# Botticelli - April 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [April 4, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714 "2017-04-04T03:56:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/181 "2017-04-17T00:23:15Z")

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I meant Teri Garr, but that works too.

IQ1: Are you a NE Patriot tight end who recently took part in Wrestlemania?  
IQ2: Are you the founding member of the \*Eagles \*who died last year?  
IQ3: Are you a bandleader who recorded the hits “In the Mood” and “Moonlight Serenade”?

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/182 "2017-04-17T01:28:02Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> I meant Teri Garr, but that works too.
> 
> IQ1: Are you a NE Patriot tight end who recently took part in Wrestlemania?  
> IQ2: Are you the founding member of the \*Eagles \*who died last year?  
> IQ3: Are you a bandleader who recorded the hits “In the Mood” and “Moonlight Serenade”?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Glenn Frey.
3. I am not Glenn Miller.

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/183 "2017-04-17T02:42:50Z")

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Previous IQs:

Was your middle name Catlett? - George C. Marshall  
Did a famous author dedicate a book to you even though she wasn’t particularly a fan of yours? - George IV (the then-Prince Regent dropped a broad hint through his royal librarian to Jane Austen)  
Did you name your warplane after your girlfriend and future wife? - George H.W. Bush, during WWII

George x3 redux!

DQs:

American?  
Born since 1964?  
Last name start with G?

IQs:

Did you once replace another stage actress so quickly that you had to wear her wig, which was still damp with her sweat?  
Did Ed Harris play you in an Eighties movie?  
Were you an early rival of the Wright Brothers?

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/184 "2017-04-17T11:23:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born after 1964
6. Last name starts with G

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/185 "2017-04-17T11:24:52Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you once replace another stage actress so quickly that you had to wear her wig, which was still damp with her sweat?  
> Did Ed Harris play you in an Eighties movie?  
> Were you an early rival of the Wright Brothers?

Take 3 DQs.

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/186 "2017-04-17T11:35:25Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a NE Patriot tight end who recently took part in Wrestlemania?  
> IQ2: Are you the founding member of the Eagles who died last year?  
> IQ3: Are you a bandleader who recorded the hits “In the Mood” and “Moonlight Serenade”?
> 
> 1. Take a DQ.
> 2. I am not Glenn Frey.
> 3. I am not Glenn Miller.

Rob Gronkowski

DQ: Known for the Arts?

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/187 "2017-04-17T11:45:00Z")

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IQ1: Are you a radio producer for Howard Stern, nicknamed “Baba Booey”?  
IQ2: Did an affair with model Donna Rice end your presidential campaign?  
IQ3: Are you aka the Green River Killer, serving multiple life sentences for killing 49 women?

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/188 "2017-04-17T11:54:51Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born after 1964
6. Last name starts with G
7. Known for the Arts

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/189 "2017-04-17T11:55:52Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a radio producer for Howard Stern, nicknamed “Baba Booey”?  
> IQ2: Did an affair with model Donna Rice end your presidential campaign?  
> IQ3: Are you aka the Green River Killer, serving multiple life sentences for killing 49 women?

#2. I am not Gary Hart.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/190 "2017-04-17T16:49:05Z")

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Gary Dell’Abate, correct, Gary Ridgway

DQ: Performing arts?

holding 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:** [April 17, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/191 "2017-04-17T16:57:48Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you once replace another stage actress so quickly that you had to wear her wig, which was still damp with her sweat? - Glenn Close, when she was an understudy early in her career  
Did Ed Harris play you in an Eighties movie? - John Glenn, in _The Right Stuff_  
Were you an early rival of the Wright Brothers? - Glenn Curtis

Glenn x3!

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (acting, photography, painting, sculpture, etc.)?  
Considered a beauty?  
Has won a top award in her field?

IQs:

Were you publisher of _The Liberator_?  
Did you compare a newspaper to a fat, obnoxious man in a restaurant who gets too close?  
Did you lose your seat in Congress, in part, due to an affair with a later-murdered intern?

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/192 "2017-04-17T17:06:04Z")

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IQ1: Are you a performer whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?  
IQ2: Are you a former drummer for _Nirvana_ and now lead singer and guitarist for the _Foo Fighters_?  
IQ3: Did Ted Danson arrive in blackface for your 1993 roast?

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/193 "2017-04-17T17:07:56Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born after 1964
6. Last name starts with G
7. Known for the Arts
8. Known for the Performing Arts
9. Known for acting
10. Considered a beauty
11. Has won a top award in her field

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/194 "2017-04-17T17:08:59Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you publisher of _The Liberator_?  
> Did you compare a newspaper to a fat, obnoxious man in a restaurant who gets too close?  
> Did you lose your seat in Congress, in part, due to an affair with a later-murdered intern?

1. I am not William Lloyd Garrison.  
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:** [April 17, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/195 "2017-04-17T17:10:15Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a performer whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?  
> IQ2: Are you a former drummer for _Nirvana_ and now lead singer and guitarist for the _Foo Fighters_?  
> IQ3: Did Ted Danson arrive in blackface for your 1993 roast?

1. I am not Lady Gaga.
2. I am not Dave Grohl.
3. I am not Whoopi Goldberg.

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/196 "2017-04-17T18:09:02Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you publisher of _The Liberator_? - Yes, arch-abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison  
Did you compare a newspaper to a fat, obnoxious man in a restaurant who gets too close? - Garrison Keillor, after a Minn. paper published details of his palatial new house  
Did you lose your seat in Congress, in part, due to an affair with a later-murdered intern? - Gary Condit

DQs:

Has won an Oscar?  
Best known for movies?

IQs:

Did you star on _Alias_?  
Did you famously want to be left alone?  
Did a thinly-veiled version of you appear in _Gone Girl_?

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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:** [April 17, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/197 "2017-04-17T18:10:44Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born after 1964
6. Last name starts with G
7. Known for the Arts
8. Known for the Performing Arts
9. Known for acting
10. Considered a beauty
11. Has won a top award in her field
12. Has not won an Oscar
13. Best known for TV (though she has made 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:** [April 17, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/198 "2017-04-17T18:11:46Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Did you star on _Alias_?  
> Did you famously want to be left alone?  
> Did a thinly-veiled version of you appear in _Gone Girl_?

1. I am not Jennifer Garner.
2. I am still not Greta Garbo.  
Take a DQ for #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:** [April 17, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/199 "2017-04-17T19:31:17Z")

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IQ1: Did you play the oldest on _Golden Girls_ but was actually the youngest?  
IQ2: Were you Laura Ingalls on _Little House on the Prairie_?  
IQ3: Did you portray one of Doctor Who’s companions and a _Guardians of the Galaxy_ villain?

DQ: Best known for 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:** [April 17, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/200 "2017-04-17T20:02:57Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you star on _Alias_? - Yes, Jennifer Garner  
Did you famously want to be left alone? - Yes, Greta Garbo  
Did a thinly-veiled version of you appear in _Gone Girl_? - Snarly TV legal commentator Nancy Grace

DQ:

In a TV series which is still broadcasting new episodes?

IQs:

Are you usually credited with inventing Dungeons & Dragons?  
Were you Spock’s mom?  
Was the museum named after you notoriously robbed by fake cops?

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