# 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\
**Page:** 17

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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 16, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/321 "2023-03-16T16:42:00Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Whilst running away, did you cross the Ohio River on the ice?  
> IQ2: Did Professor Higgins give you elocution lessons?  
> IQ3: Were you Henry and Anne’s daughter?

1. I am not Little Eva.
2. I am not Eliza Doolittle.
3. I am not Elizabeth I.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you steal a quintuplet with H.I. McDunnogh in _Raising Arizona_?
> 2. Did you invent a vote-counting machine?
> 3. Did you voice Ms. Potato Head?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Thomas Edison (??).
3. Take a DQ.

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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 16, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/322 "2023-03-16T16:56:17Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Take a DQ.
> 2. I am not Thomas Edison (??).
> 3. Take a DQ.

1 was Ed; 2 was correct; 3 was Estelle Harris.

DQs:  
1. created after 2000?  
2. from film?

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/323 "2023-03-16T17:30:58Z")

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1. Did your wife write a memoir about her life with you titled “Atoms in the Family”?
2. Were you one of the main inspirations for the character of Dr. Strangelove?
3. Were you a Medieval prince or any one of his 3 (4 if you include a Christmas special) same named decedents whose exploits across the centuries were documented in a Britcom?

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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 16, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/324 "2023-03-16T17:41:05Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you sing “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”?  
2. Did Query and you work for the Riddler?  
3. Did you (allegedly) pick up the ball and run with it, thus inventing rugby?

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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 16, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/325 "2023-03-16T17:43:50Z")

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IQ1: Were you a Batman villain originally portrayed by Vincent Price?  
IQ2: Does a book named for you recount the origins of Purim?  
IQ3: Are you the only deceased member of NWA?

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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 16, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/326 "2023-03-16T18:12:01Z")

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**DQs:**

1. Fictional
2. From film, TV or theater
3. Female
4. American creator
5. Not American character (but that’s debatable)
6. Created after 1960
7. Created before 2000
8. Not from film

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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 16, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/327 "2023-03-16T18:13:35Z")

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> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> - Did your wife write a memoir about her life with you titled “Atoms in the Family”?
> - Were you one of the main inspirations for the character of Dr. Strangelove?
> - Were you a Medieval prince or any one of his 3 (4 if you include a Christmas special) same named decedents whose exploits across the centuries were documented in a Britcom?

#3. I am not Edmund Blackadder. Take 2 DQs.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you sing “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”?
> 2. Did Query and you work for the Riddler?
> 3. Did you (allegedly) pick up the ball and run with it, thus inventing rugby?

1. I am not Elmo of Elmo & Patsy.
2. I am not Enigma.
3. Take a DQ.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> IQ1: Were you a Batman villain originally portrayed by Vincent Price?  
> IQ2: Does a book named for you recount the origins of Purim?  
> IQ3: Are you the only deceased member of NWA?

1. I am not Egghead.
2. I am not Esther.
3. Take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/328 "2023-03-16T18:18:10Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@Buck\_Godot](#):
> >
> > - Did your wife write a memoir about her life with you titled “Atoms in the Family”?
> > - Were you one of the main inspirations for the character of Dr. Strangelove?
> > - Were you a Medieval prince or any one of his 3 (4 if you include a Christmas special) same named decedents whose exploits across the centuries were documented in a Britcom?
> 
> #3. I am not Edmund Blackadder. Take 2 DQs.

#1 Enrico Fermi  
#2 Edward Teller  
#3 Correct

DQ: From television?

Reserve 1

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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 16, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/329 "2023-03-16T18:18:50Z")

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**DQs:**

1. Fictional
2. From film, TV or theater
3. Female
4. American creator
5. Not American character (but that’s debatable)
6. Created after 1960
7. Created before 2000
8. Not from film
9. From television

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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 16, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/330 "2023-03-16T18:58:45Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> 1. Did you sing “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”?  
> 2. Did Query and you work for the Riddler?  
> 3. Did you (allegedly) pick up the ball and run with it, thus inventing rugby?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> 1. I am not Elmo of Elmo & Patsy.  
> 2. I am not Enigma.  
> 3. Take a DQ.

2 was Echo; 3 was William Webb Ellis.

DQs:  
1. first name begins with E?  
2. created before 1980?

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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 16, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/331 "2023-03-16T19:00:04Z")

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**DQs:**

1. Fictional
2. From film, TV or theater
3. Female
4. American creator
5. Not American character (but that’s debatable)
6. Created after 1960
7. Created before 2000
8. Not from film
9. From television
10. First name begins with E
11. Created before 1980

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/332 "2023-03-16T19:01:46Z")

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Reserved DQ:  
Sitcom Character?

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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 16, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/333 "2023-03-16T19:42:01Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you a Batman villain originally portrayed by Vincent Price?  
> > IQ2: Does a book named for you recount the origins of Purim?  
> > IQ3: Are you the only deceased member of NWA?
> 
> 1. I am not Egghead.
> 2. I am not Esther.
> 3. Take a DQ.

Yes, Yes, Eazy-E

DQ: Would be alive today, if real?

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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 16, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/334 "2023-03-16T19:44:25Z")

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**DQs:**

1. Fictional
2. From film, TV or theater
3. Female
4. American creator
5. Not American character (but that’s debatable)
6. Created after 1960
7. Created before 2000
8. Not from film
9. From television
10. First name begins with E
11. Created before 1980
12. Not from a sitcom
13. Would be alive today if real

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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 16, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/335 "2023-03-16T21:01:42Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > IQ1: Whilst running away, did you cross the Ohio River on the ice?  
> > IQ2: Did Professor Higgins give you elocution lessons?  
> > IQ3: Were you Henry and Anne’s daughter?
> 
> 1. I am not Little Eva.
> 2. I am not Eliza Doolittle.
> 3. I am not Elizabeth I.

Eliza  
correct  
correct

DQ: From a police/detective show?

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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 16, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/336 "2023-03-16T21:38:36Z")

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**DQs:**

1. Fictional
2. From film, TV or theater
3. Female
4. American creator
5. Not American character (but that’s debatable)
6. Created after 1960
7. Created before 2000
8. Not from film
9. From television
10. First name begins with E
11. Created before 1980
12. Not from a sitcom
13. Would be alive today if real
14. Not from a police/detective show

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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 16, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/337 "2023-03-16T22:54:28Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
>
> Congrats!
> 
> 1. Are you a princess and a major character in **The Chronicles of Prydain** series by Lloyd Alexander?
> 2. Are you the main character in Patricia Wrede’s **The Raven Ring**?
> 3. Did you sing about rocking down to Electric Avenue?

Eilonwy, Eleret, correct.

DQs:

1. Caucasian?
2. From a genre show?

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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 16, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/338 "2023-03-16T23:24:25Z")

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**DQs:**

1. Fictional
2. From film, TV or theater
3. Female
4. American creator
5. Not an American character
6. Created after 1960
7. Created before 2000
8. Not from film
9. From television
10. First name begins with E
11. Created before 1980
12. Not from a sitcom
13. Would be alive today if real
14. Not from a police/detective show
15. Caucasian
16. From a genre of television

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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 17, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/339 "2023-03-17T00:37:29Z")

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Wow, I’ve been gone too long!

Previous round, previous IQs:

Were you an Alsatian priest considered the Gandhi of his day? - John Frederick Oberlin, after whom the college was named  
Were you the little boy in the animated TV movie _The Point_? - Oblio AKA Little Obie  
Were you the officer sung of in “Alice’s Restaurant”? - Officer Obie

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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 17, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/340 "2023-03-17T03:01:39Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you play Marge in the first TV pilot for _Fargo_, before getting a job on another HBO show?  
2. Speaking of Marge, did you voice Maggie Simpson’s first word?  
3. Did you take pictures of a horse to win a bet?

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