# Botticelli - June 2018

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899 "2018-06-11T17:53:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/241 "2018-06-29T00:07:27Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write the comic series _Preacher_?
2. Did you write the comic series _Transmetropolitan_?
3. Did you voice Mrs. Potato Head?

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/242 "2018-06-29T00:47:57Z")

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IQS  
1)Did you have a successful daytime TV talk show?  
2) Did you play regan’s mother in the Exorcist?  
3)Did you play the young Obiwan Kenobi?

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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, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/243 "2018-06-29T01:39:38Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Is Aragorn your heir?
> 2. Is Aragorn your son-in-law?
> 3. Were two of your brothers Atlas and Prometheus?

Heh. Not Elendil or Elrond; dunno the third.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write the comic series _Preacher_?
> 2. Did you write the comic series _Transmetropolitan_?
> 3. Did you voice Mrs. Potato Head?

Dunno x2; not Estelle Getty.

> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> IQS  
> 1)Did you have a successful daytime TV talk show?  
> 2) Did you play regan’s mother in the Exorcist?  
> 3)Did you play the young Obiwan Kenobi?

Dunno, dunno, and not Ewan McGregor.

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/244 "2018-06-29T02:22:00Z")

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IQS  
1)Did you have a successful daytime TV talk show?So you’re not Ellen Degeneres  
2) Did you play regan’s mother in the Exorcist?An you’re not Ellen burstyn?  
3)Did you play the young Obiwan Kenobi?Eeewan McGregor is ocrrect.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/245 "2018-06-29T03:13:37Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno x2; not Estelle Getty.

1. Garth Ennis (Did you write the comic series _Preacher_?)
2. Warren Ellis (Did you write the comic series _Transmetropolitan_?)

Incidentally, Mrs. Potato Head was voiced by Estelle Harris, not Getty.

IQs:

1. Were you voiced and performed by Kevin Clash?
2. Do you live in the middle of Nowhere with your wife Muriel and a dog?
3. Are you a four-armed Neptunian chef?

DQs:

1. Real?
2. First name begins with E?

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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, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/246 "2018-06-29T12:09:30Z")

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IQ1: Did you play Pam’s replacement in _The Office_ and do you currently star as a doomsday cult survivor on Netflix?  
IQ2: Are you a country/gospel artist and comic named after a US state?  
IQ3: Did you play a street-wise version of _Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood_ on SNL?

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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, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/247 "2018-06-30T00:10:22Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …IQs:
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> 1. Were you voiced and performed by Kevin Clash?
> 2. Do you live in the middle of Nowhere with your wife Muriel and a dog?
> 3. Are you a four-armed Neptunian chef?..

Dunno x3

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play Pam’s replacement in _The Office_ and do you currently star as a doomsday cult survivor on Netflix?  
> IQ2: Are you a country/gospel artist and comic named after a US state?  
> IQ3: Did you play a street-wise version of _Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood_ on SNL?

Dunno x2; not Eddie “Mr. Robinson” Murphy

E.

1. fictional
2. first name starts with E

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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 30, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/248 "2018-06-30T13:10:37Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play Pam’s replacement in The Office and do you currently star as a doomsday cult survivor on Netflix?  
> IQ2: Are you a country/gospel artist and comic named after a US state?  
> IQ3: Did you play a street-wise version of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood on SNL?
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> Dunno x2; not Eddie “Mr. Robinson” Murphy

Ellie Kemper, Tennessee Ernie Ford, correct

DQ: Male?  
DQ: Originally from literature?

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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 30, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/249 "2018-06-30T13:25:16Z")

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IQ1: Are you a wizard from Dungeons and Dragons _Forgotten Realms_?  
IQ2: Are you the 428th emperor of Melniboné?  
IQ3: Did you wield the sword Narsil?

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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, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/250 "2018-06-30T15:30:38Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a wizard from Dungeons and Dragons _Forgotten Realms_?  
> IQ2: Are you the 428th emperor of Melniboné?  
> IQ3: Did you wield the sword Narsil?

Dunno, not Elric, and still not Elendil.

E.

1. fictional
2. first name starts with E
3. female
4. not originally from literature

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/251 "2018-06-30T16:41:34Z")

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IQ

1. Did Henry Higgins teach you diction?  
2)Were you a swimming star of MGM musicals?
2. Did you have a LLoyd Weber musical named after you?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/252 "2018-06-30T17:43:46Z")

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Previous IQs:

1. Elmo, of _Sesame Street_ (Were you voiced and performed by Kevin Clash?)
2. Eustace Bagge, of _Courage the Cowardly Dog_ (Do you live in the middle of Nowhere with your wife Muriel and a dog?)
3. Elzar, of \*Futurama \*(Are you a four-armed Neptunian chef?)

IQs:

1. Did you have a stillborn twin brother named Jesse?
2. Were you the adoptive father of the future King Arthur?
3. Are you a prince with a thousand enemies?

DQs:

From a work originally from the 20th century?  
Main character?

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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 30, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/253 "2018-06-30T21:38:04Z")

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Elminster

DQ: Originally from film?

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/254 "2018-06-30T23:33:19Z")

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These were left over from this morning…  
IQs

1. Did Henry Higgins teach you diction?  
2)Were you a swimming star of MGM musicals?
2. Did you have a LLoyd Weber musical named after you?

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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:** [July 1, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/255 "2018-07-01T02:34:50Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> IQ
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> 1. Did Henry Higgins teach you diction?  
> 2)Were you a swimming star of MGM musicals?
> 2. Did you have a LLoyd Weber musical named after you?

I’m not Eliza Doolittle, Esther Williams or Eva Peron.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a stillborn twin brother named Jesse?
> 2. Were you the adoptive father of the future King Arthur?
> 3. Are you a prince with a thousand enemies?..

Not Elvis Presley, Sir Ector, and still not Elric.

E.

1. fictional
2. first name starts with E
3. female
4. not originally from literature
5. not from a work originally from the 20th century
6. not a main character
7. originally from film

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/256 "2018-07-01T04:52:50Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> IQS  
> 1)Did you have a successful daytime TV talk show?So you’re not Ellen Degeneres  
> 2) Did you play regan’s mother in the Exorcist?An you’re not Ellen burstyn?  
> 3)Did you play the young Obiwan Kenobi?Eeewan McGregor is ocrrect.

All correct

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/257 "2018-07-01T04:53:54Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I’m not Eliza Doolittle, Esther Williams or Eva Peron.  
> All correct
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> 1. fictional
> 2. first name starts with E
> 3. female
> 4. not originally from literature
> 5. not from a work originally from the 20th century
> 6. not a main character
> 7. originally from film

Onward we go

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/258 "2018-07-01T17:00:25Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a prince with a thousand enemies, and also a rabbit?
2. Were you born Declan Patrick McManus?
3. Were you mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea from 1986 to 1988, although you’re better known as an actor and director?

Unclaimed DQ: From a film made in the 2000s?

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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:** [July 1, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/259 "2018-07-01T19:31:38Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a prince with a thousand enemies, and also a rabbit?
> 2. Were you born Declan Patrick McManus?
> 3. Were you mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea from 1986 to 1988, although you’re better known as an actor and director?..

I’m guessing the first is from _Watership Down_, but I don’t know the name; also dunno, and not Clint Eastwood.

E.

1. fictional
2. first name starts with E
3. female
4. not originally from literature
5. not from a work originally from the 20th century
6. not a main character
7. originally from film
8. from a film made in the 2000s

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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:** [July 2, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/260 "2018-07-02T11:48:17Z")

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DQ: From a film set in the present time contemporaneous to the release of the film?

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