# Botticelli - February 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 2, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792 "2017-02-02T00:54:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 16

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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 26, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/301 "2017-02-26T16:57:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _Pygmalion_?
> 2. Do you run the comic book shop on _The Big Bang Theory_?
> 3. Did you play Prof. X in the earlier X-Men movies?

not Stephen Sondheim, not Stewart, not Patrick Stewart

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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 26, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/302 "2017-02-26T16:58:13Z")

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DQ roundup corrected

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with S

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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 26, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/303 "2017-02-26T17:21:41Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you write _Pygmalion_?
> 2. Do you run the comic book shop on _The Big Bang Theory_?
> 3. Did you play Prof. X in the earlier X-Men movies?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Stephen Sondheim, not Stewart, not Patrick Stewart

#1 was George Bernard Shaw, not Sondheim. The other 2 are correct.

DQ: Living?

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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 26, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/304 "2017-02-26T17:24:01Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a Quaker who appears in _Moby Dick_?
2. Are you the main character in the Vonnegut novel _Jailbird_?
3. Did Dirk Benedict play you on _Battlestar Galactica_?

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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 26, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/305 "2017-02-26T19:41:45Z")

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DQ roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with S
4. Alive

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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 26, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/306 "2017-02-26T19:43:43Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a Quaker who appears in _Moby Dick_?
> 2. Are you the main character in the Vonnegut novel _Jailbird_?
> 3. Did Dirk Benedict play you on _Battlestar Galactica_?

DQ, DQ, not Starbuck

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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 26, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/307 "2017-02-26T21:55:26Z")

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IQ1: Was Edward VI your son?  
IQ2: Were you engaged for several years in a power struggle with your cousin Matilda?  
IQ3: Were Col Renwick and Lt Col Mayfair associates of yours?

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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 26, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/308 "2017-02-26T23:03:47Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a Quaker who appears in _Moby Dick_?
> 2. Are you the main character in the Vonnegut novel _Jailbird_?
> 3. Did Dirk Benedict play you on _Battlestar Galactica_?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, DQ, not Starbuck

#1 was Starbuck.  
#2 was Walter Starbuck.  
#3, correct, was Lt. Starbuck.

Starbuck x3!

DQs:

1. American?
2. Born after 1980?

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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 26, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/309 "2017-02-26T23:07:18Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you pen the poem _Ozymandias_?
2. Are you the Patchwork Girl of Oz?
3. Did Ozzie & Harriet get their own radio show when you were drafted into WWII?

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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 27, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/310 "2017-02-27T00:37:24Z")

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DQ roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with S
4. Alive
5. American
6. Born before 1980

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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 27, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/311 "2017-02-27T00:39:03Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Was Edward VI your son?  
> IQ2: Were you engaged for several years in a power struggle with your cousin Matilda?  
> IQ3: Were Col Renwick and Lt Col Mayfair associates of yours?

Not Jane Seymour, DQ DQ

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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 27, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/312 "2017-02-27T00:40:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you pen the poem _Ozymandias_?
> 2. Are you the Patchwork Girl of Oz?
> 3. Did Ozzie & Harriet get their own radio show when you were drafted into WWII?

not PB Shelley, DQ DQ

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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 27, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/313 "2017-02-27T00:52:09Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Was Edward VI your son?  
> IQ2: Were you engaged for several years in a power struggle with your cousin Matilda?  
> IQ3: Were Col Renwick and Lt Col Mayfair associates of yours?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Not Jane Seymour, DQ DQ

Correct.  
Stephen of Blois, who won and became King Stephen of England.  
Doc Savage.  
DQ1: Known for the Arts?  
DQ2: Born before 1945?

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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 27, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/314 "2017-02-27T01:18:14Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you pen the poem _Ozymandias_?
> 2. Are you the Patchwork Girl of Oz?
> 3. Did Ozzie & Harriet get their own radio show when you were drafted into WWII?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not PB Shelley, DQ DQ

Correct on Shelley. #2 was Scraps. #3 was Red Skelton.

2 DQs reserved.

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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 27, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/315 "2017-02-27T03:08:02Z")

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DQ roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with S
4. Alive
5. American
6. Born before 1980
7. Not known for the arts
8. Born after 1945

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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 27, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/316 "2017-02-27T03:12:10Z")

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DQs:

1. Known for politics or military?
2. Last name starts with SA - SI?

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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 27, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/317 "2017-02-27T03:26:26Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? - Simon Cameron  
Were you his second? - Edwin Stanton  
Were you his SECSTATE? - William H. Seward

Three DQs reserved.

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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 27, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/318 "2017-02-27T12:27:07Z")

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DQ roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with S
4. Alive
5. American
6. Born before 1980
7. Not known for the arts
8. Born after 1945
9. Politics/Military
10. Last name does not start with Sa-Si

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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 27, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/319 "2017-02-27T15:11:14Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the current White House Press Secretary?
2. Are you the current Attorney General?
3. Are you the current Secretary of the Treasury?

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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 27, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2017/778792/320 "2017-02-27T18:55:07Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the current White House Press Secretary?

Yes, I am Sean Spicer!

Had to see if I could sneak a politician who hadn’t held elected office by you. Well done Professor!

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