# Botticelli February 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224 "2021-02-04T23:51:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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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 18, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/201 "2021-02-18T21:36:42Z")

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IQ1: Did you write about Lord Grandrith and Doc Caliban?  
IQ2: Did you write _The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book_?  
IQ3: Were you the Swamp Fox?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/202 "2021-02-18T22:00:59Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Princess Fiona  
> Not Fabio?  
> Take a DQ

Correct on Fabio; 3 (first female US presidential cabinet member) was Frances Perkins.

DQ: born before 1945?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/203 "2021-02-18T22:50:03Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write about Lord Grandrith and Doc Caliban?  
> IQ2: Did you write _The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book_ ?  
> IQ3: Were you the Swamp Fox?

Take 2 DQs  
Not Francis Marion

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/204 "2021-02-18T22:50:55Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Not known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with F
6. Not born after 1969
7. Not born before 1945

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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 18, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/205 "2021-02-18T23:00:24Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Did you write about Lord Grandrith and Doc Caliban?  
> > IQ2: Did you write _The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book_ ?  
> > IQ3: Were you the Swamp Fox?
> 
> Take 2 DQs  
> Not Francis Marion

Philip Jose Farmer.  
Fannie Farmer.  
 ✅

DQ1: Known for sports?  
DQ2: American?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/206 "2021-02-19T00:23:18Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Not known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with F
6. Not born after 1969
7. Not born before 1945
8. Not known for sports
9. American

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/207 "2021-02-19T02:02:40Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the main character and protagonist in the book **The Flight of the Doves**?
2. Were you Aldo Leopold’s only female graduate student?
3. Did you Impress the dragon Mnementh?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/208 "2021-02-19T02:48:34Z")

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IQs:  
1. Does a phrase you popularized actually use the word “date”, not “day”?  
2. Were you a purple Muppet child?  
3. In _Lola rennt_ (AKA _Run Lola Run_), were you Lola?

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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 19, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/209 "2021-02-19T05:34:48Z")

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Another Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers fan here. I discovered them in high school and still love 'em.

IQs:

Were you RNC chair in the 1980s?  
Were you a firebrand black female member of the Cleveland City Council around that same time?  
Did you see your son killed in a terrible railway accident?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/210 "2021-02-19T06:11:37Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> - Were you the main character and protagonist in the book **The Flight of the Doves**?
> - Were you Aldo Leopold’s only female graduate student?
> - Did you Impress the dragon Mnementh?

Take 3 DQs

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Does a phrase you popularized actually use the word “date”, not “day”?
> 2. Were you a purple Muppet child?
> 3. In _Lola rennt_ (AKA _Run Lola Run_ ), were you Lola?

Not Franklin Delano Roosevelt - “a date which will live in infamy”  
Not Roosevelt Franklin - that’s my Sesame Street era  
Take a DQ

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you RNC chair in the 1980s?  
> Were you a firebrand black female member of the Cleveland City Council around that same time?  
> Did you see your son killed in a terrible railway accident?

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 19, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/211 "2021-02-19T13:03:56Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you aka Anthony Adverse?
2. Did you recite your poems at JFK’s inauguration?
3. Did you create an encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls?

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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 19, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/212 "2021-02-19T14:15:53Z")

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Another Freak Brothers fan here. They were the stoner 3 Stooges.

IQ1. Are you the head coach of the Denver Broncos?  
IQ2. Are you the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts?  
IQ3. Are you the head coach of the Miami Dolphins?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/213 "2021-02-19T16:07:52Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Franklin Delano Roosevelt - “a date which will live in infamy”  
> Not Roosevelt Franklin - that’s my Sesame Street era  
> Take a DQ

1 (Lola) was Franka Potente.

DQ: born before 1959?

IQs:  
1. Did you sing “1234”?  
2. Did you play a college student on _What We Do in the Shadows_?  
3. Did the CIA plot to make your beard fall out?

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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 19, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/214 "2021-02-19T16:27:22Z")

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IQ1: Were you dictator of Cuba in the 1950s?  
IQ2: Did the dirty little coward shoot your brother?  
IQ3: Were you part of the Apollo 8 crew?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/215 "2021-02-19T16:39:34Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the main character and protagonist in the book **The Flight of the Doves**?
> 2. Were you Aldo Leopold’s only female graduate student?
> 3. Did you Impress the dragon Mnementh?

Finn Dove, Frances Hamerstrom, F’lar.

DQs:

1. Known for science?
2. Caucasian?

One DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/216 "2021-02-19T20:01:17Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Not known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with F
6. Not born after 1969
7. Not born before 1945
8. Not known for sports
9. American
10. Born before 1959
11. Not known for science
12. Caucasian

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/217 "2021-02-19T20:02:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you aka Anthony Adverse?
> 2. Did you recite your poems at JFK’s inauguration?
> 3. Did you create an encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls?

Take a DQ  
Not Robert Frost  
Not Mr. Funk

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you sing “1234”?
> 2. Did you play a college student on _What We Do in the Shadows_ ?
> 3. Did the CIA plot to make your beard fall out?

Take 2 DQs  
Not Fidel Castro

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you dictator of Cuba in the 1950s?  
> IQ2: Did the dirty little coward shoot your brother?  
> IQ3: Were you part of the Apollo 8 crew?

Not Fidel Castro  
Not Frank James  
Take a DQ

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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 19, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/218 "2021-02-19T20:17:45Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Were you aka Anthony Adverse?
> > > 2. Did you recite your poems at JFK’s inauguration?
> > > 3. Did you create an encyclopedia with Mr. Wagnalls?
> 
> Take a DQ  
> Not Robert Frost  
> Not Mr. Funk

#1 was Benjamin Franklin.  
Correct on the others.

DQ: Known for politics?

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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 19, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/219 "2021-02-19T21:11:03Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you RNC chair in the 1980s? - Frank Fahrenkopf  
Were you a firebrand black female member of the Cleveland City Council around that same time? - Fannie Lewis  
Did you see your son killed in a terrible railway accident? - Franklin Pierce

DQs:

Considered a beauty?  
Famous husband?  
Greatest fame before 2000?

IQs:

Were you House Whip but wanted to be Secretary of State?  
Were you the in-the-field reporter for _FYI_?  
Did you command Hill Street Station?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/220 "2021-02-19T22:17:10Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Not known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with F
6. Not born after 1969
7. Not born before 1945
8. Not known for sports
9. American
10. Born before 1959
11. Not known for science
12. Caucasian
13. Mainly known for two things, one of which was somewhat political in nature
14. Not considered a beauty
15. No famous husband
16. Greatest fame before 2000

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