# Botticelli - April 2022

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [April 3, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184 "2022-04-03T11:57:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 9

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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 19, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/161 "2022-04-19T18:15:57Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Did you run, as Lola?
> 2. Did you play the bongos, sketch a nude Marie Curie, and pick locks in your spare time?
> 3. Did the devil make you do it?

Not Famke Jenssen  
DQ  
Not Flip Wilson?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Did you play Crazy Guggenheim on TV?
> 2. Are you Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and/or Bart Allen, depending on the series?
> 3. Did you voice Charlie on _Charlie’s Angels_ ?

DQ  
Not The Flash  
Not John Forsythe

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you the in-the-field reporter for _FYI_ ?  
> Was Miep Gies a good friend of the family of which you were the patriarch?  
> Did you supposedly tell a client, “Just move your desk”?

Not Faith Ford  
Not Anne Frank’s dad  
DQ

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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 19, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/162 "2022-04-19T18:33:15Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you run, as Lola?
> 2. Did you play the bongos, sketch a nude Marie Curie, and pick locks in your spare time?
> 3. Did the devil make you do it?

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> Not Famke Jenssen  
> DQ  
> Not Flip Wilson?

1 was Franka Potente; 2 was Richard Feynman. 3 is correct.

DQs:  
1. living?  
2. first name begins with F?

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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 19, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/163 "2022-04-19T18:45:29Z")

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**F**   
1.Real  
2. Male  
3. Dead  
4. Last name begins with F

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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 19, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/164 "2022-04-19T20:04:02Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you the in-the-field reporter for _FYI_? - Faith Ford was the actress, not the reporter, who in any event was Frank Fontana, not Ford’s character of Corky Sherwood on _Murphy Brown_  
Was Miep Gies a good friend of the family of which you were the patriarch? - Otto Frank, yes, Anne’s father  
Did you supposedly tell a client, “Just move your desk”? - Frank Lloyd Wright, when a client complained that his Wright-designed office’s roof leaked when it rained

Frank x3 redux!

DQs:

American?  
Best known for the Arts?  
Died since 1900?

IQs:

Are you the closest thing the Klingons have to Satan?  
Does your ass show to particularly good advantage in skiwear in one memorable scene of a TV show?  
Are you maybe the one honest cop in fascist Britain?

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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 19, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/165 "2022-04-19T21:12:35Z")

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**F**   
1.Real  
2. Male  
3. Dead  
4. Last name begins with F  
5. American  
6. Best known for the Arts  
7. Died since 1900

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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 19, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/166 "2022-04-19T21:13:18Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Are you the closest thing the Klingons have to Satan?  
> Does your ass show to particularly good advantage in skiwear in one memorable scene of a TV show?  
> Are you maybe the one honest cop in fascist Britain?

DQ  
Not “stupid sexy [Ned] Flanders”  
DQ

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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 19, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/167 "2022-04-19T21:32:57Z")

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This dude: [Fek'lhr | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Fek%27lhr)  
Yes, Ned Flanders: [The Simpsons - Stupid Sexy Flanders - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72HL5uL2Bw)  
DCI Finch, in _V for Vendetta_

DQ:

Best known for the performing arts?  
Died since 1950?

IQs:

Did you design and carve the statue in the Lincoln Memorial?  
Are you a longtime pundit for _The Atlantic_?  
Is Richard Thomas playing you on stage these days?

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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 19, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/168 "2022-04-19T22:01:15Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you play Jean Grey in the 2000s X-Men movies?  
2. Were you a ffocus puller on ffilms like _The Trial_, then ffound your way into ffiction writing books about book-jumping SpecOps agent Thursday Next?  
3. Did the CIA plot to make your beard fall 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 19, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/169 "2022-04-19T23:03:47Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > 1. Did you play Crazy Guggenheim on TV?
> > 
> > > 1. Are you Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and/or Bart Allen, depending on the series?
> > > 2. Did you voice Charlie on _Charlie’s Angels_ ?
> 
> DQ  
> Not The Flash  
> Not John Forsythe

#1 was Frank Fontaine. Correct on the others.

1 DQ reserved.

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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 19, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/170 "2022-04-19T23:27:28Z")

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**F**   
1.Real  
2. Male  
3. Dead  
4. Last name begins with F  
5. American  
6. Best known for the Arts  
7. Died since 1900  
8. Best known for the performing arts  
9. Died since 1950

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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 19, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/171 "2022-04-19T23:30:55Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did you design and carve the statue in the Lincoln Memorial?  
> Are you a longtime pundit for _The Atlantic_ ?  
> Is Richard Thomas playing you on stage these days?

3 DQs

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Did you play Jean Grey in the 2000s X-Men movies?
> 2. Were you a ffocus puller on ffilms like _The Trial_ , then ffound your way into ffiction writing books about book-jumping SpecOps agent Thursday Next?
> 3. Did the CIA plot to make your beard fall out?

1. This time I’m not Famke Janssen - I always get Famke (Bond, X-Men) mixed up with Franke (Bourne, Run Lola Run)
2. DQ
3. Not Fidel Castro

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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 20, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/172 "2022-04-20T00:01:22Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> 1. This time I’m not Famke Janssen - I always get Famke (Bond, X-Men) mixed up with Franke (Bourne, Run Lola Run)
> 2. DQ
> 3. Not Fidel Castro

2 was Jasper Fforde.

DQ: known for acting?

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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, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/173 "2022-04-20T00:20:37Z")

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DQ: Died since 2000?

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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 20, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/174 "2022-04-20T01:17:44Z")

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**F**   
1.Real  
2. Male  
3. Dead  
4. Last name begins with F  
5. American  
6. Best known for the Arts  
7. Died since 1900  
8. Best known for the performing arts  
9. Died since 1950  
10. Not known for acting  
11. Died before 2000

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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, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/175 "2022-04-20T11:54:37Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you Gregory Mcdonald’s best known character?
2. Are you Gregory Mcdonald’s Irish-American secret agent/detective character?
3. Are you the Princess Aurora’s fairy godmother who wears the green outfit?

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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 20, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/176 "2022-04-20T14:36:00Z")

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IQs:  
1. Are you Moon Knight’s French sidekick?  
2. Did you say that history is, more or less, bunk (which means you likely wouldn’t do well in this game)?  
3. Are you a comedienne/author/showrunner from Upper Darby, PA?

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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 20, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/177 "2022-04-20T16:00:17Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you design and carve the statue in the Lincoln Memorial? - Daniel Chester French  
Are you a longtime pundit for _The Atlantic_? - James Fallows  
Is Richard Thomas playing you on stage these days? - Atticus Finch, in a touring company of the Lee/Sorkin play _To Kill a Mockingbird_

DQs:

Best known for music?  
Has won a top prize in his field?  
Black?

IQs:

Were you the first CJCS of the Bartlet Administration?  
Was your country seat Pemberley?  
Were you a prominent Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s?

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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 20, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/178 "2022-04-20T17:08:09Z")

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**F**   
1.Real  
2. Male  
3. Dead  
4. Last name begins with F  
5. American  
6. Best known for the Arts  
7. Died since 1900  
8. Best known for the performing arts  
9. Died since 1950  
10. Not known for acting  
11. Died before 2000  
12. Best known for music  
13. Has won a top prize in his field (posthumously)  
14. Not Black

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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 20, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/179 "2022-04-20T17:12:06Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> 1. Are you Gregory Mcdonald’s best known character?
> 2. Are you Gregory Mcdonald’s Irish-American secret agent/detective character?
> 3. Are you the Princess Aurora’s fairy godmother who wears the green outfit?

1. Not Fletch
2. DQ
3. Not Fauna, which always bugged me once I knew what Flora and Fauna meant - Flora should have been the green one - plants, green, duh

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Are you Moon Knight’s French sidekick?
> 2. Did you say that history is, more or less, bunk (which means you likely wouldn’t do well in this game)?
> 3. Are you a comedienne/author/showrunner from Upper Darby, PA

1. DQ - I put off starting steaming it until after I was done with my taxes. Next weekend I will know this
2. Not Henry Ford
3. DQ

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Were you the first CJCS of the Bartlet Administration?  
> Was your country seat Pemberley?  
> Were you a prominent Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s?

3 more DQs

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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 20, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/180 "2022-04-20T17:15:54Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> 1. DQ - I put off starting steaming it until after I was done with my taxes. Next weekend I will know this
> 2. Not Henry Ford
> 3. DQ

1 was Frenchie; 3 was Tina Fey.

DQs:  
1. known for singing?  
2. died after 1975?

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