# Botticelli - March 2013

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 1, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774 "2013-03-01T22:59:34Z")\
**Posts on this 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:** [March 12, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/141 "2013-03-12T01:06:33Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Never heard of her…

The name vaguely rings a bell. Here she is: [Jessica Gomes - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Gomes).

K it is.

IQs:

Is your business big in Battle Creek, Mich.?  
Did you calmly discuss your fake breasts in a Hollywood blockbuster?  
Were you portrayed as a bad guy in a noteworthy Australian film?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/142 "2013-03-12T01:08:27Z")

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I’m not Kellogg of cereal fame

2 DQs

P.S. Thanks for the wiki link to Jessica.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/143 "2013-03-12T05:29:40Z")

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IQ1: Has your product been associated with many close shaves?  
IQ2: Are you a gay character on a TV program about a show choir?  
IQ3: Do you bust myths?

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/144 "2013-03-12T11:34:31Z")

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IQ1: Are you a tenor noted for your Wagner roles?  
IQ2: Were you the founder of the Merry Pranksters?  
IQ3: Did you go from goalie for The Habs to Canadian Member of Parliament?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/145 "2013-03-12T16:29:26Z")

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Spoons-not Kurt, 2 DQs  
Min-3 DQs, though I think zi know the goalie.

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/146 "2013-03-12T17:16:49Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Is your business big in Battle Creek, Mich.?  
> Did you calmly discuss your fake breasts in a Hollywood blockbuster?  
> Were you portrayed as a bad guy in a noteworthy Australian film?

> [@etv78](#):
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> I’m not Kellogg of cereal fame…

Yes, Kellogg (don’t even know the founder’s first name).  
Kevin Kline in _Wild Wild West_.  
Lord Kitchener in _Breaker Morant_.

DQs:

Real?  
Male?

IQs:

Were you the love interest in _Top Gun_?  
Did you, a woman, have a disastrous date with a later-famous broadcaster?  
Were you that broadcaster?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/147 "2013-03-12T17:33:04Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Spoons-not Kurt, 2 DQs.

Correct on Kurt Hummel. I was also looking for King Gillette, inventor of the safety razor; and Kari Byron, of “Mythbusters.”

DQ: Alive today?  
DQ: American?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/148 "2013-03-12T17:59:51Z")

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DQ info

1.Real  
2.Female  
3.Living  
4.American

IQs

1.Not Kelly McGillis  
2.Never went on disasterous date (IOW-2 DQs)

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/149 "2013-03-12T18:11:23Z")

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IQ1: Do you play an wannabe-actress who lives next door to a couple of nerds?  
IQ2: An economist (among other things), did you write the book on capital?  
IQ3: Is anybody more than six degrees removed from you?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/150 "2013-03-12T18:33:38Z")

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I’m not Kaley Cuoco or Kevin Bacon DQ for the other one.

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/151 "2013-03-12T19:54:42Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you the love interest in _Top Gun_?  
> Did you, a woman, have a disastrous date with a later-famous broadcaster?  
> Were you that broadcaster?

> [@etv78](#):
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> …1.Not Kelly McGillis  
> 2.Never went on disasterous date (IOW-2 DQs)

Yes, Kelly McGillis.  
The two who dated are Katie Couric and Larry King: [Larry King Surprises Katie Couric To Clear Up Dating Past | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/larry-king-katie-couric-clear-dating-past_n_2859069.html?ir=Media)

DQs:

Actress?  
Last name start with K?

IQs:

Are you an actress and talk show hostess?  
Did you say of faculty politics, “The fighting is so fierce because the stakes are so small”?  
Were you an ancient being who surprised everyone by looking like an angel?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/152 "2013-03-12T20:14:41Z")

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Not an actress. 1st name starts “K”

3 DQs (almost said not Katie Couric for 1st one)

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/153 "2013-03-12T20:33:17Z")

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Please update the numbered DQ-answer list. Thanks.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Are you an actress and talk show hostess?  
> Did you say of faculty politics, “The fighting is so fierce because the stakes are so small”?  
> Were you an ancient being who surprised everyone by looking like an angel?

Kelly Ripa.  
Henry Kissinger.  
Ambassador Kosh on _Babylon 5_.

DQs:

Best known for the creative arts (our usual broad definition, incl. modeling)?  
Born since 1950?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you play a grieving widow who had an affair with a much younger man?  
Is your husband a noted amateur pilot?  
Were you and your dead brother both played by the same actor?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/154 "2013-03-12T20:41:59Z")

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EH-3 DQs

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/155 "2013-03-12T20:44:48Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> DQ info
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> 1.Real  
> 2.Female  
> 3.Living  
> 4.American  
> 5.Involved in the Arts as we use the term (PS-Nice one mentioning modeling :D)  
> 6.Born since 1950

More DQ answers

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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 12, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/156 "2013-03-12T23:17:48Z")

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IQ1: Did you write about Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnahan?  
IQ2: Would you kiss me?  
IQ3: Were you a second-stage Lensman?

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/157 "2013-03-13T00:00:07Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Not an actress. 1st name starts “K”…

Please include these in your update DQ answers.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you play a grieving widow who had an affair with a much younger man?  
> Is your husband a noted amateur pilot?  
> Were you and your dead brother both played by the same actor?

Kim Basinger in _The Door in the Floor_.  
Kelly Preston, wife of John Travolta.  
Capt. James T. Kirk and his brother Sam were both played by William Shatner: [George Samuel Kirk | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/George_Samuel_Kirk)

DQs:

Known for being a beauty?  
Known for singing?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Are you a “teenage dream”?  
Did you leave Space Station K-7 in a hurry?  
Did you sing in the rain?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/158 "2013-03-13T03:23:03Z")

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SCA-3 DQs

EH-Not Katy Perry 2 DQs

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/159 "2013-03-13T03:28:01Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> DQ info
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> 1.Real  
> 2.Female  
> 3.Living  
> 4.American  
> 5.Is involved in the Arts  
> 6.Born after 1950  
> 7.She’s a beauty IMHO  
> 8.Singer

More info for ya.

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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:** [March 13, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/160 "2013-03-13T03:33:07Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Not an actress. 1st name starts “K”…

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Please include these in your update DQ answers.

You missed these again. All the more reason to update the DQ list _every_ time.

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