# Botticelli - February 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441 "2020-02-03T20:14:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/181 "2020-02-25T12:31:04Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you one of the stars of Wedding Crashers?
> 2. Were you married to Judy Garland?
> 3. Were you a Peruvian pin-up artist?  
> Not Vince Vaughan, dunno, and not Varga.

Correct, Vincente Minnelli, and correct on Vargas.

DQ: from song?

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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, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/182 "2020-02-25T14:13:35Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQ:
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> 1. Are you the daughter in The Incredibles?
> 2. Did you end up with Batman at the end of the 1989 movie?
> 3. Is your nickname “The Forces’ Sweetheart”?..

Not Violet Parr, Vicki Vale or Vera Lynn.

V.

1. fictional
2. female
3. first name starts with V
4. not from books
5. created after 1900
6. by an American creator or creators
7. not from TV or movies
8. race unknown
9. from song

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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, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/183 "2020-02-25T14:25:38Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the title character of a Monkees’ song?
2. Are you the title character of a song by Train?
3. Were you known as “Old Kinderhook”?

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/184 "2020-02-25T14:57:29Z")

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IQs:

1. Did Steve Winwood want you to call on him?
2. Were you a woman in her waning years in an Elvis Costello song?
3. Did you run around with Daphne and Shaggy?

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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, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/185 "2020-02-25T15:17:27Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the title character of a Monkees’ song?
> 2. Are you the title character of a song by Train?
> 3. Were you known as “Old Kinderhook”?

Dunno x2; not Martin van Buren.

> [@Personal](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did Steve Winwood want you to call on him?
> 2. Were you a woman in her waning years in an Elvis Costello song?
> 3. Did you run around with Daphne and Shaggy?

Not Valerie, dunno, and not Velma.

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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, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/186 "2020-02-25T23:30:50Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the title character of a Monkees’ song?
> 2. Are you the title character of a song by Train?
> 3. Were you known as “Old Kinderhook”?  
> Dunno x2; not Martin van Buren.

The songs were _Valleri_ and _Meet Virginia._ Okay on O,K.

DQs:

1. Created after 1959?
2. From a pop song?

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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, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/187 "2020-02-26T16:46:35Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you marry Tiny Tim?
2. Were you a French post-Impressionist artist and printmaker who was heavily influenced by Japanese woodblock prints?
3. Were you the first European to sail to India?

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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, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/188 "2020-02-26T16:47:45Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you marry Tiny Tim?
2. Were you a French post-Impressionist artist and printmaker who was heavily influenced by Japanese woodblock prints?
3. Were you the first European to sail to India?

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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, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/189 "2020-02-26T17:05:10Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you marry Tiny Tim?
> 2. Were you a French post-Impressionist artist and printmaker who was heavily influenced by Japanese woodblock prints?
> 3. Were you the first European to sail to India?

Not Miss Vicki, dunno, and not Vasco da Gama.

V.

1. fictional
2. female
3. first name starts with V
4. not from books
5. created after 1900
6. by an American creator or creators
7. not from TV or movies
8. race unknown
9. from song
10. created after 1959
11. Wiki does not describe it as a pop song

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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, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/190 "2020-02-26T17:15:07Z")

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Quote:  
Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post  
IQs:

1. Did you marry Tiny Tim?
2. Were you a French post-Impressionist artist and printmaker who was heavily influenced by Japanese woodblock prints?
3. Were you the first European to sail to India?  
Not Miss Vicki, dunno, and not Vasco da Gama.

Correct, Eduard Vuillard, correct.

DQ: Created after 1979?

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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, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/191 "2020-02-26T18:13:14Z")

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V.

1. fictional
2. female
3. first name starts with V
4. not from books
5. created after 1900
6. by an American creator or creators
7. not from TV or movies
8. race unknown
9. from song
10. created after 1959
11. Wiki does not describe it as a pop song
12. created before 1979

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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, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/192 "2020-02-26T18:45:05Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the captain of the Flying Dutchman in many versions of that story?
2. Were you hired by a rabbit who was married to a voluptuous redhead?
3. Were you one of the stars of the movie _White Christmas_?

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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, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/193 "2020-02-27T04:03:57Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the captain of the Flying Dutchman in many versions of that story?
> 2. Were you hired by a rabbit who was married to a voluptuous redhead?
> 3. Were you one of the stars of the movie _White Christmas_?

Dunno, not Eddie Valiant, and not… Vivian Vance?

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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, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/194 "2020-02-27T12:14:55Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the captain of the Flying Dutchman in many versions of that story?
> 2. Were you hired by a rabbit who was married to a voluptuous redhead?
> 3. Were you one of the stars of the movie _White Christmas_?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, not Eddie Valiant, and not… Vivian Vance?

#1 was Captain Vandervecken.  
Correct on #2.  
#3 was Vera Ellen.

DQs:

1. Created after 1969?
2. From a show tune/musical? (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

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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, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/195 "2020-02-27T14:00:34Z")

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V.

1. fictional
2. female
3. first name starts with V
4. not from books
5. created after 1900
6. by an American creator or creators
7. not from TV or movies
8. race unknown
9. from song
10. created after 1959
11. Wiki does not describe it as a pop song
12. created before 1979
13. created after 1969
14. not from a show tune/musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

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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, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/196 "2020-02-27T14:42:46Z")

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Lady from a 70’s song, not pop or show tune.

IQs:

1. Did you have a misadventure at Willy Wonka’s place?
2. Did Jenna Coleman play you in a recent TV series?
3. Are you the Roman goddess of the hearth?

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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, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/197 "2020-02-27T15:45:37Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> …
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a misadventure at Willy Wonka’s place?
> 2. Did Jenna Coleman play you in a recent TV series?
> 3. Are you the Roman goddess of the hearth?

Not Veruca Salt, dunno, and not Vesta.

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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, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/198 "2020-02-27T22:17:15Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Lady from a 70’s song, not pop or show tune.
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a misadventure at Willy Wonka’s place?
> 2. Did Jenna Coleman play you in a recent TV series?
> 3. Are you the Roman goddess of the hearth?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Not Veruca Salt, dunno, and not Vesta.

Correct, Queen Victoria, Correct.

DQ: From a song that charted on the Billboard Top 40?

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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 28, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/199 "2020-02-28T05:34:23Z")

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V.

1. fictional
2. female
3. first name starts with V
4. not from books
5. created after 1900
6. by an American creator or creators
7. not from TV or movies
8. race unknown
9. from song
10. created after 1959
11. Wiki does not describe it as a pop song
12. created before 1979
13. created after 1969
14. not from a show tune/musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
15. from a song that charted on the Billboard Top 40

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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 28, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/200 "2020-02-28T11:40:30Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you wipe Jesus’s face on the way to the Crucifixion?
2. Were you an American Impressionist artist from Greenfield, IN?
3. Are you the Roman equivalent of Hephaestos?

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