# Botticelli - June 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330 "2021-06-01T03:59:56Z")\
**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 15, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/221 "2021-06-15T16:56:43Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you ask “WAR–_huh!_–what is it GOOD for?”  
2. The Doctor:Paul McGann::The Master:you?  
3. Are you the current Lord of Man?

One DQ reserved.

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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 15, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/222 "2021-06-15T16:57:56Z")

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Not Edwin Starr, Edward E. Vilsidekick or Queen Elizabeth II.

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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 15, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/223 "2021-06-15T16:58:25Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you delight in tormenting Darren Stevens?
> 2. Has it been said of you “By the Wrath of God, Queen of England”?
> 3. Did you claim to be the first to reach both the north pole and the south pole by air?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Endora, Elizabeth I or Adm. E. Peary.

Correct on #1.  
#2 was Eleanor of Aquitaine.  
#3 was Richard E. Byrd, Jr. (The E. is ever-present in his name.)

2 DQs reserved.

I believe Peary only made it to North Pole.

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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 15, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/224 "2021-06-15T18:35:27Z")

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Ah, thanks. It was a guess.

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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 15, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/225 "2021-06-15T18:51:35Z")

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DQ: Served in the European front?

1 DQ 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 15, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/226 "2021-06-15T21:04:13Z")

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IQ1: Were you a war correspondent KIA during the Okinawa campaign?  
IQ2: Were you a medic with E Co, 506th PIR, during WW II?

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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 16, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/227 "2021-06-16T19:52:52Z")

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Not Ernie Pyle, and dunno.

E.

1. male
2. deceased
3. not known for the Arts
4. real
5. first name starts with E
6. born after 1900
7. American
8. known for politics/military
9. died before 2000
10. not known for politics
11. died before 1980
12. known for being in the military
13. died after 1940
14. did not die in battle
15. Army
16. not an officer
17. noted for service in WWII
18. served on the European front

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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 16, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/228 "2021-06-16T19:54:26Z")

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DQ: Unusual first name?

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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 16, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/229 "2021-06-16T19:58:53Z")

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E.

1. male
2. deceased
3. not known for the Arts
4. real
5. first name starts with E
6. born after 1900
7. American
8. known for politics/military
9. died before 2000
10. not known for politics
11. died before 1980
12. known for being in the military
13. died after 1940
14. did not die in battle
15. Army
16. not an officer
17. noted for service in WWII
18. served on the European front
19. not an unusual first 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 16, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/230 "2021-06-16T20:05:31Z")

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IQ: Were you the only U.S. soldier in WW2 to be court-martialed and executed for desertion?

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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 16, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/231 "2021-06-16T22:10:30Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a war correspondent KIA during the Okinawa campaign?  
> IQ2: Were you a medic with E Co, 506th PIR, during WW II?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Ernie Pyle, and dunno.

✅   
Eugene Roe.

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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 16, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/232 "2021-06-16T23:15:25Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Edwin Starr, Edward E. Vilsidekick or Queen Elizabeth II.

2 (The Master to Paul McGann’s Doctor) was Eric Roberts.

I got two DQs, but I don’t know if I should ask, because the Prof. might have the right person.

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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 16, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/233 "2021-06-16T23:41:03Z")

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Dingdingding! Indeed he does. Yes, I am

# Eddie Slovik

Executed by a U.S. Army firing squad in France in early 1945 after his court-martial sentence was personally approved by Ike: [Eddie Slovik - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Slovik)

Well done, **Prof. P.!**

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/234 "2021-06-17T00:19:49Z")

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Congratulations @Prof.Pepperwinkle

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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 17, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/235 "2021-06-17T01:28:14Z")

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Thanks! Onwards to…

# **D!**

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/236 "2021-06-17T01:50:27Z")

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IQs

1. Did you share hosting duties with an ex-Viking and an ex-tennis player from 1980-1984?
2. Are you known as The Human Beat Box?
3. Were you a New Orleans matron of society…and a serial killer?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/237 "2021-06-17T02:41:50Z")

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Congrats!

1. Did you notoriously “Do Dallas”?
2. Are you Sophronia Temminick’s best friend in the Finishing School series?
3. Did Hoyt Axton write a song about you and the Dealer and a dog named Jake?

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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 17, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/238 "2021-06-17T03:31:20Z")

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Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:  
1. Were you an American president–but not of the US?  
2. Did you voice the similarly-alliterative Lois Lane, for _Superman: the Animated Series_?  
3. Did you write “Oh, to be a Blobel”, “Autofac”, and “The Mold of Yancy”?

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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 17, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/239 "2021-06-17T10:59:11Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs
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> 1. Did you share hosting duties with an ex-Viking and an ex-tennis player from 1980-1984?
> 2. Are you known as The Human Beat Box?
> 3. Were you a New Orleans matron of society…and a serial killer?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@kitap](#):
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> Congrats!
> 
> 1. Did you notoriously “Do Dallas”?
> 2. Are you Sophronia Temminick’s best friend in the Finishing School series?
> 3. Did Hoyt Axton write a song about you and the Dealer and a dog named Jake?

#1. I am not Debby.  
#2. Take a DQ.  
#3. I am not Della, nor a cat called Kalamazoo.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you an American president–but not of the US?
> 2. Did you voice the similarly-alliterative Lois Lane, for _Superman: the Animated Series_ ?
> 3. Did you write “Oh, to be a Blobel”, “Autofac”, and “The Mold of Yancy”?

Take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/240 "2021-06-17T12:28:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
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> > > 1. Did you share hosting duties with an ex-Viking and an ex-tennis player from 1980-1984?
> > > 2. Are you known as The Human Beat Box?
> > > 3. Were you a New Orleans matron of society…and a serial killer?
> 
> Take 3 DQs

John Davidson (“That’s Incredible!”), Doug E Fresh, Delphine LaLaurie

DQs

1. Real?
2. Male?
3. Alive?

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