# 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:** 8

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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 16, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/141 "2021-02-16T05:00:21Z")

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IQs:  
1. Was your teacher Anne Sullivan?  
2. Did you write the _Anno Dracula_ series?  
3. Are you the current Ms. Marvel?

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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 16, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/142 "2021-02-16T06:17:04Z")

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IQ1: Did you write _The Sheep-Pig_?  
IQ2: Did you write _The Wind in the Willows_?  
IQ3: Did you co-star in _Bringing Up Baby_?

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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 16, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/143 "2021-02-16T11:56:00Z")

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Well, that went a lot quicker than I thought.

> [@MissTake](#):
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> Did you play Mrs. White in a movie, now considered a cult classic?

Yes, I am the fabulous **Madeline Kahn!** famed star of _Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, What’s Up, Doc?, Paper Moon, and, yes, Clue_!

[![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*_SG9PrSir5eCGgBQV4oQEA.jpeg) ](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*_SG9PrSir5eCGgBQV4oQEA.jpeg)

I think **MissTake** is psychic. Take it away!

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/144 "2021-02-16T13:16:51Z")

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I used to love trying to mimic her voice - it was so unique and dynamic.  
The other two answers were Ish Kabibble and Dorothy Kilgallen.

Okay.

I am **A**

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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 16, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/145 "2021-02-16T23:07:06Z")

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IQ1: Did you break Babe Ruth’s all time home run record?  
IQ2: Are you a drunken wife beating comic strip character?  
IQ3: Are you Elendil’s heir? (Not the doper, the other one)

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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 16, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/146 "2021-02-16T23:51:10Z")

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Congrats, MissTake!

IQs:  
1. Do you appear in the first episode of _SNL_ mouthing the _Mighty Mouse_ theme?  
2. Were you president of the USA during the Civil War?  
3. Did you star in _Midnight in Paris_ as Zelda Fitzgerald?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/147 "2021-02-16T23:55:16Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did you break Babe Ruth’s all time home run record?  
> IQ2: Are you a drunken wife beating comic strip character?  
> IQ3: Are you Elendil’s heir? (Not the doper, the other one)

I’m not Hank Aaron  
I’m not Andy Capp?  
DQ

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Do you appear in the first episode of _SNL_ mouthing the _Mighty Mouse_ theme?
> 2. Were you president of the USA during the Civil War?
> 3. Did you star in _Midnight in Paris_ as Zelda Fitzgerald?

DQ  
I’m not Abraham Lincoln  
I’m not Amy Adams?

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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 17, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/148 "2021-02-17T00:26:34Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Did you break Babe Ruth’s all time home run record?  
> > > IQ2: Are you a drunken wife beating comic strip character?  
> > > IQ3: Are you Elendil’s heir? (Not the doper, the other one)
> 
> I’m not Hank Aaron  
> I’m not Andy Capp?  
> DQ

Yes, yes, Aragorn

DQ: Real?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/149 "2021-02-17T00:27:36Z")

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**I am A**

1. I am not real

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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 17, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/150 "2021-02-17T00:28:22Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> DQ  
> I’m not Abraham Lincoln  
> I’m not Amy Adams?

1 was Andy Kaufman; 3 was Alison Pill.

DQs:  
1. last name begins with A?  
2. male?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/151 "2021-02-17T00:29:33Z")

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**I am A**

1. I am not real
2. Last name does not start with A
3. Male

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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 17, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/152 "2021-02-17T03:02:08Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you say that A=A?  
2. Are you _Foxtrot_’s matriarch?  
3. Does the website associated with your newspaper column call itself the “direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks”?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/153 "2021-02-17T03:21:48Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Did you say that A=A?
> 2. Are you _Foxtrot_ ’s matriarch?
> 3. Does the website associated with your newspaper column call itself the “direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks”?

DQ  
DQ  
I am not Cecil Adams

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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 17, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/154 "2021-02-17T03:26:02Z")

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Congratulations!

> [@kitap](#):
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> I kept think H must be an Edgar Rice Burroughs character, so…
> 
> IQs:
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> 1. Did you marry Loyse of Verlaine in the book **Witch World**?
> 2. Did you play the main protagonist in 1956’s **Invasion of the Body Snatchers**?
> 3. Are you the dragon who employed Cimorene in the book **Dealing with Dragons**?

Koris, Kevin McCarthy, Kazul.

IQs:

1. Are you the protagonist of the book **Those Who Hunt the Night**?
2. Are you his wife?
3. Are you Jonas’s best friend in **The Giver**?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/155 "2021-02-17T04:06:59Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the protagonist of the book **Those Who Hunt the Night**?
> 2. Are you his wife?
> 3. Are you Jonas’s best friend in **The Giver**?

DQ  
DQ  
I am not Asher

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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 17, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/156 "2021-02-17T06:25:26Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the protagonist of the book **Those Who Hunt the Night**?
> 2. Are you his wife?
> 3. Are you Jonas’s best friend in **The Giver**?

James Asher, Lydia Asher, correct. Asher times 3!

DQs:

1. From prose?
2. 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 17, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/157 "2021-02-17T07:17:23Z")

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IQ1: Were you one of the first disc jockeys to play that newfangled rock and roll music?  
IQ2: Did you create and host _Candid Camera_?  
IQ3: Were you a Revolutionary War hero better known today as the namesake of a furniture store chain?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/158 "2021-02-17T12:04:30Z")

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**I am A**

1. I am not real
2. Last name does not start with A
3. Male
4. Not from prose
5. Caucasian

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/159 "2021-02-17T12:07:39Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you one of the first disc jockeys to play that newfangled rock and roll music?  
> IQ2: Did you create and host _Candid Camera_ ?  
> IQ3: Were you a Revolutionary War hero better known today as the namesake of a furniture store chain?

DQ  
I am not Allen Funt  
I am not Ashley…take a DQ as I have no idea if that’s his first name or last name.

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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 17, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/160 "2021-02-17T13:01:40Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Lois Lane in _Man of Steel_?
2. Were you the first Mrs. Steven Spielberg?
3. Did you play Max in _The Muppet Movie_?

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