# 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:** 14

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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 28, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/261 "2016-06-28T17:47:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a defensive lineman for the Carolina Panthers and the youngest recipient of the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award?  
> IQ2: Are you a strong safety for the Seattle Seahawks and member of the Legion of Boom?  
> IQ3: Did Shane Stant club you in the right knee with a police baton in 1994, in what came to be known as The Whack Heard Round the World?
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> 1. I am not Nancy Kerrigan. Take 2 DQs.

Luke Kuechly, Kam Chancellor

Real?  
Last name start with K?

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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 28, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/262 "2016-06-28T18:38:33Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male

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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 28, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/263 "2016-06-28T22:33:47Z")

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IQ1: Did you win the first American Idol winner in 2002?  
IQ2: Did you host a morning show with Regis Phllbin for over 10 years?  
IQ3: Did you marry John Travolta in 1991?

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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 28, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/264 "2016-06-28T22:44:12Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you win the first American Idol winner in 2002?  
> IQ2: Did you host a morning show with Regis Phllbin for over 10 years?  
> IQ3: Did you marry John Travolta in 1991?

1. I am not Kelly Clarkson.
2. I am not Kelly Ripa (or Kathy Lee Gifford).
3. I am not Mrs. Kelly Travolta. Okay, take a DQ for that one.

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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 29, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/265 "2016-06-29T01:23:23Z")

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You answered a question **Knowed Out** didn’t ask.

Previous IQs:

Were you secretly taking French lessons in the last few months before you died? - JFK  
Was your husband’s sailboat the _Victura_? - Jackie Kennedy  
Did you make a cameo appearance on _Murphy Brown_? - JFK Jr.

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you (perhaps unfairly) the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_?  
Have you played a government official’s daughter, a vinyl record collector and the young wife of an older, cold-fish aristocrat?  
Are you the current U.S. ambassador to Japan?

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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 29, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/266 "2016-06-29T11:50:15Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you (perhaps unfairly) the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_?  
> Have you played a government official’s daughter, a vinyl record collector and the young wife of an older, cold-fish aristocrat?  
> Are you the current U.S. ambassador to Japan?

Take 3 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 29, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/267 "2016-06-29T12:10:27Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you win the first American Idol winner in 2002?  
> IQ2: Did you host a morning show with Regis Phllbin for over 10 years?  
> IQ3: Did you marry John Travolta in 1991?
> 
> 1. I am not Kelly Clarkson.
> 2. I am not Kelly Ripa (or Kathy Lee Gifford).
> 3. I am not Mrs. Kelly Travolta. Okay, take a DQ for that one.

Kelly Preston

DQ: Last name start with K? 🙂

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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 29, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/268 "2016-06-29T12:11:33Z")

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DQs:

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

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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 29, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/269 "2016-06-29T12:36:29Z")

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IQ1: Did you compose the symphonic suite _Scheherazade_? (This person has two last names and the second begins with K)  
IQ2: Although regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, were you unable to gain recognition in the music world until you performed lost works of major composers which were really your compositions?  
IQ3: Were you, Shostakovitch and Prokofiev considered the three greatest composers of the Soviet era?

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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 29, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/270 "2016-06-29T12:39:56Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you compose the symphonic suite _Scheherazade_? (This person has two last names and the second begins with K)  
> IQ2: Although regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, were you unable to gain recognition in the music world until you performed lost works of major composers which were really your compositions?  
> IQ3: Were you, Shostakovitch and Prokofiev considered the three greatest composers of the Soviet era?

1. I’m not Rimsky-Korsakov.  
Take a DQ for #2.
2. I’m not Khachaturian.

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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 29, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/271 "2016-06-29T15:10:38Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you (perhaps unfairly) the bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? - Lord Kitchener  
Have you played a government official’s daughter, a vinyl record collector and the young wife of an older, cold-fish aristocrat? - Keira Knightley, in _Pirates of the Caribbean, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World_ and _The Duchess_  
Are you the current U.S. ambassador to Japan? - Caroline Kennedy

Three DQs reserved.

Previously-earned DQs:

Living?  
American?  
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Were you the best-known fan of the Toledo Mudhens?  
Were you Emma Woodhouse’s eventual husband?  
Are you the resident mad scientist on _Archer_?

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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 29, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/272 "2016-06-29T15:43:40Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you the best-known fan of the Toledo Mudhens?  
> Were you Emma Woodhouse’s eventual husband?  
> Are you the resident mad scientist on _Archer_?

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 29, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/273 "2016-06-29T15:44:49Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with K
4. Living
5. American
6. Born before 1950

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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 29, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/274 "2016-06-29T17:25:08Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you compose the symphonic suite Scheherazade? (This person has two last names and the second begins with K)  
> IQ2: Although regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, were you unable to gain recognition in the music world until you performed lost works of major composers which were really your compositions?  
> IQ3: Were you, Shostakovitch and Prokofiev considered the three greatest composers of the Soviet era?
> 
> 1. I’m not Rimsky-Korsakov.  
> Take a DQ for #2.
> 2. I’m not Khachaturian.

Fritz Kreisler

DQ: 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 29, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/275 "2016-06-29T17:26:42Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with K
4. Living
5. American
6. Born before 1950
7. Known for the arts

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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 29, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/276 "2016-06-29T17:41:48Z")

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IQ1: Did you set the record for longest streak of Jeopardy wins at 74?  
IQ2: Were you an Oakland Raiders quarterback nicknamed “The Snake”?  
IQ3: Did you play Pugsley in _The Addams Family_ TV series?

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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 29, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/277 "2016-06-29T17:44:25Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you set the record for longest streak of Jeopardy wins at 74?  
> IQ2: Were you an Oakland Raiders quarterback nicknamed “The Snake”?  
> IQ3: Did you play Pugsley in _The Addams Family_ TV series?

1. I am not Ken Weatherwax. Take 2 DQs for the others. I know I’ve heard of #1, but can’t bring the name around.

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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 29, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/278 "2016-06-29T23:20:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you set the record for longest streak of Jeopardy wins at 74?  
> IQ2: Were you an Oakland Raiders quarterback nicknamed “The Snake”?  
> IQ3: Did you play Pugsley in The Addams Family TV series?
> 
> 1. I am not Ken Weatherwax. Take 2 DQs for the others. I know I’ve heard of #1, but can’t bring the name around.

Ken Jennings, Ken Stabler

DQ: Known for the performing arts?

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 30, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/279 "2016-06-30T01:23:59Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with K
4. Living
5. American
6. Born before 1950
7. Known for the arts
8. Known for the performing arts

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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 30, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/280 "2016-06-30T01:34:50Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you the best-known fan of the Toledo Mudhens? - Cpl. Max Klinger, on _M_A_S_H\*.  
Were you Emma Woodhouse’s eventual husband? - Mr. Knightley, in Jane Austen’s _Emma_.  
Are you the resident mad scientist on _Archer_? - Dr. Krieger.

DQs:

Actor?  
Has won a top award?  
Considered handsome?  
Retired?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Have you been killed repeatedly in an animated series?  
Do you provide the voice of SpongeBob Squarepants?  
Is Sterling Archer a big fan of your music?

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