# Botticelli June 2016

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 5, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577 "2016-06-05T15:30:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/181 "2016-06-21T12:22:24Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you aka Prince Amentep?
> 2. Though a villainess, did you have a thing for Dynamo of the Agents of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.?
> 3. Are you one of the Mystery Men?

DQ, DQ, not Invisible Boy

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/182 "2016-06-21T12:24:03Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you a costar of _Beverly Hills 90210_?  
> Were you a choleric clergyman of Ulster?  
> Did you write about the Culture?

DQ, DQ, not Iain Banks

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/183 "2016-06-21T13:10:03Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you aka Prince Amentep?
> 2. Though a villainess, did you have a thing for Dynamo of the Agents of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.?
> 3. Are you one of the Mystery Men?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, DQ, not Invisible Boy

#1 is Ibis the Invincible.  
#2 is Iron Maiden.  
Correct on Invisible Boy.

DQs:

1. Died before 1900?
2. Asian?

One DQ reads “first name **s** ”. Is this correct?

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/184 "2016-06-21T14:06:10Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you perform with _Yes_?
2. Did you perform with _Mott the Hoople_?
3. Are you Harley Quinn’s gal pal?

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/185 "2016-06-21T14:56:19Z")

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1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with I
4. Not American
5. Not alive
6. Not European
7. Died after 1900
8. Not Asian

revised #3

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/186 "2016-06-21T15:00:56Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you perform with _Yes_?
> 2. Did you perform with _Mott the Hoople_?
> 3. Are you Harley Quinn’s gal pal?

Not fair! All the Yes albums I own were recorded before 1992.

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:** [June 21, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/187 "2016-06-21T15:14:56Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you perform with _Yes_?
> 2. Did you perform with _Mott the Hoople_?
> 3. Are you Harley Quinn’s gal pal?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Not fair! All the Yes albums I own were recorded before 1992.
> 
> take 3 DQs

#1 was Ian Anderson, but I misremembered, and Jon Anderson was with Yes, Ian was with Jethro Tull, so no DQ.  
#2 was Ian Hunter.  
#3 is Poison Ivy.

DQ: Died after 2000?

1 DQ 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:** [June 21, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/188 "2016-06-21T17:11:26Z")

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1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with I
4. Not American
5. Not alive
6. Not European
7. Died after 1900
8. Not Asian
9. Died after 2000

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/189 "2016-06-21T19:40:34Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a costar of _Beverly Hills 90210_? - Ian Zerling  
Were you a choleric clergyman of Ulster? - Rev. Ian Paisley  
Did you write about the Culture? - Yes, Iain Banks.

Ia\*n x3!

DQs:

From the Northern Hemisphere?  
Political/military?

IQs:

Are you also known as Bob Parr?  
Were you later known as Syndrome?  
Did you serve aboard the _Pequod_?

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/190 "2016-06-21T20:08:23Z")

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IQ: Were you a notorious President of Uganda?

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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:** [June 21, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/191 "2016-06-21T22:13:10Z")

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That didn’t take long…

I am [SIZE=“7”]Idi Amin![/SIZE] “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular” and the uncrowned King of Scotland.

Grats Prof!

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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:** [June 22, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/192 "2016-06-22T02:15:14Z")

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All right, **Prof. P**.! He wasn’t on my radar at all.

Previous IQs:

Are you also known as Bob Parr? - Mr. Incredible.  
Were you later known as Syndrome? - Incredi-Boy.  
Did you serve aboard the _Pequod_? - Ishmael.

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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:** [June 22, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/193 "2016-06-22T03:14:37Z")

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Well, what letter should I use? Hmm, better say:

I am J!

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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:** [June 22, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/194 "2016-06-22T12:43:46Z")

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IQ1: Are you the current head coach of FSU football?  
IQ2: Were you recently hired as the head coach of Baylor football?  
IQ3: Are you a former head coach of the SF 49ers and now head coach of the Michigan Wolverines?

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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:** [June 22, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/195 "2016-06-22T13:55:58Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the current head coach of FSU football?  
> IQ2: Were you recently hired as the head coach of Baylor football?  
> IQ3: Are you a former head coach of the SF 49ers and now head coach of the Michigan Wolverines?

Sports? Why does it have to be Sports??

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:** [June 22, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/196 "2016-06-22T16:00:36Z")

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IQs:

Did the book _God’s Secretaries_ discuss a task you entrusted to others?  
Are you the best-known person from Riverside, Iowa?  
Are you #23 and beloved once again in a city where you were reviled not so long ago?

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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:** [June 22, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/197 "2016-06-22T16:02:18Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the current head coach of FSU football?  
> IQ2: Were you recently hired as the head coach of Baylor football?  
> IQ3: Are you a former head coach of the SF 49ers and now head coach of the Michigan Wolverines?
> 
> Sports? Why does it have to be Sports??
> 
> 3 DQs.

Because you’ve already identified everybody in the DC Universe.

Jimbo Fisher, Jim Grobe, Jim Harbaugh

DQ1: Real?  
DQ2: Male?  
DQ3: First name start with J?

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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:** [June 22, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/198 "2016-06-22T17:04:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did the book _God’s Secretaries_ discuss a task you entrusted to others?  
> Are you the best-known person from Riverside, Iowa?  
> Are you #23 and beloved once again in a city where you were reviled not so long ago?

#2. I am not James Tiberius Kirk.  
Take 2 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:** [June 22, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/199 "2016-06-22T17:05:50Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Because you’ve already identified everybody in the DC Universe.
> 
> Jimbo Fisher, Jim Grobe, Jim Harbaugh
> 
> DQ1: Real?  
> DQ2: Male?  
> DQ3: First name start with J?

Okay, fair enough.  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with J

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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:** [June 22, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/200 "2016-06-22T19:29:53Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did the book _God’s Secretaries_ discuss a task you entrusted to others? - King James I of England, about the research and writing of the King James Version of the Bible.  
Are you the best-known person from Riverside, Iowa? - Yes, James T. Kirk.  
Are you #23 and beloved once again in a city where you were reviled not so long ago? - LeBron James, star of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

James x3!

DQs:

Living?  
American?

IQs:

Are you a Mormont suffering from dragonscale?  
Should you have become a dancer instead of an awful king?  
Are you Cersei’s twin brother and incestuous lover?

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