# 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:** 5\
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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:** [August 1, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/41 "2018-08-01T15:25:11Z")

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Patty Hearst came to mind, but she’s not A.

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/42 "2018-08-01T18:25:33Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Have you played a fairyland princess, Amelia Earhart and a 1960’s painter?
> 2. Were you Fred Astaire’s first dance partner?
> 3. Did you play Kevin Kline’s wife in _De-Lovely_?

Not Amy Adams, dunno or Anne Archer.

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
13. known for a crime or crimes
14. died before 2000
15. known for murder or kidnapping
16. arguably primarily known as the victim of a crime
17. died after 1990
18. not a particularly unusual first name, I’d say

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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:** [August 2, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/43 "2018-08-02T00:43:33Z")

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I

> [@](#):
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> Qs:
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> 1. Have you played a fairyland princess, Amelia Earhart and a 1960’s painter?
> 2. Were you Fred Astaire’s first dance partner?
> 3. Did you play Kevin Kline’s wife in De-Lovely?  
> Not Amy Adams, dunno or Anne Archer.

Correct on Amy.  
Fred’s first partner was his sister Adele Astaire, later Lady Cavendish.  
#3 was Ashley Judd.

2 DQs reserved.

IQ: Are you a Texas schoolgirl who was kidnapped and murdered, leading to what are now called Amber Alerts?

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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:** [August 2, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/44 "2018-08-02T04:35:33Z")

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Yes, I am indeed the unfortunate

Amber Hagerman

Killed in 1996 in a still-unsolved crime, and namesake of AMBER Alerts: [Amber alert - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER_Alert#Amber_Hagerman)

Good job, **PP**!

Please start a new thread for August.

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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:** [August 2, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2018/818558/45 "2018-08-02T12:12:02Z")

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Thanks!

August thread here: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21123073#post21123073](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21123073#post21123073)

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