# Botticelli July 2016

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 1, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885 "2016-07-01T19:49:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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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, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/201 "2016-07-21T21:17:09Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Last name starts with P
6. Known for the arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Has acted, but really isn’t known as an actress
9. Singer
10. Considered a beauty by many
11. Known as a solo artist

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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:** [July 22, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/202 "2016-07-22T02:14:25Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a star of _Baywatch_? - Pamela Anderson.  
Are you the current U.S. Secretary of Labor? - Tom Perez (said to be a possible Hillary pick for VP).  
Was Sgt. Carter your nemesis? - Yes, Gomer Pyle.

DQs:

Has won a Grammy?  
Best known for rock/pop?

IQs:

Were you in the casts of both _Batteries Not Included_ and _The Incredibles_?  
Did you hold almost every government office in the town of Titipu?  
Did you play the friend and later lover of Mork from Ork?

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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, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/203 "2016-07-22T12:59:18Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Last name starts with P
6. Known for the arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Has acted, but really isn’t known as an actress
9. Singer
10. Considered a beauty by many
11. Known as a solo artist
12. Has not won an individual Grammy, but did win as part of a group of artists in a video
13. Best known for rock/pop

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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:** [July 22, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/204 "2016-07-22T14:52:19Z")

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See my IQs?

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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, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/205 "2016-07-22T15:21:32Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you in the casts of both _Batteries Not Included_ and _The Incredibles_?  
> Did you hold almost every government office in the town of Titipu?  
> Did you play the friend and later lover of Mork from Ork?

Sorry 'bout that. I answered it, but my computer is still doing some wonky things.

Take a DQ for #1.  
I am not Pooh-Bah.  
I am not Pam Dawber.

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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:** [July 22, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/206 "2016-07-22T15:41:42Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you in the casts of both _Batteries Not Included_ and _The Incredibles_? - The late Elizabeth Pena.  
Did you hold almost every government office in the town of Titipu? - Yes, Pooh-Bah, in G&S’s _The Mikado_.  
Did you play the friend and later lover of Mork from Ork? - Yes, Pam Dawber.

DQ:

Born after 1980?

IQs:

Did you sing “Jar of Hearts”?  
Are you a longtime member of Aerosmith?  
Did you command both USS _Lawrence_ and USS _Niagara_ in a key battle?

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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, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/207 "2016-07-22T17:33:21Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Last name starts with P
6. Known for the arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Has acted, but really isn’t known as an actress
9. Singer
10. Considered a beauty by many
11. Known as a solo artist
12. Has not won an individual Grammy, but did win as part of a group of artists in a video
13. Best known for rock/pop
14. Born before 1980

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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, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/208 "2016-07-22T17:34:43Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you sing “Jar of Hearts”?  
> Are you a longtime member of Aerosmith?  
> Did you command both USS _Lawrence_ and USS _Niagara_ in a key battle?

I am not Christina Perri.  
Take 2 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:** [July 23, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/209 "2016-07-23T05:05:43Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you sing “Jar of Hearts”? - Yes, Christina Perri.  
Are you a longtime member of Aerosmith? - Steve Perry.  
Did you command both USS _Lawrence_ and USS _Niagara_ in a key battle? - Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, in the Battle of Lake Erie.

Perry/i x3!

DQs:

Born east of the Miss. River?  
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

IQs:

Were you briefly Mrs. Michael Jackson?  
Are you her mom?  
Did you found Kenyon College?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/210 "2016-07-23T05:08:50Z")

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IQ’s:

Did you sing “Treat Me Right?”  
Are you known as the “punk poet laureate?”  
Were you the lead singer of Scandal before going on to a somewhat successful solo career?

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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 23, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/211 "2016-07-23T13:44:39Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you briefly Mrs. Michael Jackson?

Yes, I am Lisa-Marie Presley!

Congrats again, EH!

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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:** [July 25, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/212 "2016-07-25T15:45:35Z")

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Woohoo! Thanks, **Prof. P**. Good one.

My other two IQs:

Are you her mom? - Priscilla Presley  
Did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase

Our next letter is, of course,

Q

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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 25, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/213 "2016-07-25T16:54:34Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a vice president of the USA?
2. Are you the coach for the Atlanta Falcons?
3. Did you hang around with Baba Looey?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/214 "2016-07-25T19:47:10Z")

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IQ’s:

1. Were you the captain of the _Orca_?
2. Are you probably the most famous literary harpooner of all time?
3. Are you a Fields Medal (math award) winner who taught, among other places, at MIT?

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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:** [July 25, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/215 "2016-07-25T23:51:40Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you a vice president of the USA?
> 2. Are you the coach for the Atlanta Falcons?
> 3. Did you hang around with Baba Looey?

I am not Dan Quayle, dunno, and dunno.

> [@Johnny\_Ace](#):
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> IQ’s:
> 
> 1. Were you the captain of the _Orca_?
> 2. Are you probably the most famous literary harpooner of all time?
> 3. Are you a Fields Medal (math award) winner who taught, among other places, at MIT?

Not Quint, not Queequeg (“probably”?), and dunno.

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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 26, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/216 "2016-07-26T02:42:10Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you a vice president of the USA?
> 2. Are you the coach for the Atlanta Falcons?
> 3. Did you hang around with Baba Looey?  
> I am not Dan Quayle, dunno, and dunno.

Correct on #1. #2 is Dan Quinn. #3 was Quickdraw McGraw.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/217 "2016-07-26T03:14:18Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Ace](#):
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> IQ’s:
> 
> 1. Were you the captain of the _Orca_?
> 2. Are you probably the most famous literary harpooner of all time?
> 3. Are you a Fields Medal (math award) winner who taught, among other places, at MIT?

Yes, Quint.  
Yes, Queequeg (just covering my bets :)).  
And it’s Daniel Quillen, the originator of K-theory.

Reserving DQ.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/218 "2016-07-26T03:25:55Z")

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More IQ’s:

1. Are you the poster child for being an enemy collaborator?
2. Were you a Ferengi trader on Deep Space 9?
3. Were you an Aztec god?

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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 26, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/219 "2016-07-26T13:40:35Z")

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IQs:

1. Did Richard Benjamin portray you in a TV series parody of _Star Trek_?
2. Are you aka Green Arrow?
3. Did you turn into a werewolf on _Dark Shadows_?

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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:** [July 26, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2016/758885/220 "2016-07-26T15:34:02Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Ace](#):
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> More IQ’s:
> 
> 1. Are you the poster child for being an enemy collaborator?
> 2. Were you a Ferengi trader on Deep Space 9?
> 3. Were you an Aztec god?

Not Quisling, Quark or Quetzalcoatl.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did Richard Benjamin portray you in a TV series parody of _Star Trek_?
> 2. Are you aka Green Arrow?
> 3. Did you turn into a werewolf on _Dark Shadows_?

Not the other Quark, Queen or… Quentin?

Q.

1. fictional
2. male

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