# Botticelli - January 2023

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 31, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412 "2022-12-31T12:35:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 8

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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 17, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/141 "2023-01-17T00:05:08Z")

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I can only think of one.

Final FirstName LastName Question:

Are you Billie Eilish?

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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 17, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/142 "2023-01-17T00:12:23Z")

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Ah, I bet that’s it.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/143 "2023-01-17T00:40:49Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Are you Billie Eilish?

I am indeed **Billie Eilish**! Next game goes to the Prof.

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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 17, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/144 "2023-01-17T01:35:26Z")

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Yay!

Well, we’ve had A and B. How’s about…

I am

# C!

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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 17, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/145 "2023-01-17T18:04:36Z")

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Congrats! …I thought she is English.

1. Are you F’nor’s dragon?
2. Did you play the prophet Kevin Tran on **Supernatural**?
3. Did Mark Sheppard play you on **Supernatural**?

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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 17, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/146 "2023-01-17T18:27:37Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> - Are you F’nor’s dragon?
> - Did you play the prophet Kevin Tran on **Supernatural**?
> - Did Mark Sheppard play you on **Supernatural**?

Take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/147 "2023-01-17T18:33:12Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you you, and we weren’t?  
2. Did you star in _Glitter_ and _Precious_?  
3. Did you claim to not believe in God because you didn’t believe in Mother Goose?

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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 17, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/148 "2023-01-17T19:25:24Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Congrats! …I thought she is English.
> 
> 1. Are you F’nor’s dragon?
> 2. Did you play the prophet Kevin Tran on **Supernatural**?
> 3. Did Mark Sheppard play you on **Supernatural**?

Canth, Osric Chau, Crowley.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Female?

One DQ held.

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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 17, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/149 "2023-01-17T19:51:47Z")

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Congrats, **Prof. P.**!

C it is.

IQs:

Were you a hero of Little Round Top?  
Were you a lord mayor of Manchester who became PM?  
Have you played a priest, a doctor and a sailor?

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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 17, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/150 "2023-01-17T20:23:19Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you you, and we weren’t?
> 2. Did you star in _Glitter_ and _Precious_?
> 3. Did you claim to not believe in God because you didn’t believe in Mother Goose?

#1. I am not Chevy Chase, and neither are you.  
#2. I am not Christina Aguilera (??)  
#3. Take a DQ.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you a hero of Little Round Top?  
> Were you a lord mayor of Manchester who became PM?  
> Have you played a priest, a doctor and a sailor?

Take 2 DQs.  
#3. I am not Bing Crosby (in _Going My Way_, _Stagecoach_ and _Road to Singapore_)

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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 17, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/151 "2023-01-17T20:23:32Z")

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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 17, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/152 "2023-01-17T20:31:17Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain  
Were you a lord mayor of Manchester who became PM? - Neville Chamberlain  
Have you played a priest, a doctor and a sailor? - I was going for Richard Chamberlain (in _The Thorn Birds, Dr. Kildare_ and _Shogun_), but I guess Bing Crosby works, too. I’ll waive rephrasing.

Chamberlain x3!

DQs:

Living?  
First name begin with C?

IQs:

Have you played a President, a dentist, a judge and a high school teacher?  
Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”?  
Was your middle name Muriel and you weren’t a transpondster?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/153 "2023-01-17T21:09:00Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. I am not Chevy Chase, and neither are you.  
> #2. I am not Christina Aguilera (??)  
> #3. Take a DQ.

2 was Mariah Carey; 3 was Clarence Darrow.

DQs:  
1. known from the arts?  
2. American?

IQs:  
1. Are you a genie in a bottle, and one has to rub you the right way?  
2. Were you a legendary heroic train engineer?  
3. Are you the hockey stick-wielding ally of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

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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 18, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/154 "2023-01-18T00:19:33Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with C
5. Known from the Arts
6. Not 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 18, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/155 "2023-01-18T00:20:51Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Have you played a President, a dentist, a judge and a high school teacher?  
> Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”?  
> Was your middle name Muriel and you weren’t a transpondster?

#2. I am not Wrong Way Corrigan.  
Take 2 DQs.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a genie in a bottle, and one has to rub you the right way?
> 2. Were you a legendary heroic train engineer?
> 3. Are you the hockey stick-wielding ally of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

#1. Take a DQ.  
#2. I am not Casey Jones.  
#3. I am not that Casey Jones either.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/156 "2023-01-18T01:45:10Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. Take a DQ.  
> #2. I am not Casey Jones.  
> #3. I am not that Casey Jones either.

1 was Christina Aguilera.

DQ: died after 1900?

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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 18, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/157 "2023-01-18T02:03:02Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with C
5. Known from the Arts
6. Not American
7. Died after 1900

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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 18, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/158 "2023-01-18T02:06:52Z")

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1. Were you the main character of **From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler**?
2. Are you the title character of an epistolatary novel written by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer?
3. Are you the protagonist of **Dealing with Dragons**?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/159 "2023-01-18T02:40:15Z")

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IQs:  
1. Do you–or someone who looks like you–exist in the Marvel universe, popping up here and there in crowd scenes or newsrooms, and notably bumping into Thor (in his secret identity of Sigurd Jarlson)?  
2. Did you recently take over your mother’s job?  
3. Did you write about Sookie Stackhouse?

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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 18, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2023/977412/160 "2023-01-18T14:07:47Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> - Were you the main character of **From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler**?
> - Are you the title character of an epistolatary novel written by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer?
> - Are you the protagonist of **Dealing with Dragons**?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Do you–or someone who looks like you–exist in the Marvel universe, popping up here and there in crowd scenes or newsrooms, and notably bumping into Thor (in his secret identity of Sigurd Jarlson)?
> 2. Did you recently take over your mother’s job?
> 3. Did you write about Sookie Stackhouse?

Take 3 DQs.

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