# Botticelli - July, 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768 "2014-07-10T14:38:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 9

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/161 "2014-07-21T19:52:01Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the pride of the “Small Town” of Seymour, Indiana?  
> IQ2: Were you once married to an “Uptown Girl”?

IQ1: Not John Cougar Mellencamp  
IQ2: Not Billy Joel

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/162 "2014-07-21T19:54:16Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> On to J…
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> IQs:
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> Were you once a lover of Inga Arvad?  
> Was your pal and aide Clyde Tolson?  
> Were you a very good amphibious friend?

Dunno  
Not J. Edgar Hoover  
I guess not, take a DQ

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/163 "2014-07-21T19:59:26Z")

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That’s Jarah Mariano

DQ: Real?

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/164 "2014-07-21T20:05:48Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you “lead the charge that brought us safe to the rear”?
> 
> 2. Did you write Born Free?
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> 3. Did you star in My Mother The Car?
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> 4. Dunno
> 
> 5. Dunno
> 
> 6. Not Jerry Van Dyke

#1 was Jubilation T. Cornpone, from the musical _Li’l Abner_  
#2 was Joy Adams. Correct on Jerry.

DQs:

1. Male?
2. Last name starts with J?

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/165 "2014-07-21T20:07:56Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the patron saint of librarians?
2. Are you the youngest child in the Incredibles family?
3. Did you write _Big Yellow Taxi_?

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**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/166 "2014-07-21T22:51:16Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a TV presenter on famous car show?
2. Did you meet your death by being thrown out a window?

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/167 "2014-07-21T23:01:49Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. First name starts with J

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/168 "2014-07-21T23:03:43Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the patron saint of librarians?
> 2. Are you the youngest child in the Incredibles family?
> 3. Did you write _Big Yellow Taxi_?

1. Not Saint Jude?
2. Not Junior?
3. Not Jim Ignatowski?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/169 "2014-07-21T23:06:13Z")

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IQ: Were 1/2 of “Bennifer”?

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/170 "2014-07-21T23:07:55Z")

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> [@eltro102](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a TV presenter on famous car show?
> 2. Did you meet your death by being thrown out a window?

1. Not Jeremy Clarkson
2. There’s bound to be more than one answer to that, like Jezebel, which I’m not.

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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:** [July 21, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/171 "2014-07-21T23:09:14Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Were 1/2 of “Bennifer”?

Not Jennifer Anniston

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/172 "2014-07-21T23:58:28Z")

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I was going for Jennifer Lopez.

DQ:.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:** [July 22, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/173 "2014-07-22T01:09:03Z")

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Quote:  
Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post  
IQs:

> [@](#):
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> 1. Are you the patron saint of librarians?
> 2. Are you the youngest child in the Incredibles family?
> 3. Did you write Big Yellow Taxi?
> 
> 1. Not Saint Jude?
> 2. Not Junior?
> 3. Not Jim Ignatowski?

I enjoyed your answers but they are St. Jerome, Jack-Jack and Joni Mitchell respectively.

DQs:

1. Alive?
2. In the performing arts?

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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:** [July 22, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/174 "2014-07-22T02:02:22Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Was your name originally Ulyanov?  
> IQ2: Were you the first woman in space?  
> IQ3: Were some of Bugs Moran’s men killed on your day?

> [@etv78](#):
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> Not:  
> Vladimir Lenin  
> Valentina Tershenko (know I messed last name, but I know who you meant)  
> St Valentine

Correct on all three. (It’s Tereshkova, by the way.)  
**J** …

IQ1: Are you famous for only eating lean meat?  
IQ2: Did you invent a new process for making jet jewellery?  
IQ3: Were you the Swedish Nightingale?

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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:** [July 22, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/175 "2014-07-22T02:41:03Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. First name starts with J
4. Not American
5. Alive
6. In 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:** [July 22, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/176 "2014-07-22T02:43:51Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Are you famous for only eating lean meat?  
> IQ2: Did you invent a new process for making jet jewellery?  
> IQ3: Were you the Swedish Nightingale?

Not Jack Sprat  
dunno  
dunjo

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/177 "2014-07-22T03:04:35Z")

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IQ:.Are you the Facebook face of Pearl Magazine?

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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:** [July 22, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/178 "2014-07-22T03:11:15Z")

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DQ: Born in 1980 or later?

IQs:

1. Are you one of the Three Investigators in the children’s book series?
2. Are you noted for your paintings of flags and maps?
3. Were you the title character in the TV series that first had an African-American woman in the starring role?

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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:** [July 22, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/179 "2014-07-22T03:39:30Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Are you famous for only eating lean meat?  
> IQ2: Did you invent a new process for making jet jewellery?  
> IQ3: Were you the Swedish Nightingale?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Not Jack Sprat  
> dunno  
> dunjo

Correct on Jack Sprat.  
Jean Valjean, in _Les Miserables_.  
Jenny Lind.  
Two DQs reserved.  
IQ1: Were you one of the three men in the boat?  
IQ2: Were you a wealthy businessman known for a huge appetite and a fondness for jewels?  
IQ3: Did you ask that your fortune be used after your death to found a university and a hospital?

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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:** [July 22, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/180 "2014-07-22T12:09:18Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ:.Are you the Facebook face of Pearl Magazine?

The who what of what? Take a DQ.

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