# 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\
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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 8, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/41 "2016-06-08T12:38:19Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you one of the leading figures of Austrian Expressionism?
2. Were you Edgar Bergen’s female puppet?
3. Were you a Goon Show character, known for being famous and oh, so stupid?

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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 8, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/42 "2016-06-08T15:21:51Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a prominent House Republican who got dumped in a primary? - Eric Cantor.  
Were you a bastard of Robert Baratheon? - Edric Storm.  
Are you a Scandinavian punk computer hacker? - Elspeth Salander in the _Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ books.

DQs:

First appeared in a novel?  
Is a wizard or magic user?  
Has also appeared in movies or on TV?

IQs:

Were you the too-honorable head of House Stark?  
Are your flasks in common lab use?  
Were you a young black man brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman?

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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 8, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/43 "2016-06-08T15:54:38Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you the too-honorable head of House Stark?

Not only was I the head, but I lost it too.

I am [SIZE=“7”]Eddard Stark![/SIZE]

Grats EH!

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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 8, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/44 "2016-06-08T16:47:52Z")

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Good job, EH!

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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 9, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/45 "2016-06-09T04:18:58Z")

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Thanks!

Previous IQs:

Are your flasks in common lab use? - Prof. Erlenmeyer: [Erlenmeyer flask - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlenmeyer_flask)  
Were you a young black man brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman? - Emmett Till: [Emmett Till - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till).

Our next letter, natch, is

F

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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 9, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/46 "2016-06-09T11:48:58Z")

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IQs:

1. Was yours the first image broadcast on TV in 1928?
2. Are you aided by the eccentric scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov?
3. Did Bob Hope star as you in your movie biography?

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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 9, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/47 "2016-06-09T17:39:00Z")

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IQ1: Are you an evil mad scientist who forced the occupants of the Satellite of Love to watch cheesy movies?  
IQ2: Are you his long-suffering assistant, who was told to push the button at the end of the show?  
IQ3: Did you compose _St. Alphonzo’s Pancake Breakfast_?

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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 9, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/48 "2016-06-09T19:53:30Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Was yours the first image broadcast on TV in 1928?
> 2. Are you aided by the eccentric scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov?
> 3. Did Bob Hope star as you in your movie biography?

Dunno, not Flash Gordon, and dunno.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an evil mad scientist who forced the occupants of the Satellite of Love to watch cheesy movies?  
> IQ2: Are you his long-suffering assistant, who was told to push the button at the end of the show?  
> IQ3: Did you compose _St. Alphonzo’s Pancake Breakfast_?

MST3K for the first two, but dunno the names; dunno the third either.

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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 9, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/49 "2016-06-09T21:25:18Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Was yours the first image broadcast on TV in 1928?
> 2. Are you aided by the eccentric scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov?
> 3. Did Bob Hope star as you in your movie biography?  
> Dunno, not Flash Gordon, and dunno.

#1 was Felix the Cat.  
Correct on Flash.  
#3 was Eddie Foy in _The Seven Little Foys_.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. 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:** [June 9, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/50 "2016-06-09T21:29:03Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book_?
2. Did you yell at your roommate for not knowing what type of pasta he just threw onto the wall?
3. Were you brother to Boromir?

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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 9, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/51 "2016-06-09T23:17:07Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an evil mad scientist who forced the occupants of the Satellite of Love to watch cheesy movies?  
> IQ2: Are you his long-suffering assistant, who was told to push the button at the end of the show?  
> IQ3: Did you compose St. Alphonzo’s Pancake Breakfast?  
> MST3K for the first two, but dunno the names; dunno the third either.

Dr. Clayton Forrester, Frank, Frank Zappa

DQ: Last name start with F?

holding 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 9, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/52 "2016-06-09T23:34:12Z")

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IQ1: Are you a Minnesota Senator who used be a cast member of SNL?  
IQ2: Are you a wiry-haired comedian portrayed in film by Sean Hayes in 2012?  
IQ3: Are you one of the directors of said failm?

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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 10, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/53 "2016-06-10T03:30:36Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book_?
> 2. Did you yell at your roommate for not knowing what type of pasta he just threw onto the wall?
> 3. Were you brother to Boromir?

Not Fanny Farmer, dunno, and not Faramir.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Minnesota Senator who used be a cast member of SNL?  
> IQ2: Are you a wiry-haired comedian portrayed in film by Sean Hayes in 2012?  
> IQ3: Are you one of the directors of said failm?

Not Al Franken, dunno and… what’s a failm?

F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F

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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 10, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/54 "2016-06-10T10:54:15Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Minnesota Senator who used be a cast member of SNL?  
> IQ2: Are you a wiry-haired comedian portrayed in film by Sean Hayes in 2012?  
> IQ3: Are you one of the directors of said failm?  
> Not Al Franken, dunno and… what’s a failm?

correct, Larry Fine, Peter or Bobby Farrelly (“failm” is fail + film, doncha know)

DQ: Originally from literature?  
DQ: Protagonist?

holding 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 10, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/55 "2016-06-10T14:31:21Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book?
> 2. Did you yell at your roommate for not knowing what type of pasta he just threw onto the wall?
> 3. Were you brother to Boromir?  
> Not Fanny Farmer, dunno, and not Faramir.

Correct. Felix Unger in _The Odd Couple_, Correct.

DQ: Created after 1950?

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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 10, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/56 "2016-06-10T16:24:23Z")

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F.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with F
4. not originally from literature
5. a protagonist
6. created after 1950

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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 10, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/57 "2016-06-10T16:29:29Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a blind hymnwriter who wrote over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs?
2. Were you one of the best known of Dick Tracy’s rogues gallery?
3. Are you the hero in the three _Sharknado_ films?

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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 10, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/58 "2016-06-10T17:25:56Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a blind hymnwriter who wrote over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs?
> 2. Were you one of the best known of Dick Tracy’s rogues gallery?
> 3. Are you the hero in the three _Sharknado_ films?

Dunno x3.

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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 10, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/59 "2016-06-10T17:36:56Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a blind hymnwriter who wrote over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs?
> 2. Were you one of the best known of Dick Tracy’s rogues gallery?
> 3. Are you the hero in the three _Sharknado_ films?

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

#1 was Fanny Crosby.  
#2 was Flattop.  
#3 is Fin.

DQs:

1. Originally from a movie?
2. Created after 1980?
3. From a work of science fiction or fantasy?

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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 10, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/60 "2016-06-10T17:39:29Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the redheaded sister of Corwin in _Nine Princes In Amber_?
2. Were you one of the 3 Disney fairies that raised Briar Rose?
3. Did you write _The Sound and the Fury_?

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