# 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:** 7

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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 9, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/121 "2020-12-09T18:36:04Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you known as ‘Longshanks’?
> > 
> > > IQ2: Before the current prince, did you spend the longest time as Prince of Wales?  
> > > IQ3: Were you #2’s grandson, known to the family as ‘David’?
> 
> Guessing it’s one of the Edwards, as 2 is Edward VII and 3 is Edward VIII

Edward I.  
✅  
✅

DQ: Male?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/122 "2020-12-09T19:30:40Z")

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Okay, I have a lot to go through - bear with me:

> [@kitap](#):
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> - Is your favorite expression “Dammit, Hardison!”?
> - Are you Sara Crewe’s best friend among her schoolmates?
> - Did you play the title character in the USA Network’s 1995 movie **My Antonia**?

I know it’s from _Leverage_, but cannot remember names. DQ  
DQ  
DQ

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Did you play Marge in the first TV pilot for _Fargo_ and then get a starring role in a prestigious HBO mob drama?
> 2. Did your campaign buttons state that the person wearing them liked you?
> 3. Did you write “The New Colossus”?

I am not Edie Falco  
I am not Ike Eisenhower  
DQ

> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#):
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> - Were your father, brother, uncle, husband, and son all kings of England?
> - Did you die in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances?
> - Did you serve as governor of California before being appointed to the Supreme Court?

I am not Elinor?  
DQ  
DQ

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> 1. Does Barry Humphries dress in drag to play you?
> 2. Are you best known for playing Oliver Wendell Douglas?
> 3. Were you a professional wrestler whose motto was “lie, cheat and steal”?

I am not Dame Edna  
DQ  
DQ

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Batman villain played by Vincent Price?  
> IQ2: Are you the prophet credited with writing former hitman Jules Winnfield’s favorite bible quote?  
> IQ3: Do you sing in the bathtub to your rubber duckie?

DQ  
I am not Ezekiel  
I am not Ernie

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Did you play the Flash in the _Justice League_ movie?
> - Are you Rowan Atkinson’s spy character?
> - Are you married to Portia di Rossi?

DQ  
I am not Johnny English  
I am not Ellen Degeneres

**I am E**

1. Real
2. Female

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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 9, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/123 "2020-12-09T19:35:20Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > 1. Does Barry Humphries dress in drag to play you?
> > > 2. Are you best known for playing Oliver Wendell Douglas?
> > > 3. Were you a professional wrestler whose motto was “lie, cheat and steal”?
> 
> I am not Dame Edna  
> DQ  
> DQ

correct, Eddie Albert in Green Acres, Eddie Guerrero  
Ed x 3!

DQ: Alive?  
DQ: American?

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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 9, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/124 "2020-12-09T19:36:34Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > - Did you play the Flash in the _Justice League_ movie?
> > 
> > > - Are you Rowan Atkinson’s spy character?
> > > - Are you married to Portia di Rossi?
> 
> DQ  
> I am not Johnny English  
> I am not Ellen Degeneres

#1 is Ezra Miller. Correct on the others.

DQ: Last name starts with E?

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/125 "2020-12-09T19:41:37Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> I am not Elinor?  
> DQ  
> DQ

Nope, [Elizabeth of York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York), Edgar Allan Poe, and Earl Warren.

DQs:

Are you in the entertainment industry?  
In politics?  
In sports?

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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 9, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/126 "2020-12-09T19:47:38Z")

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IQ1: Are you an American big band leader known for _It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)_?  
IQ2: Did you write the theme music for _The Simpsons_?  
IQ3: Are you a prog rock keyboardist who died of suicide in 2016?

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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 9, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/127 "2020-12-09T20:05:46Z")

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IQ1: Were you a Massachusetts doctor who served in Korea?  
IQ2: Did James May refer to you as having died on the bog trying to get 500 cheeseburgers out of your poo chute?  
IQ3: Are you the current earl of Forfar?

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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 9, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/128 "2020-12-09T20:14:08Z")

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Welcome, Fretful Porpentine! and Bicycle Bill!

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/129 "2020-12-09T20:40:10Z")

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**I am E**

1. Real
2. Female
3. Deceased
4. American
5. Last name does not start with E
6. Was in the entertainment industry
7. Somewhat known for a political occurrence
8. Not known for sports

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/130 "2020-12-09T20:47:32Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an American big band leader known for _It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)_ ?  
> IQ2: Did you write the theme music for _The Simpsons_ ?  
> IQ3: Are you a prog rock keyboardist who died of suicide in 2016?

I am not Duke Ellington  
DQ  
I am not Keith Emerson

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a Massachusetts doctor who served in Korea?  
> IQ2: Did James May refer to you as having died on the bog trying to get 500 cheeseburgers out of your poo chute?  
> IQ3: Are you the current earl of Forfar?

1. DQ
2. DQ
3. Prince Edward

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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 9, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/131 "2020-12-09T20:58:08Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > IQ1: Were you a Massachusetts doctor who served in Korea?
> > 
> > > IQ2: Did James May refer to you as having died on the bog trying to get 500 cheeseburgers out of your poo chute?  
> > > IQ3: Are you the current earl of Forfar?
> 
> 1. DQ
> 2. DQ
> 3. Prince Edward

Charles Emerson Winchester.  
Elvis.  
✅

DQ: Died after 2000?  
One DQ reserved.

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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 9, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/132 "2020-12-09T21:01:39Z")

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IQ1: Did your friends call you “Double-D”  
IQ2-3: Were you one of those friends?

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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 9, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/133 "2020-12-09T21:08:34Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Are you a Batman villain played by Vincent Price?  
> > > IQ2: Are you the prophet credited with writing former hitman Jules Winnfield’s favorite bible quote?  
> > > IQ3: Do you sing in the bathtub to your rubber duckie?
> 
> DQ  
> I am not Ezekiel  
> I am not Ernie

Egghead, correct on the other 2.

DQ: Actress?

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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 9, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/134 "2020-12-09T21:21:41Z")

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IQ1: Are you known as the Black Dahlia?  
IQ2: Were you the Million Dollar Mermaid?  
IQ3: Were you half of a comedy team with Mike Nichols?

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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 9, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/135 "2020-12-09T22:22:28Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
>
> I am not Edie Falco  
> I am not Ike Eisenhower  
> DQ

3 (author of “The New Colossus”) was Emma Lazarus.

1. Were you one of the original “Siamese Twins”?  
2. Did you write _Is Sex Necessary?_ (a departure from the kind of literature you’re now best known for)?  
3. Speaking of Mike Nichols, does Benjamin Braddock yell your name at the climactic moment in _The Graduate_?

DQ: first name starts with E?

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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 9, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/136 "2020-12-09T22:37:05Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the artist also known as Romain de Tirtoff?
2. Are you the famous world-class idiot on the highly esteemed 1950’s BBC all-leather radio series _The Goon Show_?
3. Did you possess Bruce Gordon using a mystic black diamond?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/137 "2020-12-09T22:48:15Z")

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**I am E**

1. Real
2. Female
3. Deceased
4. American
5. Last name does not start with E
6. Was in the entertainment industry
7. Somewhat known for a political occurrence
8. Not known for sports
9. Died after 2000
10. Has acted, but not primarily known for acting. Well, for me, at least.
11. First name begins with E

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/138 "2020-12-09T22:54:37Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did your friends call you “Double-D”  
> IQ2-3: Were you one of those friends?

I am not Ed, Edd or Eddy

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you known as the Black Dahlia?  
> IQ2: Were you the Million Dollar Mermaid?  
> IQ3: Were you half of a comedy team with Mike Nichols?

I am not Elizabeth Short  
I am not Esther Williams  
DQ

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> 1. Were you one of the original “Siamese Twins”?
> 2. Did you write _Is Sex Necessary?_ (a departure from the kind of literature you’re now best known for)?
> 3. Speaking of Mike Nichols, does Benjamin Braddock yell your name at the climactic moment in _The Graduate_ ?

I am not Eng  
DQ  
DQ

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Are you the artist also known as Romain de Tirtoff?
> - Are you the famous world-class idiot on the highly esteemed 1950’s BBC all-leather radio series _The Goon Show_ ?
> - Did you possess Bruce Gordon using a mystic black diamond?

I am not Erte  
DQ  
DQ

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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 9, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/139 "2020-12-09T22:59:09Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Are you known as the Black Dahlia?  
> > > IQ2: Were you the Million Dollar Mermaid?  
> > > IQ3: Were you half of a comedy team with Mike Nichols?
> 
> I am not Elizabeth Short  
> I am not Esther Williams  
> DQ

Yes, Yes, Elaine May

DQ: Known for music?

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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 9, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/140 "2020-12-09T22:59:51Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > IQ1: Did your friends call you “Double-D”
> > 
> > > IQ2-3: Were you one of those friends?
> 
> I am not Ed, Edd or Eddy

Pfui. 🙂

DQ: Film or TV actress?

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