# 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\
**Page:** 23

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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 29, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/441 "2021-06-29T17:21:43Z")

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DQ: From film or TV?

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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, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/442 "2021-06-29T18:54:43Z")

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K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from a genre, I’d say, but YMMV
5. might be alive now if real
6. from film or TV

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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 29, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/443 "2021-06-29T19:06:36Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the eponymous character in a novel by Rudyard Kipling?
2. Did you write _Either/Or_?
3. Are you Bob Keeshan’s best known character?

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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, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/444 "2021-06-29T19:13:31Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you in _Night of the Lepus_?  
2. Did you write _Night of Camp David_?  
3. Were you an editor at Viking Press and Doubleday?

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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, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/445 "2021-06-29T19:25:52Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the eponymous character in a novel by Rudyard Kipling?
> 2. Did you write _Either/Or_?
> 3. Are you Bob Keeshan’s best known character?

I’m not Kim, dunno, and not Captain Kangaroo.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Were you in _Night of the Lepus_?  
> 2. Did you write _Night of Camp David_?  
> 3. Were you an editor at Viking Press and Doubleday?

Not Kevin Kline, Henry Kissinger or Jackie Kennedy (all guesses).

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/446 "2021-06-29T19:35:16Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Originally from Germanic folklore, and more recently in Hollywood horror films, do you deliver punishments to naughty children at Christmastime?  
> > > IQ2: You was here in WWII-era graffiti?  
> > > IQ3: Are you a perpetual 10-year-old who wants to catch 'em all?
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> Not Kriplach (?), not Kilroy and dunno.

Krampus, yes, Ash Ketchum from the Pokemon anime.

DQ: Created by American(s)?

Holding second DQ

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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, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/447 "2021-06-29T19:36:59Z")

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K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from a genre, I’d say, but YMMV
5. might be alive now if real
6. from film or TV
7. created by American(s)

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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, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/448 "2021-06-29T19:38:54Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Kevin Kline, Henry Kissinger or Jackie Kennedy (all guesses).

1 was DeForest Kelley; 2 was Fletcher Knebel.

DQs:  
1. from film?  
2. first appeared after 1980?

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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 29, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/449 "2021-06-29T19:59:31Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > > 1. Are you the eponymous character in a novel by Rudyard Kipling?
> > > 2. Did you write _Either/Or_ ?
> > > 3. Are you Bob Keeshan’s best known character?
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> I’m not Kim, dunno, and not Captain Kangaroo.

Correct, Soren Kierkegaard, and correct.

DQ: Considered a good guy?

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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, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/450 "2021-06-29T20:18:36Z")

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K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from a genre, I’d say, but YMMV
5. might be alive now if real
6. from film or TV
7. created by American(s)
8. from film
9. first appeared before 1980
10. considered a good guy, I’d say, although again, YMMV

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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, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/451 "2021-06-30T02:35:00Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you get your stage name from a fall you took down the stairs?  
2. Are you an actress, and not related to the above person (your last name was originally Hall)?  
3. Are you an actor, and _also_ not related to the above two people (your last name is actually Douglas)?

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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, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/452 "2021-06-30T03:28:07Z")

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Not Kelly “Pratfall” Kelso, not Kinsey “Potatobreath” Kelso, and not Kirk Douglas.

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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, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/453 "2021-06-30T03:52:39Z")

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1 was Buster Keaton; 2 was Diane Keaton; 3 was Michael Keaton. Does the answer of Kirk Douglas technically not count if he _was_ an actor, and the question is in present tense, thus meaning somebody currently living?

DQs:  
1. first appeared after 1960?  
2. main character?

Possibly one DQ reserved.

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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 30, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/454 "2021-06-30T15:53:53Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with _A Moment Like This_?
2. Were you the real identity of The Shadow?
3. Did you invent a successful version of the safety razor?

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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, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/455 "2021-06-30T18:48:34Z")

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Not Kelly from _American Idol_, not Kane and not… Kellogg?

Go ahead and take another DQ, **DLR**.

K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from a genre, I’d say, but YMMV
5. might be alive now if real
6. from film or TV
7. created by American(s)
8. from film
9. first appeared before 1980
10. considered a good guy, I’d say, although again, YMMV
11. first appeared after 1960
12. not a main character

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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 30, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/456 "2021-06-30T19:10:42Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Qs:
> 
> 1. Did you have a hit with _A Moment Like This_ ?
> 2. Were you the real identity of The Shadow?
> 3. Did you invent a successful version of the safety razor?

Correct on Kelly Clarkson.  
#2 was Kent Allard.  
#3 was King Gillette.

2 DQs reserved

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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 1, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/457 "2021-07-01T01:00:40Z")

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DQs:

1. From a series of films?
2. First appeared after 1970?

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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, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/458 "2021-07-01T01:33:12Z")

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K.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with K
4. not from a genre, I’d say, but YMMV
5. might be alive now if real
6. from film or TV
7. created by American(s)
8. from film
9. first appeared before 1980
10. considered a good guy, I’d say, although again, YMMV
11. first appeared after 1960
12. not a main character
13. not from a series of films
14. first appeared after 1970

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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:** [July 1, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/459 "2021-07-01T04:59:40Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you played by Jeff Conaway in a musical movie?
2. Were you a sexy Russian secret agent on TV?
3. Were you the Nome King’s chief steward?

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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, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/460 "2021-07-01T13:03:48Z")

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IQs:

1. Sitting on an evil doctor’s throne, did you note that somehow you felt comfortable on it?  
2. Were you a sea captain and accused pirate who (really!) buried treasure on Gardiner’s Island?  
3. Did you create the Maxx?

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