# Botticelli - July 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 8, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688 "2019-07-08T00:18:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 4

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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 10, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/61 "2019-07-10T13:18:12Z")

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Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, Deshaun Watson

DQ: Alive?  
DQ: American?  
DQ: Last name start with W?

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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 10, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/62 "2019-07-10T13:25:27Z")

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IQ1: Are you believed to be the Atlanta Child Murderer of 1979-1981?  
IQ2: Did you portray Aria Stark?  
IQ3: Are you a crooner from the 60’s and 70’s noted for your rendition of “Moon River”?

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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 10, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/63 "2019-07-10T14:18:40Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you really Virginia Pugh?  
> IQ2: Did Arthur Bremer try to kill you?  
> IQ3: Is the Duke of Rothesay your father?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

Tammy Wynette.  
George Wallace.  
William, Duke of Cambridge.  
DQ:  
7) Known for writing (fiction, non-fiction, or poetry)?  
Two DQs reserved.

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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 10, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/64 "2019-07-10T14:59:42Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Known for the Arts
4. Alive
5. American
6. Last name starts with W
7. Not known for writing

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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 10, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/65 "2019-07-10T15:00:43Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you believed to be the Atlanta Child Murderer of 1979-1981?  
> IQ2: Did you portray Aria Stark?  
> IQ3: Are you a crooner from the 60’s and 70’s noted for your rendition of “Moon River”?

#3. I am not Andy Williams.

Take 2 DQs.

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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 10, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/66 "2019-07-10T17:30:26Z")

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DQs:  
8) Born in 1975 or later?  
9) Known for music?

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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 10, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/67 "2019-07-10T18:37:51Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Known for the Arts
4. Alive
5. American
6. Last name starts with W
7. Not known for writing
8. Born before 1975
9. Known for music

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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 10, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/68 "2019-07-10T19:09:42Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you believed to be the Atlanta Child Murderer of 1979-1981?  
> IQ2: Did you portray Aria Stark?  
> IQ3: Are you a crooner from the 60’s and 70’s noted for your rendition of “Moon River”?
> 
> #3. I am not Andy Williams.
> 
> Take 2 DQs.

Wayne and Maise Williams, correct. Williams x 3!

DQ: Vocalist?  
DQ: Primarily a solo artist?

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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 10, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/69 "2019-07-10T20:56:01Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Known for the Arts
4. Alive
5. American
6. Last name starts with W
7. Not known for writing
8. Born before 1975
9. Known for music
10. Vocalist
11. Primarily a solo artist

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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 10, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/70 "2019-07-10T21:34:39Z")

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IQ1: Were you noted for duets with David Frizzell?  
IQ2: Were you IQ1’s mother?  
IQ3: Were you a fictional Secret Service agent with the same last name as IQ1 and IQ2?

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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 10, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/71 "2019-07-10T22:40:06Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you noted for duets with David Frizzell?  
> IQ2: Were you IQ1’s mother?  
> IQ3: Were you a fictional Secret Service agent with the same last name as IQ1 and IQ2?

Take 2 or 3 DQs. I guess #3 is James West, who I am not.

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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 11, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/72 "2019-07-11T00:59:18Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Harriet Tubman’s landlord for awhile? - William H. Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE, in Auburn, NY  
Did a character based on you cite the work of Bishop Ussher in a play? - Matthew Harrison Brady in _Inherit the Wind_, which is about the Scopes Monkey Trial, is based on William Jennings Bryan (Bishop Ussher estimated that the world was just 6,000 years old)  
Did your partner mispronounce the name of a notorious French writer? - William, the Morgan Freeman character in _Se7en_, is partners with Mills, a callow young detective played by Brad Pitt, who pronounces the name of the mad Frenchman as “the Marquis de Sharday”

William x3!

DQs:

Rock/pop artist?  
Considered a beauty?  
Has won a Grammy?

IQs:

Did the buttons on your suit have the wrong date on them, on the occasion for which they were made?  
Were you that person’s wife?  
Did your political foes circulate racist “No Watermelon” buttons?

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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 11, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/73 "2019-07-11T01:09:12Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Known for the Arts
4. Alive
5. American
6. Last name starts with W
7. Not known for writing
8. Born before 1975
9. Known for music
10. Vocalist
11. Primarily a solo artist
12. Rock/pop artist
13. Considered a beauty
14. Has won multiple Grammys

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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 11, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/74 "2019-07-11T01:10:29Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did the buttons on your suit have the wrong date on them, on the occasion for which they were made?  
> Were you that person’s wife?  
> Did your political foes circulate racist “No Watermelon” buttons?

Take another 3 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 11, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/75 "2019-07-11T01:31:39Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did the buttons on your suit have the wrong date on them, on the occasion for which they were made? - George Washington, when his first inauguration was pushed back a few weeks due to Congress not having yet assembled: [https://shops.mountvernon.org/products/gw-eagle-cufflinks-23765](https://shops.mountvernon.org/products/gw-eagle-cufflinks-23765)  
Were you that person’s wife? - Martha Washington  
Did your political foes circulate racist “No Watermelon” buttons? - Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago

Washington x3!

DQs:

White?  
Greatest fame before 1980?  
Famous husband at any point?

IQs:

Are you Tom Hanks’s wife?  
Were you the volleyball from _Cast Away_?  
Are you the best-known person born in Staunton, Va.?

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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 11, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/76 "2019-07-11T02:13:00Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you noted for duets with David Frizzell?  
> IQ2: Were you IQ1’s mother?  
> IQ3: Were you a fictional Secret Service agent with the same last name as IQ1 and IQ2?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 2 or 3 DQs. I guess #3 is James West, who I am not.

Shelly, Dottie, and James – West x3!  
DQ:  
18) Born in or after 1950?  
Two DQs reserved.

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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 11, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/77 "2019-07-11T12:22:53Z")

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Are you Houston, Whitney? never mind…

IQ1: Are you the voice of Lego Batman?  
IQ2: Did you play Steve Trevor and Steve Trevor Jr in the same TV show?  
IQ3: Did you play the third female bailiff on _Night Court_?

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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 11, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/78 "2019-07-11T12:47:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Known for the Arts
4. Alive
5. American
6. Last name starts with W
7. Not known for writing
8. Born before 1975
9. Known for music
10. Vocalist
11. Primarily a solo artist
12. Rock/pop artist
13. Considered a beauty
14. Has won multiple Grammys
15. Not white
16. Greatest fame before 1980
17. No famous husband
18. Born before 1950

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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 11, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/79 "2019-07-11T12:49:08Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Are you Tom Hanks’s wife?  
> Were you the volleyball from _Cast Away_?  
> Are you the best-known person born in Staunton, Va.?

I am not Rita Wilson.  
I am not Wilson.  
I am not Woodrow Wilson (??).

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> Are you Houston, Whitney? never mind…
> 
> IQ1: Are you the voice of Lego Batman?  
> IQ2: Did you play Steve Trevor and Steve Trevor Jr in the same TV show?  
> IQ3: Did you play the third female bailiff on _Night Court_?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Lyle Waggoner.
3. I am not Marsha Warwick.

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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 11, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2019/836688/80 "2019-07-11T15:39:17Z")

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Swept me - Wilson x3!

IQs:

Are your initials “DW” and you’re a famous black singer?  
Did you and two other singers have a hit with “Hold On”?  
Did you play Ens. Harry Kim?

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