# Botticelli - August 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 1, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593 "2017-08-01T20:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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 12, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/181 "2017-08-12T18:00:55Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens?  
> IQ2: Are you his brother, head coach of the Michigan Wolverines?  
> IQ3: Are you the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys?

…and three more DQs.

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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 12, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/182 "2017-08-12T21:04:20Z")

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John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, Jason Garrett

DQ: From the UK?  
DQ: Actress?

holding 2 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 12, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/183 "2017-08-12T21:46:26Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with J
3. Female
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Known for the Arts
7. Born before 1964
8. Considered a beauty
9. European
10. Known for the Performing Arts
11. From the UK
12. Actress

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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 12, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/184 "2017-08-12T22:08:01Z")

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IQ: Are you an English actress who was also an MP?

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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 12, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/185 "2017-08-12T22:37:15Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ: Are you an English actress who was also an MP?

Verily and sooth and like that there, I am Glenda Jackson! That went quicker than I thought it would.

Well done, SCAdian!

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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 13, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/186 "2017-08-13T00:42:08Z")

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Way to go, **SCAdian**! I was a long way from guessing her.

Previous IQs:

Are you a politician born in a city with a Dunder-Mifflin branch office? - Joseph “Joe” Biden, of Scranton, Pa.  
Did God tell you in a dream not to dump your fiancee? - Yes, Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary  
Were you one of the angels speaking at the beginning of _It’s A Wonderful Life_? - Joseph

Joseph x3!

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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 13, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/187 "2017-08-13T02:57:00Z")

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I am … **K**!

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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 13, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/188 "2017-08-13T04:01:22Z")

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IQ1: Are you a giant slobbering alien who attempts to conquer Earth in\* The Simpsons\*?  
IQ2: Are you the other one?  
IQ3: Are you Jerry Seinfeld’s eccentric neighbor?

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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 13, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/189 "2017-08-13T04:27:07Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a giant slobbering alien who attempts to conquer Earth in\* The Simpsons\*?  
> IQ2: Are you the other one?  
> IQ3: Are you Jerry Seinfeld’s eccentric neighbor?

DQ.  
DQ.  
Not … Kramer?

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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 13, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/190 "2017-08-13T15:17:29Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you star opposite Gene Wilder in _The World’s Greatest Lover_?
2. Did you write _Me and Bobbie McGee_?
3. Were you the first African-American to lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol?

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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 13, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/191 "2017-08-13T18:20:42Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you star opposite Gene Wilder in _The World’s Greatest Lover_?
> 2. Did you write _Me and Bobbie McGee_?
> 3. Were you the first African-American to lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol?

DQ.  
Not Kris Kristofferson.  
Not … Martin Luther King Jr?

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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 13, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/192 "2017-08-13T19:11:31Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a giant slobbering alien who attempts to conquer Earth in The Simpsons?  
> IQ2: Are you the other one?  
> IQ3: Are you Jerry Seinfeld’s eccentric neighbor?
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> DQ.  
> DQ.  
> Not … Kramer?

Kang, Kodos, korrect

DQ: Real?  
DQ: Last name start with K?

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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 13, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/193 "2017-08-13T19:26:08Z")

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**K**

1. Real
2. Last name starts with K

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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 13, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/194 "2017-08-13T19:54:58Z")

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IQ1: Were you the short-tempered head coach of Indiana Hoosiers basketball from 1971-2000?  
IQ2: Did you play Ted Baxter on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_?  
IQ3: Did you survive being shot six times before the 2014 Video Music Awards?

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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 13, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/195 "2017-08-13T22:15:41Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you star opposite Gene Wilder in _The World’s Greatest Lover_?
> 2. Did you write _Me and Bobbie McGee_?
> 3. Were you the first African-American to lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol?

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> DQ.  
> Not Kris Kristofferson.  
> Not … Martin Luther King Jr?

#1 was Carol Kane.  
Correct on #2.  
#3 was Coretta Scott King, MLKJr.'s widow.

DQs:

1. Alive?
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 13, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/196 "2017-08-13T22:21:17Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _Fear and Trembling_ and _The Sickness Unto Death_?
2. Did you write _Critique of Pure Reason_?
3. Were your sons the “carriers” of the Temple in the Pentateuch?

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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 13, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/197 "2017-08-13T23:43:52Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the short-tempered head coach of Indiana Hoosiers basketball from 1971-2000?  
> IQ2: Did you play Ted Baxter on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_?  
> IQ3: Did you survive being shot six times before the 2014 Video Music Awards?

Not … Bobby Knight?  
Not … Ted Knight?  
Another Knight, I suppose. DQ.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _Fear and Trembling_ and _The Sickness Unto Death_?
> 2. Did you write _Critique of Pure Reason_?
> 3. Were your sons the “carriers” of the Temple in the Pentateuch?

DQ.  
Not … John Knox?  
Not Kosomething … Kohath?

**K**

1. Real
2. Last name starts with K
3. Dead
4. Female

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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 13, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/198 "2017-08-13T23:50:41Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death?
> 2. Did you write Critique of Pure Reason?
> 3. Were your sons the “carriers” of the Temple in the Pentateuch?  
> DQ.  
> Not … John Knox?  
> Not Kosomething … Kohath?

#1 was Soren Kierkegaard.  
#2 was Immanuel Kant.  
#3 was Korah.

DQs:

1. American?
2. Died after 1950?
3. 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 13, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/199 "2017-08-13T23:56:05Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with _Bawitdaba_?
2. Did you have a hit with _Tik Tok_?
3. Were you the winner of the first season of _American Idol_?

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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 14, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/200 "2017-08-14T00:26:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a hit with _Bawitdaba_?
> 2. Did you have a hit with _Tik Tok_?
> 3. Were you the winner of the first season of _American Idol_?

Three DQs.

**K**

1. Real
2. Last name starts with K
3. Dead
4. Female
5. American
6. Died after 1950
7. Not known for the Arts

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