# 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:** 13

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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 26, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/241 "2020-07-26T19:18:31Z")

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Seen the movie, don’t remember him.

Onward!

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> # I
> 
> as in icicle.

IQs:  
1. Are you a DC supervillain also known as Joar or Cameron Mahkent?  
2. Did you found IKEA?  
3. Were you married to David Bowie?

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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 27, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/242 "2020-07-27T02:28:50Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Jafar’s parrot in _Aladdin_?
> 2. Are you Horus’s mom?
> 3. Were you a comedian and cornet player with Kay Kyser?

Not Iago, Isis or Imogene Coca.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …  
> IQs:  
> 1. Are you a DC supervillain also known as Joar or Cameron Mahkent?  
> 2. Did you found IKEA?  
> 3. Were you married to David Bowie?

Dunno, dunno and not Iman.

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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 27, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/243 "2020-07-27T02:53:28Z")

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IQ1: Did you write _The Sensuous Dirty Old Man_?  
IQ2: Was Cedric the Saxon your father?  
IQ3: Do you associate with Biggie Rat?

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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 27, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/244 "2020-07-27T08:04:44Z")

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1. Were you a dancer who died in a freak car/scarf accident?
2. Are you a fictional princess whose family tree goes straight up with no branches, and who also admitted in a song that she “ethnically hard to pin down”?
3. Are you the actress who voiced Disney’s Pocahontas?

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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 27, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/245 "2020-07-27T12:56:49Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Are you Jafar’s parrot in _Aladdin_ ?
> > > 2. Are you Horus’s mom?
> > > 3. Were you a comedian and cornet player with Kay Kyser?
> 
> Not Iago, Isis or Imogene Coca.

Correct, Correct, and Ish Kabibble.

DQ: Real?

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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 27, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/246 "2020-07-27T13:00:10Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have hits with _Fancy_ and _Black Widow_?
2. Did John Cleese call you the funniest comic alive today?
3. Are you married to the Flash?

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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 27, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/247 "2020-07-27T14:01:35Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write _The Sensuous Dirty Old Man_?  
> IQ2: Was Cedric the Saxon your father?  
> IQ3: Do you associate with Biggie Rat?

Not Isaac Asimov, dunno and not Ixnay the Mouse

> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Were you a dancer who died in a freak car/scarf accident?
> 2. Are you a fictional princess whose family tree goes straight up with no branches, and who also admitted in a song that she “ethnically hard to pin down”?
> 3. Are you the actress who voiced Disney’s Pocahontas?

Not Isadora Duncan, dunno and dunno

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have hits with _Fancy_ and _Black Widow_?
> 2. Did John Cleese call you the funniest comic alive today?
> 3. Are you married to the Flash?

Dunno x3

I.

1. real

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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 27, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/248 "2020-07-27T14:33:05Z")

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

1 (DC supervillain also known as Joar or Cameron Mahkent) was the Icicle; 2 (founder of IKEA) was Ingvar Kamprad.

DQs:  
1. living?  
2. male?

IQs:  
1. Did you and Leibniz separately discover something?  
2. Did you write _Rosemary’s Baby_?  
3. Were you one of the musical guests in the first episode of _Saturday Night Live_?

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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 27, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/249 "2020-07-27T14:34:21Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write _The Sensuous Dirty Old Man_?  
> IQ2: Was Cedric the Saxon your father?  
> IQ3: Do you associate with Biggie Rat?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Isaac Asimov, dunno and not Ixnay the Mouse

✅  
Wilfred of Ivanhoe.  
Itchy Brother.  
  
  
DQ1: Known for the Arts?  
DQ2: American?  
  
  
  
ETA: That check-mark icon is too big. ☹

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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 27, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/250 "2020-07-27T14:39:35Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …  
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you and Leibniz separately discover something?  
> 2. Did you write _Rosemary’s Baby_?  
> 3. Were you one of the musical guests in the first episode of _Saturday Night Live_?

Dunno, not Ira Levin and not Iggy Pop.

I.

1. real
2. kinda sorta known for the Arts
3. holds joint citizenship in the U.S. and another country

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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 27, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/251 "2020-07-27T15:24:21Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, not Ira Levin and not Iggy Pop.

1 was Isaac Newton; 3 was Janis Ian.

Two DQs, plus 2 unanswered from before:

DQs:  
1. living?  
2. male?  
3. first name begins with I?  
4. originally from the US?

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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 27, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/252 "2020-07-27T15:25:03Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Did you have hits with _Fancy_ and _Black Widow_ ?
> > > 2. Did John Cleese call you the funniest comic alive today?
> > > 3. Are you married to the Flash?
> 
> Dunno x3

#1 is Iggy Azalea.  
#2 is Eddie Izzard.  
#3 is Iris West Allen.

3 DQs 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 27, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/253 "2020-07-27T15:33:32Z")

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I.

1. real
2. kinda sorta known for the Arts
3. holds joint citizenship in the U.S. and another country
4. living
5. female
6. last name begins with I
7. not originally from the U.S.

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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 27, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/254 "2020-07-27T15:37:25Z")

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DQs:

1. Born after 1979?
2. Known for writing?

1 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 27, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/255 "2020-07-27T20:09:31Z")

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I.

1. real
2. kinda sorta known for the Arts
3. holds joint citizenship in the U.S. and another country
4. living
5. female
6. last name begins with I
7. not originally from the U.S.
8. born after 1979
9. 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 27, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/256 "2020-07-27T20:19:49Z")

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DQ: Born after 1999?

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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 27, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/257 "2020-07-27T20:21:53Z")

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I.

1. real
2. kinda sorta known for the Arts
3. holds joint citizenship in the U.S. and another country
4. living
5. female
6. last name begins with I
7. not originally from the U.S.
8. born after 1979
9. not known for writing
10. born before 1999

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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 27, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/258 "2020-07-27T20:22:58Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you star opposite Richard Dreyfus in _The Competition_?
2. Did Zeus have you bound to a wheel for trying to seduce Hera?
3. Did you play Magneto in _X-Men_?

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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 27, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/259 "2020-07-27T20:25:37Z")

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Not Ian Zerling, Icarus or Ian McKellen.

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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 27, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2020/914747/260 "2020-07-27T20:36:59Z")

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IQs:  
1. Is your epithet in its original language simply “Grozny”, because there are no articles in Russian?  
2. Were you the wife of a very good friend of Pontius Pilate?  
3. Were you the wife of Vitalstatistix, chief of a small Gaulish village unconquered by the Romans?

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