# Botticelli - February 2018

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983 "2018-02-01T20:57:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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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 22, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/201 "2018-02-22T03:08:11Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Batgirl on the 1960’s _Batman_ TV series?
> 2. Are you an alien enemy of Dr. Strange and the Defenders?
> 3. Are you one of Dr. Henry Pym’s many alternate identities?

not was her name Yvonne Craig?, not Yandroth, not Yellowjacket

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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 22, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/202 "2018-02-22T03:18:44Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you part of a folk music threesome? - Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary  
Do you provide a key voice on _The Simpsons_? - Yes, Yeardley Smith  
Did Hamlet know you in his youth? - Yes, alas, poor Yorick

DQ:

Last name start with Y?

IQs:

You were a national leader; did you and the #2 guy of a rival country, whom you met soon after a state funeral, hold kinda sorta the same job years before?  
Were you the first man in space?  
Were you a big nasty critter in the tales of H.P. Lovecraft?

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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 22, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/203 "2018-02-22T03:28:12Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not was her name Yvonne Craig?, not Yandroth, not Yellowjacket

Correct x3. Bravo.

IQs:

1. Are you a magic-using DC superheroine from the pages of _Superboy_?
2. Did you ride with Jesse James?
3. Did you used to be known as Cat Stevens?

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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 22, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/204 "2018-02-22T12:34:57Z")

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DQ Roundemup

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

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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 22, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/205 "2018-02-22T12:36:44Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> You were a national leader; did you and the #2 guy of a rival country, whom you met soon after a state funeral, hold kinda sorta the same job years before?  
> Were you the first man in space?  
> Were you a big nasty critter in the tales of H.P. Lovecraft?

not Yuri Andropov?, DQ, not Yog-sothoth

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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 22, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/206 "2018-02-22T12:38:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Are you a magic-using DC superheroine from the pages of _Superboy_?
> 2. Did you ride with Jesse James?
> 3. Did you used to be known as Cat Stevens?

can’t remember, not James Young?, not Yusef Islam

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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 22, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/207 "2018-02-22T14:02:08Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Correct x3. Bravo.
> 
> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a magic-using DC superheroine from the pages of _Superboy_?
> 2. Did you ride with Jesse James?
> 3. Did you used to be known as Cat Stevens?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> can’t remember, not James Young?, not Yusef Islam

#1 is the Yellow Peri.  
#2 was Cole Younger.  
Correct on #3.

DQs:

1. Living?
2. American?

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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 22, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/208 "2018-02-22T15:49:46Z")

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DQ Roundemup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with Y
4. Living
5. Not American

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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 22, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/209 "2018-02-22T16:21:09Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you win a gold medal for figure skating in 1992?
2. Did you have a hit record with _Guitars, Cadillacs_?
3. Does the company you founded make motorcycles and musical instruments?

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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 22, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/210 "2018-02-22T16:36:40Z")

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Take 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:** [February 22, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/211 "2018-02-22T16:50:27Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you win a gold medal for figure skating in 1992?
> 2. Did you have a hit record with _Guitars, Cadillacs_?
> 3. Does the company you founded make motorcycles and musical instruments?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Take 3 DQs

#1 was Kristi Yamaguchi.  
#2 was Dwight Yoakum.  
#3 was Mr. Yamaha.

DQs:

1. Born after 1960?
2. Known for the Arts?
3. European?

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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 22, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/212 "2018-02-22T17:03:48Z")

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Previous IQs:

You were a national leader; did you and the #2 guy of a rival country, whom you met soon after a state funeral, hold kinda sorta the same job years before? - Yes, Soviet leader Yuri Andropov. He, a former KGB chairman, and then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, former Director of Central Intelligence, met in Moscow after the funeral of Andropov’s predecessor  
Were you the first man in space? - Yuri Gagarin  
Were you a big nasty critter in the tales of H.P. Lovecraft? - Yes, Yog-sothoth

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did Johnny Rico serve aboard a ship named after you?  
Did you record _Rust Never Sleeps_?  
Were US ambassador to the UN in the late 1970s?

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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 22, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/213 "2018-02-22T17:22:37Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with _Like a Surgeon_?
2. Did you star in _Logan’s Run_?
3. Did you create the comic strip _Blondie_?

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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 22, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/214 "2018-02-22T21:11:51Z")

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DQ Roundemup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with Y
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Born before 1960
7. Known for the Arts
8. European

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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 22, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/215 "2018-02-22T21:13:14Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did Johnny Rico serve aboard a ship named after you?  
> Did you record _Rust Never Sleeps_?  
> Were US ambassador to the UN in the late 1970s?

DQ, not Neal Young, 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 22, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/216 "2018-02-22T21:16:52Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a hit with _Like a Surgeon_?
> 2. Did you star in _Logan’s Run_?
> 3. Did you create the comic strip _Blondie_?

not Weird Al Yankovic, DQ, not Chic Young

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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 22, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/217 "2018-02-22T21:18:42Z")

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DQ: Known for the performing arts?

IQs:

1. Did you bear Clark Gable’s baby after he allegedly raped you?
2. Were you an Irish poet who was one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre?
3. Were you a French fashion designer of the 20th Century?

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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 22, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/218 "2018-02-22T21:35:36Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did Johnny Rico serve aboard a ship named after you? - WWII Medal of Honor winner Rodger Young of Ohio, in Robert Heinlein’s \*Starship Troopers  
\*Did you record _Rust Never Sleeps_? - Yes, Neal (s/b Neil] Young  
Were [you] US ambassador to the UN in the late 1970s? - Andrew Young

Young x3!

British?  
Born before 1940?  
Has won a top award in his field?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a bouncy costar of _Baywatch_?  
Were you a not-so-bouncy costar of _Bewitched_?  
Did you win a Medal of Honor during WWI for heroism and notable marksmanship?

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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 23, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/219 "2018-02-23T00:33:47Z")

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DQ Roundemup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with Y
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Born before 1960
7. Known for the Arts
8. European
9. Known for the performing arts
10. Technically British
11. Born after 1940
12. Has not won a top award in his field

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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 23, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2018/807983/220 "2018-02-23T00:35:54Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you a bouncy costar of _Baywatch_?  
> Were you a not-so-bouncy costar of _Bewitched_?  
> Did you win a Medal of Honor during WWI for heroism and notable marksmanship?

not Yasmine Bleeth?, not Dick York, DQ

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