# 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\
**Page:** 9

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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 24, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/161 "2019-02-24T14:20:48Z")

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DQ:

1. Fictional

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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 24, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/162 "2019-02-24T14:21:50Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you the star of the post-apocalyptic TV series _Jericho_?  
> Did you sing “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”?  
> Were you a noted black actress of the Seventies?

#3. I am not Leslie Uggams.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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 24, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/163 "2019-02-24T17:54:01Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you the star of the post-apocalyptic TV series _Jericho_? - Skeet Ulrich  
Did you sing “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”? - Usher (great video BTW): [Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (Official Music Video) ft. Pitbull - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dvTjK_07c)  
Were you a noted black actress of the Seventies? - Yes, Leslie Uggams

DQs:

Male?  
Last name start with U?

IQs:

Were you a murderous British politician?  
Were you a murderous American politician?  
Were you Frodo Baggins’s cover name while fleeing Hobbiton?

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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 24, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/164 "2019-02-24T17:56:24Z")

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DQ:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with U  
EH:

Did you see Leslie Uggams in the Deadpool movies?

IQs:

Were you a murderous British politician?  
Were you a murderous American politician?  
Were you Frodo Baggins’s cover name while fleeing Hobbiton?

#1. Take a DQ.  
#2. I am not Aaron Urr. Oh, all right, take a DQ.  
#3. I am not Mr. Underhill.

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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 24, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/165 "2019-02-24T18:59:52Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play The Bride in the Kill Bill movies?  
> IQ2: Are you the drummer for Metallica?  
> IQ3: Are you the Babylonian version of Noah?  
> #1. I am not Uma Thurman.  
> #2. Take a DQ.  
> #3. I am not Utnapishtim.

Lars Ulrich

DQ: Originally from literature?

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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 24, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/166 "2019-02-24T19:04:43Z")

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IQ1: Are you the Dread Dormammu’s treacherous sister?  
IQ2: Are you an Avengers villain voiced by James Spader?  
IQ3: Were you and Gaia parents to the Titans?

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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 24, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/167 "2019-02-24T19:13:45Z")

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DQ:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with U
4. Not originally from literature

KO:

IQ1: Are you the Dread Dormammu’s treacherous sister?  
IQ2: Are you an Avengers villain voiced by James Spader?  
IQ3: Were you and Gaia parents to the Titans?

1. I forget. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Ultron.
3. I am not Uranus.

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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 24, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/168 "2019-02-24T23:49:33Z")

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Umar

DQ: Originally from TV?

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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 25, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/169 "2019-02-25T00:03:31Z")

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IQ1: Did you write the \*Earthsea \*series?  
IQ2: Did you voice Prince John and King Richard in the 1973 Disney animated film _Robin Hood_?  
IQ3: Did _The Simpsons_ spin off from your show?

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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 25, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/170 "2019-02-25T02:04:33Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> …EH:
> 
> Did you see Leslie Uggams in the Deadpool movies?..

Oh, yeah!

Previous IQs:

Were you a murderous British politician? - Francis Urquhart, in the original _House of Cards_  
Were you a murderous American politician? - Frank Underwood, in the American remake  
Were you Frodo Baggins’s cover name while fleeing Hobbiton? - Yes, Mr. Underhill

DQs:

First introduced before 1950?  
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Was your catchphrase “Did I do that?”  
Were you a British paratrooper officer who ended up as a UN official?  
Were you a famous role of Tony Randall’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 25, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/171 "2019-02-25T17:19:27Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write the \*Earthsea \*series?  
> IQ2: Did you voice Prince John and King Richard in the 1973 Disney animated film _Robin Hood_?  
> IQ3: Did _The Simpsons_ spin off from your show?

1. I am not Ursula K. LeGuin.
2. I am not Peter Ustinov.
3. I am not Tracy Ullman.

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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 25, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/172 "2019-02-25T17:20:27Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Was your catchphrase “Did I do that?”  
> Were you a British paratrooper officer who ended up as a UN official?  
> Were you a famous role of Tony Randall’s?

1. I am not Urkel.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Felix Unger.

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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 25, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/173 "2019-02-25T17:22:06Z")

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DQ:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with U
4. Not originally from literature
5. Not originally from TV
6. First introduced after 1950
7. Would not be alive today, if real.

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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 25, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/174 "2019-02-25T18:22:13Z")

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IQ1: Are you a rock troll foe of Thor? (Marvel)  
IQ2: Did you write _The Name of the Rose_?  
IQ3: Did your novel expose labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry?

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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 25, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/175 "2019-02-25T20:14:54Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a rock troll foe of Thor? (Marvel)  
> IQ2: Did you write _The Name of the Rose_?  
> IQ3: Did your novel expose labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry?

1. I am not Ulik.
2. I am not Umberto Eco.
3. I am not John Updike.

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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 25, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/176 "2019-02-25T21:01:39Z")

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Previous IQs:

Was your catchphrase “Did I do that?” - Yes, Urkel  
Were you a British paratrooper officer who ended up as a UN official? - Col. Urquhart (I forget his first name)  
Were you a famous role of Tony Randall’s? - Yes, Felix Unger

DQ:

Originally from movies?

IQs:

Did Poe write about your spooky house and your weird thing for your sister?  
Did Stephen King, not your creator, say you were a terrific villain?  
Did Paul Atreides have this name among the Fremen?

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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 25, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/177 "2019-02-25T23:01:40Z")

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DQ:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with U
4. Not originally from literature
5. Not originally from TV
6. First introduced after 1950
7. Would not be alive today, if real.
8. In movies, but not originally from movies

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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 25, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/178 "2019-02-25T23:02:58Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did Poe write about your spooky house and your weird thing for your sister?  
> Did Stephen King, not your creator, say you were a terrific villain?  
> Did Paul Atreides have this name among the Fremen?

1. I am not Roderick Usher.
2. Take a DQ.
3. All I’m coming up with is Muad’dib. Take a DQ.

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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 26, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/179 "2019-02-26T02:51:48Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did Poe write about your spooky house and your weird thing for your sister? - Yes, the doomed Roderick Usher  
Did Stephen King, not your creator, say you were a terrific villain? - Dolores Umbridge, in the _Harry Potter_ books  
Did Paul Atreides have this name among the Fremen? - Usul, “the Base”

DQs:

From comics?  
Considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Did you estimate, based on Bible scholarship, that the Earth was only about 6,000 years old?  
Were you an ill-trained dog featured in a production company’s TV title card?  
Were you a villain in the first _Planet of the Apes_ movie?

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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, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2019/828851/180 "2019-02-26T03:35:06Z")

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DQ:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with U
4. Not originally from literature
5. Not originally from TV
6. First introduced after 1950
7. Would not be alive today, if real.
8. In movies, but not originally from movies
9. From comics
10. Considered a bad guy.

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