# Botticelli - July 2018
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558 "2018-07-25T15:05:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/1 "2018-07-25T15:05:32Z")
June thread (which ran into July): [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856599](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856599)
Our next letter is
A
Have at you!
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/2 "2018-07-25T16:09:33Z")
IQs:
1. Were you aka Octavian?
2. Did you write Cthulhu Mythos stories after Lovecraft?
3. Were you an American anarchist remembered for the Haymarket affair?
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/3 "2018-07-25T17:50:34Z")
IQ1: Were you rumored to have bitten the head off a bat during a concert, but it was actually Ozzy Osbourne (and it was a bird during a meeting with record execs)?
IQ2: Did you portray Thorin Oakenshield in the _Hobbit_ movies?
IQ3: According to Cecil, were you not actually named after a brand of baking soda?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/4 "2018-07-25T18:54:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you aka Octavian?
> 2. Did you write Cthulhu Mythos stories after Lovecraft?
> 3. Were you an American anarchist remembered for the Haymarket affair?
Not Aurelius (?), August Derleth or… dunno.
> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> IQ1: Were you rumored to have bitten the head off a bat during a concert, but it was actually Ozzy Osbourne (and it was a bird during a meeting with record execs)?
> IQ2: Did you portray Thorin Oakenshield in the _Hobbit_ movies?
> IQ3: According to Cecil, were you not actually named after a brand of baking soda?
Dunno x2; not Armand Hammer.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/5 "2018-07-26T12:17:56Z")
IQs:
1. Were you aka Octavian?
2. Did you write Cthulhu Mythos stories after Lovecraft?
3. Were you an American anarchist remembered for the Haymarket affair?
Not Aurelius (?), August Derleth or… dunno.
#1 was Augustus Caesar.
Correct on August Derleth.
#3 was August Spies.
DQs:
1. Real?
2. Male?
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/6 "2018-07-26T12:21:10Z")
> [@](#):
>
> IQ1: Were you rumored to have bitten the head off a bat during a concert, but it was actually Ozzy Osbourne (and it was a bird during a meeting with record execs)?
> IQ2: Did you portray Thorin Oakenshield in the Hobbit movies?
> IQ3: According to Cecil, were you not actually named after a brand of baking soda?
> Dunno x2; not Armand Hammer.
Alice Cooper, Richard Armitage, correct
DQ: Last name begin with A?
holding a DQ
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/7 "2018-07-26T12:23:23Z")
IQs:
1. On _The Huckleberry Hound Show_ were you Doggy Daddy’s little boy?
2. Were you the girl reporter who hung with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
3. Were you a Sicilian inventor who died in the Siege of Syracuse?
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/8 "2018-07-26T14:17:37Z")
IQ1: Did you play Jayne Cobb in _Firefly_?
IQ2: Are you lead vocalist for Maroon 5?
IQ3: Are you the voice of Dracula in _Hotel Transylvania_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/9 "2018-07-26T14:42:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. On _The Huckleberry Hound Show_ were you Doggy Daddy’s little boy?
> 2. Were you the girl reporter who hung with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
> 3. Were you a Sicilian inventor who died in the Siege of Syracuse?
Dunno, not Angela, and not Aristarchus (?)
> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you play Jayne Cobb in _Firefly_?
> IQ2: Are you lead vocalist for Maroon 5?
> IQ3: Are you the voice of Dracula in _Hotel Transylvania_?
Not Adam x3: Baldwin, Levine or Sandler.
A.
1. real
2. female
3. first name begins with A
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/10 "2018-07-26T15:23:20Z")
> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. On The Huckleberry Hound Show were you Doggy Daddy’s little boy?
> 2. Were you the girl reporter who hung with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
> 3. Were you a Sicilian inventor who died in the Siege of Syracuse?
> Dunno, not Angela, and not Aristarchus (?)
#1 was Augie Doggy.
#2 was April O’Neill.
#3 was Archimedes.
DQs:
1. Living?
2. Known for the Arts?
3. American?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/11 "2018-07-26T15:26:06Z")
IQs:
1. Are you the evil genius protagonist of a series of Young Adult books by Eoin Colfer?
2. Were two of your catchphrases on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ “Wanna buy a Walnetto?” and “Verrrry interesting. But schtupid.”?
3. In the musical _Grease_ are you the one referred to in the line “nobody’s tits are bigger than…”?
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/12 "2018-07-26T16:57:08Z")
IQ1: Are you placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts?
IQ2: Did you play Brian Johnson in _The Breakfast Club_?
IQ3: Did you play Allison Reynolds in _The Breakfast Club_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/13 "2018-07-26T17:17:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you the evil genius protagonist of a series of Young Adult books by Eoin Colfer?
> 2. Were two of your catchphrases on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_ “Wanna buy a Walnetto?” and “Verrrry interesting. But schtupid.”?
> 3. In the musical _Grease_ are you the one referred to in the line “nobody’s tits are bigger than…”?
Dunno, not Arnie, and not Annette Funnicello.
> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> IQ1: Are you placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts?
> IQ2: Did you play Brian Johnson in _The Breakfast Club_?
> IQ3: Did you play Allison Reynolds in _The Breakfast Club_?
Dunno, not Andrew Garfield, and not Ally Sheedy.
A.
1. real
2. female
3. first name begins with A
4. dead
5. not known for the Arts
6. American
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/14 "2018-07-26T17:53:13Z")
> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Are you the evil genius protagonist of a series of Young Adult books by Eoin Colfer?
> 2. Were two of your catchphrases on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In “Wanna buy a Walnetto?” and “Verrrry interesting. But schtupid.”?
> 3. In the musical Grease are you the one referred to in the line “nobody’s tits are bigger than…”?
> Dunno, not Arnie, and not Annette Funnicello.
#1 is Artemis Fowl.
#2 was Arte Johnson.
#3 is, indeed, Annette Funicello.
DQs:
1. Died after 1900?
2. Known for business?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/15 "2018-07-26T18:09:35Z")
IQs:
1. In Marvel Comics are you the Black Knight’s winged horse?
2. Are you the stepson of the actor who played Gomez on the TV series _The Addams Family_?
3. Did you write _Fables In Slang_?
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/16 "2018-07-27T12:08:32Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Originally Posted by Knowed Out View Post
> IQ1: Are you placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts?
> IQ2: Did you play Brian Johnson in The Breakfast Club?
> IQ3: Did you play Allison Reynolds in The Breakfast Club?
> Dunno, not Andrew Garfield, and not Ally Sheedy.
Adam Vinatieri, Anthony Michael Hall, correct
DQ: Born east of the Mississippi?
DQ: Born north of the Mason Dixon line?
holding a DQ
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/17 "2018-07-27T15:19:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. In Marvel Comics are you the Black Knight’s winged horse?
> 2. Are you the stepson of the actor who played Gomez on the TV series _The Addams Family_?
> 3. Did you write _Fables In Slang_?
Not Acheron, Sean Astin or Ambrose Bierce.
A.
1. real
2. female
3. first name begins with A
4. dead
5. not known for the Arts
6. American
7. died after 1900
8. not known for business
9. born west of the Mississippi
10. born south of the Mason Dixon line
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/18 "2018-07-27T16:41:26Z")
[QUOTE]
IQs:
1. In Marvel Comics are you the Black Knight’s winged horse?
2. Are you the stepson of the actor who played Gomez on the TV series The Addams Family?
3. Did you write Fables In Slang?
Not Acheron, Sean Astin or Ambrose Bierce.
#1 is Aragorn.
Correct on Sean Astin.
#3 was George Ade.
DQs:
1. Died after 1970?
2. Known for politics/military?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/19 "2018-07-27T23:03:09Z")
Aragorn, eh? Didn’t know that!
A.
1. real
2. female
3. first name begins with A
4. dead
5. not known for the Arts
6. American
7. died after 1900
8. not known for business
9. born west of the Mississippi
10. born south of the Mason-Dixon line
11. died after 1970
12. not known for politics/military
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/20 "2018-07-28T01:59:26Z")
IQs:
1. Were you a female sharpshooter with Buffalo Bill’s show?
2. Were you a notable lady pirate?
3. Are you Stephen Spielberg’s first wife?
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