# 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\
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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, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/261 "2021-02-25T01:13:37Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > > 1. Did you play the lead in the TV series _The Sword of Justice_ ?
> > > 2. Are you a British detective who believes in the interconnectedness of all things?
> > > 3. Did you play Face on _The A-Team_ ?
> 
> Not Dirk Lastnameunknown, not Dirk Gently and not Dirk Benedict.

#1 was Dack Rambo. Correct on the pair of Dirks.

DQ: Are you a cat or a dog (as opposed to any other kind of animal)?

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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 25, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/262 "2021-02-25T03:12:25Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you Ted Danson’s character on **CSI**?
2. Did you voice Kuzco?
3. Did you “kill him a b’ar when you were only three”?

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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 25, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/263 "2021-02-25T15:19:11Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Fred Durst, dunno and dunno.

2 was Dale Earnhardt; 3 was Dream (in _The Sandman_).

DQ: from a work of origin in the United States of America? (Might as well ask.)

One DQ reserved.

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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, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/264 "2021-02-25T15:35:05Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you Ted Danson’s character on **CSI**?
> 2. Did you voice Kuzco?
> 3. Did you “kill him a b’ar when you were only three”?

Not Dave, not David Spade and not Daniel Boone.

D.

1. fictional
2. only name starts with D
3. sex unknown
4. not from the US
5. not originally from a work of prose fiction
6. created before 1900
7. kinda sorta from oral tradition or mythology
8. not from a work of European origin
9. not human
10. created after 1700
11. not from a work of Asian origin
12. animal
13. not from a work of Canadian origin
14. created after 1800
15. kinda sorta from a folk tale or fairy tale
16. not a cat or dog
17. from a work originating in the U.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, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/265 "2021-02-25T15:41:30Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you help a father on his long, perilous journey to find his missing son?
2. Were you Lewis Carroll’s self-caricature in _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_?
3. Did Albert Sharpe play you in a Disney movie about leprechauns?

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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, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/266 "2021-02-25T15:42:19Z")

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Dunno x3.

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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, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/267 "2021-02-25T15:44:19Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you help a father on his long, perilous journey to find his missing son?
> 2. Were you Lewis Carroll’s self-caricature in _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_ ?
> 3. Did Albert Sharpe play you in a Disney movie about leprechauns?

#1 was Dory in _Finding Nemo_.  
#2 was the Dodo.  
#3 was Darby O’Gill (and the Little People).

DQs:

1. Mammal?
2. Created after 1850?

1 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 25, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/268 "2021-02-25T18:15:48Z")

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IQ1: Are you the green Teletubbie?  
IQ2: Were you the bass player for Queen?  
IQ3: Do tiny bubbles in the wine make you happy?

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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 25, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/269 "2021-02-25T19:06:20Z")

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IQs:  
1. Was pop star Henrietta Hunter in _X-Statix_ originally going to be you?  
2. Was your longest-running TV role on the sitcom _As Time Goes By_?  
3. Are you a cat played by the above person?

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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 26, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/270 "2021-02-26T01:55:26Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you Ted Danson’s character on **CSI**?
> 2. Did you voice Kuzco?
> 3. Did you “kill him a b’ar when you were only three”?

Diebenkorn ‘D.B.’ Russel, Correct and Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.

DQs:

1. Protagonist?
2. From the South?
3. A bird?

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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, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/271 "2021-02-26T15:00:34Z")

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**kitap** , you earned two DQs but asked three. I answered the first two.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the green Teletubbie?  
> IQ2: Were you the bass player for Queen?  
> IQ3: Do tiny bubbles in the wine make you happy?

Not Dinky Winky, dunno, and not Don Ho

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQs:  
> 1. Was pop star Henrietta Hunter in _X-Statix_ originally going to be you?  
> 2. Was your longest-running TV role on the sitcom _As Time Goes By_?  
> 3. Are you a cat played by the above person?

Dunno, not my father’s former girlfriend Judi Dench, and not Old Deuteronomy.

D.

1. fictional
2. only name starts with D
3. sex unknown
4. not from the US
5. not originally from a work of prose fiction
6. created before 1900
7. kinda sorta from oral tradition or mythology
8. not from a work of European origin
9. not human
10. created after 1700
11. not from a work of Asian origin
12. animal
13. not from a work of Canadian origin
14. created after 1800
15. kinda sorta from a folk tale or fairy tale
16. not a cat or dog
17. from a work originating in the U.S.
18. mammal
19. created before 1850
20. not the protagonist
21. not from the South

No more IQs, thanks. Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Sunday.

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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, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/272 "2021-02-26T16:40:41Z")

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DQ: from a song?

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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 26, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/273 "2021-02-26T19:14:14Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Are you the green Teletubbie?  
> > > IQ2: Were you the bass player for Queen?  
> > > IQ3: Do tiny bubbles in the wine make you happy?
> 
> Not Dinky Winky, dunno, and not Don Ho

Dipsy - **T** inky Winky (Jerry Fallwell’s favorite) was purple. My kids are in college now, so why do I still remember that?  
John Deacon  
Correct.

Holding 2 DQs

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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 26, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/274 "2021-02-26T19:46:38Z")

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I had a reserved DQ from my first batch?

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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, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/275 "2021-02-27T04:22:32Z")

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Ah, right you are, **kitap**. Sorry. That seemed long ago.

D.

1. fictional
2. only name starts with D
3. sex unknown
4. not from the US
5. not originally from a work of prose fiction
6. created before 1900
7. kinda sorta from oral tradition or mythology
8. not from a work of European origin
9. not human
10. created after 1700
11. not from a work of Asian origin
12. animal
13. not from a work of Canadian origin
14. created after 1800
15. kinda sorta from a folk tale or fairy tale
16. not a cat or dog
17. from a work originating in the U.S.
18. mammal
19. created before 1850
20. not the protagonist
21. not from the South
22. not a bird
23. not from a 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 27, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/276 "2021-02-27T13:15:30Z")

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I’m gonna go ahead and make my final guess:

Are you Donkey, the symbol of the Democratic Party?

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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 27, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/277 "2021-02-27T15:45:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, not my father’s former girlfriend Judi Dench, and not Old Deuteronomy.

1 (was going to be in _X-Statix_) was Princess Diana.

2 DQs reserved, because I’m waiting to see if the Prof. is right.

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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 27, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/278 "2021-02-27T18:57:56Z")

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DQ: Real type of animal? By that I mean something that exists or existed in nature, like a bear or badger, as opposed to a mythical folklore animal like Bigfoot or the Jersey Devil or Champy.

Still holding one more 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 27, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/279 "2021-02-27T20:26:38Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> I’m gonna go ahead and make my final guess:
> 
> Are you Donkey, the symbol of the Democratic Party?

I am not.

D.

1. fictional
2. only name starts with D
3. sex unknown
4. not from the US
5. not originally from a work of prose fiction
6. created before 1900
7. kinda sorta from oral tradition or mythology
8. not from a work of European origin
9. not human
10. created after 1700
11. not from a work of Asian origin
12. animal
13. not from a work of Canadian origin
14. created after 1800
15. kinda sorta from a folk tale or fairy tale
16. not a cat or dog
17. from a work originating in the U.S.
18. mammal
19. created before 1850
20. not the protagonist
21. not from the South
22. not a bird
23. not from a song
24. not entirely a real type of animal

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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 27, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/280 "2021-02-27T21:56:27Z")

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DQ: name is species?

One DQ reserved.

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