# 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:** 7

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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:** [January 4, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/121 "2021-01-04T22:06:03Z")

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IQs:

Are you the non-original guitarist of Jethro Tull with the most time in the band?  
Was one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named after you?  
Did Yahtzee Croshaw replace all the instances of “Dark Souls” in a video game review with the names of movies you were the lead character 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 4, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/122 "2021-01-04T22:08:03Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > > 1. Did you sing about not being aware of too many things?
> > > 2. Oatmeal and di-ah-bee-tus?
> > > 3. Was one of your most well known characters named Gladys Ormphby?
> 
> DQ.  
> DQ.  
> Not Ruth Buzzi.

Edie Brickell  
Wilford Brimley  
✅

DQs:

1. Alive?
2. Known for The Arts?

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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 4, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/123 "2021-01-04T22:22:18Z")

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IQ1: Did Michael Jackson sing to you in his first #1 solo hit?  
IQ2: Did you go there and back again?  
IQ3: Did you provide the voice for IQ2?

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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:** [January 4, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/124 "2021-01-04T23:30:52Z")

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1. Did you win “The Battle of the Sexes” tennis match?
2. Did you lose the above game?
3. Did you play Bobby Singer on **Supernatural**?

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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 5, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/125 "2021-01-05T00:38:24Z")

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> [@glowacks](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Are you the non-original guitarist of Jethro Tull with the most time in the band?  
> Was one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named after you?  
> Did Yahtzee Croshaw replace all the instances of “Dark Souls” in a video game review with the names of movies you were the lead character in?

DQ.  
Not Michelangelo di Buonarroti.  
DQ.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did Michael Jackson sing to you in his first #1 solo hit?  
> IQ2: Did you go there and back again?  
> IQ3: Did you provide the voice for IQ2?

DQ.  
Not Bilbo Baggins.  
DQ.

> [@kitap](#):
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> - Did you win “The Battle of the Sexes” tennis match?
> - Did you lose the above game?
> - Did you play Bobby Singer on **Supernatural**?

Not Billie Jean King.  
DQ.  
DQ.

**B**

1, Fictional  
2. Female  
3. Last name starts with B  
4. Could be alive today if real  
5. Not known for the Arts

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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 5, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/126 "2021-01-05T00:42:48Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Did Michael Jackson sing to you in his first #1 solo hit?  
> > > IQ2: Did you go there and back again?  
> > > IQ3: Did you provide the voice for IQ2?
> 
> DQ.  
> Not Bilbo Baggins.  
> DQ.

Ben the rat, from the movie of the same name - sequel to Willard  
Yes  
Orson Bean, from the Rankin-Bass animated version of _The Hobbit_.

DQ1: First appeared in prose fiction?  
DQ2: Created before 1980?

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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 5, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/127 "2021-01-05T00:46:26Z")

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[quote=“SCAdian, post:125, topic:929120”]  
 **B**

1, Fictional  
2. Female  
3. Last name starts with B  
4. Could be alive today if real  
5. Not known for the Arts  
6. Did not first appear in prose fiction  
7. Created before 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:** [January 5, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/128 "2021-01-05T02:11:47Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@glowacks](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > Are you the non-original guitarist of Jethro Tull with the most time in the band?  
> > > Was one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named after you?  
> > > Did Yahtzee Croshaw replace all the instances of “Dark Souls” in a video game review with the names of movies you were the lead character in?
> 
> DQ.  
> Not Michelangelo di Buonarroti.  
> DQ.

Martin Barre, correct, James Bond

DQs:  
Created for a film or TV show?  
When created, already a parent? (regardless of whether becoming one later)

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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:** [January 5, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/129 "2021-01-05T02:14:52Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Did you win “The Battle of the Sexes” tennis match?
> 2. Did you lose the above game?
> 3. Did you play Bobby Singer on **Supernatural**?

Correct, Bobby Riggs, Jim Beaver.

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 5, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/130 "2021-01-05T02:17:18Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you leave your position as Attorney General of the U.S. last month?
2. Are you a senator from Indiana who supports the push to overthrow the Electoral College count?
3. Did you play Little Beaver on _The Cisco Kid_?

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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 5, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/131 "2021-01-05T05:12:37Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> **EH** , congrats again on being sworn in. Is there a thread here where you’ve given details?

No. I probably shouldn’t have mentioned it on the Dope. PM me if you’d like details - and thanks for your interest.

Previous IQs:

Were you the one and only Duke of Windsor? - Yes, the former King Edward VIII  
Were you a noted Irish freedom fighters? - Edward FitzGerald  
Were you a Cuyahoga County, Ohio politician with the exact same name? - A much later, and American, Edward FitzGerald

On to B.

IQs:

Are you a noted member of the Drones Club?  
Were you a noted feminist Congresswoman of the Seventies?  
Were you the eldest son of the Steward of Gondor?

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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 5, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/132 "2021-01-05T12:05:45Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > IQ1: Did you write _Naked Lunch_ ?  
> > > IQ2: Did you write _The Exorcist_ ?  
> > > IQ3: Did you co-create Supergirl and script comics about Captain Marvel and his family members?
> 
> And three for you.

William S. Burroughs, William Peter Blatty, Otto Binder

holding 3 DQs

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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 5, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/133 "2021-01-05T12:54:26Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you leave your position as Attorney General of the U.S. last month?
> 2. Are you a senator from Indiana who supports the push to overthrow the Electoral College count?
> 3. Did you play Little Beaver on _The Cisco Kid_ ?

Not Barr.  
DQ.  
DQ.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Are you a noted member of the Drones Club?  
> Were you a noted feminist Congresswoman of the Seventies?  
> Were you the eldest son of the Steward of Gondor?

Not Bertie Wooster.  
Not Bella Abzug.  
Not Boromir.

**B**

1, Fictional  
2. Female  
3. Last name starts with B  
4. Could be alive today if real  
5. Not known for the Arts  
6. Did not first appear in prose fiction  
7. Created before 1980  
8. Created for a film or TV show  
9. Not already a parent when created

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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:** [January 5, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/134 "2021-01-05T13:12:37Z")

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DQs:

1. More than one appearance?
2. Created before 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:** [January 5, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/135 "2021-01-05T13:38:45Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Did you leave your position as Attorney General of the U.S. last month?
> > > 2. Are you a senator from Indiana who supports the push to overthrow the Electoral College count?
> > > 3. Did you play Little Beaver on _The Cisco Kid_ ?
> 
> Not Barr.  
> DQ.  
> DQ.

Correct on Bill Barr.  
#2 is Mike Braun.  
#3 was Robert Blake.

2 DQs reserved.

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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 5, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/136 "2021-01-05T13:55:40Z")

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**B**

1, Fictional  
2. Female  
3. Last name starts with B  
4. Could be alive today if real  
5. Not known for the Arts  
6. Did not first appear in prose fiction  
7. Created before 1980  
8. Created for a film or TV show  
9. Not already a parent when created  
10. More than one appearance  
11. Created before 1970

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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 5, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/137 "2021-01-05T14:39:03Z")

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DQ: From a sitcom?

holding 2 DQs

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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 5, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/138 "2021-01-05T16:15:49Z")

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IQs

1. Are you the oldest female child in a blended family?
2. Are you the middle female child in a blended family?
3. Are you the youngest female child in a blended family?

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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 5, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/139 "2021-01-05T18:00:40Z")

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Not Marcia Brady. Not Jan Brady. But…

Yes! I am Cindy **B** rady.

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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 5, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-jan-2021/929120/140 "2021-01-05T18:41:11Z")

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Should have said that I wasn’t Rosemary, Susan or Teresa Beardsley… 😃

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