# Botticelli - April 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [April 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348 "2021-04-03T21:37:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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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 13, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/81 "2021-04-13T04:25:52Z")

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Dingdingding! Yes, I am

# **Capt. Oliver Queenan**

of the Massachusetts State Police, as played by Martin Sheen: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInFuLgwR1U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInFuLgwR1U)

Well done, **DLR**! How’d you figure it out?

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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, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/82 "2021-04-13T13:50:06Z")

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Great job, **DLR**! I haven’t seen _The Departed_ either.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/83 "2021-04-13T14:02:51Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> How’d you figure it out?

Process of elimination.

Will come up with new letter/person soon.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/84 "2021-04-13T16:45:18Z")

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OK: I am L.

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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, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/85 "2021-04-13T17:00:48Z")

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IQs:

1. Have you been portrayed by Amy Adams, Noel Neill, Teri Hatcher & Lesley Ann Warren?
2. Are you #1’s blonde younger sister?
3. Were a 1950’s Western star who famously used a bullwhip?

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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 13, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/86 "2021-04-13T17:36:45Z")

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IQs:

Were you the leader of the Nez Perce tribe?  
Did you become a runner with Jessica, whose brother you saw killed?  
Were you honored with a monument at Vicksburg and a traffic circle in Washington, D.C.?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/87 "2021-04-13T19:05:25Z")

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IQ1: Were you a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix who later founded Motörhead?  
IQ2: Were you the cook on the schooner Hispaniola?  
IQ3: Are you the non-speaking green-clad protagonist of a series of adventure/puzzle video games?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/88 "2021-04-13T19:29:25Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Have you been portrayed by Amy Adams, Noel Neill, Teri Hatcher & Lesley Ann Warren?
> 2. Are you #1’s blonde younger sister?
> 3. Were a 1950’s Western star who famously used a bullwhip?

1. I am not Lois Lane.  
2. I am not Lucy Lane.  
3. I am not Lash LaRue.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you the leader of the Nez Perce tribe?  
> Did you become a runner with Jessica, whose brother you saw killed?  
> Were you honored with a monument at Vicksburg and a traffic circle in Washington, D.C.?

Respectively:  
Take a DQ.  
I am not Logan.  
I am not Abe Lincoln.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix who later founded Motörhead?  
> IQ2: Were you the cook on the schooner Hispaniola?  
> IQ3: Are you the non-speaking green-clad protagonist of a series of adventure/puzzle video games?

IQ1: I am not Lemmy Kilmister.  
IQ2: I am not Long John Silver.  
IQ3: I am not Link.

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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, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/89 "2021-04-13T21:03:24Z")

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Swept me.

IQs:

1. Did you “come out of the west; through all the wide border his horse was the best”?
2. Did you stab Hamlet with a poisoned sword?
3. In _Turner & Hooch_, did Turner tell Hooch about your TV series?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/90 "2021-04-13T21:55:57Z")

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Congrats!

1. Were you the main character of the book **Dragonflight**?
2. Did you marry Koris in the Witch World series of books?
3. Are you the narrator of the book **Jane-Emily** by Patricia Clapp?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/91 "2021-04-13T21:58:30Z")

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Clean sweep.  
IQ1: Are you a simian secret agent?  
IQ2: Were you the first computer Capt. Kirk talked into self-destruction?  
IQ3: Were you the lead singer for Alice In Chains?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/92 "2021-04-13T23:00:24Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you “come out of the west; through all the wide border his horse was the best”?
> 2. Did you stab Hamlet with a poisoned sword?
> 3. In _Turner & Hooch_, did Turner tell Hooch about your TV series?

1. Take a DQ.  
2. I am not Laertes.  
3. I am not the Lone Ranger or Lorne Green?

> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Were you the main character of the book **Dragonflight**?
> 2. Did you marry Koris in the Witch World series of books?
> 3. Are you the narrator of the book **Jane-Emily** by Patricia Clapp?

1. Take a DQ.  
2. Take a DQ.  
3. Take a DQ.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a simian secret agent?  
> IQ2: Were you the first computer Capt. Kirk talked into self-destruction?  
> IQ3: Were you the lead singer for Alice In Chains?

IQ1: I am not Lancelot Link.  
IQ2: Take a DQ.  
IQ3: Take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/93 "2021-04-13T23:24:03Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Congrats!
> 
> 1. Were you the main character of the book **Dragonflight**?
> 2. Did you marry Koris in the Witch World series of books?
> 3. Are you the narrator of the book **Jane-Emily** by Patricia Clapp?

Lessa, Loyse of Verlaine, Louisa

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Female?

One DQ 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 13, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/94 "2021-04-13T23:44:15Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > > 1. Did you “come out of the west; through all the wide border his horse was the best”?
> > > 2. Did you stab Hamlet with a poisoned sword?
> > > 3. In _Turner & Hooch_ , did Turner tell Hooch about your TV series?
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> 1. Take a DQ.
> 2. I am not Laertes.
> 3. I am not the Lone Ranger or Lorne Green?

#1 was young Lochinvar.  
Correct on #2.  
#3 was Lancelot Link.

DQ: Last name starts with L.

1 DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/95 "2021-04-14T00:16:37Z")

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DQs:  
1. real  
2. male  
3. last name doesn’t start with L

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/96 "2021-04-14T00:40:08Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you a simian secret agent?  
> > > IQ2: Were you the first computer Capt. Kirk talked into self-destruction?  
> > > IQ3: Were you the lead singer for Alice In Chains?
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> IQ1: I am not Lancelot Link.  
> IQ2: Take a DQ.  
> IQ3: Take a DQ.

Correct  
Landru  
Layne Staley

DQs:  
Alive?  
American?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/97 "2021-04-14T00:53:07Z")

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IQ1: Are you the subject of goth-rockers Bauhaus’ first single, a Halloween playlist perennial?  
IQ2: Did you win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar portraying IQ1?  
IQ3: Were you a 1950s leading man that had a later career as a deadpan comedian?

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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, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/98 "2021-04-14T01:03:07Z")

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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 14, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/99 "2021-04-14T01:08:13Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a recurring long-lived character in works by Robert Heinlein?
2. An actor, did you also study under Sigmund Freud in Vienna while a teenager?
3. Did you host the original _Kids Say The Darnedest Things_ TV series?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/100 "2021-04-14T01:41:25Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the subject of goth-rockers Bauhaus’ first single, a Halloween playlist perennial?  
> IQ2: Did you win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar portraying IQ1?  
> IQ3: Were you a 1950s leading man that had a later career as a deadpan comedian?

IQ1: I am not Bela Lugosi.  
IQ2: I am not Marty Landau.  
IQ3: I am not Leslie Nielsen.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a recurring long-lived character in works by Robert Heinlein?
> 2. An actor, did you also study under Sigmund Freud in Vienna while a teenager?
> 3. Did you host the original _Kids Say The Darnedest Things_ TV series?

1. I am not Lazarus Long.  
2. I am not Hedy Lamarr?  
3. I am not Art Linkletter.

DQs:  
1. real  
2. male  
3. last name doesn’t start with L  
4. living  
5. American  
6. known for the Arts

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