# 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:** 11

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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, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/201 "2016-06-22T20:03:12Z")

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IQ1: Were you the spokesman for Subway before going to jail for child porn?  
IQ2: Did Kevin Spacey star as you in a 2010 film about a corrupt lobbyist?  
IQ3: Are you an Afghani resistance fighter who turned out to be from San Francisco and subsequently nicknamed “The American Taliban”?

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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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/202 "2016-06-22T21:34:32Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with J
4. Dead
5. Not American

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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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/203 "2016-06-22T21:36:12Z")

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

#3. I am not Jaime Lannister. 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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/204 "2016-06-22T21:37:13Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the spokesman for Subway before going to jail for child porn?  
> IQ2: Did Kevin Spacey star as you in a 2010 film about a corrupt lobbyist?  
> IQ3: Are you an Afghani resistance fighter who turned out to be from San Francisco and subsequently nicknamed “The American Taliban”?

1. I am not Jared Fogle.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/205 "2016-06-22T22:48:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the spokesman for Subway before going to jail for child porn?  
> IQ2: Did Kevin Spacey star as you in a 2010 film about a corrupt lobbyist?  
> IQ3: Are you an Afghani resistance fighter who turned out to be from San Francisco and subsequently nicknamed “The American Taliban”?
> 
> 1. I am not Jared Fogle.  
> Take 2 DQs.

Jack Abramoff, John Walker Lindh

DQ: European?

holding 1 DQ

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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 23, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/206 "2016-06-23T01:29:29Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with J
4. Dead
5. Not American
6. Not European

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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 23, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/207 "2016-06-23T04:14:21Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you a Mormont suffering from dragonscale? - Ser Jorah Mormont, on _Game of Thrones_.  
Should you have become a dancer instead of an awful king? - Joffrey.  
Are you Cersei’s twin brother and incestuous lover? - Yes, Ser Jaime.

DQs:

Northern Hemisphere?  
Died since 1964?

IQs:

Did your wife find George Washington to be “modest, wise and good”?  
Did your son die on Capitol Hill?  
Were you married at Hammersmith Farm?

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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 23, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/208 "2016-06-23T10:49:04Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with J
4. Dead
5. Not American
6. Not European
7. Northern Hemispheere
8. Died before 1964

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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 23, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/209 "2016-06-23T10:50:20Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did your wife find George Washington to be “modest, wise and good”?  
> Did your son die on Capitol Hill?  
> Were you married at Hammersmith Farm?

1. I am not John Adams.  
Take a DQ for #2.
2. I am not John F. Kennedy or Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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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 23, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/210 "2016-06-23T11:45:08Z")

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IQ1: Are you aka “the weeping prophet”?  
IQ2: Did you trade your brother Esau his birthright for your stew?  
IQ3: Did Jesus predict his own resurrection by comparing himself with you being swallowed by a giant fish?

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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 23, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/211 "2016-06-23T12:16:14Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you aka “the weeping prophet”?  
> IQ2: Did you trade your brother Esau his birthright for your stew?  
> IQ3: Did Jesus predict his own resurrection by comparing himself with you being swallowed by a giant fish?

I am not Jeremiah.  
I am not Jacob.  
I am not Jonah.

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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 23, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/212 "2016-06-23T13:01:00Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did your wife find George Washington to be “modest, wise and good”? - Yes, John Adams.  
Did your son die on Capitol Hill? - Withdrawn.  
Were you married at Hammersmith Farm? - Yes, Jack and Jackie Kennedy, near Providence, R.I.

IQs:

Were you fooled by the Red-Headed League?  
Were you a prominent early American potter?  
Did you congratulate a young Hannibal Hamlin for a speech he gave?

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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 23, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/213 "2016-06-23T15:29:31Z")

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IQs:

Were you fooled by the Red-Headed League?  
Were you a prominent early American potter?  
Did you congratulate a young Hannibal Hamlin for a speech he gave?  
[/QUOTE]

I am not Jabez Wilson.  
I am not Jabez Vodrey. (Knowing you, I saw this one coming.)  
Take a DQ for the 3rd Jabez.

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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 23, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/214 "2016-06-23T16:42:13Z")

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IQ1: Are you a defensive end for the Houston Texans, ranked #1 in the NFL in 2015?  
IQ2: Were you a record-setting tight end for the New Orleans Saints from 2010-2014, now playing for the Seattle Seahawks?  
IQ3: Are you a wide receiver for the NE Patriots, who much to the chagrin of opposing teams, holds the highest career punt return average among active players?

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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 23, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/215 "2016-06-23T17:28:14Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a defensive end for the Houston Texans, ranked #1 in the NFL in 2015?  
> IQ2: Were you a record-setting tight end for the New Orleans Saints from 2010-2014, now playing for the Seattle Seahawks?  
> IQ3: Are you a wide receiver for the NE Patriots, who much to the chagrin of opposing teams, holds the highest career punt return average among active players?

Take 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 23, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/216 "2016-06-23T18:23:22Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you fooled by the Red-Headed League? - Yes, Jabez Wilson.  
Were you a prominent early American potter? - Yes, Jabez Vodrey (well done!)  
Did you congratulate a young Hannibal Hamlin for a speech he gave? - Aha! Not a Jabez at all, but John Quincy Adams.

DQ:

From the Eastern Hemisphere?: [Eastern Hemisphere - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere)

IQs:

Were you the first Chief Justice of the United States?  
Did you direct a movie set in your own home?  
Did you show the press the scar from your gall bladder operation?

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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 23, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/217 "2016-06-23T18:48:52Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a defensive end for the Houston Texans, ranked #1 in the NFL in 2015?  
> IQ2: Were you a record-setting tight end for the New Orleans Saints from 2010-2014, now playing for the Seattle Seahawks?  
> IQ3: Are you a wide receiver for the NE Patriots, who much to the chagrin of opposing teams, holds the highest career punt return average among active players?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

JJ Watts, Jimmy Graham, Julian Edelman

DQ: Known for the Arts?

holding 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 23, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/218 "2016-06-23T20:26:07Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with J
4. Dead
5. Not American
6. Not European
7. Northern Hemisphere
8. Died before 1964
9. Eastern Hemispsher
10. Known for the Arts

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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 23, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/219 "2016-06-23T20:27:25Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you the first Chief Justice of the United States?  
> Did you direct a movie set in your own home?  
> Did you show the press the scar from your gall bladder operation?

1. I am not John Jay.
2. I am not Joss Whedon.
3. I am not LBJ.

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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 23, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/220 "2016-06-23T22:50:19Z")

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DQ: Musician?

holding 2 DQs

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