# 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:** ![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 11, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/161 "2019-10-11T23:35:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write the _T\*\*ractatus Logico-Philosophicus_?
> 2. Did you design St. Paul’s Cathedral?
> 3. Did you write the hymn _Joy to the World_?

> [@atimnie](#):
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> Not Charles Wren, take 2 DQs

#1 was Ludwig Wittgenstein.  
Correct on Wren.  
#3 was Isaac Watts.

DQs:

1. Known for work in anime?
2. Known for work in videogames/computer games?

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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 11, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/162 "2019-10-11T23:49:40Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American citizen, but born elsewhere
5. Born after 1960
6. First name starts with W
7. Known for the arts
8. Actress, best known in niche category
9. No awards, but respected in her field
10. Caucasian
11. Has done film, but not what she’s mainly known for
12. Not considered eccentric
13. Best known from TV
14. Attractive, but not what she’s known for
15. Born before 1980
16. Greatest fame in 2000 and before
17. Known for comedy series
18. No new episodes being produced
19. Voice actress
20. Not known for anime
21. Not primarily known for video games, only those based on the series

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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 11, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/163 "2019-10-11T23:50:46Z")

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Take another DQ if you want, think I got Wren’s first name wrong.

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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 12, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/164 "2019-10-12T13:51:19Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> _1. Did you protest that you were not a Merry Man?  
> 2. Did you report on Watergate with Carl Bernstein?  
> 3. Are you a composer known for your work in electronic music, who did the score for A Clockwork Orange?_
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> Not Will Scarlet, not Walter/Wendy Carlos, not Bob Woodward

1 was in fact Worf, in that one _Star Trek: the Next Generation_ episode with the Robin Hood holodeck program.

DQs:

1. best known for a cable series?
2. series is from the 90s?

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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 12, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/165 "2019-10-12T13:58:49Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American citizen, but born elsewhere
5. Born after 1960
6. First name starts with W
7. Known for the arts
8. Actress, best known in niche category
9. No awards, but respected in her field
10. Caucasian
11. Has done film, but not what she’s mainly known for
12. Not considered eccentric
13. Best known from TV
14. Attractive, but not what she’s known for
15. Born before 1980
16. Greatest fame in 2000 and before
17. Known for comedy series
18. No new episodes being produced
19. Voice actress
20. Not known for anime
21. Has done video games, but not what she’s best known for
22. Known for cable series
23. From the late 90s

Correction on 21

Ask all DQs within 12 hours of this post

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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 12, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/166 "2019-10-12T14:11:45Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> Take another DQ if you want, think I got Wren’s first name wrong.

Ah, yes, that was Christopher Wren.

DQ: Unusual first name?

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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 12, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/167 "2019-10-12T14:17:11Z")

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And I’ll take one of EH’s DQs:

1. From a show on MTV?

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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 12, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/168 "2019-10-12T14:30:05Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American citizen, but born elsewhere
5. Born after 1960
6. First name starts with W
7. Known for the arts
8. Actress, best known in niche category
9. No awards, but respected in her field
10. Caucasian
11. Has done film, but not what she’s mainly known for
12. Not considered eccentric
13. Best known from TV
14. Attractive, but not what she’s known for
15. Born before 1980
16. Greatest fame in 2000 and before
17. Known for comedy series
18. No new episodes being produced
19. Voice actress
20. Not known for anime
21. Has done video games, but not what she’s best known for
22. Known for cable series
23. From the late 90s
24. First name not unusual, but not that common either
25. MTV show

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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 12, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/169 "2019-10-12T15:26:53Z")

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90’s MTV cartoons. Daria, Beavis & Butthead, Liquid TV. Hmmm…

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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 12, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/170 "2019-10-12T15:30:21Z")

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If you don’t know this, you just gave someone else a giant clue.

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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 12, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/171 "2019-10-12T18:27:17Z")

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I remember those shows, but other than Mike Judge, I don’t remember the names associated with them.

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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 12, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/172 "2019-10-12T21:00:11Z")

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About 5 hours left, ask all DQs if there’s any left, then take your final guess.

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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 13, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/173 "2019-10-13T00:01:47Z")

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Wrapping this up in two hours, so ask all DQs and take your final guess.

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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 13, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/174 "2019-10-13T01:04:28Z")

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Are you Wendy Hoopes?

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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 13, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/175 "2019-10-13T01:39:42Z")

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DLR had my guess.

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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 13, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/176 "2019-10-13T01:55:52Z")

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Helen Morgandorfer, Quinn Morgandorfer, Jane Lane, and some voice actress named Wendy Hoopes. Your turn to run the game.

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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 13, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/177 "2019-10-13T04:38:07Z")

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Good job, **DLR**. Never heard of her myself: [Wendy Hoopes - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Hoopes)

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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 13, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/178 "2019-10-13T13:49:29Z")

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OK, new game: I am I.

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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 13, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/179 "2019-10-13T14:42:06Z")

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IQ1: Are you an animated parrot voiced by Gilbert Gottfried?  
IQ2: Did a six fingered man kill your father?  
IQ3: Were you married to Howard Duff?

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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 13, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/180 "2019-10-13T14:44:09Z")

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Great job, DLR!

IQs:

1. Did a dog routinely arrest you for throwing bricks at a cat?
2. Was your comic strip a spinoff from _They’ll Do It Every Time_?
3. Did you battle Rick O’Connell and Evelyn in two movies?

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