# Botticelli -- Aug 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645 "2020-07-28T21:40:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 17

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/321 "2020-08-23T01:47:04Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/322 "2020-08-23T01:48:33Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write about three men on a bicycle tour through the Black Forest?  
> IQ2: Are you really Bill Saluga?  
> IQ3: Were you one of the founding members of the Avengers?

1. I am not Janet van Dyne, aka, the Wasp. Take 2 DQs for the others.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the current prime minister of New Zealand?
> 2. Does the hat you frequently wear have on it a red circle and greenish rectangle?
> 3. Do you frequently wear glasses whose lenses are a red circle and green rectangle?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Was Finney such a good friend of yours, early in your career, that he named his daughter after you?  
> Have you played a mutant, a cowboy and a singing prince?  
> Did you play an admiral, a gangster and a police chief?

Take 3 DQs.

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/323 "2020-08-23T01:58:17Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write about three men on a bicycle tour through the Black Forest?  
> IQ2: Are you really Bill Saluga?  
> IQ3: Were you one of the founding members of the Avengers?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. I am not Janet van Dyne, aka, the Wasp. Take 2 DQs for the others.

Jerome K Jerome (_Three Men on the Bummel_).  
Raymond J Johnson.  
✅

DQ: Living?  
One 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:** [August 23, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/324 "2020-08-23T02:51:30Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

1 was Jacinda Ardern; 2 was Jughead Jones; 3 was Spider Jerusalem.

DQs:  
1. first name begins with J?  
2. known from the arts?

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:** [August 23, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/325 "2020-08-23T03:24:31Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with J
5. Not known from the Arts

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/326 "2020-08-23T13:14:33Z")

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Previous IQs:

Was Finney such a good friend of yours, early in your career, that he named his daughter after you? - James T. Kirk, in _ST:TOS_ “Court-Martial”  
Have you played a mutant, a cowboy and a singing prince? - James Marsden, in _X-Men, Westworld_ and _Enchanted_  
Did you play an admiral, a gangster and a police chief? - James “Jimmy” Cagney, in _The Gallant Hours, White Heat_ and _Ragtime_

James x3!

DQs:

American?  
Political/military?  
Died since 1950?

IQs:

Did you own the _Victura_?  
Were you buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. Navy warship, by special order of President Clinton?  
Did you command the USS _Monitor_ in her most famous battle?

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/327 "2020-08-23T16:36:50Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:325, topic:916645, full:true”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with J
5. Not known from the Arts
6. Not American
7. Not political/military
8. Died before 1950

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/328 "2020-08-23T16:37:38Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you own the _Victura_ ?  
> Were you buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. Navy warship, by special order of President Clinton?  
> Did you command the USS _Monitor_ in her most famous battle?

Take 3 DQs.

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/329 "2020-08-23T16:50:25Z")

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DQ: Died after 1800?

IQ1: Did Belisarius work for you?  
IQ2: Did you write _Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe_?  
IQ3: Was your name originally Jughashvili?

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/330 "2020-08-23T16:51:40Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with J
5. Not known from the Arts
6. Not American
7. Not political/military
8. Died before 1950
9. Died after 1800

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/331 "2020-08-23T16:52:43Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did Belisarius work for you?  
> IQ2: Did you write _Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe_ ?  
> IQ3: Was your name originally Jughashvili?

#2. I am not Johann Sebastian Bach. (??)  
Take 2 or 3 DQs.

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/332 "2020-08-23T17:03:38Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did Belisarius work for you?  
> IQ2: Did you write _Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe_ ?  
> IQ3: Was your name originally Jughashvili?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #2. I am not Johann Sebastian Bach. (??)  
> Take 2 or 3 DQs.

Justinian I “the Great”.  
✅ (It’s known in English as _Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring_.)  
Josef Stalin.

DQ1: Known for science?  
DQ2: European?

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/333 "2020-08-23T17:06:05Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with J
5. Not known from the Arts
6. Not American
7. Not political/military
8. Died before 1950
9. Died after 1800
10. Known for science
11. European

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/334 "2020-08-23T17:10:38Z")

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IQ1: Were you noted for killing and partially eating Crow?  
IQ2: Did you play Chuck and Bob Campbell?  
IQ3: Did you create Harold and his purple crayon?

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/335 "2020-08-23T17:41:06Z")

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#1. Take a DQ.  
#2. I am not Jay Johnson.  
#3. I am not Crockett Johnson.

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/336 "2020-08-23T17:51:54Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you noted for killing and partially eating Crow?  
> IQ2: Did you play Chuck and Bob Campbell?  
> IQ3: Did you create Harold and his purple crayon?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. Take a DQ.  
> #2. I am not Jay Johnson.  
> #3. I am not Crockett Johnson.

Liver-Eating Johnson.  
✅  
✅

Johnson x3!

DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language?

IQ: Is an SI unit of energy named for you?

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/337 "2020-08-23T17:56:05Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:333, topic:916645, full:true”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with J
5. Not known from the Arts
6. Not American
7. Not political/military
8. Died before 1950
9. Died after 1800
10. Known for science
11. European
12. Native speaker of a Germanic Language

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/338 "2020-08-23T17:56:43Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ: Is an SI unit of energy named for you?

I am not James Prescott Joule.

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/339 "2020-08-23T18:01:49Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ: Is an SI unit of energy named for you?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> I am not James Prescott Joule.

Well, drat. 😃

✅, of course.

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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:** [August 23, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/340 "2020-08-23T18:27:08Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you employ Betty Brant, Robbie Robertson, Frederick Foswell, Glory Grant, Ned Leeds, and Ben Urich at your newspaper?  
2. Have you made a career out of playing Saddam Hussein, e.g. in _Hot Shots!_ and _The Big Lebowski_?  
3. Did you record a TV campaign ad for your husband in Spanish, in 1960?

DQ: died after 1900?

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