# 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:** 4

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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, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/61 "2017-06-10T20:56:22Z")

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> IQ1: Are you the elusive villain star of a series of educational games?  
> IQ2: Are you the fruity hat-wearing samba singer on whom IQ1 is based?  
> IQ3: Are you a horror parody star and exotic dancer whose real name is Tara Leigh Patrick?
> 
> IQ1: I am not Carmen Sandiego (?) (If that is correct, it’s only due to IQ2)  
> IQ2: I am not Carmen Miranda.  
> IQ3: ?

Carmen Electra.

Carmen x 3!

holding a 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 10, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/62 "2017-06-10T21:09:02Z")

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IQ1: Are you the starting QB for the Carolina Panthers?  
IQ2: Did you play a character who mistakes semen for hair gel in _There’s Something About Mary_?  
IQ3: Are you a defensive end for the New Orleans Saints?

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/63 "2017-06-10T22:20:59Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> One out of three – not a major Ray Stevens fan, I take it. 😃
> 
> Correct on [Clyde](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLB15kBvn_c).  
> [Coy Lumpkin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcg4wyFhyV8).  
> The [Blue Cyclone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLp9X8rebN4).

Ironically, I am a fairly big Ray Stevens fan, and know many of his songs. You could have asked about any 20 or so others and I would have nailed them. 🙂 You just happened to pick two that are off my radar.  
C.

DQ1: Real  
DQ2: Last name starts with C  
DQ3: Male  
DQ4: Living  
DQ5: American  
DQ6: Not known for the Arts.

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/64 "2017-06-10T22:24:21Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the starting QB for the Carolina Panthers?  
> IQ2: Did you play a character who mistakes semen for hair gel in _There’s Something About Mary_?  
> IQ3: Are you a defensive end for the New Orleans Saints?

IQ1: I am not Cam Newton.  
IQ2: I am not Cameron Diaz.  
IQ3: Oh, hell, I should know this…but DQ for you.

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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, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/65 "2017-06-10T22:28:06Z")

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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you W. C. Fields’s fictitious nephew?
> 2. Were you the “Italian” Marx brother?
> 3. Did you have a stand -up comedy duo with Dudley Moore?  
> IQ1: ?  
> IQ2: I am not Chico.  
> IQ3: ?

#1 was Chester Fields. This did not make Bill’s radio sponsor, Lucky Strike, very happy and they didn’t find it at all funny.  
Correct on Chico.  
#3 was Peter Cook.

DQs:

1. Known for politics/military?
2. Born after 1960?

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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, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/66 "2017-06-10T22:31:11Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _The Man Who Was Thursday_?
2. Are you Earl Derr Biggers’s best known creation?
3. Did you appear in cartoons that featured Syncro-Vox?

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/67 "2017-06-11T01:24:40Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _The Man Who Was Thursday_?
> 2. Are you Earl Derr Biggers’s best known creation?
> 3. Did you appear in cartoons that featured Syncro-Vox?

IQ1: ?  
IQ2: ?  
IQ3: I am not … Creepy Lips man??  
C.

DQ1: Real  
DQ2: Last name starts with C  
DQ3: Male  
DQ4: Living  
DQ5: American  
DQ6: Not known for the Arts  
DQ7: Not known for politics/military  
DQ8: Not born after 1960

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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 11, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/68 "2017-06-11T01:31:16Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the starting QB for the Carolina Panthers?  
> IQ2: Did you play a character who mistakes semen for hair gel in There’s Something About Mary?  
> IQ3: Are you a defensive end for the New Orleans Saints?
> 
> IQ1: I am not Cam Newton.  
> IQ2: I am not Cameron Diaz.  
> IQ3: Oh, hell, I should know this…but DQ for you.

Cam Jordan

Cam x 3!

DQ: Associated with a business or product?

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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 11, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/69 "2017-06-11T01:43:30Z")

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IQ1: Did you portray Miracle Max’s wife in _Princess Bride_?  
IQ2: Did you play a shower curtain salesman in _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_?  
IQ3: Did you portray a bartender on \*Cheers \*before you died and were replaced by Woody Harrelson?

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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 11, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/70 "2017-06-11T01:52:07Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you narrowly lose to Woodrow Wilson in 1916? - Charles Evans Hughes  
Did you select a Prime Minister at the end of Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? - King Charles III  
Were you a Boston Brahmin physician far from home in the 1950s? - Yes, Charles Emerson Winchester III

Charles x3!

DQs:

Born after 1945?  
Greatest fame before 2000?

IQs:

Are you married to an amateur pilot better known for other things?  
Did you write _My Side of the Mountain_?  
Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States in 1864?

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/71 "2017-06-11T02:43:56Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you portray Miracle Max’s wife in _Princess Bride_?  
> IQ2: Did you play a shower curtain salesman in _Planes, Trains and Automobiles_?  
> IQ3: Did you portray a bartender on \*Cheers \*before you died and were replaced by Woody Harrelson?

IQ1: I am not Carol Kane.  
IQ2: I am not John Candy.  
IQ3: I am not Nicholas Constanto…Constellanto…I can see the credits sequence but not sure of the spelling…but it’s Coach! Coach Ernie Pantusso!

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/72 "2017-06-11T02:51:36Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Are you married to an amateur pilot better known for other things?  
> Did you write _My Side of the Mountain_?  
> Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States in 1864?

IQ1: I am not Calista Flockhart.  
IQ2: I am not Jean Craighead George (I read this book like 20 times as a kid!).  
IQ3: ?

C.

DQ1: Real  
DQ2: Last name starts with C  
DQ3: Male  
DQ4: Living  
DQ5: American  
DQ6: Not known for the Arts  
DQ7: Not known for politics/military  
DQ8: Not born after 1960  
DQ9: Not associated with business or product  
DQ10: Born after 1945  
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000

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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 11, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/73 "2017-06-11T13:19:57Z")

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> [@divemaster](#):
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> IQ3: I am not Nicholas Constanto…Constellanto…I can see the credits sequence but not sure of the spelling…but it’s Coach! Coach Ernie Pantusso!

Colasanto. Close enough.

IQ1: Are you a rapper who recorded “Gangsta’s Paradise” and whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr.?  
IQ2: Are you the leader of the rap group _Public Enemy_, whose real name is Carlton Douglas Ridenhour?  
IQ3: Are you a rapper, N.W.A. member, and _Boyz in the Hood_ star whose real name is O’Shea Jackson Sr.?

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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 11, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/74 "2017-06-11T13:57:38Z")

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IQ1: Did one of your songs involve a '57 Chevrolet pickup truck and a dog named Frank?  
IQ2: Was your name originally Brenda Webb?  
IQ3: Did you sing “Tennessee Flat Top Box”?

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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 11, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/75 "2017-06-11T15:51:10Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you married to an amateur pilot better known for other things? - Yes, Calista Flockhart, wife of Harrison Ford  
Did you write _My Side of the Mountain_? - Yes, Jean Craighead George (she always used her middle name, so I thought it’s fair play)  
Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States in 1864? - Salmon P. Chase

DQ:

Best known for a single incident?

IQs:

Were you the U.S. Attorney who saw to Martha Stewart’s successful prosecution for insider trading?  
Did you fly across America “crash by crash”?  
Did you write a book about the experience of portraying Shakespeare’s Richard III?

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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 11, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/76 "2017-06-11T19:19:06Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you write The Man Who Was Thursday?
> 2. Are you Earl Derr Biggers’s best known creation?
> 3. Did you appear in cartoons that featured Syncro-Vox?  
> IQ1: ?  
> IQ2: ?  
> IQ3: I am not … Creepy Lips man??

#1 was G. K. Chesterton.  
#2 was Charlie Chan.  
#3 was Clutch Cargo.

3 DQs reserved.

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/77 "2017-06-11T20:15:10Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a rapper who recorded “Gangsta’s Paradise” and whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr.?  
> IQ2: Are you the leader of the rap group _Public Enemy_, whose real name is Carlton Douglas Ridenhour?  
> IQ3: Are you a rapper, N.W.A. member, and _Boyz in the Hood_ star whose real name is O’Shea Jackson Sr.?

IQ1: I am not… Coolio?  
IQ2: I am not… Coolio?  
IQ3: I am not… Coolio?

I don’t know many rappers.

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did one of your songs involve a '57 Chevrolet pickup truck and a dog named Frank?  
> IQ2: Was your name originally Brenda Webb?  
> IQ3: Did you sing “Tennessee Flat Top Box”?

IQ1: I am not C.W. McCall.  
IQ2: ?  
IQ3: I am not Roseanne Cash. Nor Johnny for that matter.

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/78 "2017-06-11T20:21:31Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Previous IQs:
> 
> Are you married to an amateur pilot better known for other things? - Yes, Calista Flockhart, wife of Harrison Ford  
> Did you write _My Side of the Mountain_? - Yes, Jean Craighead George (she always used her middle name, so I thought it’s fair play)  
> Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States in 1864? - Salmon P. Chase

“Craighead” threw me for a bit. I kept thinking “Jean George; I know it’s Jean George” and didn’t make the “C” connection immediately.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you the U.S. Attorney who saw to Martha Stewart’s successful prosecution for insider trading?  
> Did you fly across America “crash by crash”?  
> Did you write a book about the experience of portraying Shakespeare’s Richard III?

IQ1: I am not…Johnny Cochran(?)  
IQ2: ?  
IQ3: I am not…Michael Caine(?)

C.

DQ1: Real  
DQ2: Last name starts with C  
DQ3: Male  
DQ4: Living  
DQ5: American  
DQ6: Not known for the Arts  
DQ7: Not known for politics/military  
DQ8: Not born after 1960  
DQ9: Not associated with business or product  
DQ10: Born after 1945  
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000  
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident

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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 11, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/79 "2017-06-11T20:53:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a rapper who recorded “Gangsta’s Paradise” and whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr.?  
> IQ2: Are you the leader of the rap group Public Enemy, whose real name is Carlton Douglas Ridenhour?  
> IQ3: Are you a rapper, N.W.A. member, and Boyz in the Hood star whose real name is O’Shea Jackson Sr.?
> 
> IQ1: I am not… Coolio?  
> IQ2: I am not… Coolio?  
> IQ3: I am not… Coolio?

correct, Chuck D, Ice Cube

DQ: Known for sports?

holding a DQ

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2017/788187/80 "2017-06-11T20:57:09Z")

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C.

DQ1: Real  
DQ2: Last name starts with C  
DQ3: Male  
DQ4: Living  
DQ5: American  
DQ6: Not known for the Arts  
DQ7: Not known for politics/military  
DQ8: Not born after 1960  
DQ9: Not associated with business or product  
DQ10: Born after 1945  
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000  
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident  
DQ13: Known for sports

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