# 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:** 26

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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 23, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/501 "2021-01-23T20:23:00Z")

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DQs:

1. Last (or Only) name starts with Z
2. Male
3. Fictional
4. Originally from prose fiction.
5. Created before 1975
6. Not American, or American only by straining things much too far
7. Wouldn’t be born yet
8. Not human
9. Born on Earth
10. Would not be born in the next 200 years in the original version
11. Created after 1950

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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 24, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/502 "2021-01-24T01:17:22Z")

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IQ: Were you (Will you be?) a pongid scientist in a book by Pierre Boulle?

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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 24, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/503 "2021-01-24T01:24:55Z")

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Yes! I am Dr. Zaius.   
Well done, **SCA!**

[![](https://66.media.tumblr.com/e767bd25ae0ac30a1aa14172f823d942/tumblr_o7p7j1YeNu1s7gti8o1_500.jpg) ](https://66.media.tumblr.com/e767bd25ae0ac30a1aa14172f823d942/tumblr_o7p7j1YeNu1s7gti8o1_500.jpg)

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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 24, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/504 "2021-01-24T19:53:10Z")

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I am **J**

[![](https://st2.depositphotos.com/2304119/8769/v/950/depositphotos_87693982-stock-illustration-juliet-flag-international-maritime-signal.jpg) ](https://st2.depositphotos.com/2304119/8769/v/950/depositphotos_87693982-stock-illustration-juliet-flag-international-maritime-signal.jpg)

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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 24, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/505 "2021-01-24T20:00:01Z")

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Swept me, **Prof. P.** And congrats, **SCAdian**!

IQs:

Were you played by an actor who later played a robotics CEO?  
Were you Lincoln’s senior White House aide?  
Were you Lincoln’s junior White House aide?

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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 25, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/506 "2021-01-25T00:13:30Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the title character in a Fellini film?
2. Did a recent cartoon show you with a cellphone saying you’ve got an app that tells you wherefore Romeo art?
3. Did you play the nanny in _Nanny and the Professor_?

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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 25, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/507 "2021-01-25T00:24:05Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you played by an actor who later played a robotics CEO?  
> Were you Lincoln’s senior White House aide?  
> Were you Lincoln’s junior White House aide?

Three DQs.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the title character in a Fellini film?
> 2. Did a recent cartoon show you with a cellphone saying you’ve got an app that tells you wherefore Romeo art?
> 3. Did you play the nanny in _Nanny and the Professor_ ?

DQ.  
Not Juliet Capulet.  
DQ.

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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 25, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/508 "2021-01-25T14:09:40Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > > 1. Are you the title character in a Fellini film?
> > > 2. Did a recent cartoon show you with a cellphone saying you’ve got an app that tells you wherefore Romeo art?
> > > 3. Did you play the nanny in _Nanny and the Professor_ ?
> 
> DQ.  
> Not Juliet Capulet.  
> DQ.

#1 was Juliet of the Spirits.  
Correct on #2.  
#3 was Juliet Mills.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

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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 25, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/509 "2021-01-25T16:04:16Z")

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**J**

1, Real  
2. Male

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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 25, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/510 "2021-01-25T18:26:17Z")

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Are you the QB for the

IQ1: Buffalo Bills?  
IQ2: Baltimore Ravens?  
IQ3: Los Angeles Rams?

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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 25, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/511 "2021-01-25T19:09:24Z")

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IQ1: Were you warned about March 15th?  
IQ2: On second thought, could you disagree and say Dallas doesn’t love you?  
IQ3: Did you sing backing vocals on Rockwell’s _Somebody’s Watching Me_?

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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 25, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/512 "2021-01-25T21:47:27Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Are you the QB for the
> 
> IQ1: Buffalo Bills?  
> IQ2: Baltimore Ravens?  
> IQ3: Los Angeles Rams?

Three DQs.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you warned about March 15th?  
> IQ2: On second thought, could you disagree and say Dallas doesn’t love you?  
> IQ3: Did you sing backing vocals on Rockwell’s _Somebody’s Watching Me_ ?

Not G Julius Caesar.  
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 25, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/513 "2021-01-25T22:00:15Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Were you warned about March 15th?  
> > > IQ2: On second thought, could you disagree and say Dallas doesn’t love you?  
> > > IQ3: Did you sing backing vocals on Rockwell’s _Somebody’s Watching Me_ ?
> 
> Not G Julius Caesar.  
> DQ.  
> DQ.

Yes  
John F. Kennedy - Texas Governor Connally’s last words to JFK seconds before the assassination. were “Well, Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you”  
Michael Jackson

DQ: Still alive?  
DQ: American?

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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 25, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/514 "2021-01-25T22:03:15Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Catwoman on _Batman_?
2. Were you born Freda McDonald?
3. Were you Clark Gregg’s father-in-law?

Clark Gregg played Phil Coulson in the Marvel movies and TV.

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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 26, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/515 "2021-01-26T00:48:35Z")

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IQ1: Did you search for the Golden Fleece?  
IQ2: Did you hang out in the woods surrounding Camp Crystal Lake, seeking to avenge your mother’s death?  
IQ3: Are you a British cabaret singer who was the subject of a song by The Clash?

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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 26, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/516 "2021-01-26T01:30:47Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Catwoman on _Batman_ ?
> 2. Were you born Freda McDonald?
> 3. Were you Clark Gregg’s father-in-law?

Not … Julie Newmar?  
DQ.  
DQ.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did you search for the Golden Fleece?  
> IQ2: Did you hang out in the woods surrounding Camp Crystal Lake, seeking to avenge your mother’s death?  
> IQ3: Are you a British cabaret singer who was the subject of a song by The Clash?

Not Jason.  
Not that Jason, either.  
DQ. (Another Jason, I suppose…)

**J**

1, Real  
2. Male  
3. Not still alive  
4. Not American

Happy birthday, Chock!

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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 26, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/517 "2021-01-26T01:32:38Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Did you play Catwoman on _Batman_ ?
> > > 2. Were you born Freda McDonald?
> > > 3. Were you Clark Gregg’s father-in-law?
> 
> Not … Julie Newmar?  
> DQ.  
> DQ.

Correct on Julie.  
#2 was Josephine Baker.  
#3 was Joel Grey.

DQs:

1. Last name starts with J?
2. Died before 1900?

Happy Birthday, Chock! 🎇 🎉 🎁 ‼

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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 26, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/518 "2021-01-26T02:31:11Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Did you search for the Golden Fleece?  
> > > IQ2: Did you hang out in the woods surrounding Camp Crystal Lake, seeking to avenge your mother’s death?  
> > > IQ3: Are you a British cabaret singer who was the subject of a song by The Clash?
> 
> Not Jason.  
> Not that Jason, either.  
> DQ. (Another Jason, I suppose…)

Yes, Yes, Janey Jones

DQ: Died after 1900?

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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 26, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/519 "2021-01-26T05:05:42Z")

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**CFOHG** , in light of **Prof. P.**'s most recent DQ, you might want to withdraw yours.

Previous IQs:

Were you played by an actor who later played a robotics CEO? - This was also JFK, in _Thirteen Days_, played by Bruce Greenwood, who also played the head of U.S. Robots in _I, Robot_ (I asked about him before **CFOHG** did, but as a birthday present 🎂 to him, will waive my DQ)  
Were you Lincoln’s senior White House aide? - John Nicolay  
Were you Lincoln’s junior White House aide? - John Hay

John x3!

DQs:

Best known for the Arts?  
European?

IQs:

Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary in several movies?  
Were engineering crawlspaces on Federation starships named after you?  
Did you marry Mary Morstan?

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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 26, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/520 "2021-01-26T12:02:59Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > Are you the QB for the
> > 
> > > IQ1: Buffalo Bills?  
> > > IQ2: Baltimore Ravens?  
> > > IQ3: Los Angeles Rams?
> 
> Three DQs.

Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Jared Goff

holding 3 DQs

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