# 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:** 4

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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 9, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/61 "2017-04-09T17:32:45Z")

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IQ1: Was a movie made about you and the little people?  
IQ2: Were you the sheriff of Conniption?  
IQ3: Were you really Richard Russ?

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**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/62 "2017-04-09T18:37:27Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Not Barack Obama, not Carl Orff, DQ

Correct on Orff. #1 was Omar al-Bashir and #3 was Oscar Niemeyer.

DQ: First name starts with O?

IQ1: Were you one of the unifiers of Japan during the Sengoku period?  
IQ2: Were you a German industrial who hired Jews to protect them from a certain death?  
IQ3: Are you the only goalkeeper who has won a Golden Ball during a World Cup?

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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 9, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/63 "2017-04-09T21:41:46Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with O

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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 9, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/64 "2017-04-09T21:42:55Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> You are not **Opal** or any other Doper. But have you become a Doper meme in the Made-up Trivia thread?  
> Did Ben Kingsley play you on the stage in late 1985?  
> Did you dig up the floor for a trick shot?

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 9, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/65 "2017-04-09T21:44:52Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you inexplicably turn black two years ago?
> 2. Did people use your name to refer to free tickets?
> 3. Are you the Lucky Rabbit?

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 9, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/66 "2017-04-09T21:46:12Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Was a movie made about you and the little people?  
> IQ2: Were you the sheriff of Conniption?  
> IQ3: Were you really Richard Russ?

not Darby O’Gill, DQ DQ

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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 9, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/67 "2017-04-09T21:47:17Z")

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> [@guylevesque](#):
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> IQ1: Were you one of the unifiers of Japan during the Sengoku period?  
> IQ2: Were you a German industrial who hired Jews to protect them from a certain death?  
> IQ3: Are you the only goalkeeper who has won a Golden Ball during a World Cup?

DQ, not Otto Preminger, 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 9, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/68 "2017-04-09T22:22:39Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you inexplicably turn black two years ago?
> 2. Did people use your name to refer to free tickets?
> 3. Are you the Lucky Rabbit?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> take 3 DQs

#1 is Jimmy Olsen. After 70+ years of being a red-headed caucasian teenager, he showed up on the TV series _Supergirl_ as a black adult.

#2 is Annie Oakley. When she shot holes in playing cards as part of the Wild West Show, they resembled punched tickets. These were called “annie oakleys”, and soon free tickets were called that as well.

#3 is Oswald, Disney’s precursor to Mickey.

3 DQs reserved.

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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 9, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/69 "2017-04-09T22:23:42Z")

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DQs:

1. Alive?
2. Known for the Arts?
3. Last name stars with O’ ?

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**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/70 "2017-04-09T23:16:02Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Otto Preminger, DQ

Oda Nobunaga, Oskar Schindler and Oliver Kahn.

DQ1: American?  
DQ2: Born before 1950?

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**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/71 "2017-04-09T23:21:19Z")

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IQ1: Are you the “The Dream” of the Rockets?  
IQ2: Were you the most prominent Italian emissary at the Versailles Peace Conference?  
IQ3: Are you a Fox News host currently involved in a sexual harrassment scandal?

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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 9, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/72 "2017-04-09T23:29:56Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _The Art of Love_ and _Metamorphosis_?
2. Were you a French Symbolist painter who was awarded the Legion of Honor medal?
3. Did you save the Duchess and her kittens in _The Aristocats_?

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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 10, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/73 "2017-04-10T00:28:36Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Was a movie made about you and the little people?  
> IQ2: Were you the sheriff of Conniption?  
> IQ3: Were you really Richard Russ?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Darby O’Gill, DQ DQ

Correct.  
Rick O’Shay, eponymous star of the newspaper strip.  
Patrick O’Brien, author of the Aubrey/Maturin books.  
Three DQs reserved.

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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 10, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/74 "2017-04-10T00:47:16Z")

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IQ1: Did you hire the Monroe brothers to do repairs on your new house?  
IQ2: Were you nominated for two Oscars for a Shakespeare play before winning two Oscars for another Shakespeare play?  
IQ3: Did you kill J D Tippit?

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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 10, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/75 "2017-04-10T12:14:26Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with O
4. Alive
5. Not known for the Arts
6. Last name does not start with O’
7. American
8. Born after 1950

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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 10, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/76 "2017-04-10T12:15:29Z")

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> [@guylevesque](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the “The Dream” of the Rockets?  
> IQ2: Were you the most prominent Italian emissary at the Versailles Peace Conference?  
> IQ3: Are you a Fox News host currently involved in a sexual harrassment scandal?

not Akeem Olijawon, DQ, not Bill O’Reilly

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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 10, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/77 "2017-04-10T12:17:08Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _The Art of Love_ and _Metamorphosis_?
> 2. Were you a French Symbolist painter who was awarded the Legion of Honor medal?
> 3. Did you save the Duchess and her kittens in _The Aristocats_?

DQ, DQ, not Abraham DeLacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O’Malley the Alley Cat

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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 10, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/78 "2017-04-10T12:18:20Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you hire the Monroe brothers to do repairs on your new house?  
> IQ2: Were you nominated for two Oscars for a Shakespeare play before winning two Oscars for another Shakespeare play?  
> IQ3: Did you kill J D Tippit?

DQ, DQ, not Lee Harvey Oswald

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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 10, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/79 "2017-04-10T12:46:48Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _The Art of Love_ and _Metamorphosis_?
> 2. Were you a French Symbolist painter who was awarded the Legion of Honor medal?
> 3. Did you save the Duchess and her kittens in _The Aristocats_?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, DQ, not Abraham DeLacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O’Malley the Alley Cat

#1 was Ovid.  
#2 was Odilon Redon.  
Correct on #3.

DQs:

1. Known for politics or military?
2. Born after 1970?

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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 10, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/80 "2017-04-10T15:22:40Z")

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Previous IQs:

You are not **Opal** or any other Doper. But have you become a Doper meme in the Made-up Trivia thread? - Orson Bean  
Did Ben Kingsley play you on the stage in late 1985? - Othello  
Did you dig up the floor for a trick shot? - Orson Welles, in _Citizen Kane_

DQs:

Born east of the Miss. River?  
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are you in charge of Trump Administration outreach to the black community?  
Did you boss around the Fanucci brothers?  
In a recent book about you, are the last words we hear from your father “Higher… higher”?

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