# Botticelli - August 2015

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 5, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053 "2015-08-05T12:08:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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 26, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/381 "2015-08-26T02:08:12Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you starring in a commercial for “Game of War”?
2. Were you aka Cliff Edwards?
3. Were you known as “Mr. Baseball”?

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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 26, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/382 "2015-08-26T11:35:01Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you starring in a commercial for “Game of War”?
> 2. Were you aka Cliff Edwards?
> 3. Were you known as “Mr. Baseball”?

Dunno and dunno; not Bob Uecker.

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/383 "2015-08-26T12:15:05Z")

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> IQ1: Are you the drummer for Metallica?  
> IQ2: Are you the leader of Saruman’s Uruk-Hair who captured Merry and Pippin?  
> IQ3: Are you a WWE wrestler who’s the son of Rikishi Fatu and husband of Naomi Knight?
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> Dunno, not Ugluk (guessing - and were the Uruk-Hair equipped with scissors, combs and brushes?), and dunno.

Lars Ulrich, that was FAAAAAAABULOUS, Jimmy Uso

DQ: Musician?  
DQ: Born East of the Mississippi?

holding 3 DQs

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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 26, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/384 "2015-08-26T12:45:52Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you starring in a commercial for “Game of War”?
> 2. Were you aka Cliff Edwards?
> 3. Were you known as “Mr. Baseball”?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno and dunno; not Bob Uecker.

#1 is Kate Upton.  
#2 was Ukulele Ike, also the voice of Jiminy Cricket in _Pinocchio_.  
Correct on #3.

2 DQs reserved.

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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 26, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/385 "2015-08-26T14:32:34Z")

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U.

1. real
2. male
3. living
4. last name starts with U
5. known for the arts
6. American
7. known for the performing arts
8. born before 1980
9. Caucasian
10. not a musician
11. born east of the Miss. River

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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 26, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/386 "2015-08-26T15:00:13Z")

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DQs:

1. known as an actor?
2. born before 1960?

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/387 "2015-08-26T15:24:33Z")

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DQ: from movies?

2 DQs in reserve

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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 26, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/388 "2015-08-26T16:03:54Z")

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DQ: Received a top award in your field?  
One DQ reerved.

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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:** [August 26, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/389 "2015-08-26T19:13:33Z")

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Let me retract my DQ, since PP and I didn’t sync.

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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 27, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/390 "2015-08-27T03:57:07Z")

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Duly retracted, **KO**.

U.

1. real
2. male
3. living
4. last name starts with U
5. known for the arts
6. American
7. known for the performing arts
8. born before 1980
9. Caucasian
10. not a musician
11. born east of the Miss. River
12. known as an actor
13. born after 1960
14. has not received a TOP award in his field, I’d say

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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 27, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/391 "2015-08-27T11:30:42Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a marionette who bedeviled Jimmy Durante?
2. Did you become King of Judah at the age of sixteen?
3. Did you play Dr. McCoy in the latest Star Trek movies?

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/392 "2015-08-27T11:54:14Z")

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IQ1: Were you Jake Green in the TV series _Jericho_?  
IQ2: Are you the voice of Dr. Venture from _The Venture Brothers_?

can’t think of a third atm

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/393 "2015-08-27T14:26:00Z")

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IQ1) Were you one of the killers in\*\*\* Scream?\*\*\*

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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 27, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/394 "2015-08-27T15:05:11Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Jake Green in the TV series _Jericho_?..

Good job, **KO**! Yes, I am

Skeet Ulrich

> **[Skeet Ulrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_Ulrich)**
>
> Skeet Ulrich (/ˈʌlrɪtʃ/; born Bryan Ray Trout on January 20, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in popular 1990s films, including Billy Loomis in Scream (1996), Chris Hooker in The Craft (1996), and Vincent Lopiano in As Good as It Gets (1997). From 2017 to 2021, he starred as Forsythe Pendleton "F.P." Jones II on The CW's Riverdale. He reprised his Scream role in the sequels Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023). His other television roles include Johnston Jacob "Jake" Gre...

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/395 "2015-08-27T16:49:09Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Good job, **KO**! Yes, I am
> 
> Skeet Ulrich
> 
> [Skeet Ulrich - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_Ulrich)

Shoot, just a little too late. Congrats, KnowedOut

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/396 "2015-08-27T18:33:05Z")

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new letter is V

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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 27, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/397 "2015-08-27T18:38:08Z")

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IQs:

Did you break out of the Larkhill prison camp?  
Were you often featured in Hollywood strongman roles?  
Were you pals with “Stinky” Mahmoud?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/398 "2015-08-27T19:18:47Z")

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IQ1) Did you receive an Oscar nomination for your performance as Honey Bruce?

IQ2) Did you throw two consecutive no-hit games for the Reds?

IQ3) Did NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell throw the book at you for, allegedly, being the ringleader of the New Orleans Saints “Bountygate” players?

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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 27, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/399 "2015-08-27T19:25:33Z")

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Good one, KO! I never heard of him.  
IQs:

1. Were you the villain in the second issue of _The Uncanny X-Men_?
2. Were you the villain in the second issue of _The Amazing Spider-Man_?
3. Are you a superpowered female wrestler in Marvel comics?

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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:** [August 27, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/400 "2015-08-27T21:27:37Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you break out of the Larkhill prison camp?  
> Were you often featured in Hollywood strongman roles?  
> Were you pals with “Stinky” Mahmoud?

dunno, not Victor Mature, dunno

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