# Botticelli, February 2014

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**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\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/101 "2014-02-06T22:30:31Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> DQ: Best known from a movie or movies?

Yes, best known from a movie or movies.

Summary for G:

1. Not real.
2. Male.
3. Last name starts with G.
4. Created in the twentieth century.
5. American.
6. Generally considered a good guy.
7. Originally appeared in a little-known work of literature, but better known in another medium.
8. Did not first appear on TV.
9. If real, would still be alive today.
10. Best known from a movie or movies.

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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the amazing, amusing wizard of _Bored of the Rings_?
> 2. Were you Larry Niven’s character with a psychic arm?
> 3. Did you get stuck on an island with Mary Ann and Skipper?

For 3, I’m not Gilligan.

For number 1, I do remember the book, but cannot remember the wizard. For 2, I just plain don’t know. Two 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 6, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/102 "2014-02-06T22:39:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the amazing, amusing wizard of Bored of the Rings?
> 2. Were you Larry Niven’s character with a psychic arm?
> 3. Did you get stuck on an island with Mary Ann and Skipper?
> 
> For 3, I’m not Gilligan.
> 
> For number 1, I do remember the book, but cannot remember the wizard. For 2, I just plain don’t know. Two DQs.

#1 is Goodgulf Greyteeth, and #2 is Gil Hamilton (from _The Long Arm of…_).

DQs:

1. First appeared after 1980?
2. Protagonist?

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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 6, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/103 "2014-02-06T22:52:26Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did the mayor of Chicago threaten to punch you in the snoot if you ever visited his city?  
> IQ2: Are you buried at your home on the island of Caprera?  
> IQ3: Were you a brevet major general whose brother was awarded the Medal of Honor twice?

> [@Spoons](#):
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> No idea on 1 and 3. For 2, I’m not Giuseppe Garibaldi.

King George. (Opinion is divided as to whether he meant George V, the then reigning monarch, or George III, a known troublemaker.)  
Correct on Giuseppe Garibaldi.  
George Armstrong Custer.  
IQ1: Did your mama say life is like a box of chocolates?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/104 "2014-02-06T22:52:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1 is Goodgulf Greyteeth, and #2 is Gil Hamilton (from _The Long Arm of…_).
> 
> DQs:
> 
> 1. First appeared after 1980?
> 2. Protagonist?

In print prior to 1980; in film after 1980.  
Protagonist.

Summary for G:

1. Not real.
2. Male.
3. Last name starts with G.
4. Created in the twentieth century.
5. American.
6. Generally considered a good guy.
7. Originally appeared in a little-known work of literature, but better known in another medium.
8. Did not first appear on TV.
9. If real, would still be alive today.
10. Best known from a movie or movies.
11. In print prior to 1980; in film after 1980.
12. Protagonist.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/105 "2014-02-06T22:56:48Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did your mama say life is like a box of chocolates?

I’m not Forrest Gump.

**SCAdian** , I’ll assume that you’re reserving your DQs for King George and General Custer?

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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 6, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/106 "2014-02-06T23:55:57Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the protagonist of _All That Jazz_?
2. Were you played by Sandra Dee, Sally Field and Karen Valentine?
3. Did your character get his own spinoff in a dramatic series from a very popular sitcom?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/107 "2014-02-07T00:29:08Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you the protagonist of _All That Jazz_?
> 2. Were you played by Sandra Dee, Sally Field and Karen Valentine?
> 3. Did your character get his own spinoff in a dramatic series from a very popular sitcom?

For 1, I’m not Joe Gideon. For 2, I’m not Gidget. For 3, I’m not Lou Grant.

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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 7, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/108 "2014-02-07T01:12:59Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did your mama say life is like a box of chocolates?

> [@Spoons](#):
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> I’m not Forrest Gump.
> 
> **SCAdian** , I’ll assume that you’re reserving your DQs for King George and General Custer?

Actually, I was hoping that I wouldn’t have any use for those DQs… 🙂

DQ1: From a literary genre, rather than generic “fiction”?  
DQ2: Is your name used in the title of the book or the movie(s)?  
IQ1: Do you live with the Man with the Yellow Hat?  
IQ2: Was your middle name Schwenck?  
IQ3: Did you write a long series of books about a lawyer?

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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 7, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/109 "2014-02-07T01:17:07Z")

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Right on all three.

IQs:

1. Were a chicken inventor who worked for Scrooge McDuck?
2. Did you battle Dr. Claw?
3. Did you live next door to the Stevens couple?

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**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/110 "2014-02-07T01:54:13Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> DQ1: From a literary genre, rather than generic “fiction”?  
> DQ2: Is your name used in the title of the book or the movie(s)?

I don’t know if the literary work is from a recognized genre of literature. The movie certainly belongs to a genre of cinema.  
My name is not used in the title of the literary work or the movie.

Summary for G:

1. Not real.
2. Male.
3. Last name starts with G.
4. Created in the twentieth century.
5. American.
6. Generally considered a good guy.
7. Originally appeared in a little-known work of literature, but better known in another medium.
8. Did not first appear on TV.
9. If real, would still be alive today.
10. Best known from a movie or movies.
11. In print prior to 1980; in film after 1980.
12. Protagonist.  
13, I don’t know if the literary work is from a recognized genre of literature. The movie certainly belongs to a genre of cinema.
13. My name is not used in the title of the literary work or the movie.

> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Do you live with the Man with the Yellow Hat?  
> IQ2: Was your middle name Schwenck?  
> IQ3: Did you write a long series of books about a lawyer?

For 1, I’m not Curious George; and for 3, I’m not Robert Van Gulik (I’ve read a few of those).

No idea on 2. Take a DQ.

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**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/111 "2014-02-07T01:58:37Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you sing “We Shall Be Free?” in a cowboy hat? - Yes, Garth Brooks.  
Were you an unusual alien prostitute? - Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore from Eroticon VII, in _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_.  
Were you the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg? - Yes, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade.

DQ:

Usually a resident of NYC?

IQs:

Did you take off your clothes to distract a heavily-armed man?  
Were you one of the pals in _Brian’s Song_?  
Were you an OSU football star who didn’t do nearly as well in the NFL?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/112 "2014-02-07T02:00:47Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were a chicken inventor who worked for Scrooge McDuck?
> 2. Did you battle Dr. Claw?
> 3. Did you live next door to the Stevens couple?

For 1, I’m not Gyro Gearloose.

No idea for 2. DQ for you.

Number 3 seems to be a “Bewitched” reference, so the neighbour would be Gladys Kravitz. If it’s not a “Betwiched” reference, take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/113 "2014-02-07T02:06:00Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you an unusual alien prostitute? - Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore from Eroticon VII, in _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_.

:smack: Didn’t even think of Eccentrica, and I’ve read HHGTTG a few times.

> [@](#):
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> DQ:
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> Usually a resident of NYC?

Not a resident of NYC.

Summary for G:

1. Not real.
2. Male.
3. Last name starts with G.
4. Created in the twentieth century.
5. American.
6. Generally considered a good guy.
7. Originally appeared in a little-known work of literature, but better known in another medium.
8. Did not first appear on TV.
9. If real, would still be alive today.
10. Best known from a movie or movies.
11. In print prior to 1980; in film after 1980.
12. Protagonist.  
13, I don’t know if the literary work is from a recognized genre of literature. The movie certainly belongs to a genre of cinema.
13. My name is not used in the title of the literary work or the movie.
14. Not a resident of NYC.

> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you take off your clothes to distract a heavily-armed man?  
> Were you one of the pals in _Brian’s Song_?  
> Were you an OSU football star who didn’t do nearly as well in the NFL?

For 2, I’m not Gale Sayers. No idea about the others–two DQs.

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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 7, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/114 "2014-02-07T03:20:46Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Do you live with the Man with the Yellow Hat?  
> IQ2: Was your middle name Schwenck?  
> IQ3: Did you write a long series of books about a lawyer?

> [@Spoons](#):
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> For 1, I’m not Curious George; and for 3, I’m not Robert Van Gulik (I’ve read a few of those).
> 
> No idea on 2. Take a DQ.

Correct on Curious George.  
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (of “…and Sullivan” fame).  
Van Gulik? Never heard of him…  
DQ: Main setting of the story east of the Mississippi?  
IQ1: Did you write a long series of books about a lawyer, which was turned into a popular TV series?  
IQ2: Did they call you Possum?  
IQ3: Have I flogged you and flayed you?

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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 7, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/115 "2014-02-07T03:39:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were a chicken inventor who worked for Scrooge McDuck?
> 2. Did you battle Dr. Claw?
> 3. Did you live next door to the Stevens couple?  
> For 1, I’m not Gyro Gearloose.
> 
> No idea for 2. DQ for you.
> 
> Number 3 seems to be a “Bewitched” reference, so the neighbour would be Gladys Kravitz. If it’s not a “Betwiched” reference, take a DQ.

Right on Gyro and Gladys. #2 was Inspector Gadget.

DQ: from a work of Science Fiction?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/116 "2014-02-07T04:05:26Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Van Gulik? Never heard of him…

He wrote the Judge Dee series of novels.

> [@](#):
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> DQ: Main setting of the story east of the Mississippi?

No, main setting of the story is not east of the Mississippi.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> DQ: from a work of Science Fiction?

Not from a work of science fiction.

1. Not real.
2. Male.
3. Last name starts with G.
4. Created in the twentieth century.
5. American.
6. Generally considered a good guy.
7. Originally appeared in a little-known work of literature, but better known in another medium.
8. Did not first appear on TV.
9. If real, would still be alive today.
10. Best known from a movie or movies.
11. In print prior to 1980; in film after 1980.
12. Protagonist.  
13, I don’t know if the literary work is from a recognized genre of literature. The movie certainly belongs to a genre of cinema.
13. My name is not used in the title of the literary work or the movie.
14. Not a resident of NYC.
15. Main setting of the story is not east of the Mississippi.
16. Not from a work of science fiction.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/117 "2014-02-07T04:13:12Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write a long series of books about a lawyer, which was turned into a popular TV series?  
> IQ2: Did they call you Possum?  
> IQ3: Have I flogged you and flayed you?

For 1, all I can think of is John Grisham, but he never wrote series of novels. DQ for you.

No idea on 2–DQ for you.

As for 3, I’m not Gunga Din. (“I have flogged you and I’ve flayed you, but by the living God that made you, you’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din.” I used to enjoy reciting Kipling.)

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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 7, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/118 "2014-02-07T11:57:27Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you write a long series of books about a lawyer, which was turned into a popular TV series?  
> IQ2: Did they call you Possum?  
> IQ3: Have I flogged you and flayed you?

> [@Spoons](#):
>
> For 1, all I can think of is John Grisham, but he never wrote series of novels. DQ for you.
> 
> No idea on 2–DQ for you.
> 
> As for 3, I’m not Gunga Din. (“I have flogged you and I’ve flayed you, but by the living God that made you, you’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din.” I used to enjoy reciting Kipling.)

Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote the Perry Mason stories.  
George Jones.  
Correct on Gunga Din.  
Two DQs reserved.  
Though not the author of my favourite poem, Kipling is my favourite poet.

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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 7, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/119 "2014-02-07T14:03:33Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi mentor?
2. Were you the lead singer of Genesis for awhile?
3. Did you have a wife three times your size?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/120 "2014-02-07T17:47:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi mentor?
> 2. Were you the lead singer of Genesis for awhile?
> 3. Did you have a wife three times your size?

For 2, I’m not Peter Gabriel. No idea on 1 and 3–take two DQs.

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