# Botticelli - June 2024

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 30, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278 "2024-05-30T15:51:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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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 13, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/81 "2024-06-13T14:23:24Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat?
2. Did you write a song where the devil advises his son to stay in Hell?
3. In DC Comics are you currently in a relationship with Chemical King?

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/82 "2024-06-13T14:52:54Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> I am not Itzaak Perlman (sp?), dunno, and I am not Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS.

Correct on Itzak Perlman and Ilsa. Merwyn Bogue performed under the name “Ish Kabibble”.

DQ: European?

IQs:

1. Were you - supposedly - the real-life inspiration for the above-mentioned Ilsa?
2. Were you a tennis player who in 1972 was the first athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike, and later ran for mayor of Bucharest?
3. Did Lady LeJean rent you (from your clacks address “yethmathter@uberwald”) and send you to assist Jeremy Clockson in _Thief of Time_?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/83 "2024-06-13T16:06:00Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat?
> 2. Did you write a song where the devil advises his son to stay in Hell?
> 3. In DC Comics are you currently in a relationship with Chemical King?

I am not Itchy, I am not Irving Berlin, and dunno.

(I think I got swept!)

> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you - supposedly - the real-life inspiration for the above-mentioned Ilsa?
> 2. Were you a tennis player who in 1972 was the first athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike, and later ran for mayor of Bucharest?
> 3. Did Lady LeJean rent you (from your clacks address “yethmathter@uberwald”) and send you to assist Jeremy Clockson in _Thief of Time_?

Dunno, I am not Ilie Nastase, and dunno.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/84 "2024-06-13T16:07:07Z")

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# I

1. Real.
2. First name starts with I.
3. Male.
4. Not known for the arts.
5. Not American.
6. Not known for politics.
7. European.

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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 13, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/85 "2024-06-13T16:47:42Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat?
> 2. Did you write a song where the devil advises his son to stay in Hell?
> 3. In DC Comics are you currently in a relationship with Chemical King?

#1 was Ignatz.  
#2 was, indeed, Irving Berlin.  
#3 is Invisible Kid.

DQs:

1. Living?
2. Known for business?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/86 "2024-06-13T17:08:25Z")

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# I

1. Real.
2. First name starts with I.
3. Male.
4. Not known for the arts.
5. Not American.
6. Not known for politics.
7. European.
8. Living.
9. Not known for business.

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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 13, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/87 "2024-06-13T19:05:56Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you married to David Bowie?
2. Were you a regular comic on _Your Show of Shows_?
3. Did you star in _Alien From LA_, which is best viewed as an episode of MST3K?

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/88 "2024-06-13T20:40:21Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> Dunno, I am not Ilie Nastase, and dunno.

Correct on Nastase. 1 was Ilse Koch, she of the human-skin lampshades, who was married to the commandant of Buchenwald. 3 was Igor, Terry Prachett’s take on the traditional mad scientist’s assistant.

DQ: Known for a crime or crimes?

One DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/89 "2024-06-13T22:33:30Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you married to David Bowie?
> 2. Were you a regular comic on _Your Show of Shows_?
> 3. Did you star in _Alien From LA_, which is best viewed as an episode of MST3K?

I am not Imam, I am not Irwin Corey, and I am not Kathy Ireland.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/90 "2024-06-13T22:37:06Z")

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# I

1. Real.
2. First name starts with I.
3. Male.
4. Not known for the arts.
5. Not American.
6. Not known for politics.
7. European.
8. Living.
9. Not known for business.
10. Not known for a crime or crimes.

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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 13, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/91 "2024-06-13T23:04:11Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you Persis Khambatta’s most famous role?
2. Did you have Skeeve’s master killed in **Another Fine Myth**?
3. Did you play Gretchen Kraus on **Benson**?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/92 "2024-06-14T05:00:31Z")

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I am not Lt. Ilia, nor am I Isstvan, nor am I Inga Swenson.

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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 14, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/93 "2024-06-14T11:43:33Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Were you married to David Bowie?
> > 2. Were you a regular comic on _Your Show of Shows_?
> > 3. Did you star in _Alien From LA_, which is best viewed as an episode of MST3K?
> 
> I am not Imam, I am not Irwin Corey, and I am not Kathy Ireland.

#1. Correct on Iman.  
#2 was Imogene Coca, and not the world’s foremost authority.  
#3 is correct.

DQ: Born before 1970?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/94 "2024-06-14T14:33:58Z")

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# I

1. Real.
2. First name starts with I.
3. Male.
4. Not known for the arts.
5. Not American.
6. Not known for politics.
7. European.
8. Living.
9. Not known for business.
10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
11. Born 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:** [June 14, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/95 "2024-06-14T19:05:31Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did your nursemaid supposedly introduce you, as an infant, to George Washington? - Washington Irving  
Did you take a ring you really should have thrown into a volcano? - Yes, Isildur, Elendil’s first heir  
Were you Sid Caesar’s comedic coconspirator? - Yes, Imogene Coca

DQ:

From the British Isles?

IQs:

Is the current Pope the only one who served in the order you established?  
Did Agamemnon very reluctantly sacrifice you, his daughter?  
Did you play a former burglar, a science officer, a conniving restaurateur and an overcautious bureaucrat?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/96 "2024-06-14T19:24:28Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Is the current Pope the only one who served in the order you established?  
> Did Agamemnon very reluctantly sacrifice you, his daughter?  
> Did you play a former burglar, a science officer, a conniving restaurateur and an overcautious bureaucrat?

Dunno, I am not Iphgenia (I repeat, I think), and I am not… Eric Idle?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/97 "2024-06-14T19:25:10Z")

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# I

1. Real.
2. First name starts with I.
3. Male.
4. Not known for the arts.
5. Not American.
6. Not known for politics.
7. European.
8. Living.
9. Not known for business.
10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
11. Born after 1970.
12. Not from the British Isles.

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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 14, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/98 "2024-06-14T19:32:17Z")

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Previous IQs:

Is the current Pope the only one who served in the order you established? - Ignatius Loyola established the Society of Jesus or Jesuits  
Did Agamemnon very reluctantly sacrifice you, his daughter? - Yes, Iphigenia  
Did you play a former burglar, a science officer, a conniving restaurateur and an overcautious bureaucrat? - Ian Holm, in _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Alien, Big Night_ and _Brazil_

DQs:

Born in or east of Vienna?  
Born in or north of Vienna?

IQs:

Did you write about The Culture?  
Did you share a bed one night with Queequeg?  
Did you celebrate wildlife but one time just got too damn close to it?

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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 14, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/99 "2024-06-14T20:22:12Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you fake Howard Hughes’s autobiography?
2. Were you Stephen Spielberg’s first wife?
3. Did the media fixate on the number of shoes you had in the 1980’s?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278/100 "2024-06-14T20:36:23Z")

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# I

1. Real.
2. First name starts with I.
3. Male.
4. Not known for the arts.
5. Not American.
6. Not known for politics.
7. European.
8. Living.
9. Not known for business.
10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
11. Born after 1970.
12. Not from the British Isles.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Born south of Vienna.

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