# Botticelli - Dec 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 4, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225 "2020-12-04T19:33:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 15

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/281 "2020-12-15T23:30:48Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you a guitarist whose amps go to 11?  
> > > IQ2: Does an old Vulcan proverb say only you could go to China?  
> > > IQ3: Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves [you]?
> 
> I am not Nigel Tufnel, Richard Nixon or Naughty Nanette?? Or take a DQ.

Yes, Yes, Ned Flanders

DQ: Real?

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/282 "2020-12-15T23:59:55Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play an Army officer who later became the lead prosecutor in the trial of Sirhan Sirhan?  
> IQ2: Did Ron Livingston play you in that same show?  
> IQ3: Did you write about Kaththea and her brothers, Kyllan and Kemoc?

Take two DQs and I am not the late, great Andre Norton.

I am N:

1. Fictional.

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/283 "2020-12-16T00:10:34Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Did you play an Army officer who later became the lead prosecutor in the trial of Sirhan Sirhan?  
> > IQ2: Did Ron Livingston play you in that same show?  
> > IQ3: Did you write about Kaththea and her brothers, Kyllan and Kemoc?
> 
> Take two DQs and I am not the late, great Andre Norton.

Neal McDonough (Buck Compton in _Band of Brothers_).  
Lewis Nixon.  
 ✅

DQ1: Male?  
DQ2: Originally from prose fiction?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/284 "2020-12-16T00:18:13Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> I am not Nichelle Nichols, Norman Bates and take a DQ.

3 (“fundamentally unsound”) is Friedrich Nietzsche.

DQ: female?

IQs:  
1. Did you star in _The Seven Per-Cent Solution_ as Holmes?  
2. Were you a reporter who feigned insanity, was committed to an asylum, and then wrote about it?  
3. Did you found a Coney Island hot dog stand that eventually became a nationwide chain?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/285 "2020-12-16T00:27:54Z")

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Swept me.

IQs:

1. Were you one of Eddie Murphy’s least successful film roles?
2. Did you have a hit with _Brokenheartsville_?
3. Do you frequently say “Pfui” and “satisfactory”?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/286 "2020-12-16T00:41:16Z")

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IQ1: Did you run the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York?  
IQ2: Were you backing Paul Revere against Epitaph and Valentine?  
IQ3: Were you one of Voldemort’s horcruxes?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/287 "2020-12-16T01:16:09Z")

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IQ1: Are you the bassist and primary songwriter for Mötley Crüe?  
IQ2: Are you a former governor of South Carolina and former US Ambassador to the United Nations?  
IQ3: When Prince (and later Dave Grohl) met you, were you in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/288 "2020-12-16T02:35:37Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@kitap](#):
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> > I am not Nichelle Nichols, Norman Bates and take a DQ.
> 
> 3 (“fundamentally unsound”) is Friedrich Nietzsche.
> 
> DQ: female?
> 
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you star in _The Seven Per-Cent Solution_ as Holmes?  
> 2. Were you a reporter who feigned insanity, was committed to an asylum, and then wrote about it?  
> 3. Did you found a Coney Island hot dog stand that eventually became a nationwide chain?

1. Take a DQ
2. I am not Nellie Bly
3. I am not Nathan

You should choose a different DQ.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Swept me.
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you one of Eddie Murphy’s least successful film roles?
> 2. Did you have a hit with _Brokenheartsville_?
> 3. Do you frequently say “Pfui” and “satisfactory”?

I am not Pluto Nash  
Take 2 DQs.

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you run the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York?  
> IQ2: Were you backing Paul Revere against Epitaph and Valentine?  
> IQ3: Were you one of Voldemort’s horcruxes?

Take 2 DQs and I am not Nagini.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the bassist and primary songwriter for Mötley Crüe?  
> IQ2: Are you a former governor of South Carolina and former US Ambassador to the United Nations?  
> IQ3: When Prince (and later Dave Grohl) met you, were you in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine?

I am not Nikki Sixx  
I am not Nikki Haley  
I am not another Nikki; take a DQ.

I am N:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Not originally from prose fiction.

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/289 "2020-12-16T02:37:20Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Chicago Bears?  
> > > IQ2: Are you QB for the New England Patriots?  
> > > IQ3: Are you a reporter for the _Daily Bugle_ who was brainwashed into becoming The Hobgoblin?
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> DQ: Originally from film?
> 
> holding 2 DQs  
> Take two DQs and I am not Norman Osborne. Or take a third DQ.

Matt Nagy, Cam Newton, Ned Leeds (Norman Osbourne was the Green Goblin)

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/290 "2020-12-16T03:02:54Z")

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I am N:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Not originally from prose fiction.
4. Originally from film.

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/291 "2020-12-16T03:30:27Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Did you run the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York?
> > 
> > > IQ2: Were you backing Paul Revere against Epitaph and Valentine?  
> > > IQ3: Were you one of Voldemort’s horcruxes?
> 
> Take 2 DQs and I am not Nagini.

Nathan Detroit (_Guys and Dolls_).  
Nicely-Nicely Johnson (also _Guys and Dolls_).  
 ✅

DQ1: American creator(s)?  
DQ2: First appeared after 1980?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/292 "2020-12-16T04:59:42Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Take a DQ
> 2. I am not Nellie Bly
> 3. I am not Nathan

Aw, you’re right. 1 was Nicol Williamson.

DQs:  
1. main character?  
2. first name begins with N?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/293 "2020-12-16T06:16:17Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you the bassist and primary songwriter for Mötley Crüe?  
> > > IQ2: Are you a former governor of South Carolina and former US Ambassador to the United Nations?  
> > > IQ3: When Prince (and later Dave Grohl) met you, were you in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine?
> 
> I am not Nikki Sixx  
> I am not Nikki Haley  
> I am not another Nikki; take a DQ.

Yep, Yep, Darling Nikki, from the Prince song (later covered by Foo Fighters) of the same name.

Holding a DQ for now

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/294 "2020-12-16T07:46:30Z")

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I am N:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Not originally from prose fiction.
4. Originally from film.
5. American creators
6. First appeared after 1980.
7. Main character
8. First name begins with N.

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/295 "2020-12-16T12:02:06Z")

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DQ: From a live action film?

holding a DQ

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/296 "2020-12-16T12:45:02Z")

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I am N:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Not originally from prose fiction.
4. Originally from film.
5. American creators
6. First appeared after 1980.
7. Main character
8. First name begins with N.
9. From a live action film.

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/297 "2020-12-16T14:01:09Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Were you one of Eddie Murphy’s least successful film roles?
> > > 2. Did you have a hit with _Brokenheartsville_ ?
> > > 3. Do you frequently say “Pfui” and “satisfactory”?
> 
> I am not Pluto Nash  
> Take 2 DQs.

Correct on Pluto Nash.  
#2 was Joe Nichols.  
#3 was fictional detective Nero Wolfe.

DQs:

1. First appeared after 2000?
2. From the action/adventure genre?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/298 "2020-12-16T14:15:58Z")

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I am N:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Not originally from prose fiction.
4. Originally from film.
5. American creators
6. First appeared after 1980.
7. Main character
8. First name begins with N.
9. From a live action film.
10. First appeared before 2000.
11. Not from the action/adventure genre.

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/299 "2020-12-16T14:26:09Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you spurn Dudley in your affections for his horse?
2. Are you a quarterback known as “Broadway Joe”?
3. Are you the central character in the majority of episodes in the highly acclaimed 1950’s all-leather BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?

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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:** [December 16, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/300 "2020-12-16T14:46:50Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you one of George Washington’s top generals? - Nathanael Greene  
Did Daniel Day-Lewis bear this name, changed from the original work of fiction, in a movie? - Nathanael Poe (FKA Natty Bumppo, in _Last of the Mohicans_)  
Did you pick up the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? - Maj. Gen. Nathanael Banks, when Confederate troops captured a lot of supplies from him during the Civil War

Nathanael x3!

DQs:

American character?  
Good guy?  
Appeared in more than one movie?

IQs:

An ancient hero of old, was a British warplane named after you?  
Was Hagrid very sorry when you had to leave him?  
Were you the dog in the Disney animated _Peter Pan_?

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