# Botticelli, February 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337 "2014-02-02T06:47:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 27

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/521 "2014-02-28T03:45:13Z")

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Would it help if I said it’s that time of year again?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/522 "2014-02-28T04:02:14Z")

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IQ: Did you found the Girl Scouts?

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/523 "2014-02-28T04:33:14Z")

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Ooo, I think etv78 has it. (Munchin’ on a Thin Mint now.)

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/524 "2014-02-28T12:11:07Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did you found the Girl Scouts?

Yes, I am **Juliette Gordon Low** (1860-1927), founder of the Girl Scouts of America.

She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the Girl Scouts’ centennial year. (The Wiki article has her listed in the “Humanitarian” group.)

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/525 "2014-02-28T13:59:32Z")

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Oh, you mean Daisy!

Well done, etv78! Good job.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/526 "2014-02-28T17:15:46Z")

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Glad it was her.

Your letter is. H

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/527 "2014-02-28T17:59:26Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you LBJ’s VP?
2. Did you repeatedly save The Boy Who Lived’s ass?
3. Did you lust after Lolita?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/528 "2014-02-28T18:09:11Z")

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Not Hubert Humphrey, 2 DQs

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/529 "2014-02-28T18:42:58Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you LBJ’s VP?
> 2. Did you repeatedly save The Boy Who Lived’s ass?
> 3. Did you lust after Lolita?

> [@etv78](#):
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> Not Hubert Humphrey, 2 DQs

#2 was Hermione Granger, who repeatedly saved Harry Potter.  
#3 was Humbert H. Humbert, from Nabokov’s novel.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/530 "2014-02-28T18:52:06Z")

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1.Real  
2.Male

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/531 "2014-02-28T19:33:26Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you Tommy Dorsey’s brother who was also a bandleader?
2. Do you currently appear in a hilarious series of commercials with Malcolm McDowell?
3. Did you voice Natasha Fatale?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/532 "2014-02-28T19:35:32Z")

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Not Jimmy Dorsey or James Earl Jones

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:** [February 28, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/533 "2014-02-28T20:27:45Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you Tommy Dorsey’s brother who was also a bandleader?
> 2. Do you currently appear in a hilarious series of commercials with Malcolm McDowell?
> 3. Did you voice Natasha Fatale?

> [@etv78](#):
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> Not Jimmy Dorsey or James Earl Jones
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> DQ

Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was June Foray, who also voiced Rocky the Flying Squirrel.

DQ: Alive?

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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:** [February 28, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/534 "2014-02-28T20:41:04Z")

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Way to go, **etv**! I’ve heard of Low, but wouldn’t have guessed her.

IQs:

Are you a wealthy businessman referred to in the movie _Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid_?  
Are you a later relative of his who became a governor, senior Federal official and diplomat?  
Are you an intelligent, strong and good dog from _The Silmarillion_?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/535 "2014-03-01T01:05:42Z")

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EH-3 DQs

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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:** [March 1, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/536 "2014-03-01T02:29:03Z")

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Oops. H, not J.

IQs:

1. Did you play the Doctor who was not the Doctor?
2. In your first major screen role, did you make a Splash?
3. Were you a Secretary General of the United Nations?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/537 "2014-03-01T03:07:09Z")

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Not Darryl Hannah or previous Botticelli target Dag Hammerskjold.

DQ for the Dr Who reference.

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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:** [March 1, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/538 "2014-03-01T03:16:51Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Not Darryl Hannah or previous Botticelli target Dag Hammerskjold.
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> DQ for the Dr Who reference.

John Hurt played a sort-of-version-of the Doctor in a recent Special.

DQ: Alive?

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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:** [March 1, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/539 "2014-03-01T03:21:06Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you Hawkman’s alter ego?
2. Did you hang out with the Bowery Boys?
3. Are you the Love Bug?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/540 "2014-03-01T04:30:21Z")

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Should know #2 but 3 DQs

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