# Botticelli - June 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 5, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187 "2017-06-05T17:19:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 14

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/261 "2017-06-21T00:17:43Z")

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IQ1: Did your character move on up to the East side?  
IQ2: Did Johnny ask you for input?  
IQ3: Did you play #2?

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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, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/262 "2017-06-21T01:15:37Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an Illinois politician who shares the same name as a longtime recording artist?  
> IQ2: Are you a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of several South American nations?  
> IQ3: Did you portray Scottie in the Start Trek remakes?

#3. I am not Simon Pegg. 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 21, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/263 "2017-06-21T01:16:37Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did your character move on up to the East side?  
> IQ2: Did Johnny ask you for input?  
> IQ3: Did you play #2?

#1. I am not Sherman Hensley or Isabel Sanford.  
Take 2 DQs.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/264 "2017-06-21T03:23:02Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did your character move on up to the East side?  
> IQ2: Did Johnny ask you for input?  
> IQ3: Did you play #2?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. I am not Sherman Hensley or Isabel Sanford.  
> Take 2 DQs.

Correct (I was she might be it).  
Stephanie.  
Ally Sheedy.

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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, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/265 "2017-06-21T12:33:06Z")

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> IQ1: Are you an Illinois politician who shares the same name as a longtime recording artist?  
> IQ2: Are you a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of several South American nations?  
> IQ3: Did you portray Scottie in the Start Trek remakes?
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> #3. I am not Simon Pegg. Take 2 DQs.

Paul Simon, Simon Bolivar, correct

Simon x 3!

DQ: Born north of Mason-Dixon line?  
DQ: Caucasian?

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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, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/266 "2017-06-21T12:49:59Z")

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IQ1: Are you a female standup comic who got her first break in film as stalker and kidnapper Masha in the film _The King of Comedy_?  
IQ2: Are you a French theater actress renowned for your onstage death scenes, who continued to perform despite losing a leg to gangrene??  
IQ3: Are you a Robert E. Howard character, a black-clad Puritan who fights evil with a staff of the same name?

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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, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/267 "2017-06-21T14:38:44Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with S
4. Deceased
5. Known for the Arts
6. Known for the performing arts
7. American
8. Known primarily from film, but also from TV
9. Died after 1980
10. Born on the east side of the Mississippi
11. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
12. Caucasian

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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, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/268 "2017-06-21T14:39:44Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a female standup comic who got her first break in film as stalker and kidnapper Masha in the film _The King of Comedy_?  
> IQ2: Are you a French theater actress renowned for your onstage death scenes, who continued to perform despite losing a leg to gangrene??  
> IQ3: Are you a Robert E. Howard character, a black-clad Puritan who fights evil with a staff of the same name?

1. I am not Sandra Bernhard.
2. I am not Sara Bernhart.
3. I am not Solomon Kane. (?)

Take a DQ if #3 is wrong.

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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, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/269 "2017-06-21T15:29:20Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Hurry back when you can!

Ditto, **divemaster**!

Previous IQs:

Did Robert Lawson describe you as a rabble-rouser and a mooch? - Yes, Samuel Adams, in _Mr. Revere and I_, told from the perspective of the horse  
Did you later write that you spent your brief military service hiding in the woods? - Samuel Clemens AKA Mark Twain, who was in a ragtag unit of Missouri Confederate militia  
Did you serve as Capt. James T. Kirk’s court-martial defense counsel? - Samuel T. Cogley

Samuel x3!

DQs:

Actress?  
Greatest fame before 1970?

IQs:

Were you the fourth actress to play one of Charlie’s Angels?  
Were you an actress who shared a last name with a Civil War general?  
Did you sing, “See the USA in a Chevrolet”?

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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, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/270 "2017-06-21T15:58:53Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with S
4. Deceased
5. Known for the Arts
6. Known for the performing arts
7. American
8. Known primarily from film, but also from TV
9. Died after 1980
10. Born on the east side of the Mississippi
11. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
12. Caucasian
13. Actress
14. Greatest fame before 1970

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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, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/271 "2017-06-21T16:02:34Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you the fourth actress to play one of Charlie’s Angels?  
> Were you an actress who shared a last name with a Civil War general?  
> Did you sing, “See the USA in a Chevrolet”?

1. I am not Cheryl Ladd (who doesn’t have an S). I’m also not Jaclyn Smith.
2. I am not Jane Seymour.
3. I am not Dinah Shore.

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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, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/272 "2017-06-21T20:30:04Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you the fourth actress to play one of Charlie’s Angels? - I was thinking of someone else, and will rephrase  
Were you an actress who shared a last name with a Civil War general? - Ditto (who was Gen. Seymour?)  
Did you sing, “See the USA in a Chevrolet”? - Yes, Dinah Shore.

IQs:

Were you an actress other than Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith who played one of Charlie’s Angels on TV?  
Were you an actress, not Jane Seymour, who shared a last name with a Civil War general?  
Were you a mistress of Gov. Willie Stark in _All the King’s Men_?

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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, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/273 "2017-06-21T20:50:02Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Previous IQs:
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> Were you the fourth actress to play one of Charlie’s Angels? - I was thinking of someone else, and will rephrase  
> Were you an actress who shared a last name with a Civil War general? - Ditto (who was Gen. Seymour?)  
> Did you sing, “See the USA in a Chevrolet”? - Yes, Dinah Shore.
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> IQs:
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> Were you an actress other than Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith who played one of Charlie’s Angels on TV?  
> Were you an actress, not Jane Seymour, who shared a last name with a Civil War general?  
> Were you a mistress of Gov. Willie Stark in _All the King’s Men_?

Take 3 DQs. Gen. Truman Seymour was a Captain (I think) at the Battle of Fort Sumter, but was a General at the one battle of the Civil War that took place in Florida. (I don’t recall the name of that battle.) He may or may not have been an ancestor of mine - the genealogy is spotty.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/274 "2017-06-21T21:30:41Z")

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IQ: Did you play one of seven stranded castaways?

Still holding two DQs from post 264.

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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, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/275 "2017-06-21T21:36:32Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ: Did you play one of seven stranded castaways?
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> Still holding two DQs from post 264.

I am not Natalie Schafer.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/276 "2017-06-21T21:47:04Z")

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IQ1: Were you the redheaded main character in a soap-opera newspaper strip?  
IQ2: Did you play the bomber’s wife in _Airport_?  
IQ3: Did you provide the voice for a Porter?

DQ1: First name starts with A-L?  
DQ2: Second letter of last name is a vowel?

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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, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/277 "2017-06-21T21:55:44Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the redheaded main character in a soap-opera newspaper strip?  
> IQ2: Did you play the bomber’s wife in _Airport_?  
> IQ3: Did you provide the voice for a Porter?

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, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/278 "2017-06-21T21:57:13Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with S
4. Deceased
5. Known for the Arts
6. Known for the performing arts
7. American
8. Known primarily from film, but also from TV
9. Died after 1980
10. Born on the east side of the Mississippi
11. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
12. Caucasian
13. Actress
14. Greatest fame before 1970
15. First name starts with A-L
16. Second letter of last name is a consonant

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/279 "2017-06-21T22:03:09Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the redheaded main character in a soap-opera newspaper strip?  
> IQ2: Did you play the bomber’s wife in _Airport_?  
> IQ3: Did you provide the voice for a Porter?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

Brenda Starr.  
Maureen Stapleton.  
Ann Sothern. (A 1928 Porter touring car, to be precise.)  
Three DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/280 "2017-06-21T22:15:03Z")

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If this isn’t it, I give up…

IQ: Were you the female lead in _Sunset Boulevard_?

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