# Botticelli - March 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 27, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978 "2017-02-27T20:47:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 9

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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 11, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/161 "2017-03-11T04:47:14Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863?  
> Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide_?  
> Did you found a woolen company in Oregon that is still thriving?

Three DQs.

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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 11, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/162 "2017-03-11T05:24:50Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863? - Gen. Pemberton  
Did Andre Braugher play you in _Homicide_? - Det. Pembleton  
Did you found a woolen company in Oregon that is still thriving? - Mr. Pendleton

DQs:

Real?  
Male?  
Last name start with P?

IQs:

Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?  
Did your ass get a lot of attention at your sister’s televised wedding?  
Were you the first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio and founded Kenyon College?

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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 11, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/163 "2017-03-11T13:12:10Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?  
> Did your ass get a lot of attention at your sister’s televised wedding?  
> Were you the first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio and founded Kenyon College?

Aaand … three more. ☹

I read _First Foundation_ back around high school, but lost interest about halfway through the second book.

**P**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with P

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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 11, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/164 "2017-03-11T14:27:08Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the little boy who never grew up?
2. Do they “seek you here, they seek you there, those Frenchies seek you everywhere”?
3. Do you have BBC TV’s best known Flying Circus?

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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 11, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/165 "2017-03-11T17:12:41Z")

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IQ1: Did you recently discuss on the Graham Norton Show that you thought you were circumcised, but your wife and doctor said you weren’t?  
IQ2: Are you the first woman to win an IndyCar race in 2008?  
IQ3: Have you played an Antlantian and an oil heir on TV?

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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 11, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/166 "2017-03-11T18:22:51Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver  
Did your ass get a lot of attention at your sister’s televised wedding? - Pippa Middleton  
Were you the first Episcopal Bishop of Ohio and founded Kenyon College? - Philander Chase

DQs:

American?  
Would be alive today, if real?  
Usually considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Did a top U.S. Government official mistakenly expose you?  
Are you the person for whom that official worked?  
Did Judi Dench play you in a recent 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 11, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/167 "2017-03-11T22:52:54Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the little boy who never grew up?
> 2. Do they “seek you here, they seek you there, those Frenchies seek you everywhere”?
> 3. Do you have BBC TV’s best known Flying Circus?

Not Peter Pan.  
Not the Scarlet Pimpernel. (Or Sir Percy Blakeney, for that matter.)  
Not Monty Python.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you recently discuss on the Graham Norton Show that you thought you were circumcised, but your wife and doctor said you weren’t?  
> IQ2: Are you the first woman to win an IndyCar race in 2008?  
> IQ3: Have you played an Antlantian and an oil heir on TV?

Three DQs.  
How many women won IndyCar races in 2008?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Did a top U.S. Government official mistakenly expose you?  
> Are you the person for whom that official worked?  
> Did Judi Dench play you in a recent movie?

Not Valerie Plame.  
DQ.  
DQ.

**P**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with P
4. American
5. Could be alive today, if real
6. Usually considered a “good guy”

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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 11, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/168 "2017-03-11T23:04:52Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you Bruce Wayne’s butler/mentor/keeper?
2. Are you an evil clown from the writings of Stephen King?
3. Did you die when you fell on your head in _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension_?

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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 12, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/169 "2017-03-12T01:57:54Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you recently discuss on the Graham Norton Show that you thought you were circumcised, but your wife and doctor said you weren’t?  
> IQ2: Are you the first woman to win an IndyCar race in 2008?  
> IQ3: Have you played an Antlantian and an oil heir on TV?  
> Three DQs.  
> How many women won IndyCar races in 2008?

Yes, I saw that right after I posted it, but didn’t feel like editing it.

Patrick Stewart, Danica Patrick, Patrick Duffy

3x Patrick, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.

DQ: From Literature?

holding 2 DQs

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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 12, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/170 "2017-03-12T02:09:37Z")

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IQ1: Are you a comedian who ran for president 6 times, whose slogan was “Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America’s destiny.”?  
IQ2: Are you a stand-up comedian who alleged being married to Judy Tenuta?  
IQ3: Are you the comedy partner of Keegan-Michael Key?

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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, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/171 "2017-03-12T04:34:23Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you Bruce Wayne’s butler/mentor/keeper?
> 2. Are you an evil clown from the writings of Stephen King?
> 3. Did you die when you fell on your head in _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension_?

Not Alfred … Pennyworth?  
Not … Pennywise?  
DQ. (Another Penny, I suppose…)

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> IQ1: Are you a comedian who ran for president 6 times, whose slogan was “Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America’s destiny.”?  
> IQ2: Are you a stand-up comedian who alleged being married to Judy Tenuta?  
> IQ3: Are you the comedy partner of Keegan-Michael Key?

Not Pat Paulsen. (Too bad he’s not still around…)  
DQ.  
DQ.

**P**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with P
4. American
5. Could be alive today, if real
6. Usually considered a “good guy”
7. From Literature

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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, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/172 "2017-03-12T04:47:33Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did a top U.S. Government official mistakenly expose you? - Yes, Valerie Plame  
Are you the person for whom that official worked? - SECSTATE Colin Powell  
Did Judi Dench play you in a recent movie? - The lead character in the drama _Philomena_

DQs:

Has appeared in a movie?  
First appeared in or after 1975?

IQs:

Did you die in a helicopter crash, although you were first famous many years earlier?  
Did you costar in _Hart to Hart_?  
Did you play cello at the White House for JFK?

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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, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/173 "2017-03-12T05:23:28Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you die in a helicopter crash, although you were first famous many years earlier?  
> Did you costar in _Hart to Hart_?  
> Did you play cello at the White House for JFK?

Not Francis Gary Powers.  
DQ.  
Not … Pablo Casals?

**P**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with P
4. American
5. Could be alive today, if real
6. Usually considered a “good guy”
7. From Literature
8. Has appeared in a movie
9. Did not first appear in or after 1975

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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 12, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/174 "2017-03-12T06:33:58Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a comedian who ran for president 6 times, whose slogan was “Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America’s destiny.”?  
> IQ2: Are you a stand-up comedian who alleged being married to Judy Tenuta?  
> IQ3: Are you the comedy partner of Keegan-Michael Key?
> 
> Not Pat Paulsen. (Too bad he’s not still around…)  
> DQ.  
> DQ.

Emo Phillips, Jordan Peele

DQ: Crime/mystery genre?

holding 3 DQs

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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 12, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/175 "2017-03-12T14:02:37Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you Bruce Wayne’s butler/mentor/keeper?
> 2. Are you an evil clown from the writings of Stephen King?
> 3. Did you die when you fell on your head in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension?  
> Not Alfred … Pennyworth? CORRECT  
> Not … Pennywise? CORRECT  
> DQ. (Another Penny, I suppose…) NAH, THAT WOULD BE PREDICTABLE. JOHN PARKER.

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 12, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/176 "2017-03-12T14:42:52Z")

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**P**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with P
4. American
5. Could be alive today, if real
6. Usually considered a “good guy”
7. From Literature
8. Has appeared in a movie
9. Did not first appear in or after 1975
10. Not crime/mystery genre

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> NAH, THAT WOULD BE PREDICTABLE.

There have actually been a couple of times when I correctly guessed someone because of people’s “x!” habits. 😃

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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 12, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/177 "2017-03-12T14:54:42Z")

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DQ: First appear after 1899?

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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 12, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/178 "2017-03-12T14:55:59Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the protagonist of _Great Expectations_?
2. Are you Buckaroo Banzai’s love interest?
3. Are you Ophelia’s papa?

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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, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/179 "2017-03-12T15:27:29Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the protagonist of _Great Expectations_?
> 2. Are you Buckaroo Banzai’s love interest?
> 3. Are you Ophelia’s papa?

Three DQs.

**P**

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last name starts with P
4. American
5. Could be alive today, if real
6. Usually considered a “good guy”
7. From Literature
8. Has appeared in a movie
9. Did not first appear in or after 1975
10. Not crime/mystery genre
11. First appeared after 1899

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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 12, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2017/780978/180 "2017-03-12T15:56:45Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the protagonist of Great Expectations?
> 2. Are you Buckaroo Banzai’s love interest?
> 3. Are you Ophelia’s papa?  
> Three DQs.

#1. Phillip “Pip” Pirrip.  
#2. Penny Priddy.  
#3. Polonius

DQs:

1. First appeared after 1950?
2. From mainstream fiction (not science fiction, fantasy, mystery, western, etc.)?

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