# 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:** 2

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/21 "2020-12-30T00:06:14Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
> >
> > IQs
> > 
> > > 1. Did you play Joxer?
> > > 2. Are you his famous brother?
> > > 3. Are you an actor/comedian from NYC who voiced both Squirt and Squeak in _Pound Puppies_ ?
> 
> Three for you, too.

Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi, Michael Rapaport

DQs  
Born after 1940?  
Known for character work?  
Won awards?

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/22 "2020-12-30T00:40:38Z")

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**R**   
1, Real  
2. Male  
3. Last name starts with R  
4. Known for the Arts  
5. Living  
6. American  
7. Best known for the performing arts  
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting  
9. Not born since 1960  
10. Born after 1940?  
11. Not really known for character work  
12. Have received things that you may or may not consider to be awards

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/23 "2020-12-30T00:51:25Z")

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DQs:

1. Known as a singer or musician?
2. Caucasian?

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/24 "2020-12-30T01:16:10Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you an actress from Puerto Rico who is one of the few to have achieved the EGOT?
2. Are you best known these days for singing the chorus on an Eddie Money song?
3. Did you “Love a Rainy Night” in 1980?

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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/25 "2020-12-30T01:42:19Z")

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IQs

Uno) Did you sing the bridge parts in Pink Floyd’s “Time”?  
B) Were you the guest singer for Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar”?  
iii) Did you lose money giving 3 sold out shows in Wembley Arena on consecutive nights?

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/26 "2020-12-30T02:55:23Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Qs:
> 
> 1. Are you an actress from Puerto Rico who is one of the few to have achieved the EGOT?
> 2. Are you best known these days for singing the chorus on an Eddie Money song?
> 3. Did you “Love a Rainy Night” in 1980?

DQ.  
DQ.  
Not … Ronnie Milsap?

> [@glowacks](#):
>
> IQs
> 
> Uno) Did you sing the bridge parts in Pink Floyd’s “Time”?  
> B) Were you the guest singer for Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar”?  
> iii) Did you lose money giving 3 sold out shows in Wembley Arena on consecutive nights?

Three DQs.

**R**   
1, Real  
2. Male  
3. Last name starts with R  
4. Known for the Arts  
5. Living  
6. American  
7. Best known for the performing arts  
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting  
9. Not born since 1960  
10. Born after 1940?  
11. Not really known for character work  
12. Have received things that you may or may not consider to be awards  
13. Known as a singer or musician  
14. Caucasian

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/27 "2020-12-30T03:26:22Z")

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Welcome, **glowacks**! Enjoy the game.

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/28 "2020-12-30T03:45:01Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you an actress from Puerto Rico who is one of the few to have achieved the EGOT?
> 2. Are you best known these days for singing the chorus on an Eddie Money song?
> 3. Did you “Love a Rainy Night” in 1980?

Rita Moreno, Ronnie Spector (on “Take Me Home Tonight”) and Eddie Rabbitt.

DQs:  
Known as a songwriter?  
Born after 1950?  
From the NYC area?

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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/29 "2020-12-30T03:45:10Z")

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> [@glowacks](#):
>
> Uno) Did you sing the bridge parts in Pink Floyd’s “Time”?  
> B) Were you the guest singer for Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar”?  
> iii) Did you lose money giving 3 sold out shows in Wembley Arena on consecutive nights?

> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> Three DQs.

Rick Wright, Roy Harper, Rick Wakeman

DQs:

Uno) Do you have a first name and have it start with a letter no later in the alphabet than M?  
B) Is the second letter of your last name either nonexistent or an ‘a’ or ‘e’?  
iii) Did you come to musical prominence as a member of a group?

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/30 "2020-12-30T14:23:46Z")

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Welcome aboard, **glowacks**! Glad to have you here.

Previous IQs:

Did you play the same character in two superhero movies, but looking a lot different? - Ryan Reynolds played Deadpool in a Wolverine movie and then in his own movie  
Are you a black musician who performed at Oberlin College several times in the Eighties? - Sonny Rollins  
Were you a frequent guest on Seventies game shows? - I’ll rephrase

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

You were not Rich Little. Were you a frequent guest on Seventies game shows?  
Did Sam Neill play you, a spy ultimately captured and killed by Stalinist Russia?  
Were you poisoned by Anton Karidian’s daughter?

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/31 "2020-12-30T18:04:22Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> You were not Rich Little. Were you a frequent guest on Seventies game shows?  
> Did Sam Neill play you, a spy ultimately captured and killed by Stalinist Russia?  
> Were you poisoned by Anton Karidian’s daughter?

Not Charles Nelson Reilly.  
DQ.  
DQ.

**R**   
1, Real  
2. Male  
3. Last name starts with R  
4. Known for the Arts  
5. Living  
6. American  
7. Best known for the performing arts  
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting  
9. Not born since 1960  
10. Born after 1940?  
11. Not really known for character work  
12. Have received awards  
13. Known as a singer or musician  
14. Caucasian  
15. Known (but not primarily) as a songwriter  
16. Not born after 1950  
17. Not from the NYC area  
18. Do not have a first name that starts with a letter no later in the alphabet than M  
19. Second letter of my last name is not nonexistent, an ‘a’ or an ‘e’  
20. Did not come to musical prominence as a member of a group

Note the change to #12.

**KO** ’s and **EH** ’s unasked DQs will bring us up to 27, so no more IQs, please. Ask all remaining earned DQs by 1300 EST tomorrow (Thu 31 Dec).

\<Max\> **EH** missed getting a third DQ by thiiiiiis much.\</Max\>

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/32 "2020-12-30T18:12:58Z")

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American male solo musician/singer, born 1941-1950. Has acted. Has written songs.  
Last name starts with Rh-Ry. First name starts with N-Z.

Just a bit of synthesis.

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/33 "2020-12-30T18:25:09Z")

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Throwing this out there - Do you want to bang on your drums all day?

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/34 "2020-12-30T18:27:25Z")

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[MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)[Member]([https://boards.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com)\> /g/Member)

> ([Botticelli - Jan 2021 - #33 by MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/33))
> 
> Throwing this out there - Do you want to bang on your drums all day?

Yeah, he’s one of two I have in mind.

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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:** [December 30, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/35 "2020-12-30T19:46:58Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Yeah, he’s one of two I have in mind.

Great minds, yadda yadda…

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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:** [December 31, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/36 "2020-12-31T18:31:16Z")

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Hey – where’d everybody go? I hate to end the game with that many unasked 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:** [December 31, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/37 "2020-12-31T19:16:53Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Were QB for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1985-1995?  
> > > IQ2: Are you the current QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers?  
> > > IQ3: Are you the current QB for the Atlanta Falcons?
> 
> Three DQs.

Randall Cunningham, Ben Rothlesberger, Matt Ryan

So Miss Take didn’t guess it?

DQ: Considered a One Hit Wonder?  
DQ: Best known for a seasonal song?  
DQ: Related to other famous musicians?

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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:** [December 31, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/38 "2020-12-31T19:57:53Z")

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Previous IQs:

You were not Rich Little. Were you a frequent guest on Seventies game shows? - Yes, Charles Nelson Reilly  
Did Sam Neill play you, a spy ultimately captured and killed by Stalinist Russia? - The title character of _Reilly, Ace of Spies_  
Were you poisoned by Anton Karidian’s daughter? - Kevin Riley, on _Star Trek: The Original Series_

Reilly/Riley x3!

I see I missed the 1pm deadline, but if will **SCAdian** permit, I yield my four reserved DQs to whoever would like to ask them, one per customer.

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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:** [December 31, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/39 "2020-12-31T20:34:09Z")

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I’ll take one:

DQ: Known for pop music?

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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:** [December 31, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/40 "2020-12-31T21:03:28Z")

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**R**   
1, Real  
2. Male  
3. Last name starts with R  
4. Known for the Arts  
5. Living  
6. American  
7. Best known for the performing arts  
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting  
9. Not born since 1960  
10. Born after 1940?  
11. Not really known for character work  
12. Have received awards  
13. Known as a singer or musician  
14. Caucasian  
15. Known (but not primarily) as a songwriter  
16. Not born after 1950  
17. Not from the NYC area  
18. Do not have a first name that starts with a letter no later in the alphabet than M  
19. Second letter of my last name is not nonexistent, an ‘a’ or an ‘e’  
20. Did not come to musical prominence as a member of a group  
21. Not considered a One Hit Wonder  
22. Not best known for a seasonal song  
23. Not related to other famous musicians  
24. Known for pop music

Okay – three hours past the deadline. Prof, kit, EH, KO, Miss T, and glow, y’all have until 1600 tomorrow to ask your “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions.

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