# 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:** 7

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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 13, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/121 "2017-04-13T22:19:19Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with F

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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 13, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/122 "2017-04-13T22:22:27Z")

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IQ1: Did you adapt “The Grapes of Wrath” into a movie?  
IQ2: Despite previous knowledge of this phenomenon, were you the first to prove that the Earth rotates?  
IQ3: Did you claim that the triumph of liberalism over communism marks the final form of government?

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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 13, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/123 "2017-04-13T22:24:08Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did your future wife first see you while you were walking down the street, munching an entire loaf of bread?  
> Are you perhaps the best-known person to hail from Dutchess County, N.Y.?  
> Was your son killed in a tragic railway accident just before you began an important job?

not Ben Franklin, not Franklin Roosevelt, not Franklin Pierce

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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 13, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/124 "2017-04-13T22:25:58Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the 13th President of the USA?
> 2. Did you write under the nom de plume Anthony Afterwit?
> 3. Are you Gepetto’s pet cat?

not Franklin Pierce, DQ 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 13, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/125 "2017-04-13T22:34:33Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the 13th President of the USA?
> 2. Did you write under the nom de plume Anthony Afterwit?
> 3. Are you Gepetto’s pet cat?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Franklin Pierce, DQ DQ

#1 was the illustrious Millard Fillmore.  
#2 was Ben Franklin. Who was already used, so no DQ.  
#3 is Figaro.

DQs:

1. Created by an American or Americans?
2. Created after 1900?

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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 14, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/126 "2017-04-14T00:11:32Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Charlie in the TV series _Charlie’s Angels_?
2. Are you aka Jason Woodrue?
3. Were you the oldest of a trio of siblings created by Gilbert Shelton?

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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 14, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/127 "2017-04-14T01:40:17Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with F
4. Created by an American or Americans
5. Created after 1900

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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 14, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/128 "2017-04-14T01:41:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Charlie in the TV series _Charlie’s Angels_?
> 2. Are you aka Jason Woodrue?
> 3. Were you the oldest of a trio of siblings created by Gilbert Shelton?

not Henry Fonda(?), not the Fluoronic Man, not Fat Freddie

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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 14, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/129 "2017-04-14T04:00:43Z")

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Swept all three Franklins of mine!

IQs:

Were you chair of the RNC for awhile in the '80s?  
Were you a scary guy in an animal suit in a movie?  
Did you have an odd appreciation for Roy Orbison’s music?

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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 14, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/130 "2017-04-14T11:30:15Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you play Charlie in the TV series _Charlie’s Angels_?
> 2. Are you aka Jason Woodrue?
> 3. Were you the oldest of a trio of siblings created by Gilbert Shelton?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Henry Fonda(?), not the Fluoronic Man, not Fat Freddie

#1 was John Forsyth.  
Correct on #2.  
#3 was Freewheelin’ Franklin Freak (older brother to Freddie and Phineas).

DQs:

1. Created after 1960?
2. Originally from prose literature?

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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 14, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/131 "2017-04-14T12:00:10Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with F
4. Created by an American or Americans
5. Created after 1900
6. Created after 1960
7. Not originally from prose literature

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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 14, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/132 "2017-04-14T12:08:10Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Swept all three Franklins of mine!
> 
> IQs:
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> Were you chair of the RNC for awhile in the '80s?  
> Were you a scary guy in an animal suit in a movie?  
> Did you have an odd appreciation for Roy Orbison’s music?

DQ x3 (the third is the oxygen breather from Blue Velvet, right?)

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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 14, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/133 "2017-04-14T14:09:59Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you chair of the RNC for awhile in the '80s? - Frank Fahrenkopf  
Were you a scary guy in an animal suit in a movie? - Frank the ominous bunny in _Donnie Darko_  
Did you have an odd appreciation for Roy Orbison’s music? - Yes, Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) in _Blue Velvet_

Frank x3!

DQs:

Would be alive today, if real?  
Considered a “good guy”?  
First appeared on TV or in a movie?

IQs:

Are you Oscar Madison’s long-suffering apartment mate?  
Did you do great things with mold?  
Did you once say, “That boy’s about as sharp as a pound of wet liver”?

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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 14, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/134 "2017-04-14T15:44:23Z")

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IQs:

1. Did ABBA ask if you could hear the drums?
2. Should we be vewwy vewwy quiet while you hunt?
3. Were you procurator of Judea circa 60 A.D.?

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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 14, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/135 "2017-04-14T16:26:39Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with F
4. Created by an American or Americans
5. Created after 1900
6. Created after 1960
7. Not originally from prose literature
8. Could not be confirmed to be alive or dead if real
9. Not considered a “good guy”
10. First appeared on TV or a movie

That’s the best way I can answer 8 without giving it away.

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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 14, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/136 "2017-04-14T16:27:55Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Are you Oscar Madison’s long-suffering apartment mate?  
> Did you do great things with mold?  
> Did you once say, “That boy’s about as sharp as a pound of wet liver”?

not Felix Unger, DQ, not Foghorn Leghorn

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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 14, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/137 "2017-04-14T16:29:07Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did ABBA ask if you could hear the drums?
> 2. Should we be vewwy vewwy quiet while you hunt?
> 3. Were you procurator of Judea circa 60 A.D.?

not Fernando(?), not Elmer Fudd, 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 14, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/138 "2017-04-14T16:41:01Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did ABBA ask if you could hear the drums?
> 2. Should we be vewwy vewwy quiet while you hunt?
> 3. Were you procurator of Judea circa 60 A.D.?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Fernando(?), not Elmer Fudd, DQ

Correct on #1 and #2. #3 was Porcius Festus.

DQ: First appeared on TV?

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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 14, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/139 "2017-04-14T16:42:43Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you procurator of Judea immediately before Porcius Festus?
2. Did you hang around with the Gray Mouser?
3. Did you create the world’s first nuclear reactor?

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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 14, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2017/783714/140 "2017-04-14T17:15:13Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you Oscar Madison’s long-suffering apartment mate? - Yes, Felix Unger  
Did you do great things with mold? - Dr. Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin  
Did you once say, “That boy’s about as sharp as a pound of wet liver”? - Yes, Foghorn Leghorn

DQ:

American character?

IQs:

Did you sculpt Lincoln on a large scale?  
Did your dad kill your childhood friend before your eyes?  
A fictional youth, was your grandfather a retired cop?

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