# 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:** 16

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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, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/301 "2017-08-23T14:44:16Z")

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OK, I’ll use another DQ:

Has never been photographed, or you just haven’t checked for him on Google Images?

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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 23, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/302 "2017-08-23T14:50:34Z")

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DQ Assemblage

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. American
5. Only name starts with M
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1959
8. Race not known - most probably white
9. Not political/military
10. Not best known for a single incident
11. Not known for sports
12. Born before 1980
13. Never seen his picture, so don’t know if handsome or not
14. Greatest fame after 2000
15. Not best known for business/commerce
16. Don’t know state of wealth, but would assume middle class income
17. Not known for science
18. Place of birth not known
19. Goes by nickname
20. I assume there’s pics of him online under his real name, but I don’t know it.

OK, ask any outstanding DQs you have.

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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, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/303 "2017-08-23T14:56:08Z")

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DQs:

1. Known as a criminal?
2. Known as a part of a group?

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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 23, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/304 "2017-08-23T15:48:33Z")

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DQ Assemblage

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. American
5. Only name starts with M
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1959
8. Race not known - most probably white
9. Not political/military
10. Not best known for a single incident
11. Not known for sports
12. Born before 1980
13. Never seen his picture, so don’t know if handsome or not
14. Greatest fame after 2000
15. Not best known for business/commerce
16. Don’t know state of wealth, but would assume middle class income
17. Not known for science
18. Place of birth not known
19. Goes by nickname
20. I assume there’s pics of him online under his real name, but I don’t know it.
21. Not known as a criminal
22. Known as part of a group

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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, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/305 "2017-08-23T21:53:40Z")

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The first five DQ answers made me wonder if it was a rapper, but #6 seems to rule that out. Unless, of course, KO shares my opinion of rap… 😃

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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, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/306 "2017-08-23T21:56:58Z")

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DQ: Known for wearing a costume?

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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 23, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/307 "2017-08-23T23:22:17Z")

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DQ Assemblage

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. American
5. Only name starts with M
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1959
8. Race not known - most probably white
9. Not political/military
10. Not best known for a single incident
11. Not known for sports
12. Born before 1980
13. Never seen his picture, so don’t know if handsome or not
14. Greatest fame after 2000
15. Not best known for business/commerce
16. Don’t know state of wealth, but would assume middle class income
17. Not known for science
18. Place of birth not known
19. Goes by nickname
20. I assume there’s pics of him online under his real name, but I don’t know it.
21. Not known as a criminal
22. Known as part of a group
23. Not known for wearing a costume, but I haven’t read all his threads.

I would have considered rap part of the Arts, but I draw the line at bilge pump accordions.

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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, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/308 "2017-08-23T23:32:18Z")

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Read all his threads???

DQ: Are you Mahaloth?

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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, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/309 "2017-08-23T23:45:08Z")

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n/m

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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 23, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/310 "2017-08-23T23:56:43Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Read all his threads???
> 
> DQ: Are you Mahaloth?

No, but you’re in the right ballpark.

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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 24, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/311 "2017-08-24T03:31:19Z")

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DQ: Are you Monty?

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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 24, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/312 "2017-08-24T12:07:35Z")

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Not Monty, but still warm.

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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 25, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/313 "2017-08-25T12:12:31Z")

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EH, you want to take a guess?

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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 25, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/314 "2017-08-25T16:40:41Z")

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A Doper, eh? Are you **mangeorge**?

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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 25, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/315 "2017-08-25T17:11:07Z")

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No, I am Miller, Sith mod!

Looks like N is next.

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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 25, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/316 "2017-08-25T21:56:42Z")

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IQ1: Were you Ruth and Orpah’s mother-in-law?  
IQ2: Do you come between Ezra and Esther?  
IQ3: Do you come after Jonah and Micah?

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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, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/317 "2017-08-26T04:25:59Z")

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That was a puzzler.

N it is.

IQs:

Did you supposedly say that one should get there “fustest with the mostest”?  
Does a statue of you stand on the grounds of CIA HQ?  
Were you George Washington’s best general in the South?

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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, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/318 "2017-08-26T12:16:21Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Ruth and Orpah’s mother-in-law?  
> IQ2: Do you come between Ezra and Esther?  
> IQ3: Do you come after Jonah and Micah?

DQ, not Nehemiah?, not Nicodemus?

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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, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/319 "2017-08-26T13:13:38Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did you supposedly say that one should get there “fustest with the mostest”?  
> Does a statue of you stand on the grounds of CIA HQ?  
> Were you George Washington’s best general in the South?

not Nathan Bedford Forrest, DQ DQ

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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, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/320 "2017-08-26T21:32:36Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Ruth and Orpah’s mother-in-law?  
> IQ2: Do you come between Ezra and Esther?  
> IQ3: Do you come after Jonah and Micah?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Nehemiah?, not Nicodemus?

Naomi.  
Correct.  
Nahum.  
DQ1: Real?  
DQ2: Male?

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