# Botticelli - December 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 2, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317 "2017-12-02T08:30:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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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 12, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/101 "2017-12-12T18:30:37Z")

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IQ1: Was your biggest hit “Betty Davis Eyes”?  
IQ2: Did you own your birthplace, the town of Braselton Georgia, for 5 years?  
IQ3: Did you play a girl with dragon green eyes in _Big Trouble in Little China_?

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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 12, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/102 "2017-12-12T20:17:04Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the first actor to play Clarabelle the Clown on The Howdy Doody Show?
> 2. Were you Red Skelton’s country bumpkin character?
> 3. Are you the Elegant Elephant of Oz?  
> Not Bob Keishan, Clem Kadiddlehopper (sp?) and dunno.

Correct on Bob Keeshan and Clem Kadiddlehopper. #3 is Kabumpo.

DQ: Created by an American author or authors?

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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 12, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/103 "2017-12-12T20:19:47Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you one of the leads in _The Scarecrow and Mrs. King_?
2. Were you the first king of Hawaii?
3. Are you the title character in a novel by Rudyard Kipling?

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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 13, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/104 "2017-12-13T05:26:07Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Was your biggest hit “Betty Davis Eyes”?  
> IQ2: Did you own your birthplace, the town of Braselton Georgia, for 5 years?  
> IQ3: Did you play a girl with dragon green eyes in _Big Trouble in Little China_?

Not Kim Carnes, Kim Basinger or Kim… Allen?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you one of the leads in _The Scarecrow and Mrs. King_?
> 2. Were you the first king of Hawaii?
> 3. Are you the title character in a novel by Rudyard Kipling?

Not Kate Jackson, Kamehameha or Kim.

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. from literature
4. American author

**Prof. Pepperwinkle** , in light of **Knowed Out** ’s most recent DQ, would you like to ask another?

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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 13, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/105 "2017-12-13T13:02:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Was your biggest hit “Betty Davis Eyes”?  
> IQ2: Did you own your birthplace, the town of Braselton Georgia, for 5 years?  
> IQ3: Did you play a girl with dragon green eyes in Big Trouble in Little China?
> 
> Not Kim Carnes, Kim Basinger or Kim… Allen?

Cattrall

DQ: Mystery genre?

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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 13, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/106 "2017-12-13T13:10:01Z")

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IQ1: Did you play Marion Ravenwood in the Indiana Jones movies?  
IQ2: Was the joke of pinching and pulling the sides of one’s neck an imitation of you eating a grain of rice?  
IQ3: Were you an inside linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons from 1975-1983, nicknamed “Kaptain Krazy”?

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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 13, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/107 "2017-12-13T14:32:39Z")

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Thank you. I missed his DQ.

DQ: Created after 1900?

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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 13, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/108 "2017-12-13T14:34:25Z")

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You swept me.

IQs:

1. Did you create Batman?
2. Are you the present White House Chief of Staff?
3. Did you write _Either/Or_ and _The Sickness Unto Death_?

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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 13, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/109 "2017-12-13T14:58:59Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play Marion Ravenwood in the Indiana Jones movies?  
> IQ2: Was the joke of pinching and pulling the sides of one’s neck an imitation of you eating a grain of rice?  
> IQ3: Were you an inside linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons from 1975-1983, nicknamed “Kaptain Krazy”?

Not Karen Allen, dunno, and dunno.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> …  
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you create Batman?
> 2. Are you the present White House Chief of Staff?
> 3. Did you write _Either/Or_ and _The Sickness Unto Death_?

I should know that but dunno, not Kelly, and not Kafka.

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. from literature
4. American author
5. not from mystery genre
6. created after 1900

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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 13, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/110 "2017-12-13T18:09:20Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play Marion Ravenwood in the Indiana Jones movies?  
> IQ2: Was the joke of pinching and pulling the sides of one’s neck an imitation of you eating a grain of rice?  
> IQ3: Were you an inside linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons from 1975-1983, nicknamed “Kaptain Krazy”?
> 
> Not Karen Allen, dunno, and dunno.

Karen Carpenter, Fulton Kuykendall

DQ: Fantasy/Scifi genre?  
DQ: Adapted to TV or film?

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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 13, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/111 "2017-12-13T18:20:50Z")

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IQ1: Are you a lead guitarist and keyboardist for Kansas?  
IQ2: Are you the lead guitarist and vocalist for Dire Straits?  
IQ3: Were you lead guitarist for The Doors?

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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 13, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/112 "2017-12-13T20:05:24Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you create Batman?
> 2. Are you the present White House Chief of Staff?
> 3. Did you write Either/Or and The Sickness Unto Death?  
> I should know that but dunno, not Kelly, and not Kafka.

#1 was Bob Kane.  
Correct on John Kelly.  
#3 was Soren Kierkegaard.

DQs:

1. Last name starts with K?
2. Created after 1960?

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/113 "2017-12-14T13:17:29Z")

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IQ1: Were you Colonel Cathcart’s snide, clever sidekick?  
IQ2: Were you most famous for playing Simon Templar?  
IQ3: Do you share your middle name with that of an emperor?

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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 14, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/114 "2017-12-14T17:51:15Z")

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> [@Dead\_Cat](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Colonel Cathcart’s snide, clever sidekick?  
> IQ2: Were you most famous for playing Simon Templar?  
> IQ3: Do you share your middle name with that of an emperor?

Dunno x2; not James Tiberius Kirk.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a lead guitarist and keyboardist for Kansas?  
> IQ2: Are you the lead guitarist and vocalist for Dire Straits?  
> IQ3: Were you lead guitarist for The Doors?

Dunno x3.

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. from literature
4. American author
5. not from mystery genre
6. created after 1900
7. not fantasy/scifi genre
8. adapted to TV or film
9. only name starts with K
10. created after 1960

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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 14, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/115 "2017-12-14T18:17:48Z")

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IQs:

1. Did Jason Momoa play you in Game of Thrones?
2. Are you Dr. Doom’s time-traveling alter ego from the future?
3. Are you a cartoon clown who was one of Betty Boop’s buddies?

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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 14, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/116 "2017-12-14T19:01:13Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a lead guitarist and keyboardist for Kansas?  
> IQ2: Are you the lead guitarist and vocalist for Dire Straits?  
> IQ3: Were you lead guitarist for The Doors?
> 
> Dunno x3.

Kerry Livgren, Mark Knopler, Robby Krieger

holding 3 DQs

IQ1: Are you a puppet that hung around with Fran and Ollie?  
IQ2: Are you one of the Inhumans, a martial artist who can find the weakness in anything?  
IQ3: Are you a robot dog who assisted Doctor Who and Sarah Jane?

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/117 "2017-12-14T19:05:37Z")

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> [@Dead\_Cat](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Colonel Cathcart’s snide, clever sidekick?  
> IQ2: Were you most famous for playing Simon Templar?  
> IQ3: Do you share your middle name with that of an emperor?

The first is Colonel Korn, from Catch-22. Thought that might be the answer as it fits the profile so far (or it did at the time, anyway). Second is Val Kilmer, who played The Saint. Correct on Capt. Kirk.

DQ1: Has there been a Hollywood feature film made about you or featuring you post-2000?  
DQ2: human?

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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 14, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/118 "2017-12-14T22:07:22Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did Jason Momoa play you in Game of Thrones?
> 2. Are you Dr. Doom’s time-traveling alter ego from the future?
> 3. Are you a cartoon clown who was one of Betty Boop’s buddies?

Not Khal Drogo (although the first word is a title and not a name), dunno, and not… Krusty?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> …
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> IQ1: Are you a puppet that hung around with Fran and Ollie?  
> IQ2: Are you one of the Inhumans, a martial artist who can find the weakness in anything?  
> IQ3: Are you a robot dog who assisted Doctor Who and Sarah Jane?

Not Kukla, dunno, and not K-9.

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. from literature
4. American author
5. not from mystery genre
6. created after 1900
7. not fantasy/scifi genre
8. adapted to TV or film
9. only name starts with K
10. created after 1960
11. has not been a Hollywood feature film made about me or featuring me post-2000
12. not human

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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 14, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/119 "2017-12-14T22:31:14Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did Jason Momoa play you in Game of Thrones?
> 2. Are you Dr. Doom’s time-traveling alter ego from the future?
> 3. Are you a cartoon clown who was one of Betty Boop’s buddies?  
> Not Khal Drogo (although the first word is a title and not a name), dunno, and not… Krusty?

1. Correct on Khal Drogo. #2 is Kang the Conqueror. #3 is Koko.  
2 DQs 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 15, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2017/803317/120 "2017-12-15T02:24:26Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a puppet that hung around with Fran and Ollie?  
> IQ2: Are you one of the Inhumans, a martial artist who can find the weakness in anything?  
> IQ3: Are you a robot dog who assisted Doctor Who and Sarah Jane?
> 
> Not Kukla, dunno, and not K-9.

Karnak

DQ: Animal?

holding 3 DQs

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