# 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:** 3

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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 8, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/41 "2019-01-08T04:08:20Z")

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I remember seeing him on Howard Stern. They got a bunch of addicts from a rehab clinic to sit 4 per card table. Kreskin had them put their hands on top of the tables, and he convinced them the tables were possessed. All the tables started vibrating and the rehab patients were freaking out.

Let’s go with L.

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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 8, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/42 "2019-01-08T13:22:36Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you Superman’s arch-enemy’s niece?
2. Are you Superman’s wife’s sister?
3. Are you Dr. Curt Connors’ monstrous alter ego?

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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 8, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/43 "2019-01-08T18:04:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Superman’s arch-enemy’s niece?
> 2. Are you Superman’s wife’s sister?
> 3. Are you Dr. Curt Connors’ monstrous alter ego?

Not Lexy Luthor?, not Lana Lane?, not Lizardman

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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 8, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/44 "2019-01-08T18:15:48Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Superman’s arch-enemy’s niece?
> 2. Are you Superman’s wife’s sister?
> 3. Are you Dr. Curt Connors’ monstrous alter ego?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Not Lexy Luthor?, not Lana Lane?, not Lizardman

#1 is Lori Colby, daughter of Lena Luthor Colby (sometimes known as Lena Thorul), sister of Lex.  
#2 is Lucy Lane. (She’s a blonde, used to date Jimmy Olsen.)  
#3 is The Lizard. Close enough.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

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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 8, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/45 "2019-01-08T19:46:36Z")

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Good job, **KO**! Wouldn’t have guessed The Amazing Kreskin in a million years.

On to L.

IQs:

Did you like to go shoeless around the house, so that, you explained, your “feet could breathe”?  
Did you own the country house Hildene?  
Were you that person’s mom?

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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 8, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/46 "2019-01-08T20:03:45Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _A Spaniard in the Works_?
2. Are you brother to Darryl and his other brother Darryl?
3. Did you create Andy Panda?

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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 8, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/47 "2019-01-08T20:21:37Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
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 8, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/48 "2019-01-08T20:22:38Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did you like to go shoeless around the house, so that, you explained, your “feet could breathe”?  
> Did you own the country house Hildene?  
> Were you that person’s mom?

My feet can’t breathe, so take 3 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:** [January 8, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/49 "2019-01-08T20:23:40Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _A Spaniard in the Works_?
> 2. Are you brother to Darryl and his other brother Darryl?
> 3. Did you create Andy Panda?

DQ, not Larry, not L. Frank Baum?

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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 8, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/50 "2019-01-08T21:01:17Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _A Spaniard in the Works_?
> 2. Are you brother to Darryl and his other brother Darryl?
> 3. Did you create Andy Panda?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Larry, not L. Frank Baum?

#1 was John Lennon.  
#2 is correct.  
#3 was Walter Lantz, also creator of Woody Woodpecker.

DQs:

1. Created by an American author or authors?
2. Created after 1899?

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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 8, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/51 "2019-01-08T21:22:08Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you like to go shoeless around the house, so that, you explained, your “feet could breathe”? - Abraham Lincoln  
Did you own the country house Hildene? - Robert Todd Lincoln (and it’s well worth a visit): [Hildene - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildene)  
Were you that person’s mom? - Mary Todd Lincoln

Lincoln x3!

DQs:

Character is American?  
Considered a “good guy”?  
First name start with L?

IQs:

Do you meet a Mr. Vollman in a recent book by George Saunders?  
Were you that person’s brother?  
Were you Gary Seven’s assistant?

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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 8, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/52 "2019-01-08T22:58:19Z")

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IQs:

1. In the song _Rose Tint My World_ who does Janet ask God to bless?
2. Are you the female title character in a comic strip by Al Capp?
3. Did you release a Christmas album (and TV special this year) called _A Legendary Christmas_?

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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 9, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/53 "2019-01-09T00:15:39Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Created by an American authors or authors
4. Created after 1899

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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 9, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/54 "2019-01-09T13:02:12Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Created by an American authors or authors
4. Created after 1899
5. American character
6. Tries to be a good guy, but sometimes fails
7. First name starts with L

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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 9, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/55 "2019-01-09T13:04:19Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Do you meet a Mr. Vollman in a recent book by George Saunders?  
> Were you that person’s brother?  
> Were you Gary Seven’s assistant?

DQ, DQ, not Teri Garr’s character from that episode of ST, gaaaaah, take a 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 9, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/56 "2019-01-09T13:07:51Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. In the song _Rose Tint My World_ who does Janet ask God to bless?
> 2. Are you the female title character in a comic strip by Al Capp?
> 3. Did you release a Christmas album (and TV special this year) called _A Legendary Christmas_?

decades since I’ve seen RHPS so take a DQ, thought her name was Daisy so take a DQ, not John Legend

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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 9, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/57 "2019-01-09T14:00:58Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. In the song _Rose Tint My World_ who does Janet ask God to bless?
> 2. Are you the female title character in a comic strip by Al Capp?
> 3. Did you release a Christmas album (and TV special this year) called _A Legendary Christmas_?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> decades since I’ve seen RHPS so take a DQ, thought her name was Daisy so take a DQ, not John Legend

#1 is lingerie-maker Lili St. Cyr.  
#2 is Long Sam.  
Correct on John Legend.

DQs:

1. Created after 1950?
2. Originally from a movie or TV?

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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 9, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/58 "2019-01-09T18:21:56Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Created by an American authors or authors
4. Created after 1899
5. American character
6. Tries to be a good guy, but sometimes fails
7. First name starts with L
8. Created before 1950
9. Not originally from a movie or TV

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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 9, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/59 "2019-01-09T18:30:42Z")

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Previous IQs:

Do you meet a Mr. Vollman in a recent book by George Saunders? - Willie Lincoln, in _Lincoln in the Bardo_  
Were you that person’s brother? - Tad Lincoln  
Were you Gary Seven’s assistant? - Roberta Lincoln, and yes, she was played by Teri Garr

Lincoln x3 redux!

DQs:

Would be alive today, if real?  
Originally from a novel or short story?  
Main character?

IQs:

Did you have the biggest 'fro on _The Mod Squad_?  
Did you have two brothers with the same first name?  
Were you a Sandman played by Michael York?

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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 9, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/60 "2019-01-09T18:40:12Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you fight crime on the radio with your faithful Indian companion?
2. Did you have a hit with the song _The Loco-Motion_?
3. Did you marry Daisy Mae?

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