:13Z")

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\*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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Definitely not Frank Forillo (sp?). Probably not Frank Sinatra. Take a DQ on 3.

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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 29, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/422 "2019-10-29T12:17:33Z")

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IQ1: Did Mos Def play you in the film version of _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_?  
IQ2: Are you a recurring villain from several Stephen King novels?  
IQ3: Were you Scrooge’s mentor and the Ghost of Christmas Past?

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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, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/423 "2019-10-29T13:20:21Z")

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Still not Ford Prefect, and not Fezziwig, who was not the Ghost of Christmas past in most versions of the story. Take a DQ.

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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, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/424 "2019-10-29T13:25:22Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you command Hill Street Station? - Yes, Frank Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_  
Was Johnny Favorite loosely based on you? - Yes, Frank Sinatra, in _Angel Heart_  
Did you play the bad guy in _$ky Hei$t_? - Frank Gorshin

Frank x3 redux!

DQs:

Best known as an actress?  
Considered a beauty?

IQs:

Did you write the book that inspired the movie _Fried Green Tomatoes_?  
Did you costar on _One Day at a Time_?  
Were you a noted American female skater in the early Seventies?

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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 29, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/425 "2019-10-29T13:47:21Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with _The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face_?
2. Did you have a hit with _Respect_?
3. Did you have a hit with _How High The Moon?_

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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 29, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/426 "2019-10-29T14:59:17Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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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?_
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> Not French Stewart, take 2 DQs

2 was Frank Rossitano (on _30 Rock_); 3 was Philo Farnsworth.

IQs:

1. Did you write _My Brilliant Friend_?
2. Did you institute the New Deal?
3. Are you the dog of the person above?  
DQ: born after 1980?

One DQ reserved.

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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, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/427 "2019-10-29T16:45:29Z")

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_Considered a beauty?_  
Take another DQ, I refuse to answer subjective questions like this anymore. I think she’s good looking, but you may have a different opinion. Objective DQs only. Can we make this a new rule going forward?

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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, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/428 "2019-10-29T16:49:06Z")

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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
8. Known as an actress, equally or better known in another medium
9. Born before 1980

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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, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/429 "2019-10-29T16:50:52Z")

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_Did you write the book that inspired the movie Fried Green Tomatoes?  
Did you costar on One Day at a Time?  
Were you a noted American female skater in the early Seventies?_

Not Fannie Flagg, Bonnie Franklin, or Peggy Fleming.

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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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/430 "2019-10-29T16:52:42Z")

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_1. Did you write My Brilliant Friend?  
2. Did you institute the New Deal?  
3. Are you the dog of the person above?_

Not Franklin D. Roosevelt, not Falla, take a 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 29, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/431 "2019-10-29T17:06:19Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you have a hit with _The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face_?
> 2. Did you have a hit with _Respect_?
> 3. Did you have a hit with _How High The Moon?_

Ahem.

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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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/432 "2019-10-29T17:14:04Z")

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_1) Did you have a hit with The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face?  
2) Did you have a hit with Respect?  
3) Did you have a hit with How High The Moon?_

Not Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, or Mary Ford, with Les Paul

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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 29, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/433 "2019-10-29T17:26:59Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> Still not Ford Prefect, and not Fezziwig, who was not the Ghost of Christmas past in most versions of the story. Take a DQ.

Still not liking the “Still not” responses. #2 was Randall Flagg.

DQ: Are you also a director, producer and/or screenwriter?

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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 29, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/434 "2019-10-29T17:40:22Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> _1. Did you write My Brilliant Friend?  
> 2. Did you institute the New Deal?  
> 3. Are you the dog of the person above?_
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> Not Franklin D. Roosevelt, not Falla, take a DQ.

1 was Elena Ferrante.

IQs:

1. Were you the human on a puppet TV show with Kukla and Ollie?
2. Were you the first woman to have a US presidential cabinet position?
3. Did you paint _The Nude Maja_?  
DQs:
4. born after 1960?
5. more famous in other medium than as an actress?

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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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/435 "2019-10-29T17:52:39Z")

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_1. Were you the human on a puppet TV show with Kukla and Ollie?  
2. Were you the first woman to have a US presidential cabinet position?  
3. Did you paint The Nude Maja?_

1 is Fran Allison? Take 2 or 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 29, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/436 "2019-10-29T17:55:36Z")

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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
8. Known as an actress, equally or better known in another medium
9. Born before 1980
10. Not a director, producer, or screenwriter
11. Born before 1960
12. Not as prolific as an actress, but more known in another medium

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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 29, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/437 "2019-10-29T19:40:46Z")

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Swept me.

1. Did you write _A Coney Island of the Mind_?
2. Did you have a hit with _Run for the Roses_?
3. Did Prince Hal dump you?

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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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/438 "2019-10-29T20:12:00Z")

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Not Dan Fogelberg, 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 30, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/439 "2019-10-30T11:52:29Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Swept me.
> 
> 1. Did you write _A Coney Island of the Mind_?
> 2. Did you have a hit with _Run for the Roses_?
> 3. Did Prince Hal dump you?

> [@atimnie](#):
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> Not Dan Fogelberg, take 2 DQs

#1 was the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.  
Correct on Dan.  
#3 was Falstaff in Henry IV, Part II.

DQ: Known as a singer?

1 DQ reserved.

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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 30, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/440 "2019-10-30T15:27:39Z")

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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
8. Known as an actress, equally or better known in another medium
9. Born before 1980
10. Not a director, producer, or screenwriter
11. Born before 1960
12. Not as prolific as an actress, but more known in another medium
13. Equally or better known as a singer than an actress

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