# Botticelli - December 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153 "2014-12-02T19:01:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 30

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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 28, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/581 "2014-12-28T20:49:55Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you married to Jill St. John?
2. Were you #1’s previous wife?
3. Are you a suspect in the death of #2?

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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 28, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/582 "2014-12-28T21:17:02Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you married to Jill St. John?
> 2. Were you #1’s previous wife?
> 3. Are you a suspect in the death of #2?

Not Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood or Christopher Walken.

W.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with W
4. living
5. born after 1970

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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 28, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/583 "2014-12-28T22:40:48Z")

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Back after 5 netless days

IQ1: Are you a daughter of one of the Beach Boys and part of a pop trio?  
IQ2: Were you a radio “shock jockette” before hosting your current eponymous show?  
IQ3: Are you the voice of Francine Smith on _American Dad!_?

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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 29, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/584 "2014-12-29T02:24:07Z")

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Welcome back, KO!

Correct on all 3.

IQs:

1. Did you play Rhoda’s mother on _Rhoda_?
2. Did you instruct Tennessee Tuxedo?
3. Were you aka Don Herbert?

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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 29, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/585 "2014-12-29T04:32:04Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the romantic interest in _Armageddon 2419 AD_?  
> IQ2: Did you sing “Jose Cuervo”?  
> IQ3: Were you that person’s mother?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno any of those. Three DQs.

Wilma Deering.  
Shelley West.  
Dottie West.  
DQ1: American?  
DQ2: Known for the Arts?  
One DQ reserved.

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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 29, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/586 "2014-12-29T04:44:54Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> …  
> IQ1: Are you a daughter of one of the Beach Boys and part of a pop trio?  
> IQ2: Were you a radio “shock jockette” before hosting your current eponymous show?  
> IQ3: Are you the voice of Francine Smith on _American Dad!_?

Welcome back! Not Marnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips; dunno the other two.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> …IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you play Rhoda’s mother on _Rhoda_?
> 2. Did you instruct Tennessee Tuxedo?
> 3. Were you aka Don Herbert?

Dunno any of those. Three DQs.

W.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with W
4. living
5. born after 1970
6. American
7. 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:** [December 29, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/587 "2014-12-29T04:51:32Z")

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> [@](#):
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> …IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Rhoda’s mother on Rhoda?
> 2. Did you instruct Tennessee Tuxedo?
> 3. Were you aka Don Herbert?

#1 was Nancy Walker.  
#2 was Mr. Whoopee.  
#3 was TV’s Mr. Wizard.

DQs:

1. Known for the performing arts?
2. Last name starts with WA-WH?

1 DQ reserved.

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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 29, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/588 "2014-12-29T16:19:57Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a daughter of one of the Beach Boys and part of a pop trio?  
> IQ2: Were you a radio “shock jockette” before hosting your current eponymous show?  
> IQ3: Are you the voice of Francine Smith on American Dad!?
> 
> Welcome back! Not Marnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips; dunno the other two.

Wendy or Carnie Wilson—there is no Marnie. The other two are Wendy Williams and Wendy Schaal.

holding 3 DQs

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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 29, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/589 "2014-12-29T16:30:58Z")

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Carnie, Marnie - potato, potahtoe…

W.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with W
4. living
5. born after 1970
6. American
7. known for the arts
8. known for the performing arts
9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH

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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 29, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/590 "2014-12-29T16:40:29Z")

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DQ: Known as an actress?

IQs:

1. Were you the main female role in _Cool World_?
2. Did you play Col. Klink?
3. Are you one of three fishermen in a poem by Eugene Field?

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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 29, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/591 "2014-12-29T18:39:10Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> …  
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you the main female role in _Cool World_?
> 2. Did you play Col. Klink?
> 3. Are you one of three fishermen in a poem by Eugene Field?

Dunno, not Werner Klemperer, and dunno.

W.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with W
4. living
5. born after 1970
6. American
7. known for the arts
8. known for the performing arts
9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
10. known as an actress

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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 29, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/592 "2014-12-29T19:22:06Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQ: Known as an actress?
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you the main female role in _Cool World_?
> 2. Did you play Col. Klink?
> 3. Are you one of three fishermen in a poem by Eugene Field?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Dunno, not Werner Klemperer, and dunno.

#1 was Holli Would. Correct on Werner.  
#3 is Wynken, of Wynken, Blynken and Nod.  
DQ: Known primarily from movies?

1 DQ reserved.

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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 29, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/593 "2014-12-29T19:45:24Z")

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DQ: Born west of the Mississippi river?

2 DQs left

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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 30, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/594 "2014-12-30T04:51:59Z")

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W.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with W
4. living
5. born after 1970
6. American
7. known for the arts
8. known for the performing arts
9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
10. known as an actress
11. known primarily from movies
12. born west of the Miss. River

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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 30, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/595 "2014-12-30T14:37:28Z")

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DQ: Born after 1985?

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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 30, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/596 "2014-12-30T14:40:51Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you compose _Classical Gas_?
2. Are you the source of the story about young Washington and the cherry tree?
3. Are you the likeliest actor to have created the Wilhelm scream?

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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 30, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/597 "2014-12-30T15:41:18Z")

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IQ1: Did you portray _The Bionic Woman_?  
IQ2: Are you a frequent star of Woody Allen movies, winning Best Supporting Actress for _Hannah and Her Sisters_?  
IQ3: Are you known for being a mainstay of horror movies and as Elliot’s mother in _ET_?

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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 30, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/598 "2014-12-30T19:00:46Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you compose _Classical Gas_?
> 2. Are you the source of the story about young Washington and the cherry tree?
> 3. Are you the likeliest actor to have created the Wilhelm scream?

Not Mason Williams, Parson Weems or… John Wilhelm?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you portray _The Bionic Woman_?  
> IQ2: Are you a frequent star of Woody Allen movies, winning Best Supporting Actress for _Hannah and Her Sisters_?  
> IQ3: Are you known for being a mainstay of horror movies and as Elliot’s mother in _ET_?

Not Lindsay Wagner, Diane Wiest or Dee Wallace.

W.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with W
4. living
5. born after 1970
6. American
7. known for the arts
8. known for the performing arts
9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
10. known as an actress
11. known primarily from movies
12. born west of the Miss. River
13. born after 1985

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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 30, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/599 "2014-12-30T20:33:13Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you compose Classical Gas?
> 2. Are you the source of the story about young Washington and the cherry tree?
> 3. Are you the likeliest actor to have created the Wilhelm scream?
> 
> Not Mason Williams, Parson Weems or… John Wilhelm?

Correct on Mason Williams and Parson Mason Weems.  
#3 was Sheb Wooley, actor in a number of Westerns and the singer/songwriter behind the One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People-Eater. Come to think of it, I don’t know why it’s called the Wilhelm Scream. I’ll have to look that one up.

DQ: Caucasian?

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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 30, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2014/706153/600 "2014-12-30T21:28:21Z")

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W.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with W
4. living
5. born after 1970
6. American
7. known for the arts
8. known for the performing arts
9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
10. known as an actress
11. known primarily from movies
12. born west of the Miss. River
13. born after 1985
14. Caucasian

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