# Botticelli - Jan 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120 "2020-12-28T19:27:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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:** [January 6, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/181 "2021-01-06T22:58:27Z")

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Cool!  
Next up…  
**R**

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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:** [January 6, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/182 "2021-01-06T23:02:09Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you recently reveal your middle name is Rodney?
2. Were you the Puritan who suggested the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James I?
3. Did you star in _The Old Man and the Gun_?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/183 "2021-01-07T00:00:58Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Did you recently reveal your middle name is Rodney?
> 2. Were you the Puritan who suggested the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James I?
> 3. Did you star in _The Old Man and the Gun_ ?

DQ  
DQ  
Not Robert Redford

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/184 "2021-01-07T00:16:16Z")

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IQs

1. Are you a kilt wearing wrestler?
2. Are you the boy in gold from head to bare toes?
3. Did your buddy often implore you to see what’s being pulled from a hat?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/185 "2021-01-07T00:57:40Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> 1. Are you a kilt wearing wrestler?
> 2. Are you the boy in gold from head to bare toes?
> 3. Did your buddy often implore you to see what’s being pulled from a hat?

Not Rowdy Roddy “all out of bubblegum” Piper  
Take a DQ  
Not Rocky J Squirrel

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/186 "2021-01-07T01:11:44Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Rowdy Roddy “all out of bubblegum” Piper  
> Take a DQ  
> Not Rocky J Squirrel

Yes, Rocky (“Rocky Horror”), Yes

DQ  
Male?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/187 "2021-01-07T02:35:18Z")

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DQs:

1. Male

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/188 "2021-01-07T02:36:47Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > 1. Did you recently reveal your middle name is Rodney?
> > 
> > > 1. Were you the Puritan who suggested the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James I?
> > > 2. Did you star in _The Old Man and the Gun_ ?
> 
> DQ  
> DQ  
> Not Robert Redford

#1 was Ryan Reynolds.  
#2 was John Rainolds.  
Correct on Redford.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Last name starts with R?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/189 "2021-01-07T02:47:46Z")

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DQs:

1. Male
2. Not real
3. Last name starts with R

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/190 "2021-01-07T02:51:15Z")

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IQs:

1. Do you write under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?
2. Did you marry Pocahontas?
3. In DC Comics, are you Talia’s father?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/191 "2021-01-07T02:59:02Z")

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IQs

1. Son of a god, did you kill your brother?
2. Are you that brother?
3. Are you an amphibious sheriff?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/192 "2021-01-07T05:06:29Z")

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We already did R not that long ago.

> [@MissTake](#):
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> Who was the first Arthur?

Chester.

IQs:

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel?  
Before you found greater fame in Hollywood, did you save dozens of lives as a lifeguard?  
Were you that person’s spouse?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/193 "2021-01-07T08:41:44Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Do you write under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith?
> 2. Did you marry Pocahontas?
> 3. In DC Comics, are you Talia’s father?

Not J.K. Rowling  
Not John Rolf  
Not Ra’s Al-Guhl (sp?)

> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs
> 
> 1. Son of a god, did you kill your brother?
> 2. Are you that brother?
> 3. Are you an amphibious sheriff?

Not Romulus nor Remus  
Take a DQ

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel?  
> Before you found greater fame in Hollywood, did you save dozens of lives as a lifeguard?  
> Were you that person’s spouse?

Not Radagast  
Take 2 DQs

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/194 "2021-01-07T14:14:01Z")

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IQ1: Did you have a hit with “Short People”?  
IQ2: Do you play Cousin Eddie Johnson in the National Lampoon Vacation films?  
IQ3: Were you a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne until your death in a 1982 plane crash?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/195 "2021-01-07T15:23:42Z")

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Swept me.

IQs:

1. Are you the author of the Esther Diamond series?
2. Were you her science-fiction-writing father?
3. Are you married to Daniel Craig?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/196 "2021-01-07T17:39:07Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you have a hit with “Short People”?  
> IQ2: Do you play Cousin Eddie Johnson in the National Lampoon Vacation films?  
> IQ3: Were you a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne until your death in a 1982 plane crash?

Not Randy Newman, Randy Quaid, nor Randy Rhodes. Not Randy x3!

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Are you the author of the Esther Diamond series?
> - Were you her science-fiction-writing father?
> - Are you married to Daniel Craig?

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:** [January 7, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/197 "2021-01-07T17:41:09Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > - Are you the author of the Esther Diamond series?
> > 
> > > - Were you her science-fiction-writing father?
> > > - Are you married to Daniel Craig?
> 
> Take 3 DQs

#1 is Laura Resnick.  
#2 is Mike Resnick.  
#3 is Rachel Weisz.

DQs:

1. Created by an American or Americans?
2. Originally from a movie or TV?
3. Created after 1950?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/198 "2021-01-07T17:51:27Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
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> > 1. Are you an amphibious sheriff?
> 
> Take a DQ

Rango

DQ:  
Protagonist?

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/199 "2021-01-07T18:36:44Z")

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DQs:

1. Male
2. Not real
3. Last name starts with R
4. Not created by an American or Americans
5. Originally from a movie or TV
6. Created after 1950
7. Protagonist

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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:** [January 7, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/200 "2021-01-07T18:44:22Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you die in a plane crash with Wiley Post?
2. Are you a current senator from Kentucky?
3. Did you star in _Risky Business_?

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