# Botticelli -- Mar 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991 "2021-03-01T01:27:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [March 1, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/1 "2021-03-01T01:27:06Z")

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Thought that poem was written in the 1880s. Oh, well…

I am Y.

Previous incredibly exciting thread: [Botticelli February 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224)

Discourse, this topic bears no resemblance whatsoever to “Martha Marcy May Marlene”.

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/2 "2021-03-01T02:22:29Z")

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Congratulations SCAdian!

IQ1: Are you a religious leader and eponym of a large private university in Utah?  
IQ2: Did you have prominent roles in _Blade Runner_ and _No Way Out_?  
IQ3: Were you the chelonian King of the Pond from a Dr. Seuss book?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/3 "2021-03-01T03:33:03Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a religious leader and eponym of a large private university in Utah?  
> IQ2: Did you have prominent roles in _Blade Runner_ and _No Way Out_ ?  
> IQ3: Were you the chelonian King of the Pond from a Dr. Seuss book?

Not Brigham Young.  
DQ.  
Not Yertle the Turtle.

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/4 "2021-03-01T04:11:16Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you smarter than the average bear?
2. Were you a left fielder with the Red Sox who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
3. Did you play Kal-El’s mom in _Superman_ (the one with Christopher Reeves)?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/5 "2021-03-01T04:18:22Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you smarter than the average bear?
> 2. Were you a left fielder with the Red Sox who is in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
> 3. Did you play Kal-El’s mom in _Superman_ (the one with Christopher Reeves)?

Not Yogi Bear.  
Not … Carl Yastrzemski?  
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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/6 "2021-03-01T04:19:30Z")

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Correct, Correct and Susannah York.

DQ: Real?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/7 "2021-03-01T04:20:29Z")

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**Y**

1. Fictional

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/8 "2021-03-01T04:22:30Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the protagonist in _Catch-22_?
2. Are you the first listed of Roger Ramjet’s kid sidekicks?
3. Were you the 1992 gold medalist for lady’s single ice skating?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/9 "2021-03-01T05:39:48Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you a religious leader and eponym of a large private university in Utah?  
> > > IQ2: Did you have prominent roles in _Blade Runner_ and _No Way Out_ ?  
> > > IQ3: Were you the chelonian King of the Pond from a Dr. Seuss book?
> 
> Not Brigham Young.  
> DQ.  
> Not Yertle the Turtle.

Yes, Sean Young, Yes.

DQ: Female?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/10 "2021-03-01T06:19:19Z")

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Congrats!

1. Did your “scary beyond all reason” self turn into a purple kitten?
2. Are you mentioned by name in the song **One Night in Bangkok**?
3. Did you work for Miss Scarlet in a movie?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/11 "2021-03-01T16:21:06Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the protagonist in _Catch-22_ ?
> 2. Are you the first listed of Roger Ramjet’s kid sidekicks?
> 3. Were you the 1992 gold medalist for lady’s single ice skating?

Not Yossarian.  
DQ.  
DQ.

> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Did your “scary beyond all reason” self turn into a purple kitten?
> 2. Are you mentioned by name in the song **One Night in Bangkok**?
> 3. Did you work for Miss Scarlet in a movie?

Three DQs.

**Y**

1, Fictional  
2. Male

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/12 "2021-03-01T16:44:12Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Are you the protagonist in _Catch-22_ ?
> > > 2. Are you the first listed of Roger Ramjet’s kid sidekicks?
> > > 3. Were you the 1992 gold medalist for lady’s single ice skating?
> 
> Not Yossarian.  
> DQ.  
> DQ.

Correct on Yossarian.  
#2 was Yank of Yank, Doodle, Dan & Dee.  
#3 was Kristi Yamaguchi.

DQs:

1. Created by an American or Americans?
2. Last name starts with Y?

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/13 "2021-03-01T18:43:55Z")

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1. Were you the King of the One-Liners?
2. Did you know best?
3. Did you play the matriarch in a Sylvester Stalone movie?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/14 "2021-03-01T19:37:17Z")

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DQ.  
Not Robert Young.  
DQ.

**Y**

1, Fictional  
2. Male  
3. Created by an American or Americans  
4. Last name starts with Y

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/15 "2021-03-01T19:56:37Z")

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> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
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> 1. Were you the King of the One-Liners?
> 2. Did you know best?
> 3. Did you play the matriarch in a Sylvester Stalone movie?

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> DQ.  
> Not Robert Young.  
> DQ.

Henny Youngman, correct, and Yvonne DeCarlo (thought a Munster’s reference would be too easy)

Created after 1950?  
From a litterary work?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/16 "2021-03-01T20:19:00Z")

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IQ1: Did you host a television show demonstrating that you can cook?  
IQ2: Did you father twins in Lovecraft’s _The Dunwich Horror_?  
IQ3: Did your best known role involve running in slow-motion along the beach in a swimsuit?

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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:** [March 1, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/17 "2021-03-01T21:00:22Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you adopt your own baby daughter after a fateful evening with Clark Gable?
2. Were you head of security in ST:TNG?
3. Were you the first comic strip character?

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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:** [March 2, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/18 "2021-03-02T02:40:49Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
>
> Congrats!
> 
> 1. Did your “scary beyond all reason” self turn into a purple kitten?
> 2. Are you mentioned by name in the song **One Night in Bangkok**?
> 3. Did you work for Miss Scarlet in a movie?

Yzma, Yul Brynner and Yvette in **Clue**.

DQ:

1. Caucasian?

Two DQs 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:** [March 2, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/19 "2021-03-02T16:15:19Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did you host a television show demonstrating that you can cook?  
> IQ2: Did you father twins in Lovecraft’s _The Dunwich Horror_ ?  
> IQ3: Did your best known role involve running in slow-motion along the beach in a swimsuit?

Three DQs.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you adopt your own baby daughter after a fateful evening with Clark Gable?
> 2. Were you head of security in ST:TNG?
> 3. Were you the first comic strip character?

DQ.  
Not Tasha Yar.  
Not the Yellow Kid.

**Y**

1, Fictional  
2. Male  
3. Created by an American or Americans  
4. Last name starts with Y  
5. Created after 1950  
6. From a litterary work  
7. Not Caucasian

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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:** [March 2, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-mar-2021/933991/20 "2021-03-02T17:50:43Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Did you adopt your own baby daughter after a fateful evening with Clark Gable?
> > > 2. Were you head of security in ST:TNG?
> > > 3. Were you the first comic strip character?
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> DQ.  
> Not Tasha Yar.  
> Not the Yellow Kid.

#1 was Loretta Young. Correct on the others.

DQ: Created after 1980?

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