# 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:** 31

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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:** [April 1, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/601 "2016-04-01T20:44:22Z")

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Unanswered IQs from the last round:

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a supporting character who took over a book series about a boy and his dog?  
> IQ2: Were you a TV medical examiner?  
> IQ3: Will everybody jump for joy when you arrive?

Ramona Quimby, from the books by Beverly Cleary (which to begin with were about Henry Huggins and his dog).  
Correct.  
Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn).  
**R** …

IQ1: Were you a pirate who is sometimes called “Black Bart”?  
IQ2: Were you a fictional pirate with the same surname?  
IQ3: Were you the only survivor of the troop ship Sulaco?

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/602 "2016-04-01T20:46:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Correct on all three.
> 
> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a wizard played by a previous Doctor?
> 2. Is your catchphrase “yum-o”?
> 3. Did you play Jugs in _Mother, Jugs & Speed_?

1. _Just take a DQ out of this here bag._
2. I am not Rachael Ray
3. _Another DQ for you!_

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/603 "2016-04-01T20:50:11Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> **R** …
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> IQ1: Were you a pirate who is sometimes called “Black Bart”?  
> IQ2: Were you a fictional pirate with the same surname?  
> IQ3: Were you the only survivor of the troop ship Sulaco?

IQ1: _I’m going to kick myself … but, yeah, DQ for you._  
IQ2: _Another DQ_  
IQ3: _My DQ stash is thinning out quickly_ 😃

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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:** [April 1, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/604 "2016-04-01T20:54:18Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Were you a pirate who is sometimes called “Black Bart”?  
> IQ2: Were you a fictional pirate with the same surname?  
> IQ3: Were you the only survivor of the troop ship Sulaco?

> [@bordelond](#):
>
> IQ1: _I’m going to kick myself … but, yeah, DQ for you._  
> IQ2: _Another DQ_  
> IQ3: _My DQ stash is thinning out quickly_ 😃

Bartholomew Roberts.  
The Dread Pirate Roberts.  
Ellen Ripley (_Alien 3_).  
DQ1: Real?  
DQ2: Male?  
DQ3: American?

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/605 "2016-04-01T21:00:12Z")

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I am R

1. I am real
2. I am male
3. I am not American

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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:** [April 1, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/606 "2016-04-01T21:27:51Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a wizard played by a previous Doctor?
> 2. Is your catchphrase “yum-o”?
> 3. Did you play Jugs in Mother, Jugs & Speed?
> 4. Just take a DQ out of this here bag.
> 5. I am not Rachael Ray
> 6. Another DQ for you!

#1 was Radagast the Brown from _The Hobbit_, played by Sylvester McCoy, who was the 6th incarnation of Doctor Who.  
#2 is correct.  
#3 was Raquel Welch.

DQs:

1. Alive?
2. Last name starts with R?

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/607 "2016-04-01T21:29:48Z")

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I am R

1. I am real
2. I am male
3. I am not American
4. I am alive
5. My last name does not start with R

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/608 "2016-04-01T22:15:36Z")

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IQ1: Are you a Swiss tennis player?  
IQ2: Were neither you nor any of your bandmates named Pink, though you mentioned that a promoter expected this?  
IQ3: Though better known for your music career, did you have a recurring role as the immortal Hugh Fitzcairn?

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/609 "2016-04-01T22:25:07Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Swiss tennis player?  
> IQ2: Were neither you nor any of your bandmates named Pink, though you mentioned that a promoter expected this?  
> IQ3: Though better known for your music career, did you have a recurring role as the immortal Hugh Fitzcairn?

1. I am not Roger Federer
2. I am not Roger Waters
3. Curious to know who this is … DQ for you

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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:** [April 1, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/610 "2016-04-01T22:39:31Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _Silent Spring_?
2. Did you kill your girlfriend’s cousin after he killed your best friend?
3. Are you aka Chen Lu?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/611 "2016-04-01T22:40:46Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Swiss tennis player?  
> IQ2: Were neither you nor any of your bandmates named Pink, though you mentioned that a promoter expected this?  
> IQ3: Though better known for your music career, did you have a recurring role as the immortal Hugh Fitzcairn?

> [@bordelond](#):
>
> 1. I am not Roger Federer
> 2. I am not Roger Waters
> 3. Curious to know who this is … DQ for you

Ah, but your mistake was in not capitalizing the w in Who.

Roger Daltrey played the literally immortal Hugh Fitzcairn in the Highlander TV series.

DQ: Known for the arts?

(this is sort of a conventional question here, arts should be interpreted pretty broadly.)

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/612 "2016-04-01T22:57:19Z")

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I am R

1. I am real
2. I am male
3. I am not American
4. I am alive
5. My last name does not start with R
6. I am known for the arts

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/613 "2016-04-01T23:01:10Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you write _Silent Spring_?
> 2. Did you kill your girlfriend’s cousin after he killed your best friend?
> 3. Are you aka Chen Lu?

1. I am not Rachel Carson
2. DQ
3. 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:** [April 1, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/614 "2016-04-01T23:03:25Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you write Silent Spring?
> 2. Did you kill your girlfriend’s cousin after he killed your best friend?
> 3. Are you aka Chen Lu?
> 
> 1. I am not Rachel Carson
> 2. DQ
> 3. DQ

Correct on #1.  
#2 is Romeo Montague.  
#3 is Marvel Comics’s Radioactive Man.

DQs:

1. Born after 1975?
2. Known for the performing arts?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/615 "2016-04-01T23:07:06Z")

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IQ1: Did your brother John take over your country while you were away on Crusade?  
IQ2: Did you lead Scotland in a war for independence?  
IQ3: Have both Kevin Costner and Cary Elwes portrayed you in film?

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/616 "2016-04-01T23:35:58Z")

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I am R

1. I am real
2. I am male
3. I am not American
4. I am alive
5. My last name does not start with R
6. I am known for the arts
7. I was born before 1975
8. I am known for the performing arts

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/617 "2016-04-01T23:38:00Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Did your brother John take over your country while you were away on Crusade?  
> IQ2: Did you lead Scotland in a war for independence?  
> IQ3: Have both Kevin Costner and Cary Elwes portrayed you in film?

1. DQ
2. I am not Robert Bruce (?)
3. I am not Robin Hood

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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:** [April 2, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/618 "2016-04-02T00:19:52Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Despite being against the death penalty, did you support the execution of King Louis XVI and go on to establish the Cult of the Supreme Being?  
> IQ2: Did you play Shaft in the movie of the same name?  
> IQ3: Did James Best play you in Dukes of Hazard?
> 
> I am not Cardinal Richelieu  
> I am not Richard Roundtree  
> I am not Roscoe P. Coltrane (kyew-kyew)

Maximilien Robespierre, correct correct

DQ: European?

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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:** [April 2, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/619 "2016-04-02T00:31:31Z")

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IQ1: Did you and your wife seek asylum in Canada because you thought the Hollywood Star Whackers were after you?  
IQ2: Did you catch a record-setting 23 touchdowns in 2007 when you were with the NE Patriots?  
IQ3: Did you sing that short people got no reason to live?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/620 "2016-04-02T00:43:16Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
>
> IQ1: Did your brother John take over your country while you were away on Crusade?  
> IQ2: Did you lead Scotland in a war for independence?  
> IQ3: Have both Kevin Costner and Cary Elwes portrayed you in film?

1 was Richard the Lion-Hearted, and you were correct on the last two, though he’s usually known as Robert the Bruce as it’s not exactly a surname though it’s sort of on the path to evolving to that.  
DQ: Known as an actor?

IQ1: Are you a drummer from Liverpool?  
IQ2: Did you play the lead in _the Saint_?  
IQ3: Did you play Mr. Bean?

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