# 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:** 7

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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 17, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/121 "2016-06-17T10:36:21Z")

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DQs:

1. Real

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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 17, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/122 "2016-06-17T10:38:07Z")

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> IQs:
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> Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings?  
> Did you play Michael Kusack, Esq.?  
> Were you Stonewall Jackson’s ace mapmaker?

1. I am not Hastur.  
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 17, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/123 "2016-06-17T12:17:16Z")

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> IQ1: Did you win a Razzie for your portrayal of Catwoman?  
> IQ2: Did you write La Comédie Humaine?  
> IQ3: Were you played by Paul Giamatti in American Splendor?
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> 1. I am not Halle Berry.
> 2. I am not Honore de Balzac.  
> Take a DQ for 3.

Harvey Pekar

DQ: Alive?

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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 17, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/124 "2016-06-17T12:31:40Z")

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IQ1: Were you, Marvin White and Wonder Dog sidekicks of the Super Friends?  
IQ2: Are you a Batman colleague sometimes known as “Mr. Corrupty”?  
IQ3: Are you also known as Izaya the Inheritor?

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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 17, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/125 "2016-06-17T14:13:46Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead

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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 17, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/126 "2016-06-17T14:14:47Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Were you, Marvin White and Wonder Dog sidekicks of the Super Friends?  
> IQ2: Are you a Batman colleague sometimes known as “Mr. Corrupty”?  
> IQ3: Are you also known as Izaya the Inheritor?

1. I am not Wendy Harris.  
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 17, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/127 "2016-06-17T16:08:45Z")

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> IQ1: Were you, Marvin White and Wonder Dog sidekicks of the Super Friends?  
> IQ2: Are you a Batman colleague sometimes known as “Mr. Corrupty”?  
> IQ3: Are you also known as Izaya the Inheritor?
> 
> 1. I am not Wendy Harris.  
> Take 2 DQs.

correct, Harvey Bullock, Highfather

DQ: Last name start with H?  
DQ: 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 17, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/128 "2016-06-17T16:16:56Z")

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IQ1: Does former Dr Who companion Arthur Darvill portray you in _Legends of Tomorrow_?  
IQ2: Did Heracles have to retrieve your girdle in his Ninth Labor?  
IQ3: Were you Mr. Miracle’s mentor and inventor of the Mother Box?

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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 17, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/129 "2016-06-17T17:20:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Last Name starts with H
4. 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 17, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/130 "2016-06-17T17:29:29Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Does former Dr Who companion Arthur Darvill portray you in _Legends of Tomorrow_?  
> IQ2: Did Heracles have to retrieve your girdle in his Ninth Labor?  
> IQ3: Were you Mr. Miracle’s mentor and inventor of the Mother Box?

1. I am not Rip Hunter.
2. I am not Hippolyte.
3. I am not Himon.

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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 17, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/131 "2016-06-17T19:09:53Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings? - Yes, Hastur.  
Did you play Michael Kusack, Esq.? - Harry Hamlin, on _L.A. Law_.  
Were you Stonewall Jackson’s ace mapmaker? - Jebediah Hotchkiss.

DQs:

American?  
Died since 1964?

IQs:

Were you the daughter of a judge and known to your husband as “She Who Must Be Obeyed”?  
Were you that husband?  
Although you’re not a Kennedy, are your papers kept at the JFK Library?

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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 17, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/132 "2016-06-17T19:51:01Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Last Name starts with H
4. Male
5. American
6. Died since 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 17, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/133 "2016-06-17T19:52:12Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you the daughter of a judge and known to your husband as “She Who Must Be Obeyed”?  
> Were you that husband?  
> Although you’re not a Kennedy, are your papers kept at the JFK Library?

#2. I am not Horace Rumpole.  
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 17, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/134 "2016-06-17T22:50:04Z")

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IQ1: Did you once run for governor of NY with the promise to repair all the highways, then resign?  
IQ2: Before becoming a director, were you noted for playing the son of a sheriff and the son of a hardware store owner?  
IQ3: Are you that hardware store owner?

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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 17, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/135 "2016-06-17T23:49:38Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you once run for governor of NY with the promise to repair all the highways, then resign?  
> IQ2: Before becoming a director, were you noted for playing the son of a sheriff and the son of a hardware store owner?  
> IQ3: Are you that hardware store owner?

1. I am not Ron Howard.
2. I am not Howard Cunningham.  
Take a DQ for #1.

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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 18, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/136 "2016-06-18T02:05:13Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you the daughter of a judge and known to your husband as “She Who Must Be Obeyed”? - Hilda Rumpole.  
Were you that husband? - Yes, Horace Rumpole.  
Although you’re not a Kennedy, are your papers kept at the JFK Library? - Ernest Hemingway: [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/The-Ernest-Hemingway-Collection/History-of-the-Hemingway-Collection.aspx](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/The-Ernest-Hemingway-Collection/History-of-the-Hemingway-Collection.aspx)

DQs:

Political/military?  
Died since 1990?

IQs:

With your last words, did you ask your platonic friend to kiss you?  
Were you that friend?  
Were you that dying person’s mistress?

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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 18, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/137 "2016-06-18T11:46:07Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you once run for governor of NY with the promise to repair all the highways, then resign?  
> IQ2: Before becoming a director, were you noted for playing the son of a sheriff and the son of a hardware store owner?  
> IQ3: Are you that hardware store owner?
> 
> 1. I am not Ron Howard.
> 2. I am not Howard Cunningham.  
> Take a DQ for #1.

Howard Stern

Howard x3!

Holding 1 DQ

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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 18, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/138 "2016-06-18T11:58:05Z")

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IQ1: Did LBJ once brag that he had your pecker in his pocket?  
IQ2: Did you hand over publishing duties of your magazine to your daughter Christie in 1988?  
IQ3: Did you play Nicholas Cage’s love interest in _Raising Arizona_?

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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 18, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/139 "2016-06-18T14:59:22Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Last Name starts with H
4. Male
5. American
6. Died since 1964
7. Not political/military
8. Died since 1990

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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 18, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2016/756577/140 "2016-06-18T15:00:25Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> With your last words, did you ask your platonic friend to kiss you?  
> Were you that friend?  
> Were you that dying person’s mistress?

I am not Horatio Nelson.  
I am not Hardy.  
Take a DQ for the mistress.

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