# Botticelli - July 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874 "2021-07-07T03:09:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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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 14, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/101 "2021-07-14T18:12:22Z")

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Not St. Vitus, not Victory-girl, and not Vermeer.

V.

1. fictional
2. last name begins with V
3. male

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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 14, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/102 "2021-07-14T18:15:00Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Qs:
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> 1. Are you the patron saint of epileptics and those who have your dance?
> 2. Were you a white superheroine in the comics, but a black one in the MCU?
> 3. Did you paint _Girl with a Pearl Earring_ ?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not St. Vitus, not Victory-girl, and not Vermeer.

Correct, Valkyrie, Correct.

DQ: From film or TV?

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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 14, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/103 "2021-07-14T18:17:06Z")

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V.

1. fictional
2. last name begins with V
3. male
4. from film or TV

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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 14, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/104 "2021-07-14T18:20:09Z")

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IQs:

1. Did even teen heartthrob Chip Skylark think you were Icky?
2. Are you the superpowered daughter of Bob and Helen?
3. Are you aka Tom Riddle?

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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 14, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/105 "2021-07-14T18:26:50Z")

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Not Icky Vikki, Violet Parr or Lord Voldemort AKA Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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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 14, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/106 "2021-07-14T18:27:38Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Do the Black Lion, Red Lion, Green Lion, Yellow Lion, and Blue Lion combine to form you?  
> 2. Are you a former quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles who got busted for dog fighting?  
> 3. Are you, in fact, Annie Clark?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Vicky the Multicolored Schizoid Lion Gal, Michael Vick or Vic “the Lip” Delano.

1 was Voltron; 3 was St. Vincent.

DQs:  
1. from film?  
2. main character?

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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 14, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/107 "2021-07-14T18:28:49Z")

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V.

1. fictional
2. last name begins with V
3. male
4. from film or TV
5. from film
6. not a main character

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/108 "2021-07-14T19:54:27Z")

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IQ1: Were you a hitman killed after taking a crap?  
IQ2: Were you code-named Mr. Blond?  
IQ3: Was your biggest hit _Tom’s Diner_?

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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 14, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/109 "2021-07-14T20:01:38Z")

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IQs:

1. Played by Sandahl Bergman, did you appear in a movie, but only gain a name in the sequel (which does not feature you)?  
2. Were you on _The Price Is Right_ in 1980, wearing a blue t-shirt, prior to your other gig?  
3. Are you Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian’s sister-in-law?

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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 14, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/110 "2021-07-14T23:47:02Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern?
> 2. Were you the original Carl Kolchak’s editor?
> 3. Did you write a non-fiction book in 1982 called **Monsters** along with your namesake son?

Correct, Tony Vincenzo, Vincent Price.

2 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 15, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/111 "2021-07-15T00:45:04Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a hitman killed after taking a crap?  
> IQ2: Were you code-named Mr. Blond?  
> IQ3: Was your biggest hit _Tom’s Diner_?

Not Vincent Vega, dunno but another Vega (_Reservoir Dogs_, right?) and not Suzanne Vega.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Played by Sandahl Bergman, did you appear in a movie, but only gain a name in the sequel (which does not feature you)?  
> 2. Were you on _The Price Is Right_ in 1980, wearing a blue t-shirt, prior to your other gig?  
> 3. Are you Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian’s sister-in-law?

Dunno x3.

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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 15, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/112 "2021-07-15T01:10:01Z")

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

1 was Valeria (in _Conan the Barbarian_); 2 was Vanna White (as a contestant); 3 was Venus Williams.

DQs:  
1. from a movie made after 1980?  
2. appears onscreen?  
3. good?

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/113 "2021-07-15T03:25:56Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Were you a hitman killed after taking a crap?  
> > > IQ2: Were you code-named Mr. Blond?  
> > > IQ3: Was your biggest hit _Tom’s Diner_ ?
> 
> Not Vincent Vega, dunno but another Vega ( _Reservoir Dogs_ , right?) and not Suzanne Vega.

Yes on all 3 (Vic Vega from _Reservoir Dogs_ - Tarantino decided Vic and Vincent were brothers after the fact)

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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 15, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/114 "2021-07-15T12:00:04Z")

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Swept me!

IQs:

1. Are you Darkseid’s military strategist in DC comics?
2. Did you play Will Smith’s fiancee in _Independence Day_?
3. Are you Angelina Jolie’s father?

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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 15, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/115 "2021-07-15T15:43:40Z")

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Not Victory Dude, not Vivica Fox and not Jon Voight.

Feel free to take a DQ as to my second Vega guess, **CFOHG**.

V.

1. fictional
2. last name begins with V
3. male
4. from film or TV
5. from film
6. not a main character
7. from a movie made after 1980
8. appears onscreen
9. in context, not good

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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 15, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/116 "2021-07-15T16:27:57Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you Darkseid’s military strategist in DC comics?
> 2. Did you play Will Smith’s fiancee in _Independence Day_ ?
> 3. Are you Angelina Jolie’s father?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Victory Dude, not Vivica Fox and not Jon Voight.

#1 was Viktor Vundebar. Correct on the others.

DQ: From an American made movie?

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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 15, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/117 "2021-07-15T16:34:28Z")

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V.

1. fictional
2. last name begins with V
3. male
4. from film or TV
5. from film
6. not a main character
7. from a movie made after 1980
8. appears onscreen
9. in context, not good
10. from an American-made movie

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/118 "2021-07-15T17:00:22Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Feel free to take a DQ as to my second Vega guess, **CFOHG**.

Thanks  
DQ: Would be alive today, if 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 15, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/119 "2021-07-15T17:07:46Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you unite the Gauls against Rome but failed?
2. Did you play a parody of yourself in _After The Fox_?
3. Did Julie Andrews play you, a woman who pretended to be a man who pretended to be a woman?

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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 15, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2021/945874/120 "2021-07-15T17:08:38Z")

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Not Vercingetorix, not Vince Vaughan and not Victor/Victoria.

V.

1. fictional
2. last name begins with V
3. male
4. from film or TV
5. from film
6. not a main character
7. from a movie made after 1980
8. appears onscreen
9. in context, not good
10. from an American-made movie
11. kind of hard to answer, but I’ll say: would not be alive today if real

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