# 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\
**Page:** 17

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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 11, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/321 "2018-07-11T16:02:44Z")

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Previous IQs:

Do you live next door to a pineapple under the sea? - Patrick Star, on _SpongeBob SquarePants_  
Did you play a demonic character on the original _Battlestar Galactica_? - Patrick Macnee  
Were you the most prominent Virginia Anti-Federalist? - Patrick Henry

Patrick x3!

DQs:

Best known for politics/military?  
Best known for a single incident?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you Brett’s boss on the _Nostromo_?  
Did you wear your salary on a sign around your neck?  
Did you costar in a TV series about a pair of brothers who were detectives?

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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:** [July 11, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/322 "2018-07-11T17:14:58Z")

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DQ roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with P
4. Living
5. American
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born since 1950
8. Best known for politics/military
9. Known for more than 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:** [July 11, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/323 "2018-07-11T17:19:33Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Were you Brett’s boss on the Nostromo?  
> Did you wear your salary on a sign around your neck?  
> Did you costar in a TV series about a pair of brothers who were detectives?

(Harry Dean Stanton and Yaphet Kotto played Brett and…) not Parker? , DQ, not the Simon & Simon guy whose last name was probably Parker but can’t remember the first name, so take a DQ

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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 11, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/324 "2018-07-11T22:15:43Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you recently leave your post at the head of the EPA?
2. Did you have hits with _Round And Round_ and _Catch A Falling Star_?
3. Are you a Marvel Comics character who is very famous for being dead?

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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:** [July 12, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/325 "2018-07-12T01:08:35Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you recently leave your post at the head of the EPA?

Yes, I am Scott Pruitt! Good riddance.

Grasts Prof!

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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 12, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/326 "2018-07-12T02:52:22Z")

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Wow. That was easier than I thought it would be.

Next, I am H.

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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:** [July 12, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/327 "2018-07-12T11:50:44Z")

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IQ1: Were you a painted-up professional wrestler who legally changed his name to “Warrior”?  
IQ2: Are you the protagonist of _The Scarlet Letter_?  
IQ3: Did Barbra Streisand portray you in _A Star Is Born_?

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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 12, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/328 "2018-07-12T15:48:43Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Brett’s boss on the _Nostromo_? - Yes, Parker, in _Alien_  
Did you wear your salary on a sign around your neck? - Dorothy Parker, at a party, when management at the publishing house for which she was then working prohibited staff from _talking_ about their salaries  
Did you costar in a TV series about a pair of brothers who were detectives? - Yes, Parker Stevenson, on _The Hardy Boys_ (the other was Sean Cassidy)

Parker x3!

Good job, **Prof. P.**

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first VP?  
Were you FDR’s trusted and well-traveled aide?  
Did Sting play your character’s red-haired nephew?

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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 12, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/329 "2018-07-12T17:12:50Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a painted-up professional wrestler who legally changed his name to “Warrior”?  
> IQ2: Are you the protagonist of _The Scarlet Letter_?  
> IQ3: Did Barbra Streisand portray you in _A Star Is Born_?

1. I am not Hulk Hogan (???).
2. I am not Hester Prynne.
3. Take a DQ.

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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 12, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/330 "2018-07-12T17:14:10Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you Lincoln’s first VP?  
> Were you FDR’s trusted and well-traveled aide?  
> Did Sting play your character’s red-haired nephew?

1. I am not Hannibal Hamlin.
2. I am not Louis Howe.
3. I am not Baron Harkonnen.

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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 12, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/331 "2018-07-12T17:46:56Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first VP? - Yes, Hannibal Hamlin  
Were you FDR’s trusted and well-traveled aide? - Not who I was thinking of, but it fits, so I’ll rephrase  
Did Sting play your character’s red-haired nephew? - Yes, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in David Lynch’s _Dune_

New IQs:

Were you FDR’s trusted and well-traveled aide during WWII?  
Were you McKinley’s kingmaker?  
Did the actress who played you initially have a dental appliance to make her look more buck-toothed?

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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 12, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/332 "2018-07-12T18:24:07Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> New IQs:
> 
> Were you FDR’s trusted and well-traveled aide during WWII?  
> Were you McKinley’s kingmaker?  
> Did the actress who played you initially have a dental appliance to make her look more buck-toothed?

1. I am not Harry Hopkins.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Hermione Granger.

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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:** [July 13, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/333 "2018-07-13T02:41:43Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a painted-up professional wrestler who legally changed his name to “Warrior”?  
> IQ2: Are you the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter?  
> IQ3: Did Barbra Streisand portray you in A Star Is Born?
> 
> 1. I am not Hulk Hogan (???).
> 2. I am not Hester Prynne.
> 3. Take a DQ.

Jim Hellwig, correct, Esther Hoffman

DQ: Real?  
DQ: Last name start with H?

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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 13, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/334 "2018-07-13T02:55:53Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with H

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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 13, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/335 "2018-07-13T03:37:15Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you FDR’s trusted and well-traveled aide during WWII? - Yes, Henry Hopkins  
Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? - Mark Hanna  
Did the actress who played you initially have a dental appliance to make her look more buck-toothed? - Yes, Hermione Granger

DQ:

Living?

IQs:

Was Ole Golly your best older friend?  
Were you a noted conductor on the Underground Railroad?  
Were you the most recent SCOTUS nominee to crash and burn?

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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:** [July 13, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/336 "2018-07-13T11:23:57Z")

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IQ1: Did Alden Ehrenreich recently play you in a Disney movie?  
IQ2: Did you play Beckett in the same movie?  
IQ3: Were you the voice of Lady Proxima in the same movie?

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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 13, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/337 "2018-07-13T14:58:15Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Was Ole Golly your best older friend?  
> Were you a noted conductor on the Underground Railroad?  
> Were you the most recent SCOTUS nominee to crash and burn?

#2. I am not Harriet Tubman. Take 2 DQs.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did Alden Ehrenreich recently play you in a Disney movie?  
> IQ2: Did you play Beckett in the same movie?  
> IQ3: Were you the voice of Lady Proxima in the same movie?

I haven’t seen _A Wrinkle In Time_ and it’s been too long since I read it.  
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:** [July 13, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/338 "2018-07-13T14:59:17Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with H
3. Living

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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:** [July 13, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/339 "2018-07-13T15:58:40Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did Alden Ehrenreich recently play you in a Disney movie?  
> IQ2: Did you play Beckett in the same movie?  
> IQ3: Were you the voice of Lady Proxima in the same movie?  
> I haven’t seen A Wrinkle In Time and it’s been too long since I read it.
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Actually, this is the Han Solo movie. It kind of bombed.

Han Solo, Woody Harrelson, Linda Hunt

DQ: Male?  
DQ: American?  
DQ: Known for the Arts?

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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 13, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/340 "2018-07-13T16:56:08Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with H
3. Living
4. Female
5. American
6. Known for the Arts

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