# 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:** 22

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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:** [January 18, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/421 "2021-01-18T23:44:38Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you a Plumber in Washingon DC?
> > 
> > > IQ2: Were you the first king of Great Britain?  
> > > IQ3: Were you #2’s best-known great-grandson?
> 
> DQ  
> George I  
> George IV?

G Gordon Liddy.  
 ✅   
George III  
(George I \> George II \> Frederick \> George III. Frederick died before his father did.)

DQ: Died after 1850?  
One DQ reserved.

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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 19, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/422 "2021-01-19T00:27:08Z")

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**I am G**

1. Male
2. Real
3. Deceased
4. American
5. Last name starts with G
6. Known for an Art, not necessarily what is normally considered The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1850

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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:** [January 19, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/423 "2021-01-19T00:40:25Z")

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IQ1: Were you a lost kaiju whose mommy came looking for him?  
IQ2: Were you a three-headed kaiju from outer space?  
IQ3: Were you a kaiju who was killed with an oxygen destroyer that dissolved your entire body?

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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 19, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/424 "2021-01-19T01:08:42Z")

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Oh my! May as well be football questions!  
Three DQs

Discourse ate my quote, so this is in response to @SCAdian

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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:** [January 19, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/425 "2021-01-19T02:00:50Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a lost kaiju whose mommy came looking for him?  
> IQ2: Were you a three-headed kaiju from outer space?  
> IQ3: Were you a kaiju who was killed with an oxygen destroyer that dissolved your entire body?

> [@MissTake](#):
>
> Oh my! May as well be football questions!  
> Three DQs

Gorgo.  
King Ghidorah.  
Gojira.

DQ1: Caucasian?  
DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi?  
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:** [January 19, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/426 "2021-01-19T02:41:02Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you direct and produce _Pan’s Labyrinth_?
2. Are you a Swedish teenage girl who’s fighting for the planet?
3. Is your actress the last surviving member of the cast of _Gilligan’s Island?_

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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 19, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/427 "2021-01-19T03:54:35Z")

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**I am G**

1. Male
2. Real
3. Deceased
4. American
5. Last name starts with G
6. Known for an Art, not necessarily what is normally considered The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1850
9. Caucasian
10. Born east of the Mississippi

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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 19, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/428 "2021-01-19T03:57:22Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Did you direct and produce _Pan’s Labyrinth_ ?
> - Are you a Swedish teenage girl who’s fighting for the planet?
> - Is your actress the last surviving member of the cast of _Gilligan’s Island?_

DQ  
I am not Greta Thunberg  
I am not Ginger

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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 19, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/429 "2021-01-19T12:39:53Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s longtime producer, nicknamed “Baba Booey”?  
> > > IQ2: Are you a New Wave artist who had a hit with _Cars_ ?  
> > > IQ3: Did you play Bill Lumberg in _Office Space_ ?
> 
> DQ  
> DQ  
> I am not Gary Cole

Gary Dell’Abate, Gary Numan, correct

DQ: Known for medical practice?

holding a DQ

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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 19, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/430 "2021-01-19T16:21:35Z")

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**I am G**

1. Male
2. Real
3. Deceased
4. American
5. Last name starts with G
6. Known for an Art, not necessarily what is normally considered The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1850
9. Caucasian
10. Born east of the Mississippi
11. Not known for medical practice

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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 19, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/431 "2021-01-19T17:02:59Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> DQ  
> I am not Greta Thunberg  
> I am not Ginger

#1 is Guillermo del Toro. Correct on the others.

DQ: Died after 1899?

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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 19, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/432 "2021-01-19T17:10:56Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you voice Letterman on _The Electric Company_ in the 1970’s?
2. Did you recite poems on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_?
3. Did you shun the advances of Tyrone F. Horneigh on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_?

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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 19, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/433 "2021-01-19T17:44:29Z")

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**I am G**

1. Male
2. Real
3. Deceased
4. American
5. Last name starts with G
6. Known for an Art, not necessarily what is normally considered The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1850
9. Caucasian
10. Born east of the Mississippi
11. Not known for medical practice
12. Died after 1899

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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 19, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/434 "2021-01-19T17:47:04Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Did you voice Letterman on _The Electric Company_ in the 1970’s?
> - Did you recite poems on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ ?
> - Did you shun the advances of Tyrone F. Horneigh on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ ?

DQ  
DQ - I can picture him, do not remember name  
DQ - I know it was Ruth Buzzi, but do not know the character’s 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:** [January 19, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/435 "2021-01-19T18:06:12Z")

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#1 was Gene Wilder.  
#2 was Henry Gibson.  
#3 was Gladys Ormphby.

3 DQs 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:** [January 19, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/436 "2021-01-19T18:21:33Z")

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IQ1: Do you perform using the stage name Sting?  
IQ2: Did your creator attempt to alter history and insist you shot first, even though you clearly did not?  
IQ3: Are you the creator of IQ2?

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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 19, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/437 "2021-01-19T19:11:11Z")

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I am not Gordon Sumner  
DQ  
DQ

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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 19, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/438 "2021-01-19T19:21:51Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> IQ1: Do you perform using the stage name Sting?  
> IQ2: Did your creator attempt to alter history and insist you shot first, even though you clearly did not?  
> IQ3: Are you the creator of IQ2?

> [@MissTake](#):
>
> I am not Gordon Sumner  
> DQ  
> DQ

Correct,  
Greedo, from _Star Wars_  
George Lucas

DQ: Known for public performances?  
Holding one DQ

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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 19, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/439 "2021-01-19T19:27:03Z")

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**I am G**

1. Male
2. Real
3. Deceased
4. American
5. Last name starts with G
6. Known for an Art, not necessarily what is normally considered The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Died after 1850
9. Caucasian
10. Born east of the Mississippi
11. Not known for medical practice
12. Died after 1899
13. Not known for public performances

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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 19, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/440 "2021-01-19T21:45:03Z")

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Other DQ: Chef or restaurateur?

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