# Botticelli - January 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993 "2018-12-31T17:36:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 12

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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, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/221 "2019-01-25T22:57:57Z")

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DQ Summary

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with P
4. American
5. Dead

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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, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/222 "2019-01-25T23:01:13Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_?  
> Were you not restin’, not pinin’ for the fjords, but stone dead and joined the Choir Invisible?  
> Were you an early Doctor Who?

DQ, DQ, not John Pertwee

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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, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/223 "2019-01-26T00:09:11Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Plato?, DQ, DQ

1. The Apostle Paul
2. Phillips Brooks
3. Philip Pullman

DQs:

1. Died before 1900?
2. Known for politics /military?

1 DQ reserved.

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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, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/224 "2019-01-26T00:23:37Z")

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DQ Summary

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with P
4. American
5. Dead
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known for politics/military

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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, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/225 "2019-01-26T01:03:25Z")

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DQ: known for the Arts?

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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, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/226 "2019-01-26T01:44:46Z")

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DQ Summary

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with P
4. American
5. Dead
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Known for the Arts

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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, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/227 "2019-01-26T05:21:27Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_? - Det. Pembleton  
Were you not restin’, not pinin’ for the fjords, but stone dead and joined the Choir Invisible? - Polly Parrot: [Monty Python - Dead Parrot - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218)  
Were you an early Doctor Who? - Yes, John Pertwee

DQs:

Known for the visual arts (acting, painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)?  
Died after 1950?

IQs:

Did you play a sleazy bail bondsman in _Midnight Run_?  
Did you run the bar that Murphy Brown frequented?  
Are you his sister?

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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, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/228 "2019-01-26T05:44:42Z")

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DQ Summary

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with P
4. American
5. Dead
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Known for the Arts
9. Not a visual artist
10. Died after 1950

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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, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/229 "2019-01-26T05:45:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did you play a sleazy bail bondsman in _Midnight Run_?  
> Did you run the bar that Murphy Brown frequented?  
> Are you his sister?

3 DQs for you

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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 27, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/230 "2019-01-27T04:34:12Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you play a sleazy bail bondsman in _Midnight Run_? - Joe Pantoliano  
Did you run the bar that Murphy Brown frequented? - Phil  
Are you his sister? - Phyllis

DQs:

Best known as musician?  
Died after 2000?  
Won a top award in his field?

IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Tupelo, Miss.?  
Were you that person’s longtime manager?  
Was your horse, now stuffed, named Rienzi?

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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 27, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/231 "2019-01-27T12:07:38Z")

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IQS

1. Are you married to Neil Gaiman?
2. Did you star in _Hud_?
3. Did you play Kris Kringle’s lawyer in _Miracle on 34th Street_?

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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 27, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/232 "2019-01-27T13:15:48Z")

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DQ Summary

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with P
4. American
5. Dead
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Known for the Arts
9. Not a visual artist
10. Died after 1950
11. Not best known as a musician
12. Died before 2000
13. Did not win a top award in his field

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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 27, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/233 "2019-01-27T13:18:02Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Are you the best-known person from Tupelo, Miss.?  
> Were you that person’s longtime manager?  
> Was your horse, now stuffed, named Rienzi?

not Elvis Presley, not Tom Parker, DQ

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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 27, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/234 "2019-01-27T13:20:16Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQS
> 
> 1. Are you married to Neil Gaiman?
> 2. Did you star in _Hud_?
> 3. Did you play Kris Kringle’s lawyer in _Miracle on 34th Street_?

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 27, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/235 "2019-01-27T19:41:01Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> take 3 DQs

Neil Gaiman is married to singer Amanda Palmer.  
Paul Newman was in Hud.  
John Payne saved Christmas.

3 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 27, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/236 "2019-01-27T19:42:06Z")

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DQ. Known for the performing arts?

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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 27, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/237 "2019-01-27T21:03:14Z")

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DQ Summary

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with P
4. American
5. Dead
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Known for the Arts
9. Not a visual artist
10. Died after 1950
11. Not best known as a musician
12. Died before 2000
13. Did not win a top award in his field
14. Known for the Performing Arts

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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 27, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/238 "2019-01-27T22:26:03Z")

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DQ: Known as an actor?

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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 28, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/239 "2019-01-28T04:15:17Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Tupelo, Miss.? - Correct, Elvis Presley  
Were you that person’s longtime manager? - correct, Col. Parker  
Was your horse, now stuffed, named Rienzi? - Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan, during the Civil War - the horse is at the National Museum of American History in Washington

DQ:

Considered handsome?

IQs:

Did you play a dying tycoon in _Inception_?  
Were you a fictional British criminal?  
Were you his equally fictional brother?

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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 28, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/240 "2019-01-28T05:21:31Z")

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DQ Summary

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with P
4. American
5. Dead
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Known for the Arts
9. Not a visual artist
10. Died after 1950
11. Not best known as a musician
12. Died before 2000
13. Did not win a top award in his field
14. Known for the Performing Arts
15. Known for acting
16. Considered handsome, but would probably be better described as suave.

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