# 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:** 4

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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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/61 "2019-01-09T20:37:10Z")

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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
10. Would not be alive if real
11. Originally from a novel or short story
12. One of the main characters

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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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/62 "2019-01-09T20:39:12Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> 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?

DQ, not Larry, not Logan (saw that movie when I was 14)

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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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/63 "2019-01-09T20:40:41Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 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?

not the Looooone Ranger, not Little Eva, not L’il Abner

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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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/64 "2019-01-09T21:07:53Z")

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You swept me.

IQs:

1. Did you write _Babbitt_?
2. Were you a respected painter of exotic birds who is better remembered for funny poems?
3. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie?

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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 10, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/65 "2019-01-10T00:31:35Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Did you write _Babbitt_?
> 2. Were you a respected painter of exotic birds who is better remembered for funny poems?
> 3. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie?

DQ, not Edward Lear?, DQ

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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 10, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/66 "2019-01-10T05:32:39Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you have the biggest 'fro on _The Mod Squad_? - Linc  
Did you have two brothers with the same first name? - Yes, Larry and his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl  
Were you a Sandman played by Michael York? - Yes, the title character in _Logan’s Run_

DQ:

From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, mystery, romance, etc.)?

IQs:

Did Maggie the Toad once taste your blood?  
Were you that person’s sibling?  
Were you that person’s other sibling?

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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 10, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/67 "2019-01-10T12:21:49Z")

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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
10. Would not be alive if real
11. Originally from a novel or short story
12. One of the main characters
13. Not from genre fiction

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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 10, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/68 "2019-01-10T12:23:29Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did Maggie the Toad once taste your blood?  
> Were you that person’s sibling?  
> Were you that person’s other sibling?

not Cersei Lannister, not Jamie Lannister, not Tyrion Lannister, and Maggie was a frog. 🙂

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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 10, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/69 "2019-01-10T14:34:35Z")

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Swept me!

IQs:

Did you create _Battlestar Galactica_?  
Did someone say you had a sick mind before hiring you?  
Will you soon be playing Capt. Marvel?

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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 10, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/70 "2019-01-10T16:18:27Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did you create _Battlestar Galactica_?  
> Did someone say you had a sick mind before hiring you?  
> Will you soon be playing Capt. Marvel?

DQ, DQ, not Brie Larson

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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 10, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/71 "2019-01-10T18:53:15Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you create _Battlestar Galactica_? - TV producer Glen Larson  
Did someone say you had a sick mind before hiring you? -\* The Far Side\* cartoonist Gary Larson  
Will you soon be playing Capt. Marvel? - Yes, Brie Larson

Larson x3!

DQs:

Created before 1925?  
Known for being armed?

IQs:

Did Ashley Judd play you on _ST:TNG_?  
Are particular orbital points named after you?  
Does a historic fort in Pennsylvania bear your 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 10, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/72 "2019-01-10T19:26:23Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> You swept me.
> 
> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _Babbitt_?
> 2. Were you a respected painter of exotic birds who is better remembered for funny poems?
> 3. Did you play Catwoman in the 1960’s _Batman_ movie?

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

#1 was Sinclair Lewis.  
Correct on Lear.  
#3 was Lee Meriwether.

2 DQs 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 11, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/73 "2019-01-11T01:20:32Z")

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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
10. Would not be alive if real
11. Originally from a novel or short story
12. One of the main characters
13. Not from genre fiction
14. Created after 1925
15. Not known for being armed, but still dangerous

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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 11, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/74 "2019-01-11T01:23:27Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did Ashley Judd play you on _ST:TNG_?  
> Are particular orbital points named after you?  
> Does a historic fort in Pennsylvania bear your name?

take 3 DQs

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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 11, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/75 "2019-01-11T05:27:41Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did Ashley Judd play you on _ST:TNG_? - Ens. Robin Leffler  
Are particular orbital points named after you? - the Italian astronomer LaGrange: [Lagrange point - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point)  
Does a historic fort in Pennsylvania bear your name? - Lord Ligonier

DQs:

Novel or short story was a best-seller when first published?  
Ever appeared in a big-screen movie?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a fake name of Harry Mudd’s?  
Do we not know your middle name, only that it starts with “H”?  
Did you play a colleague of that character?

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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 11, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/76 "2019-01-11T13:03:28Z")

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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
10. Would not be alive if real
11. Originally from a novel or short story
12. One of the main characters
13. Not from genre fiction
14. Created after 1925
15. Not known for being armed, but still dangerous
16. Unknown if original work was a best-seller, but it has numerous publications
17. Has been adapted to film several times

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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 11, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/77 "2019-01-11T13:06:01Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you a fake name of Harry Mudd’s?  
> Do we not know your middle name, only that it starts with “H”?  
> Did you play a colleague of that character?

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 11, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/78 "2019-01-11T13:41:53Z")

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DQ: Unusual first name?

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 11, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/79 "2019-01-11T15:55:21Z")

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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
10. Would not be alive if real
11. Originally from a novel or short story
12. One of the main characters
13. Not from genre fiction
14. Created after 1925
15. Not known for being armed, but still dangerous
16. Unknown if original work was a best-seller, but it has numerous publications
17. Has been adapted to film several times
18. Not an unusual first name

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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 11, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/80 "2019-01-11T21:16:53Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a fake name of Harry Mudd’s? - Leo Walsh, in the original _Star Trek_  
Do we not know your middle name, only that it starts with “H”? - Dr. Leonard H. McCoy  
Did you play a colleague of that character? - Leonard Nimoy

Hmm. Gotta think.

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