# Botticelli March 2023

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/1 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")

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Ahem. _taps microphone_

I am _W_

Yes, W.

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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, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/2 "2023-03-01T12:58:29Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the Dean of the Royal Athletic College of Oz?
2. Are you Elwood, Indiana’s most famous son?
3. Did you write _The Once And Future King_?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/3 "2023-03-01T14:50:21Z")

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Congrats, Kitap!

IQs:  
1. Did you discover X-rays?  
2. Are you TV’s Joyce Byers?  
3. Did you do ads for frozen peas?

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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, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/4 "2023-03-01T20:42:07Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the Dean of the Royal Athletic College of Oz?
> 2. Are you Elwood, Indiana’s most famous son?
> 3. Did you write _The Once And Future King_?

I am not the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug. Take a DQ. I am not T. H. White.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> Congrats, Kitap!
> 
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you discover X-rays?  
> 2. Are you TV’s Joyce Byers?  
> 3. Did you do ads for frozen peas?

Take 3 DQs. I think I should know #2 but I’m drawing a blank.

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/5 "2023-03-01T20:53:30Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

1 was Wilhelm Roentgen; 2 was Winona Ryder (on _Stranger Things_); 3 was Orson Welles.

DQs:  
1. real?  
2. male?  
3. first name begins with W?

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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, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/6 "2023-03-01T21:19:37Z")

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1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with W.

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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, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/7 "2023-03-01T23:13:59Z")

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IQ1: Were you famous for shooting an apple off of your son’s head?  
IQ2: Did you ascend to the English throne after the “Glorious Revolution”?  
IQ3: Do you demand people keep your wife’s name out of their mouths?

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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, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/8 "2023-03-01T23:55:14Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Are you the Dean of the Royal Athletic College of Oz?
> > 2. Are you Elwood, Indiana’s most famous son?
> > 3. Did you write _The Once And Future King_?
> 
> I am not the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug. Take a DQ. I am not T. H. White.

Correct, unsuccessful presidential candidate Wendell L. Willkie, correct.

DQ: Living?

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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, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/9 "2023-03-01T23:58:35Z")

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IQs:

1. Would you rather pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today?
2. Did you write _Leaves of Grass_?
3. Are you a DC character with the codename Surge?

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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, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/10 "2023-03-02T01:37:34Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you famous for shooting an apple off of your son’s head?  
> IQ2: Did you ascend to the English throne after the “Glorious Revolution”?  
> IQ3: Do you demand people keep your wife’s name out of their mouths?

I am not Wiiliam Tell. Wilhem Tell? I am not William 2? Or take a DQ. I am not Will Smith. Or take a DQ.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Would you rather pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today?
> 2. Did you write _Leaves of Grass_?
> 3. Are you a DC character with the codename Surge?

I am not Wimpy, I am not Walt Whitman. I have no idea. Take a DQ.

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with W.
4. No longer alive.

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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 2, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/11 "2023-03-02T02:46:45Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you famous for shooting an apple off of your son’s head?  
> > IQ2: Did you ascend to the English throne after the “Glorious Revolution”?  
> > IQ3: Do you demand people keep your wife’s name out of their mouths?
> 
> I am not Wiiliam Tell. Wilhem Tell? I am not William 2? Or take a DQ. I am not Will Smith. Or take a DQ

Correct  
William III AKA William of Orange  
Correct

DQ: Known for the Arts?

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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, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/12 "2023-03-02T03:04:07Z")

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1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with W.
4. No longer alive.
5. Known for the Arts

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/13 "2023-03-02T03:10:48Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you host the most recent episode of _Saturday Night Live_?  
2. Do you hail from Paradise Island/Themyscira?  
3. You know the guy on the quarter and the dollar bill? Yeah, that guy. Are you him?

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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, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/14 "2023-03-02T12:47:27Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you host the most recent episode of _Saturday Night Live_?
> 2. Do you hail from Paradise Island/Themyscira?
> 3. You know the guy on the quarter and the dollar bill? Yeah, that guy. Are you him?

I am not Woody Harrelson, or take a DQ. I am not Wonder Woman or George Washington.S

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/15 "2023-03-02T15:49:28Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> I am not Woody Harrelson, or take a DQ. I am not Wonder Woman or George Washington.S

A clean sweep!

IQs:  
1. Did you vanish into the Upside Down?  
2. Did you get the position you really wanted in 1921, and have it for nine years (five longer than the other one you’re known for)?  
3. Do yoooouuu just wanna dance with somebody?

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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, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/16 "2023-03-02T16:07:53Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
>
> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > 1. Would you rather pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today?
> > 2. Did you write _Leaves of Grass_?
> > 3. Are you a DC character with the codename Surge?
> 
> I am not Wimpy, I am not Walt Whitman. I have no idea. Take a DQ.

Correct, Correct, and Jai West, son of Wally West, the Flash.

DQ: Known for the performing arts?

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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, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/17 "2023-03-02T16:10:21Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you promote a course in speed reading in the 1970s?
2. Did you write _Tractatis Logico-Philosophicus_?
3. Did Tom Lehrer write a song about you inspired by your obituary?

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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, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/18 "2023-03-02T17:32:24Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@kitap](#):
> >
> > I am not Woody Harrelson, or take a DQ. I am not Wonder Woman or George Washington.S
> 
> A clean sweep!
> 
> IQs:  
> 1. Did you vanish into the Upside Down?  
> 2. Did you get the position you really wanted in 1921, and have it for nine years (five longer than the other one you’re known for)?  
> 3. Do yoooouuu just wanna dance with somebody?

Take a DQ, take a DQ, I am not Whitney Houston.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you promote a course in speed reading in the 1970s?
> 2. Did you write _Tractatis Logico-Philosophicus_?
> 3. Did Tom Lehrer write a song about you inspired by your obituary?

Take 3 DQs.

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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, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/19 "2023-03-02T17:33:45Z")

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1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with W.
4. No longer alive.
5. Known for the Arts
6. Not known for the Performing Arts.

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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, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/20 "2023-03-02T17:37:19Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > IQs:
> > 
> > 1. Did you promote a course in speed reading in the 1970s?
> > 2. Did you write _Tractatis Logico-Philosophicus_?
> > 3. Did Tom Lehrer write a song about you inspired by your obituary?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

#1 was Evelyn Woods.  
#2 was Ludwig Wittgenstein.  
#3 was Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel.

DQs:

1. American?
2. Died after 1900?
3. Known for the visual arts?

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