# Botticelli - Aug. 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 2, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881 "2021-08-02T17:36:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 8

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/141 "2021-08-15T18:18:45Z")

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## I am S

1. Real
2. Living
3. Female
4. First name begins with S
5. Not 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:** [August 15, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/142 "2021-08-15T21:36:11Z")

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IQs:

1. Do you voice King Shark in the current movie _The Suicide Squad_?
2. Were you aka The Star-Spangled Kid?
3. Were you #2’s sidekick and mentor?

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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 15, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/143 "2021-08-15T22:12:46Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you a Jewish L.A. Dodger?  
2. Did birthday gal Rose Marie play you on _The Dick van Dyke Show_?  
3. Did you write the script for _The American President_ (and go on to create a show about another fictional president four years later)?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/144 "2021-08-15T23:44:36Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Do you voice King Shark in the current movie _The Suicide Squad_ ?
> - Were you aka The Star-Spangled Kid?
> - Were you #2’s sidekick and mentor?

I am not Sylvester Stallone, DQ, DQ

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Were you a Jewish L.A. Dodger?
> 2. Did birthday gal Rose Marie play you on _The Dick van Dyke Show_ ?
> 3. Did you write the script for _The American President_ (and go on to create a show about another fictional president four years later)?

DQ, I am not Sally, 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:** [August 15, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/145 "2021-08-15T23:46:49Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > - Do you voice King Shark in the current movie _The Suicide Squad_ ?
> > 
> > > - Were you aka The Star-Spangled Kid?
> > > - Were you #2’s sidekick and mentor?
> 
> I am not Sylvester Stallone, DQ, DQ

Correct, Sylvester Pemberton, Stripesy.

DQs:

1. Born after 1960?
2. American?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/146 "2021-08-16T00:08:09Z")

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## I am S

1. Real
2. Living
3. Female
4. First name begins with S
5. Not known for The Arts
6. Born after 1960
7. American

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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 16, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/147 "2021-08-16T00:17:26Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> DQ, I am not Sally, DQ

1 (Dodger) was Sandy Koufax; 3 (_American President_) was Aaron Sorkin.

DQs:  
1. born after 1980?  
2. known from politics?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/148 "2021-08-16T00:39:49Z")

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## I am S

1. Real
2. Living
3. Female
4. First name begins with S
5. Not known for The Arts
6. Born after 1960
7. American
8. Born after 1980
9. Not known for politics

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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:** [August 16, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/149 "2021-08-16T02:34:27Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@kitap](#):
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> > 1. Did you once say “I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way”?
> > 2. Did you play Sam Winchester?
> > 3. Did you play Sara Sidle?
> 
> Correct, Jared Padalecki, Jorja Fox.
> 
> 1. Are you one of the judges on the NBC TV show **Making It**?
> 2. Did George Eads play you on **CSI: Crime Scene Investigation**?
> 3. Are you a fictional character whose favorite pseudonym is Sebastian Tombs?

Simon Doonan, but close enough, correct, Simon Templar.

DQ:

1. Caucasian?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/150 "2021-08-16T03:22:55Z")

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## I am S

1. Real
2. Living
3. Female
4. First name begins with S
5. Not known for The Arts
6. Born after 1960
7. American
8. Born after 1980
9. Not known for politics
10. Not Caucasian

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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:** [August 16, 2021, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/151 "2021-08-16T06:38:36Z")

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IQ1: According to your daughter, did you beat out Dexy’s Midnight Runners for the Grammy for Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word or Barbershop Album of the Year?  
IQ2: Did your fourth grade teacher declare your two most likely career paths were male stripper or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?  
IQ3: Did Edward VIII abdicate the throne 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 16, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/152 "2021-08-16T12:27:04Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a French figure skater who performed an illegal backflip at her third Olympics?
2. Are you an American gymnast who pulled out of this year’s Olympics, then returned and won a bronze?
3. Are you an American gymnast who won a silver at this year’s Olympics because #2 pulled out?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/153 "2021-08-16T14:20:15Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Are you an American gymnast who won a silver at this year’s Olympics because #2 pulled out?

## Yes, I am Sunisa Lee!

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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 16, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/154 "2021-08-16T14:45:53Z")

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Yay!

I am…

[![](https://i.etsystatic.com/18635432/r/il/61267b/1794235508/il_794xN.1794235508_9zk6.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/18635432/r/il/61267b/1794235508/il_794xN.1794235508_9zk6.jpg)

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/155 "2021-08-16T17:19:36Z")

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IQs

1. Are you an ex-prez who Alex Horne wore a t-shirt of on the most recent “No More Jockeys”?
2. Are you an Minnesotan ex-veep?
3. Did Dr. Suess say “Not him!” about him?

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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 16, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/156 "2021-08-16T17:23:45Z")

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Good job, **MissTake** and **Prof. P.**!

On to H…

IQs:

Were you FDR’s globe-trotting cadaverous aide?  
Did your wife not let your Jewish business partner come in the house?  
Did your wife used to co-star on _Suits_?

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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 16, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/157 "2021-08-16T17:44:15Z")

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Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:  
1. Did you win an election against Samuel Tilden?  
2. Did you escape from a large milk jug?  
3. Did you sing with Blondie?

(The band.)

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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 16, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/158 "2021-08-16T18:06:58Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs
> 
> 1. Are you an ex-prez who Alex Horne wore a t-shirt of on the most recent “No More Jockeys”?
> 2. Are you an Minnesotan ex-veep?
> 3. Did Dr. Suess say “Not him!” about him?

1. I am not Herbert Hoover (??)
2. I am not Hubert H. Humphrey.
3. I am not Horton (??)

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you FDR’s globe-trotting cadaverous aide?  
> Did your wife not let your Jewish business partner come in the house?  
> Did your wife used to co-star on _Suits_ ?

I am not Harry Hopkins.  
Take 2 DQs.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you win an election against Samuel Tilden?
> 2. Did you escape from a large milk jug?
> 3. Did you sing with Blondie?

I am not Warren G. Harding (??)  
Take a DQ.  
I am not Deborah Harry.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/159 "2021-08-16T18:10:43Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - I am not Herbert Hoover (??)
> - I am not Hubert H. Humphrey.
> - I am not Horton (??)

Yes, Yes, Hooper Humperdinck

DQ

1. Real?

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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 16, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/160 "2021-08-16T18:22:04Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you FDR’s globe-trotting cadaverous aide? - Yes, Harry Hopkins  
Did your wife not let your Jewish business partner come in the house? - Harry Truman; his wife Bess was unfortunately anti-Semitic  
Did your wife used to co-star on _Suits_? - Prince Harry

Harry x3!

DQs:

Male?  
Last name start with H?

IQs:

Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”?  
Was Beezus your best friend and Ribsy your dog?  
Did Lt. Cmdr. Data study your wartime leadership?

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