# Botticelli - February 2023

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 3, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259 "2023-02-03T14:15:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/181 "2023-02-24T22:01:28Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you joke about your in-laws’ last name? - Abraham Lincoln: “God needs only one ‘d,’ but of course the Todds must have two.”  
Were you that person’s spouse? - Mary Todd Lincoln  
Were you their eldest son? - Robert Todd Lincoln

Lincoln x3!

DQs:

American?  
Would be alive today, if real?  
Considered a beauty?

IQs:

Were you Clark Kent’s spunky colleague?  
Were you Deputy White House Chief of Staff in the Bartlet Administration?  
Were you the top US Army medical officer of the Civil War?

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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, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/182 "2023-02-25T00:44:19Z")

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**L**

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Not originally from prose
4. Not a main character
5. Last name starts with L
6. From a movie or TV
7. Created after 1950
8. American
9. Could be alive today, if real, but probably not
10. Not considered a beauty

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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, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/183 "2023-02-25T00:44:56Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you Clark Kent’s spunky colleague?  
> Were you Deputy White House Chief of Staff in the Bartlet Administration?  
> Were you the top US Army medical officer of the Civil War?

Not Lois Lane  
Take 2 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 25, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/184 "2023-02-25T02:46:34Z")

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IQs:

1. Do you have a boomerang fish act?
2. Did you play Arwen in _LOTR_?
3. Were you married to actor Alfred Lunt?

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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, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/185 "2023-02-25T02:48:41Z")

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Swept me!

1. Did you play the original Bionic Woman?
2. Did you marry your frequent co-star, Mildred Davis?
3. Are you a woman mentioned by name in the poem **The Raven**?

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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, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/186 "2023-02-25T03:43:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Do you have a boomerang fish act?
> 2. Did you play Arwen in _LOTR_?
> 3. Were you married to actor Alfred Lunt?

Not Lew Zealand  
Not Liv Tyler  
DQ

> [@kitap](#):
>
> 1. Did you play the original Bionic Woman?
> 2. Did you marry your frequent co-star, Mildred Davis?
> 3. Are you a woman mentioned by name in the poem **The Raven**?

Not Lindsey Wagner  
DQ  
Not Lenore

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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, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/187 "2023-02-25T03:49:24Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > 1. Do you have a boomerang fish act?
> > 2. Did you play Arwen in _LOTR_?
> > 3. Were you married to actor Alfred Lunt?
> 
> Not Lew Zealand  
> Not Liv Tyler  
> DQ

Correct, Correct, and Lynne Fontanne.

DQ: Antagonist?

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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, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/188 "2023-02-25T03:52:55Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you also known as Lady Olivier?
2. Were you a widely respected naturalist who became better known for some bit of nonsense?
3. Did Matthew Lewis play you in a series of movies?

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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 25, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/189 "2023-02-25T03:53:10Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play the mother of a blended family with 19 kids?  
> IQ2: Did you star in a commercial for Vitameatavegemin?  
> IQ3: Do Scandinavian girls wear a crown of lighted candles on your day?

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> DQ  
> Not Lucille Ball  
> DQ

Lucille Ball (_Yours, Mine and Ours_)  
Lucy Ricardo  
St Lucy/Lucia

DQ1: From a movie?  
DQ2: Created after 1990?  
DQ3: From a genre show (SF, fantasy, western, &c)?

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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, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/190 "2023-02-25T05:04:11Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Swept me!
> 
> 1. Did you play the original Bionic Woman?
> 2. Did you marry your frequent co-star, Mildred Davis?
> 3. Are you a woman mentioned by name in the poem **The Raven**?

Correct, Harold Lloyd, Correct.

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, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/191 "2023-02-25T08:49:18Z")

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**L**

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Not originally from prose
4. Not a main character
5. Last name starts with L
6. From a movie or TV
7. Created after 1950
8. American
9. Could be alive today, if real, but probably not
10. Not considered a beauty
11. Not an antagonist
12. Not originally from a movie, but did appear in one movie
13. Created before 1990
14. Not from a genre 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, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/192 "2023-02-25T19:51:31Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Clark Kent’s spunky colleague? - Yes, Lois Lane  
Were you Deputy White House Chief of Staff in the Bartlet Administration? - Josh Lyman, on _The West Wing_  
Were you the top US Army medical officer of the Civil War? - Dr. Jonathan Letterman (an ancestor of Dave’s, I believe)

DQs:

Originally from a play?  
White?

IQs:

Did Danny DeVito voice you in a kids’ movie?  
Were you Data’s evil twin?  
Was a fort named after you in Pennsylvania?

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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, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/193 "2023-02-25T19:59:14Z")

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DQ: From a comedy/sitcom?

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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, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/194 "2023-02-26T01:12:49Z")

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**L**

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Not originally from prose
4. Not a main character
5. Last name starts with L
6. From a movie or TV
7. Created after 1950
8. American
9. Could be alive today, if real, but probably not
10. Not considered a beauty
11. Not an antagonist
12. Not originally from a movie, but did appear in one movie
13. Created before 1990
14. Not from a genre show
15. Not originally from a play, but has appeared on stage
16. White
17. From a comedy show

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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, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/195 "2023-02-26T01:14:35Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did Danny DeVito voice you in a kids’ movie?  
> Were you Data’s evil twin?  
> Was a fort named after you in Pennsylvania?

DQ  
Not Lore  
DQ

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Were you also known as Lady Olivier?
> 2. Were you a widely respected naturalist who became better known for some bit of nonsense?
> 3. Did Matthew Lewis play you in a series of movies?

Sorry I missed these earlier  
Not Vivian Leigh  
DQ  
Not Neville Longbottom

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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, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/196 "2023-02-26T03:55:20Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did Danny DeVito voice you in a kids’ movie? - the Lorax  
Were you Data’s evil twin? - Yes, Lore  
Was a fort named after you in Pennsylvania? - Lord Ligonier

Two DQs reserved.

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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, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/197 "2023-02-26T14:55:02Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > 1. Were you also known as Lady Olivier?
> > 2. Were you a widely respected naturalist who became better known for some bit of nonsense?
> > 3. Did Matthew Lewis play you in a series of movies?
> 
> Sorry I missed these earlier  
> Not Vivian Leigh  
> DQ  
> Not Neville Longbottom

Correct, Edward Lear, Correct.

DQ: Created after 1970?

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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, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/198 "2023-02-26T14:59:42Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play the Emperor of China in the live action _Mulan_?
2. Did you play John Bigboote in _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai_?
3. Did you play Prof. Fate in _The Great Race_?

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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 26, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/199 "2023-02-26T15:29:37Z")

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IQ1: Did you sing “Sixteenth Avenue” and “Black Coffee”?  
IQ2: Were you a _Doonesbury_ congressperson?  
IQ3: Did Allan Sherman sing that you had gone the wrong way?

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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, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2023/979259/200 "2023-02-27T06:56:01Z")

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**L**

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. Not originally from prose
4. Not a main character
5. Last name starts with L
6. From a movie or TV
7. Created after 1950
8. American
9. Could be alive today, if real, but probably not
10. Not considered a beauty
11. Not an antagonist
12. Not originally from a movie, but did appear in one movie
13. Created before 1990
14. Not from a genre show
15. Not originally from a play, but has appeared on stage
16. White
17. From a comedy show
18. Created after 1970

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