# Botticelli - April 2017

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**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\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/221 "2017-04-20T00:43:21Z")

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IQ: Did you play Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

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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 20, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/222 "2017-04-20T01:39:33Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ: Did you play Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

There we go. Yes, I am Sarah Michelle Gellar.  
Good job, KO.

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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 20, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/223 "2017-04-20T11:14:35Z")

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New letter. I am M!

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/224 "2017-04-20T14:50:38Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> There we go. Yes, I am Sarah Michelle Gellar.

I’ve seen parts of three episodes of that show – maybe one or two others.  
IQ1: Did you tell your mother she should never go down to the end of the town without you?  
IQ2: Did your group sing about #1?  
IQ3: Were you told to row your boat ashore?

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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 20, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/225 "2017-04-20T15:10:35Z")

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DQ, not Mick Jagger(?), not Michael(?)

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**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/226 "2017-04-20T15:26:29Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you tell your mother she should never go down to the end of the town without you?  
> IQ2: Did your group sing about #1?  
> IQ3: Were you told to row your boat ashore?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Mick Jagger(?), not Michael(?)

James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree (poem by A A Milne).  
Chad Mitchell ([here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axPaGP1UEqc)).  
Correct.  
DQ1: Real?  
DQ2: Male?

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**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/227 "2017-04-20T22:07:00Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male

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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 21, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/228 "2017-04-21T01:18:16Z")

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IQs:

1. Has Lois McMaster Bujold written a large number of stories about you?
2. Did you occasionally hang around with Deacon Muskrat in the Okefenokee?
3. Were you the outspoken wife of Nixon’s Attorney General?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/229 "2017-04-21T01:31:09Z")

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IQ1: Were you Lothar’s brother and Wolfram’s cousin?  
IQ2: Were you the militia commander at Plymouth?  
IQ3: Were you also known as King Philip?

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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 21, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/230 "2017-04-21T12:00:20Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Has Lois McMaster Bujold written a large number of stories about you?
> 2. Did you occasionally hang around with Deacon Muskrat in the Okefenokee?
> 3. Were you the outspoken wife of Nixon’s Attorney General?

DQ, not Miz Beaver(?), not Martha Mitchell

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/231 "2017-04-21T12:02:30Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Lothar’s brother and Wolfram’s cousin?  
> IQ2: Were you the militia commander at Plymouth?  
> IQ3: Were you also known as King Philip?

DQ, not Miles Standish, 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:** [April 21, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/232 "2017-04-21T13:05:00Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Has Lois McMaster Bujold written a large number of stories about you?
> 2. Did you occasionally hang around with Deacon Muskrat in the Okefenokee?
> 3. Were you the outspoken wife of Nixon’s Attorney General?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Miz Beaver(?), not Martha Mitchell

#1 was Miles Vorkosigan  
#2 was Molester P. Mole  
Correct on #3

DQs:

1. Created after 1900?
2. Originally from a work of prose fiction?

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/233 "2017-04-21T14:33:08Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Created after 1900
4. Originally from a work of prose fiction

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/234 "2017-04-21T14:47:48Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a great white whale?
2. Did W.C. Fields play you in a film version of _David Copperfield_?
3. Are you a profiteer in _Catch-22_?

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/235 "2017-04-21T16:01:35Z")

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not Moby Dick, I want to say Simple J. Malarkey, but that’s wrong so take a DQ, DQ

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/236 "2017-04-21T16:22:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a great white whale?
> 2. Did W.C. Fields play you in a film version of _David Copperfield_?
> 3. Are you a profiteer in _Catch-22_?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Moby Dick, I want to say Simple J. Malarkey, but that’s wrong so take a DQ, DQ

Correct on Moby.  
#2. Simple J.'s from _Pogo_. Fields played Mr. Micawber. (Not to be confused with _Pogo’s_ Sarcophagus MacAbre.)  
#3 is Milo Minderbinder.

DQs:

1. Last name starts with M?
2. Created after 1960?

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/237 "2017-04-21T18:12:45Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Created after 1900
4. Originally from a work of prose fiction
5. Last name starts with M
6. Created after 1960

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/238 "2017-04-21T18:54:57Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the child of a Commander of the Night Watch in _Game of Thrones_?
2. Do you play Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies?
3. Did Peter Lorre play you in a series of films?

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/239 "2017-04-21T21:19:46Z")

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not Meera (wag), not Peter Mayhew, not M

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/240 "2017-04-21T21:28:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the child of a Commander of the Night Watch in _Game of Thrones_?
> 2. Do you play Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies?
> 3. Did Peter Lorre play you in a series of films?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Meera (wag), not Peter Mayhew, not M

#1 was Mormont (I forget the first name).  
#2 is correct.  
#3 is Mr. Moto. Peter played “M” in only one movie.

DQs:

1. Created by an American or Americans?
2. From a work of Science Fiction, Horror or Fantasy?

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