# Botticelli March 2016

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512 "2016-02-29T16:12:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 15

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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 19, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/281 "2016-03-19T21:56:34Z")

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IQ1: Did you sing “Running Bear”?  
IQ2: Did you sing “North to Alaska”?  
IQ3: Did you sing “Four Walls”?

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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 19, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/282 "2016-03-19T22:25:42Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you chase Pixie & Dixie?
2. Did you originate the concept of “the collective unconscious”?
3. Was Knobby Walsh your manager?

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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 19, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/283 "2016-03-19T22:35:04Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did George Carlin sing a one-word song about you? Jenny! (at 2:00 here): [George Carlin - "Wonderful Wino" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ubpw63lKOg)  
Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain  
Were you a fictional Nobel Prize-winner who became President? - Josiah “Jed” Bartlet, on _The West Wing._

DQs:

Won a top award in his field?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you married at Hammersmith Farm?  
Were you, too?  
Did Donald Sutherland quote you on national TV?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/284 "2016-03-19T22:57:56Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. American
5. Known for the arts
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the performing arts
8. First name starts with J
9. Has not won a top award in his field

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/285 "2016-03-19T22:59:05Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you sing “Running Bear”?  
> IQ2: Did you sing “North to Alaska”?  
> IQ3: Did you sing “Four Walls”?

DQ, not John Horton, DQ

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/286 "2016-03-19T23:02:36Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you chase Pixie & Dixie?
> 2. Did you originate the concept of “the collective unconscious”?
> 3. Was Knobby Walsh your manager?

DQ, not Karl Jung, DQ

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/287 "2016-03-19T23:04:38Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you married at Hammersmith Farm?  
> Were you, too?  
> Did Donald Sutherland quote you on national TV?

I’m going to guess not John and Jacquelyn Kennedy, 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 19, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/288 "2016-03-19T23:06:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you chase Pixie & Dixie?
> 2. Did you originate the concept of “the collective unconscious”?
> 3. Was Knobby Walsh your manager?  
> DQ, not Karl Jung, DQ

#1 was Mr. Jinks.  
#2 is Carl Jung, and correct.  
#3 was Joe Palooza.

DQs:

1. Known for acting?
2. Died after 1980?

2 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 20, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/289 "2016-03-20T01:00:48Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you sing “Running Bear”?  
> IQ2: Did you sing “North to Alaska”?  
> IQ3: Did you sing “Four Walls”?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not John Horton, DQ

Johnny Preston.  
Correct on Johnny Horton.  
Jim Reeves.  
Three DQs reserved.  
IQ1: Did you take Chad Mitchell’s place when he quit his trio?  
IQ2: Did you sing about a boy who painted “Billy Bob loves Charlene” on a water tower?  
IQ3: Did Billy Bob use paint in a colour that bore your 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:** [March 20, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/290 "2016-03-20T02:39:36Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you married at Hammersmith Farm? - Yes, JFK.  
Were you, too? - Yes, Jackie K. (later O.).  
Did Donald Sutherland quote you on national TV? - The embiggened Jebediah Springield, on _The Simpsons._

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you one of Lincoln’s two personal aides?  
Were you the other?  
Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary?

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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 20, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/291 "2016-03-20T12:30:58Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the inspiration for the Hanna-Barbara character Lippy the Lion?
2. Were you married to Mary Livingstone?
3. Are you the great love of Harley Quinn’s life?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/292 "2016-03-20T12:48:37Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. American
5. Known for the arts
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the performing arts
8. First name starts with J
9. Has not won a top award in his field
10. Has done acting, but not known for it
11. Died after 1980

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/293 "2016-03-20T12:50:19Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you take Chad Mitchell’s place when he quit his trio?  
> IQ2: Did you sing about a boy who painted “Billy Bob loves Charlene” on a water tower?  
> IQ3: Did Billy Bob use paint in a colour that bore your name?

3 DQs for you

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/294 "2016-03-20T12:52:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you one of Lincoln’s two personal aides?  
> Were you the other?  
> Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary?

and 3 DQs for you

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/295 "2016-03-20T12:56:34Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the inspiration for the Hanna-Barbara character Lippy the Lion?
> 2. Were you married to Mary Livingstone?
> 3. Are you the great love of Harley Quinn’s life?

not Jack Benny, DQ, not the Joker

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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 20, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/296 "2016-03-20T13:00:06Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the inspiration for the Hanna-Barbara character Lippy the Lion?
> 2. Were you married to Mary Livingstone?
> 3. Are you the great love of Harley Quinn’s life?  
> not Jack Benny, DQ, not the Joker

#1 was comedian Joe E. Brown. Correct on the others.

DQs:

1. Died after 2000?
2. Known as a musician or singer?

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:** [March 20, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/297 "2016-03-20T16:37:08Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you take Chad Mitchell’s place when he quit his trio?  
> IQ2: Did you sing about a boy who painted “Billy Bob loves Charlene” on a water tower?  
> IQ3: Did Billy Bob use paint in a colour that bore your name?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> 3 DQs for you

John Denver.  
Joe Diffie (“[John Deere Green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AwQPW6myWo&feature=related)”).  
John Deere.  
DQ: Caucasian?  
5 DQs 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:** [March 20, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/298 "2016-03-20T22:06:31Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you one of Lincoln’s two personal aides? - John Nicolay: [John George Nicolay - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_Nicolay)  
Were you the other? - John Hay: [John Hay - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hay)  
Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? - J. Jonah Jameson: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Elizabeth\_Banks-betty\_brant.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Elizabeth_Banks-betty_brant.jpg)

Mrowrrrrr.

DQs:

Born east of the Miss. River?  
Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?  
Best known for a single artistic creation (one song, one movie, etc.)?

Three DQs still 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:** [March 20, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/299 "2016-03-20T23:09:08Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you work for Mr. Spacely?
2. Did you play Mr. Noodle on _Sesame Street_?
3. Did you compose the _King Porter Stomp_?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/300 "2016-03-21T00:19:53Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. American
5. Known for the arts
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the performing arts
8. First name starts with J
9. Has not won a top award in his field
10. Has done acting, but not known for it
11. Died after 1980
12. Died before 2000
13. Not known as a musician or singer
14. Caucasian
15. Born east of the Mississippi
16. Born south of the Mason-Dixon line
17. Not best known for a single artistic creation

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