# Botticelli - February 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 2, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851 "2019-02-02T22:10:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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 11, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/81 "2019-02-11T20:04:08Z")

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Mike Tomlin, M-m-m-mel Tillis, Channing Tatum

Real?  
Last name start with T?  
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 11, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/82 "2019-02-11T20:34:16Z")

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IQ1: Did Richard Strauss write a tone poem about your merry pranks?  
IQ2: In a Rush song, are you a modern day warrior with a mean, mean stride?  
IQ3: Did you write about IQ2 the century before?

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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 12, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/83 "2019-02-12T00:20:25Z")

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IQs:

1. Did James McAvoy play you in the first Narnia movie?
2. Did you have a hit with _Blurred Lines_?
3. Are you, alas, POTUS?

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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 12, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/84 "2019-02-12T04:49:43Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did Richard Strauss write a tone poem about your merry pranks?  
> IQ2: In a Rush song, are you a modern day warrior with a mean, mean stride?  
> IQ3: Did you write about IQ2 the century before?

Not Tannhauser, Tom Sawyer or Mark Twain.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did James McAvoy play you in the first Narnia movie?
> 2. Did you have a hit with _Blurred Lines_?
> 3. Are you, alas, POTUS?

Not Mr. Tumnus (sp?), dunno, and not Twitler.

T.

1. real
2. last name starts with T
3. 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 12, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/85 "2019-02-12T12:40:22Z")

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Robin Thicke had the hit song. Correct x2.

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 12, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/86 "2019-02-12T12:43:18Z")

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IQS

1. Did you hang around with Chumley and Prof. Whoopee?
2. Did you have a hit with _16 Tons_?
3. Did you write _the Night of the Iguana_?

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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 12, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/87 "2019-02-12T13:22:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did Richard Strauss write a tone poem about your merry pranks?  
> IQ2: In a Rush song, are you a modern day warrior with a mean, mean stride?  
> IQ3: Did you write about IQ2 the century before?  
> Not Tannhauser, Tom Sawyer or Mark Twain.

Til Eulenspiegel

DQ: 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 12, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/88 "2019-02-12T13:44:51Z")

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IQ1: Were you the villain in the ST:TOS episode “The Squire of Gothos”?  
IQ2: Did you play Jadzia Dax in ST:DS9?  
IQ3: Were you the Science Officer under Captain Archer in ST:E?

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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 12, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/89 "2019-02-12T14:32:16Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQS
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> 1. Did you hang around with Chumley and Prof. Whoopee?
> 2. Did you have a hit with _16 Tons_?
> 3. Did you write _the Night of the Iguana_?

None of the Tennessees: Tuxedo, Ernie Ford or Williams.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the villain in the ST:TOS episode “The Squire of Gothos”?  
> IQ2: Did you play Jadzia Dax in ST: DS9?  
> IQ3: Were you the Science Officer under Captain Archer in ST:E?

Not Trelane, Terry Farrell or T’Pol.

T.

1. real
2. last name starts with T
3. male
4. dead
5. 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 12, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/90 "2019-02-12T19:50:12Z")

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IQ1: Did Pierce Brosnan play you in a 1999 movie about an art theft?  
IQ2: Are you the author of Hannibal Lector novels?  
IQ3: Did you found Prophetstown in 1808?

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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 13, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/91 "2019-02-13T05:06:14Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did Pierce Brosnan play you in a 1999 movie about an art theft?  
> IQ2: Are you the author of Hannibal Lect[e]r novels?  
> IQ3: Did you found Prophetstown in 1808?

Not Thomas Crown, Thomas Harris or Thomas… Brown?

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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 13, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/92 "2019-02-13T13:15:37Z")

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Tecumseh. Decided to break the pattern this time. 🙂

DQ: Died before 1950?

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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 13, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/93 "2019-02-13T14:08:27Z")

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IQ1: Are you a FOX NFL analyst who used to QB the Pittsburgh Steelers?  
IQ2: Are you a former NFL player who plays Sgt. Jeffords in _Brooklyn 99_?  
IQ3: Do you play Charles Boyle on the same show?

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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 13, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/94 "2019-02-13T16:20:43Z")

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Swept me.

IQs:

1. Do you play Loki in Marvel movies?
2. Did you write _The Night the Bed Fell In_?
3. Were you one of the group The Jackson 5?

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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 13, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/95 "2019-02-13T16:38:46Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a FOX NFL analyst who used to QB the Pittsburgh Steelers?  
> IQ2: Are you a former NFL player who plays Sgt. Jeffords in _Brooklyn 99_?  
> IQ3: Do you play Charles Boyle on the same show?

Not Terry Bradshaw, Terry Southern, and dunno.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> …IQs:
> 
> 1. Do you play Loki in Marvel movies?
> 2. Did you write _The Night the Bed Fell In_?
> 3. Were you one of the group The Jackson 5?

Not Tom Hiddleston, dunno, and not Tito Jackson.

T.

1. real
2. last name starts with T
3. male
4. dead
5. American
6. died after 1950

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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 13, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/96 "2019-02-13T16:47:59Z")

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Correct, James Thurber, correct.

DQ: known for 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 13, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/97 "2019-02-13T16:50:34Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with the song _Mean_?
2. Did you have a hit with the song _Fire and Rain_?
3. Were you the only POTUS not to be buried with national honors?

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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 13, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/98 "2019-02-13T18:16:48Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a hit with the song _Mean_?
> 2. Did you have a hit with the song _Fire and Rain_?
> 3. Were you the only POTUS not to be buried with national honors?

Dunno, not James Taylor, and not John Tyler.

T.

1. real
2. last name starts with T
3. male
4. dead
5. American
6. died after 1950
7. not known for the Arts

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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 13, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/99 "2019-02-13T18:26:37Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a FOX NFL analyst who used to QB the Pittsburgh Steelers?  
> IQ2: Are you a former NFL player who plays Sgt. Jeffords in Brooklyn 99?  
> IQ3: Do you play Charles Boyle on the same show?
> 
> Not Terry Bradshaw, Terry Southern, and dunno.

correct, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Trugilo

DQ: Known for politics?  
DQ: Died of natural causes?

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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 13, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/100 "2019-02-13T18:29:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a hit with the song Mean?
> 2. Did you have a hit with the song Fire and Rain?
> 3. Were you the only POTUS not to be buried with national honors?  
> Dunno, not James Taylor, and not John Tyler.

#1 was Taylor Swift. Correct on the others.

DQ: Died after 1999?

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