# 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:** 15

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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 24, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/281 "2017-04-24T11:01:17Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Olga and Alexei’s youngest sister?  
> IQ2: Were you married to William III of Orange?  
> IQ3: Were you originally Phoebe Mosey?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. I am not Anastasia.
> 2. I thought that was Mary. Take a DQ.
> 3. Take a DQ.

Correct.  
Dammit – meant to say “Was your sister married…”  
Annie Oakley.  
DQ: 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 24, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/282 "2017-04-24T11:32:23Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name starts with A
5. 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 24, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/283 "2017-04-24T11:33:25Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you have hits with _School’s Out_ and _Billion Dollar Babies_?  
> IQ2: Did you publish cook books after the death of your partner Gertrude Stein?  
> IQ3: Did you play Tabitha’s bungling nanny Esmerelda in _Bewitched_?

1. I am not Alice Cooper.
2. I am not Alice B. Toklas.
3. I am not Alice Ghostley.

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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 24, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/284 "2017-04-24T12:21:22Z")

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IQ1: Did you play a lesbian who falls in love with a man in Kevin Smith’s _Chasing Amy_?  
IQ2: Are you the character IQ1 played in the same film?  
IQ3: Did you play said man in the same film?

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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 24, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/285 "2017-04-24T12:22:03Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play a lesbian who falls in love with a man in Kevin Smith’s _Chasing Amy_?  
> IQ2: Are you the character IQ1 played in the same film?  
> IQ3: Did you play said man in the same film?

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 24, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/286 "2017-04-24T15:18:16Z")

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Joey-Lauren Adams, Alyssa Jones, Ben Affleck

DQ: American?  
DQ: Known for the Performing Arts?

holding 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:** [April 24, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/287 "2017-04-24T15:25:58Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name starts with A
5. Known for the Arts
6. Not American
7. Known for the Performing 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 24, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/288 "2017-04-24T19:25:14Z")

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IQ1: Did you become iconic in portraying Holly Golightly?  
IQ2: Are you Ben Grimm’s sight-impaired girlfriend?  
IQ3: Are you a sight-impaired Italian classical tenor?

DQ: Actress?

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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 24, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/289 "2017-04-24T19:41:14Z")

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IQs:

Were you known, as a child, as Estel?  
Was he your dad?  
Was she eventually your wife?

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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 24, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/290 "2017-04-24T20:11:39Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name starts with A
5. Known for the Arts
6. Not American
7. Known for the Performing Arts
8. Actress

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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 24, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/291 "2017-04-24T20:12:51Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you become iconic in portraying Holly Golightly?  
> IQ2: Are you Ben Grimm’s sight-impaired girlfriend?  
> IQ3: Are you a sight-impaired Italian classical tenor?
> 
> DQ: Actress?

1. I am not Audrey Hepburn.
2. I am not Alicia Masters.
3. I am not Andrea Bocelli.

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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 24, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/292 "2017-04-24T20:15:35Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you known, as a child, as Estel?  
> Was he your dad?  
> Was she eventually your wife?

1. I am not Aragorn.
2. I am not Arathorn.
3. I am not Arwen.

I knew there was gonna be an Aragorn question or three coming.

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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 25, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/293 "2017-04-25T03:41:25Z")

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Right you were! Swept it.

IQs:

Are you the patron saint of Scotland?  
Were you the Civil War governor of Massachusetts?  
Did you arrange to be serenaded by bagpipes at your vacation house?

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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 25, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/294 "2017-04-25T11:36:27Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Right you were! Swept it.
> 
> IQs:
> 
> Are you the patron saint of Scotland?  
> Were you the Civil War governor of Massachusetts?  
> Did you arrange to be serenaded by bagpipes at your vacation house?

1. I am not St. Andrew.  
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 25, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/295 "2017-04-25T12:11:40Z")

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IQ1: Were you Quark on DS9?  
IQ2: Were you Odo on the same show?  
IQ3: Were you Commander Sisko?

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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 25, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/296 "2017-04-25T12:50:21Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Quark on DS9?  
> IQ2: Were you Odo on the same show?  
> IQ3: Were you Commander Sisko?

1. I am not Armin Shimerman (sp?).
2. I am not Rene Auberjonois.
3. I am not Avery Brooks.

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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 25, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/297 "2017-04-25T13:37:13Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you the patron saint of Scotland? - Yes, St. Andrew  
Were you the Civil War governor of Massachusetts? - John Andrew, shown in the movie _Glory_  
Did you arrange to be serenaded by bagpipes at your vacation house? - Andrew Carnegie

Andrew x3!

DQs:

European?  
Born since 1964?

IQs:

Were you the first colonel of the famed 20th Maine infantry regiment?  
Did you teach King Mongkut’s kids?  
Did you joke about your codename?

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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 25, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/298 "2017-04-25T13:38:23Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name starts with A
5. Known for the Arts
6. Not American
7. Known for the Performing Arts
8. Actress
9. European
10. Born before 1964

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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 25, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/299 "2017-04-25T13:42:26Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you the first colonel of the famed 20th Maine infantry regiment?  
> Did you teach King Mongkut’s kids?  
> Did you joke about your codename?

Take a DQ for #1.  
#2. I am not Anna from _Anna and the King of Siam_.  
#3. I am not Alexander “Claw Hammer” Haig.

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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 25, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/300 "2017-04-25T15:24:40Z")

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IQ1: Did you direct _Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon_ and _Brokeback Mountain_?  
IQ2: Did you direct _MASH_ (the film) and _The Player_?  
IQ3: In addition to directing _Gandhi_ and _A Chorus Line_, did you star as John Hammond in the _Jurassic Park_ movies?

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