# Botticelli February 2015

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 2, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611 "2015-02-02T16:01:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/121 "2015-02-06T17:53:15Z")

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# SUMMARY

1. Real person
2. Male

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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:** [February 6, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/122 "2015-02-06T18:31:15Z")

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0 for 6…

IQ1: Are you and Bill Kreutzmann known as “the rhythm devils”?  
IQ2: Did you write _I, the Jury_?  
IQ3: Were you the drummer for _T Rex_, and is a particularly strong drink named after you?

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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 6, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/123 "2015-02-06T20:20:24Z")

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Malachi Throne was also on the original _Star Trek_: [José I. Mendez | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_I._Mendez)

IQs:

Are you the Red Priestess?  
Does your painting hang in a SCOTUS dining room?  
Does your painting hang in the same place?

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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, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/124 "2015-02-06T20:29:50Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Buffy’s kid sister?
> 2. Were you the 13th President of the United States?
> 3. Did you play the villainous False Face on the 1960’s TV series _Batman_?

> [@astorian](#):
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> Not Millard FIllmore or Malachi Throne (Robert Wagner’s boss on _ **It Takes a Thief** _)
> 
> Take a DQ for #1

Michelle Trachtenberg played Dawn on _Buffy: the Vampire Slayer_.  
Correct on Millard.  
I can’t believe you got Malachi. Wow!

DQ: Last name starts with M?

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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, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/125 "2015-02-06T20:33:27Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you paint _The Angelus_?
2. Were you a Pre-Raphaelite artist who painted _Ophelia_?
3. Were you a 1960’s comedienne who recorded a serious version of _Abraham, Martin & John_?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/126 "2015-02-06T21:42:31Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> 0 for 6…
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> IQ1: Are you and Bill Kreutzmann known as “the rhythm devils”?  
> IQ2: Did you write _I, the Jury_?  
> IQ3: Were you the drummer for _T Rex_, and is a particularly strong drink named after you?

Not Mickey Hart, Mickey Spillane, or… gah, Mickey Finn???

If #3 is wrong, take a DQ

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/127 "2015-02-06T21:44:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Malachi Throne was also on the original _Star Trek_: [José I. Mendez | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_I._Mendez)
> 
> IQs:
> 
> Are you the Red Priestess?  
> Does your painting hang in a SCOTUS dining room?  
> Does your painting hang in the same place?

Not Melisandre.

After that… not Martha Washington and Dolly Madison?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/128 "2015-02-06T21:45:48Z")

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# SUMMARY

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with M

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/129 "2015-02-06T21:46:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you paint _The Angelus_?
> 2. Were you a Pre-Raphaelite artist who painted _Ophelia_?
> 3. Were you a 1960’s comedienne who recorded a serious version of _Abraham, Martin & John_?

Not Moms Mabley

Take DQs for #1 and #2

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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, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/130 "2015-02-06T22:21:34Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you paint _The Angelus_?
> 2. Were you a Pre-Raphaelite artist who painted _Ophelia_?
> 3. Were you a 1960’s comedienne who recorded a serious version of _Abraham, Martin & John_?

> [@astorian](#):
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> Not Moms Mabley
> 
> Take DQs for #1 and #2

#1 was Jean-Francois Millet.  
#2 was John Everett Millais.

DQs:

1. Alive?
2. Known for the arts?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/131 "2015-02-06T22:34:13Z")

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# SUMMARY

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with M
4. ALive
5. Not known for involvement in 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:** [February 7, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/132 "2015-02-07T02:21:46Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you Jimmy Carter’s Vice President?
2. Were you the maniac drummer from the Who?
3. Were you known as “the Man with the Golden Voice”?

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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, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/133 "2015-02-07T03:37:39Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a fictional college football player who became a surgeon after graduating?  
> IQ2: Did you marry Donald Penobscott?  
> IQ3: Did your cousin Stephen take a top job that was meant for you?

> [@astorian](#):
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> Not “Trapper John” McIntyre or Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan  
> Take a DQ for #3

Correct on Trapper and Margaret.  
The Empress Matilda (or Maude).  
DQ:  
IQ1: Were you Tim O’Hara’s uncle?  
IQ2: Were you a bounty hunter seeking revenge on El Indio?  
IQ3: Did your mother invent Liquid Paper?

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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 7, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/134 "2015-02-07T03:43:23Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you the Red Priestess? - Yes, Melissandre.  
Does your painting hang in a SCOTUS dining room? - William Marbury  
Does your painting hang in the same place? - James Madison, natch

DQs:

American?  
Political/military?

IQs:

Were you the most tuneful girl in all of Penzance?  
Were you the superintendent of The Citadel after WWII?  
Were you Neo’s tutor and guide?

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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:** [February 7, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/135 "2015-02-07T16:34:41Z")

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IQ1: Are you a former Arizona Representative who champions environmental causes and tried to get the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 race?  
IQ2: Are you a recording artist and a long-time friend of Prince who played his adversary in _Purple Rain_?  
IQ3: Are you a former standout from LSU who now plays cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/136 "2015-02-08T15:02:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you Jimmy Carter’s Vice President?
> 2. Were you the maniac drummer from the Who?
> 3. Were you known as “the Man with the Golden Voice”?

Not Walter Mondale or Keith Moon

Take a DQ for #3

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/137 "2015-02-08T15:04:38Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Tim O’Hara’s uncle?  
> IQ2: Were you a bounty hunter seeking revenge on El Indio?  
> IQ3: Did your mother invent Liquid Paper?

Not Uncle Martin or Michael Nesmith

Take a DQ for #2

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/138 "2015-02-08T15:05:39Z")

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# SUMMARY

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with M
4. Alive
5. Not known for involvement in the arts
6. Not American
7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/139 "2015-02-08T15:06:50Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you the most tuneful girl in all of Penzance?  
> Were you the superintendent of The Citadel after WWII?  
> Were you Neo’s tutor and guide?

Not Mabel or Morpheus

Take a DQ for #2

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2015/711611/140 "2015-02-08T15:08:31Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a former Arizona Representative who champions environmental causes and tried to get the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 race?  
> IQ2: Are you a recording artist and a long-time friend of Prince who played his adversary in _Purple Rain_?  
> IQ3: Are you a former standout from LSU who now plays cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys?

Not Mo Udall

Not Morris Day

Not Morris Claiborne

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