# Botticelli July 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747 "2020-07-08T16:04:02Z")\
**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 20, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/201 "2020-07-20T23:05:08Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > > 1. Were you also known as Cheops?
> > > 2. Does the Epistle of Jude speak of your rebellion?
> > > 3. Is June 11th a holiday named for you in just one of the 50 states?
> 
> Not Kitap, Kagol or Martin Luther King Jr. (all guesses)

#1 was Khufu.  
#2 was Korah.  
#3 is King Kamehameha of Hawaii

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?
3. Last name starts with K?

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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 20, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/202 "2020-07-20T23:08:29Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you open the doors to the Treasure House?
2. Are you the actor who portrayed #1 above?
3. Did you write _Either/Or_ and _Fear and Trembling_?

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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 21, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/203 "2020-07-21T02:09:11Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Were you animated by Willis O’Brien?  
> 2. Were your last words “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough”?  
> 3. Have you appeared in _Misery_, _Titanic_, and the TV show _Feud_?

Dunno, dunno and not Kathy Bates

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> …  
> IQ1: Were you Detroit’s star right fielder in the '60s?  
> IQ2: Did you play a civil engineer, the father of twins, and a diver?  
> IQ3: Were you (usually) really Mildred Wirt or her daughter?

Dunno x3

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you open the doors to the Treasure House?
> 2. Are you the actor who portrayed #1 above?
> 3. Did you write _Either/Or_ and _Fear and Trembling_?

Dunno x3

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/204 "2020-07-21T03:29:17Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, dunno and not Kathy Bates

1 was King Kong; 2 was Karl Marx.

DQs:  
1. from prose fiction?  
2. created after 1920?

IQs:  
1. Do you currently host a morning talk show with Ryan Seacrest?  
2. Did you host a previous incarnation of that show?  
3. Did you base your salary for an acting role on the price of a rug you wanted to buy?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/205 "2020-07-21T09:31:06Z")

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Hee! I appreciate the shout out, but kitap is just the Turkish word for book.is

IQs:

1. Did you star in the 1975 version of Escape to Witch Mountain?
2. Are you a sister of #1 whose most famous role was in the original Halloween movie?
3. Are you the sister of both #1 and #2 who married into the Hilton family?

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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 21, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/206 "2020-07-21T11:52:55Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Detroit’s star right fielder in the '60s?  
> IQ2: Did you play a civil engineer, the father of twins, and a diver?  
> IQ3: Were you (usually) really Mildred Wirt or her daughter?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno x3

Al Kaline.  
Brian Keith (_Family Affair_, _The Parent Trap_, and _Krakatoa, East of Java_).  
Carolyn Keene.

DQ1: American character?  
DQ2: Created by an American/Americans?  
One DQ reserved.

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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 21, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/207 "2020-07-21T14:47:57Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …  
> IQs:  
> 1. Do you currently host a morning talk show with Ryan Seacrest?  
> 2. Did you host a previous incarnation of that show?  
> 3. Did you base your salary for an acting role on the price of a rug you wanted to buy?

Not Kelly Ripa, not Katie Couric, and dunno.

> [@kitap](#):
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> …  
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you star in the 1975 version of Escape to Witch Mountain?
> 2. Are you a sister of #1 whose most famous role was in the original Halloween movie?
> 3. Are you the sister of both #1 and #2 who married into the Hilton family?

Dunno x3

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from prose fiction
5. created after 1920
6. not an American character
7. created by an American/Americans

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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 21, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/208 "2020-07-21T15:37:50Z")

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DQ: Originally from film or TV?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/209 "2020-07-21T15:39:35Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Kelly Ripa, not Katie Couric, and dunno.

Correct on 1 and 2; 3 was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, when he appeared in _Airplane!_.

DQ: created after 1970?

.  
.

IQs:  
1. Did you create Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, the X-Men, Thor, the Silver Surfer, Black Panther, the Challengers of the Unknown, the New Gods, Darkseid, Mr. Miracle, the Demon, the Sandman, and the Dingbats of Danger Street?  
2. Born Temüjin, does the title you are known by likely mean “Universal” or “Oceanic Ruler”?  
3. Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard?

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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, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/210 "2020-07-21T15:42:29Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Did you open the doors to the Treasure House?
> > > 2. Are you the actor who portrayed #1 above?
> > > 3. Did you write _Either/Or_ and _Fear and Trembling_ ?
> 
> Dunno x3

#1 was Captain Kangaroo.  
#2 was Bob Keeshan.  
#3 was Soren Kierkegaard.

DQs:

1. Originally from TV or movies?
2. Created after 1969?
3. Protagonist?

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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 21, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/211 "2020-07-21T15:43:02Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> …  
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you create Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, the X-Men, Thor, the Silver Surfer, Black Panther, the Challengers of the Unknown, the New Gods, Darkseid, Mr. Miracle, the Demon, the Sandman, and the Dingbats of Danger Street?  
> 2. Born Temüjin, does the title you are known by likely mean “Universal” or “Oceanic Ruler”?  
> 3. Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard?

Not Jack Kelly, not Genghis Khan and not Kim Possible.

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from prose fiction
5. created after 1920
6. not an American character
7. created by an American/Americans
8. originally from film or TV
9. created after 1970

**Prof. P.** , want to revise your 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 21, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/212 "2020-07-21T15:43:28Z")

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DQ1: Were you a fictional Russian secret agent?  
DQ2: Were you a real Russian spy?  
DQ3: Did you marry Peter Phillips?

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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, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/213 "2020-07-21T15:44:26Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a possibility to be Biden’s choice for VP?
2. Are you a general who was Trumps’ Chief of Staff for a couple of years?
3. Were you Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow?

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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, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/214 "2020-07-21T15:45:19Z")

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Yes, please.

DQs:

1. Originally from TV?
2. Created after 1999?
3. Protagonist?

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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 21, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/215 "2020-07-21T15:46:15Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> DQ1: Were you a fictional Russian secret agent?  
> DQ2: Were you a real Russian spy?  
> DQ3: Did you marry Peter Phillips?

Not Ilya Kuryakin, dunno and dunno.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a possibility to be Biden’s choice for VP?
> 2. Are you a general who was Trumps’ Chief of Staff for a couple of years?
> 3. Were you Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow?

Not Kamala Harris, dunno and not Coretta Scott King.

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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 21, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/216 "2020-07-21T15:47:54Z")

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K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from prose fiction
5. created after 1920
6. not an American character
7. created by an American/Americans
8. originally from film or TV
9. created after 1970
10. not originally from TV
11. created before 1999
12. a, but not the, protagonist

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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, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/217 "2020-07-21T15:53:30Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Are you a possibility to be Biden’s choice for VP?
> > > 2. Are you a general who was Trumps’ Chief of Staff for a couple of years?
> > > 3. Were you Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow?
> 
> Not Kamala Harris, dunno and not Coretta Scott King.

Correct, John Kelly, Correct.

DQ: Originally from a film from the 1970’s?

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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 21, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/218 "2020-07-21T16:05:08Z")

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K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from prose fiction
5. created after 1920
6. not an American character
7. created by an American/Americans
8. originally from film or TV
9. created after 1970
10. not originally from TV
11. created before 1999
12. a, but not the, protagonist
13. not originally from a film from the 1970s

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/219 "2020-07-21T16:07:46Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Jack Kelly, not Genghis Khan and not Kim Possible.

1 was Jack Kirby; 3 was Kelis.

DQs:  
1. appears in more than one film?  
2. first appeared in a 1980s film?

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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 21, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/220 "2020-07-21T16:36:13Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> DQ1: Were you a fictional Russian secret agent?  
> DQ2: Were you a real Russian spy?  
> DQ3: Did you marry Peter Phillips?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Not Ilya Kuryakin, dunno and dunno.

Correct.  
Kim Philby.  
Autumn Kelly.

DQ: European character?  
One DQ reserved.

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