# 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\
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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 17, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/321 "2020-12-17T22:23:44Z")

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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.
12. American character
13. Good guy
14. Did not appear in more than one movie
15. From the comedy genre.
16. First appeared before 1990.
17. Not from a genre movie.
18. Actor’s surname starts with A-K.
19. Not from an R rated movie.
20. Caucasian.
21. Not set in the US.
22. Common first name
23. Not from an Oscar winning movie.
24. First appeared before 1985.

And no, not Nigel Tufnel.

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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 17, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/322 "2020-12-17T23:01:15Z")

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“Firstname Lastname” DQ: Are you Nick (don’t remember his last name) from _Top Secret_?

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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 17, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/323 "2020-12-17T23:52:04Z")

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psst. Nick Rivers.

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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 17, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/324 "2020-12-17T23:53:48Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> “Firstname Lastname” DQ: Are you Nick (don’t remember his last name) from _Top Secret_?

Yes!!

I am Nick Rivers from Top Secret!!

Now let’s go infiltrate Flurgendorf Prison!

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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 17, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/325 "2020-12-17T23:54:44Z")

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Good job, SCA!

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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 18, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/326 "2020-12-18T00:10:28Z")

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Huh. I would have deleted that question because _Top Secret!_ is a spy movie, and thus a genre movie, but I missed the edit window. Ah, well…

I am ~~**A**~~!

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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 18, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/327 "2020-12-18T00:18:42Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you Elendil’s heir?
2. Did Bruce Willis play you on _Moonlighting_?
3. Did you star in _Enchanted_?

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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 18, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/328 "2020-12-18T02:17:48Z")

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Poop. I forgot and was going to guess Napoleon Dynamite, but I was wrong anyway.

1. Are you QB for the Green Bay Packers?
2. Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys?
3. Are you QB for the Washington Football Team?

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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 18, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/329 "2020-12-18T02:33:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Elendil’s heir?
> 2. Did Bruce Willis play you on _Moonlighting_ ?
> 3. Did you star in _Enchanted_ ?

Not Aragorn.  
DQ.  
DQ.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> 1. Are you QB for the Green Bay Packers?
> 2. Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys?
> 3. Are you QB for the Washington Football Team?

3 DQs.

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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 18, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/330 "2020-12-18T04:35:11Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Huh. I would have deleted that question because _Top Secret!_ is a spy movie, and thus a genre movie, but I missed the edit window. Ah, well…
> 
> I am ~~**A**~~!

I was looking at it as being a parody, which I don’t think is a genre.

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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 18, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/331 "2020-12-18T07:23:56Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a biblical king whose name has become slang for stupid person?  
> IQ2: Are you the Motor City Madman?  
> IQ3: Are you the first Ferengi to serve in Starfleet?

I am not Nimrod, take a DQ, or Nog.

Wrapping-up: Yes, Ted Nugent, Yes

Next round:

IQ1: Did your resignation pave the way for the United States’ only unelected President?  
IQ2: Did you exclaim “Eureka!” while taking a bath?  
IQ3: Were you both a 1960s Star Trek alien babe-of-the-week and a 1980s porn star?

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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 18, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/332 "2020-12-18T12:22:53Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > 1. Are you QB for the Green Bay Packers?
> > > 2. Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys?
> > > 3. Are you QB for the Washington Football Team?
> 
> 3 DQs.

Aaron Rogers, Andy Dalton, Alex Smith

DQ: Real?  
DQ: First name start with A?  
DQ: Male?

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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 18, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/333 "2020-12-18T13:28:57Z")

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IQs

1. Are you an alliterative new wave singer/songwriter who also sang on Giorgio Moroder’s soundtrack for _Metropolis_?
2. Were you a noted curmudgeon who is most famous for being a regular on _Sixty Minutes_?
3. Are you the former lead singer of Yes who also sang on the soundtrack for _Metropolis_?

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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 18, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/334 "2020-12-18T13:33:58Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did your resignation pave the way for the United States’ only unelected President?  
> IQ2: Did you exclaim “Eureka!” while taking a bath?  
> IQ3: Were you both a 1960s Star Trek alien babe-of-the-week and a 1980s porn star?

Not Spiro Agnew.  
Not Archimedes.  
DQ.

> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Are you an alliterative new wave singer/songwriter who also sang on Giorgio Moroder’s soundtrack for _Metropolis_ ?
> 2. Were you a noted curmudgeon who is most famous for being a regular on _Sixty Minutes_ ?
> 3. Are you the former lead singer of Yes who also sang on the soundtrack for _Metropolis_ ?

DQ.  
Not … Andy Rooney?  
DQ.

~~**A**~~  
1 - Real  
2 - First name starts with A  
3 - Male

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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 18, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/335 "2020-12-18T14:15:43Z")

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IQ1: Did you play John Hammond in _Jurassic Park_?  
IQ2: Did you play Mrs. Lift in _Throw Momma From the Train_?  
IQ3: Did Paul Fusco provide your voice in a titular mid 1980’s sitcom?

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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 18, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/336 "2020-12-18T14:39:24Z")

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Good job, **SCAdian**.

IQs:

Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first commanding officer?  
Were you one of the most notorious American spies since the end of the Cold War?  
Were you played by both Greene and Olmos?

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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 18, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/337 "2020-12-18T14:44:01Z")

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Congrats, SCAdian!

IQs:  
1. What, you worry?  
2. Did you run for (US) president against Dwight Eisenhower?  
3. Do you host _Penn & Teller: Fool Us_ on the CW?

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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 18, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/338 "2020-12-18T15:03:58Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Are you Elendil’s heir?
> > > 2. Did Bruce Willis play you on _Moonlighting_ ?
> > > 3. Did you star in _Enchanted_ ?
> 
> Not Aragorn.  
> DQ.  
> DQ.

Correct on 1.  
#2 was David Addison.  
#3 was Amy Adams.

DQs:

1. Living?
2. Known from 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:** [December 18, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/339 "2020-12-18T15:05:51Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a leader in the 19th Century American Transcendentalist movement?
2. Were you his famous daughter?
3. Did you have a newspaper column called _The Conning Tower_?

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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 18, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/340 "2020-12-18T17:41:31Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Did your resignation pave the way for the United States’ only unelected President?  
> > > IQ2: Did you exclaim “Eureka!” while taking a bath?  
> > > IQ3: Were you both a 1960s Star Trek alien babe-of-the-week and a 1980s porn star?
> 
> Not Spiro Agnew.  
> Not Archimedes.  
> DQ.

Yes, Yes, Angelique Pettyjohn - best known for Shahna in _The Gamesters of Triskelion_ ST episode, source of the “wagering quatloos” meme.  
Holding the DQ for now.

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