# Botticelli - December 2024

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224 "2024-12-05T22:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 4

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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 11, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/61 "2024-12-11T16:59:11Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. I am not Ty Cobb (??).
> 2. Take a DQ.
> 3. I am not Tracy Ullman (??).

1 was William Howard Taft; 2 was Thorne Smith; 3 was indeed Tracey Ullman.

DQs:  
1. real?  
2. first name begins with T?

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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 11, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/62 "2024-12-11T17:02:28Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. First name begins with T

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/63 "2024-12-11T17:21:13Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the love interest of the title character in _Boy Meets World_?
2. Did you write the song “Harper Valley P.T.A.”?
3. Did you sing a song about someone so fine he blew your mind?

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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 11, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/64 "2024-12-11T17:25:15Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Is your closest friend a walrus?  
> > IQ2: Is your closest friend a sheepdog?  
> > IQ3: Do you call your brother Mart your “almost-twin”?
> 
> #1. I am not Tennessee Tuxedo.  
> Take 2 DQs.

correct  
Touché Turtle  
Trixie Belden

DQ1: Male?  
DQ2: Known for the arts?

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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 11, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/65 "2024-12-11T17:49:57Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”?  
2. Were you an 18th-century Englishwoman who claimed to have given birth to rabbits?  
3. Are you a title character created by Thorne Smith?

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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 11, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/66 "2024-12-11T18:12:12Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. First name starts with T
3. Male
4. Not 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 11, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/67 "2024-12-11T18:13:44Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you the love interest of the title character in _Boy Meets World_?
> 2. Did you write the song “Harper Valley P.T.A.”?
> 3. Did you sing a song about someone so fine he blew your mind?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Tom T. Hall (??).
3. I am not Toni Basil.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> Qs:
> 
> 1. Were you nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”?
> 2. Were you an 18th-century Englishwoman who claimed to have given birth to rabbits?
> 3. Are you a title character created by Thorne Smith?

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 11, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/68 "2024-12-11T18:34:40Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

1 was Ty Cobb; 2 was Mary Toft; 3 was Topper.

DQs:  
1. American?  
2. living?  
3. known for politics?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/69 "2024-12-11T21:30:37Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@SunUp](#):
> >
> > 1. Were you the love interest of the title character in _Boy Meets World_?
> > 2. Did you write the song “Harper Valley P.T.A.”?
> > 3. Did you sing a song about someone so fine he blew your mind?
> 
> 1. Take a DQ.
> 2. I am not Tom T. Hall (??).
> 3. I am not Toni Basil.

Topanga Lawrence, correct, and correct.

1 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 11, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/70 "2024-12-11T21:40:16Z")

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IQ1: Do Cosmo and Wanda often help you?  
IQ2: Were you born in the cabin your father built on the Angolan coast?  
IQ3: Were you Victoria Budinger’s first husband?

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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 11, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/71 "2024-12-11T21:58:36Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you star in _Orphan Black_?  
2. Does the visual list of your previous adventures on the back cover usually begin with _The Blue Lotus_?  
3. Were you Fred Ott’s employer?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/72 "2024-12-12T00:32:25Z")

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Nice win **Prof!** Assuming I get credit for the assist.

IQs:

1. Were you the main protagonist in a series of movies made by Warner Brothers in the 1930s?
2. Are you another antagonist in yet another tale of horror-clowns?
3. Are you the leader of a gang of alley cats?

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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, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/73 "2024-12-12T01:40:29Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. First name starts with T
3. Male
4. Not known for the Arts
5. American
6. Living
7. Known for politics

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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, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/74 "2024-12-12T01:42:05Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Q1: Do Cosmo and Wanda often help you?  
> IQ2: Were you born in the cabin your father built on the Angolan coast?  
> IQ3: Were you Victoria Budinger’s first husband?

1. I am not Timmy Turner.
2. I am not Tarzan.
3. Take a DQ.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you star in _Orphan Black_?
> 2. Does the visual list of your previous adventures on the back cover usually begin with _The Blue Lotus_?
> 3. Were you Fred Ott’s employer?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@knoodler](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you the main protagonist in a series of movies made by Warner Brothers in the 1930s?
> 2. Are you another antagonist in yet another tale of horror-clowns?
> 3. Are you the leader of a gang of alley cats?

1. I am not Topper (??)
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Top Cat.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/75 "2024-12-12T01:47:40Z")

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1. Torchy Blane
2. Tickles the Clown
3. correct

**DQs:**

1. Born after 1960?
2. Currently serving in public office?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/76 "2024-12-12T02:12:24Z")

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DQ: Associated with a state east of the Mississippi River?

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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 12, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/77 "2024-12-12T02:21:27Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you star in _Orphan Black_?  
> 2. Does the visual list of your previous adventures on the back cover usually begin with _The Blue Lotus_?  
> 3. Were you Fred Ott’s employer?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Take 3 DQs.

1 was Tatiana Maslany; 2 was Tintin; 3 was Thomas Edison.

DQ: last name begins from A-M?

2 DQs 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 12, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/78 "2024-12-12T02:44:20Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > Q1: Do Cosmo and Wanda often help you?  
> > IQ2: Were you born in the cabin your father built on the Angolan coast?  
> > IQ3: Were you Victoria Budinger’s first husband?
> 
> 1. I am not Timmy Turner.
> 2. I am not Tarzan.
> 3. Take a DQ.

correct  
correct  
Herbert “Tiny Tim” Khaury

One DQ 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 12, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/79 "2024-12-12T14:34:12Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. First name starts with T
3. Male
4. Not known for the Arts
5. American
6. Living
7. Known for politics
8. Born before 1960
9. Currently serving in public office
10. Associated with a state east of the Mississippi River
11. Last name begins with A-M

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2024/1011224/80 "2024-12-12T15:11:12Z")

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IQ:

1. Did you coach college football before entering politics?
2. Did you recently run for the second-highest office in the US?
3. Did you once criticize Al Sharpton for being a “race-hustling charlatan”?

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