# Botticelli - June 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880 "2019-06-01T15:59:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
**Page:** 20

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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 6, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/381 "2019-07-06T04:12:14Z")

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Previous IQs:

Was Tim Stamper your top henchman? - Francis Urquhart, in the original British _House of Cards_  
Was Doug Stamper yours? - Frank Underwood, in the American remake  
Is Tom Hanks a fan of your products? - Mr. Underwood, the typewriter manufacturer

DQs:

Athlete?  
Won a top award in his field?  
Greatest fame after 1945?

IQs:

Did you kill an entire alien race?  
Were you a plump Disney villain?  
Did you assassinate Hitler in an alt-hist novel?

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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:** [July 6, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/382 "2019-07-06T14:57:16Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Is Tom Hanks a fan of your products? - Mr. Underwood, the typewriter manufacturer

Ahem.

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> John Underwood.

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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 6, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/383 "2019-07-06T16:08:54Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with U
5. American
6. Died after 1900
7. Not political/military
8. Died after 1960
9. Not known for the Arts
10. Not a businessman/entrepreneur
11. Not best known for a single event
12. Not known for science or medicine
13. Athlete
14. Won top awards
15. Greatest fame after 1945

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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 6, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/384 "2019-07-06T16:10:04Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you kill an entire alien race?  
> Were you a plump Disney villain?  
> Did you assassinate Hitler in an alt-hist novel?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Ursula.
3. Take a DQ. Except not, because you repeated SCA’s question.

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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 6, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/385 "2019-07-06T22:07:27Z")

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DQ: Baseball player?

IQ1: Are you a retired MLB player who played broadcaster Harry Doyle in the \*Major League \*movies?  
IQ2: Did you play Spenser in _Spenser for Hire_?  
IQ3: Were you raped by Desire of the Endless while under sleeping sickness?

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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 7, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/386 "2019-07-07T01:42:07Z")

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Ah, thanks, I’d missed the earlier Underwood typewriter question.

Previous IQs:

Did you kill an entire alien race? - Kevin Uxbridge, on _ST:TNG_  
Were you a plump Disney villain? - Yes, Ursula, in _The Little Mermaid_  
Did you assassinate Hitler in an alt-hist novel? - Another Ursula, in Kate Atkinson’s novel _Life After Life_

DQ:

Olympian?

IQs:

Have you played a lawyer, an airport manager and POTUS?  
Were you supposed to be “Johnny on the spot” in _Saving Private Ryan_?  
Did you sing “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”?

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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 7, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/387 "2019-07-07T12:59:00Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with U
5. American
6. Died after 1900
7. Not political/military
8. Died after 1960
9. Not known for the Arts
10. Not a businessman/entrepreneur
11. Not best known for a single event
12. Not known for science or medicine
13. Athlete
14. Won top awards
15. Greatest fame after 1945
16. Not a baseball player
17. Not an Olympian

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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 7, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/388 "2019-07-07T13:00:02Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a retired MLB player who played broadcaster Harry Doyle in the \*Major League \*movies?  
> IQ2: Did you play Spenser in _Spenser for Hire_?  
> IQ3: Were you raped by Desire of the Endless while under sleeping sickness?

1. I am not Bob Uecker.
2. I am not Robert Urich.
3. I am not Unity Kinkaid.

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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 7, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/389 "2019-07-07T13:01:06Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Have you played a lawyer, an airport manager and POTUS?  
> Were you supposed to be “Johnny on the spot” in _Saving Private Ryan_?  
> Did you sing “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”?

#3. I am not Usher. 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:** [July 7, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/390 "2019-07-07T15:55:06Z")

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IQ1: Did your family win the Indy 500 nine times?  
IQ2: Have you been played by Tony Randall, Jack Lemmon, and Ron Glass?  
IQ3: Did you write _The Jungle_?

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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 7, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/391 "2019-07-07T16:10:45Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did your family win the Indy 500 nine times?  
> IQ2: Have you been played by Tony Randall, Jack Lemmon, and Ron Glass?  
> IQ3: Did you write _The Jungle_?

1. I am not Al Unser.
2. I am not Felix Unger.
3. I am not Upton Sinclair.

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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 7, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/392 "2019-07-07T18:34:24Z")

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IQ1: Did you play linebacker for the Chicago Bears from 2000-2012?  
IQ2: Were you QB for the Baltimore Colts in the 50’s and 60’s?  
IQ3: Did you a blonde play assassin from the Kill Bill movies?

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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 7, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/393 "2019-07-07T21:05:28Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ2: Were you QB for the Baltimore Colts in the 50’s and 60’s?

Yes, I am Johnny Unitas!

Good job, KO!

Please remember to start a new thread for July.

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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:** [July 7, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/394 "2019-07-07T23:34:51Z")

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Somebody I’ve actually heard of. Didn’t think it would be…

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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:** [July 8, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/395 "2019-07-08T01:50:05Z")

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[July thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=878366).

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