# Botticelli, July 2023

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-07-01T15:38:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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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 4, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/41 "2023-07-04T13:41:01Z")

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DQs:

1. Known for a particular TV series?
2. Last name starts with Ka - to - Ke?

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 4, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/42 "2023-07-04T13:57:49Z")

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> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you one of a number of people famous for no one really knowing why you’re famous? (Multiple answers accepted)
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> 2. Have you appeared in two documentaries, one in your capacity as a historian, and the other in your capacity as a Red Sox fan?
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> 3. Are you the filmmaker who made those documentaries?

I am not even a single one of the /:($&@! Kardashians; neither am I Doris Kearns Goodwin nor Ken Burns.

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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 4, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/43 "2023-07-04T14:02:07Z")

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K.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with K
4. known for the Arts
5. still living
6. actress
7. born before 1970
8. American
9. per a Google Images search, she doesn’t usually appear blonde
10. not known primarily as a movie actress
11. primarily known for comedic roles
12. primarily known for TV
13. not considered a beauty
14. born before 1950
15. still active
16. known for a particular TV series
17. last name doesn’t start with Ka- to Ke-

10-13 are all YMMV.

Ask no more IQs, please, as we’ll be over 20.

Very best Independence Day wishes to my fellow Murricans! 🇺🇸

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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 4, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/44 "2023-07-04T17:16:59Z")

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🧨🎆🎇 🇺🇸🥲

Happy 4th to all!

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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 4, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/45 "2023-07-04T18:13:23Z")

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DQs:

1. White?
2. Was a lead on #16?

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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 4, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/46 "2023-07-04T22:49:28Z")

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DQ: Best known role from a sitcom?

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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 5, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/47 "2023-07-05T19:04:15Z")

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K.

1. real
2. female
3. last name starts with K
4. known for the Arts
5. still living
6. actress
7. born before 1970
8. American
9. per a Google Images search, she doesn’t usually appear blonde
10. not known primarily as a movie actress
11. primarily known for comedic roles
12. primarily known for TV
13. not considered a beauty
14. born before 1950
15. still active
16. known for a particular TV series
17. last name doesn’t start with Ka- to Ke-
18. white
19. was a lead on a particular TV series
20. arguably best-known role was in a sitcom

Please ask all reserved DQs by noon EST tomorrow.

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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 5, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/48 "2023-07-05T20:48:15Z")

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…not Dorothy Kilgallen…not Jeanne Kirkpatrick…not Chaka Khan…

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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 5, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/49 "2023-07-05T20:49:43Z")

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No x3. 😉

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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 6, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/50 "2023-07-06T04:27:12Z")

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Are you Swoosie Kurtz?

If not, boy, I’m stumped.

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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 6, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/51 "2023-07-06T12:57:23Z")

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That is a very good guess. I never think of her for some reason.

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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 6, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/52 "2023-07-06T14:00:52Z")

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Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed

# Swoosie Kurtz

of _Sisters, Pushing Daisies_ and _Mike & Molly_ fame, among other roles: [Swoosie Kurtz - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoosie_Kurtz)

Good job, **kitap**!

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/53 "2023-07-06T16:28:43Z")

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Good guess, **kitap**!

Can someone do me a favor and respond to this post? I have this thread on “Tracking”, but for the last day or so I haven’t gotten any notifications when someone else answers. Thanks!

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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 6, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/54 "2023-07-06T16:30:35Z")

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> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
>
> Can someone do me a favor and respond to this post?

Testing, testing.

RYRYRYRYYRYRYRYRY

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/55 "2023-07-06T16:33:51Z")

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Okay, got that, thanks!

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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 6, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/56 "2023-07-06T18:07:14Z")

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Wait… I was **right???** \*

Um… i am R.

As in Rover, Romania and Ruby.

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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 6, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/57 "2023-07-06T19:02:43Z")

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Righto!

IQs:

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel?  
Did you admire Harry Truman and your mom was a whore?  
Are you known for your humorous songs about a certain orange former POTUS?

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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 6, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/58 "2023-07-06T19:07:11Z")

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Take 3 DQs

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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 6, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/59 "2023-07-06T19:10:52Z")

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IQs:

1. Did Joel Chandler Harris tell stories about you and your stories?
2. Are you a self-taught psychologist in the strip _Outland_?
3. Did Elton John sing a song about you on the _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ album?

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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 6, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/60 "2023-07-06T19:33:06Z")

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Congrats, Kitap!

IQs:  
1. Are you the cartoon canine equivalent of a certain comedian who got no respect?  
2. Did you write _The Dance of Genghis Cohn_?  
3. Did you shoot Lee Harvet Oswald?

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