# Botticelli - December 2018

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745 "2018-12-07T13:00:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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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 19, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/81 "2018-12-19T05:48:12Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you learn your spouse was cheating on you while you were both on a skiing holiday? - Ivana Trump  
Are you the daughter of that person? - Ivanka Trump  
Did a Russian write about one day in your life? - Yes, Ivan Denisovich

Ivan x3!

DQs:

Actress?  
Considered a beauty?

IQs:

Were you Cmdr. Will Decker’s former lover?  
Were you a noted Texas philanthropist with an unusual name?  
Were you a very hungry, very gawky teacher in a cartoon?

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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 19, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/82 "2018-12-19T13:52:07Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Real
3. Dead
4. American
5. First name starts with I
6. Best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1900
9. Not an actress
10. Considered a beauty

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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 19, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/83 "2018-12-19T13:54:23Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you Cmdr. Will Decker’s former lover?  
> Were you a noted Texas philanthropist with an unusual name?  
> Were you a very hungry, very gawky teacher in a cartoon?

1. I am not Ilia.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Ichabod Crane.

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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 19, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/84 "2018-12-19T16:27:23Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Cmdr. Will Decker’s former lover? - Yes, Ilia, in _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_  
Were you a noted Texas philanthropist with an unusual name? - Ima Hogg  
Were you a very hungry, very gawky teacher in a cartoon? - Yes, Ichabod Crane

DQ:

Singer?

IQs:

Are you an actress whose name includes a word which appears in the title of a Robin Williams film?  
Did your boyfriend perpetuate a legal myth in a movie in which you both appeared?  
Were you the actress who played that woman?

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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 19, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/85 "2018-12-19T17:05:13Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Real
3. Dead
4. American
5. First name starts with I
6. Best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1900
9. Not an actress
10. Considered a beauty
11. Not a singer

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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 19, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/86 "2018-12-19T17:06:43Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Are you an actress whose name includes a word which appears in the title of a Robin Williams film?  
> Did your boyfriend perpetuate a legal myth in a movie in which you both appeared?  
> Were you the actress who played that woman?

Take 3 DQs.

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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 20, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/87 "2018-12-20T00:59:49Z")

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A clean sweep!

IQs:

1. Do you get your bricks from Kolin Kelly?
2. Were you a model married to David Bowie?
3. Did you appear in ads for Old Spice as the Man Your Man Could Smell Like?

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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 20, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/88 "2018-12-20T05:45:27Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you an actress whose name includes a word which appears in the title of a Robin Williams film? - Isla Fisher / _The Fisher King_  
Did your boyfriend perpetuate a legal myth in a movie in which you both appeared? - Ilsa Lund in _Casablanca_; Rick Blaine (Bogie) says that captains of ships can conduct wedding ceremonies  
Were you the actress who played that woman? - Ingrid Bergman

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (photography, painting, sculpture, etc.)?  
Won a top award in your field?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Is it a myth that you sold your jewels to fund an important voyage?  
Did you play Christopher Moltisanti?  
A retired athlete, were you the subject of a high-profile sexual harrassment case in NYC?

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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 20, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/89 "2018-12-20T11:32:23Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Real
3. Dead
4. American, but also known throughout Europe
5. First name starts with I
6. Best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1900
9. Not an actress
10. Considered a beauty
11. Not a singer
12. Not best known for the visual arts
13. Highly celebrated and terribly influential in her day, the major award she received only occurred decades after her death

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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 20, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/90 "2018-12-20T11:33:27Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Is it a myth that you sold your jewels to fund an important voyage?  
> Did you play Christopher Moltisanti?  
> A retired athlete, were you the subject of a high-profile sexual harrassment case in NYC?

1. I am not Queen Isabella of Spain.  
Take 2 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 20, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/91 "2018-12-20T16:37:24Z")

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Previous IQs:

Is it a myth that you sold your jewels to fund an important voyage? - Yes, Queen Isabella of Spain  
Did you play Christopher Moltisanti? - Michael Imperioli (sp?), on _The Sopranos_  
A retired athlete, were you the subject of a high-profile sexual harrassment case in NYC? - Isaiah Thomas

DQs:

Would be seen in public doing her arts thing, or only the results of her work would appear?  
Best known for a single piece of work?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you “the Jersey Lily”?  
Are you a French actress who’s not averse to nude scenes?  
Were you Miss Trixie Delight’s maid and traveling companion?

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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 21, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/92 "2018-12-21T00:34:21Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> A clean sweep!
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Do you get your bricks from Kolin Kelly?
> 2. Were you a model married to David Bowie?
> 3. Did you appear in ads for Old Spice as the Man Your Man Could Smell Like?

1. I am not Ignatz Mouse.
2. I am not Iman.  
Take a DQ.

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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 21, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/93 "2018-12-21T00:35:42Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Real
3. Dead
4. American, but also known throughout Europe
5. First name starts with I
6. Best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1900
9. Not an actress
10. Considered a beauty
11. Not a singer
12. Not best known for the visual arts
13. Highly celebrated and terribly influential in her day, the major award she received only occurred decades after her death
14. Known for the performing arts, performing in public
15. Not best known for a single piece of work

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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 21, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/94 "2018-12-21T00:38:51Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Were you “the Jersey Lily”?  
> Are you a French actress who’s not averse to nude scenes?  
> Were you Miss Trixie Delight’s maid and traveling companion?

1. Isn’t that Lillie Langtree? I’m not her. I’m an I.  
Take 2 DQs for the others.

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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 21, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/95 "2018-12-21T05:41:08Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you “the Jersey Lily”? - It was also Irene Adler, in the Conan Doyle story “A Scandal in Bohemia”  
Are you a French actress who’s not averse to nude scenes? - Isabelle Huppert  
Were you Miss Trixie Delight’s maid and traveling companion? - Imogene, in _Paper Moon_

DQs:

Performed in nightclubs?  
Greatest fame before 1930?

Two DQs reserved.

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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 21, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/96 "2018-12-21T14:31:42Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Real
3. Dead
4. American, but also known throughout Europe
5. First name starts with I
6. Best known for the Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1900
9. Not an actress
10. Considered a beauty
11. Not a singer
12. Not best known for the visual arts
13. Highly celebrated and terribly influential in her day, the major award she received only occurred decades after her death
14. Known for the performing arts, performing in public
15. Not best known for a single piece of work
16. Performed in nightclubs
17. Greatest fame arguably before 1930

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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 21, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/97 "2018-12-21T15:33:47Z")

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IQs:

Were you a star who had the same last name as an actress noted for not having two fully-functioning eyes?  
Were you an early Hollywood movie mogul?  
Were you a noted producer of small British period films that earned a boatload of Oscars?

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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 21, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/98 "2018-12-21T16:34:19Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Were you a star who had the same last name as an actress noted for not having two fully-functioning eyes?  
> Were you an early Hollywood movie mogul?  
> Were you a noted producer of small British period films that earned a boatload of Oscars?

#2. I am not Irving Thalberg. Take 2 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 21, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/99 "2018-12-21T19:23:19Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a star who had the same last name as an actress noted for not having two fully-functioning eyes? - Isadora Duncan (and Sandy Duncan)  
Were you an early Hollywood movie mogul? - Yes, Irving Thalberg  
Were you a noted producer of small British period films that earned a boatload of Oscars? - Ismail Merchant

Four DQs reserved.

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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 21, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/100 "2018-12-21T22:59:21Z")

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Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve even thought about Sandy.

But, Yes! I am the Mother of Dance, \*\*Isadora Duncan! \*\*

Good job, EH!

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