# 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:** 29

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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 30, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/561 "2023-03-30T20:38:32Z")

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**A**

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with A
4. Not American

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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 30, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/562 "2023-03-30T20:40:44Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Were you the voice of Marlin in _Finding Nemo_?
> 2. Were you the original choice to play Delia in the movie _Beetlejuice_?
> 3. Did Bing Crosby say that American music started and ended with you?

Not Albert Brooks  
DQ  
Not Louie Armstrong

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Were you a lunar AI’s alter ego?  
> Were you a Harlem Congressman known for saying “Keep the faith, baby”?  
> Were you a jaded vampire residing in Detroit?

3 DQs

> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> 1. Did you have 199 hit points in the first edition Monster Manual?
> 2. Did you write a series of humorous fantasy books whose titles were all puns off the same word?
> 3. Did crank callers demand your immediate release?

3 DQs

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Did you write a children’s book about the last of the Really Great Whangdoodles?
> 2. Did you run through the streets naked, saying (in Greek) “I have found it!”–“it” being a way to test for counterfeit gold crowns via water displacement?
> 3. Were you George Carlin’s Hippy-Dippy Weatherman?

Not Julie Andrews  
Not Archimedes  
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 30, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/563 "2023-03-30T20:49:54Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> > 1. Did you have 199 hit points in the first edition Monster Manual?
> > 2. Did you write a series of humorous fantasy books whose titles were all puns off the same word?
> > 3. Did crank callers demand your immediate release?
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> 3 DQs

1. Asmodeus (Duke of hell, second highest hit points next to Demogorgon of Strange Things fame who had 200)
2. Robert Asprin author of the Myth-adventures series.
3. Prince Albert (Did anyone ever let him out of that can?)

DQs:

1. Known for the arts?
2. Claim to fame overlaps 20th century?

1 DQ resevered

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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 30, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/564 "2023-03-30T20:57:39Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Julie Andrews  
> Not Archimedes  
> DQ

3 (the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman, with all the hippy-dippy weather, man) was Al Sleet.

DQ: European?

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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 30, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/565 "2023-03-30T22:18:25Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > 1. Were you the voice of Marlin in _Finding Nemo_?
> > 2. Were you the original choice to play Delia in the movie _Beetlejuice_?
> > 3. Did Bing Crosby say that American music started and ended with you?
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> Not Albert Brooks  
> DQ  
> Not Louie Armstrong

Correct, Anjelica Huston, correct.

1 DQ reserved

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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 31, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/566 "2023-03-31T04:56:27Z")

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**A**

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with A
4. Not American
5. Known for the arts
6. Claim to fame overlaps 20th century
7. European by birth

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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 31, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/567 "2023-03-31T15:27:47Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a lunar AI’s alter ego? - Adam Selene, in Heinlein’s _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_  
Were you a Harlem Congressman known for saying “Keep the faith, baby”? - Adam Clayton Powell  
Were you a jaded vampire residing in Detroit? - Adam (Tom Hiddleston), in _Only Lovers Left Alive_

Adam x3!

DQs:

Living?  
Best known as a performing artist?  
From the British Isles?

IQs:

Have you been played by a pair of actors who formerly played a cowboy and a cop, respectively?  
Did you have a pop hit with “Goody Two Shoes”?  
Were you a US senator from Pennsylvania noted for your unpleasant disposition behind the scenes?

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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 31, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/568 "2023-03-31T15:32:43Z")

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IQs:  
1. Is your best friend Jughead?  
2. Was your best friend Buster Baxter?  
3. Was your best friend Gerald?

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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 31, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/569 "2023-03-31T18:34:35Z")

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IQs

1. In terms of total sales, are you the second best selling author in history surpassed only by Shakespeare?  
2.Did you share a train car with a man dressed in NewsPaper  
3 Are felines your favorite food?

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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 31, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/570 "2023-03-31T20:12:32Z")

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**A**

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with A
4. Not American
5. Known for the arts
6. Claim to fame overlaps 20th century
7. European by birth
8. Dead
9. Best known as a performing artist
10. Born in the British Isles

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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 31, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/571 "2023-03-31T20:14:46Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Have you been played by a pair of actors who formerly played a cowboy and a cop, respectively?  
> Did you have a pop hit with “Goody Two Shoes”?  
> Were you a US senator from Pennsylvania noted for your unpleasant disposition behind the scenes?

DQ  
Not Adam Ant  
Not Arlen Specter

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> 1. Is your best friend Jughead?
> 2. Was your best friend Buster Baxter?
> 3. Was your best friend Gerald?

Not Archie  
Not Arthur the Aardvark  
DQ

> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> 1. In terms of total sales, are you the second best selling author in history surpassed only by Shakespeare?  
> 2.Did you share a train car with a man dressed in NewsPaper  
> 3 Are felines your favorite food?

Not Agatha Christie? I think I saw that bit of trivia somewhere  
DQ  
Not Alf

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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 31, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/572 "2023-03-31T20:24:16Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Archie  
> Not Arthur the Aardvark  
> DQ

3 was Arnold, from _Hey Arnold_.

DQ: died before 1950?

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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 31, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/573 "2023-03-31T21:00:22Z")

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**A**

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with A
4. Not American
5. Known for the arts
6. Claim to fame overlaps 20th century
7. European by birth
8. Dead
9. Best known as a performing artist
10. Born in the British Isles
11. Died after 1950

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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 31, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/574 "2023-03-31T21:16:19Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> > 1. In terms of total sales, are you the second best selling author in history surpassed only by Shakespeare?  
> > 2.Did you share a train car with a man dressed in NewsPaper  
> > 3 Are felines your favorite food?
> 
> Not Agatha Christie? I think I saw that bit of trivia somewhere  
> DQ  
> Not Alf

1.Correct  
2. Alice from “Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there” by Lewis Carrol  
3. Correct

One more DQ resevered for a total of two.

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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:** [April 1, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/575 "2023-04-01T01:36:23Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Congrats!
> 
> 1. Did you play Dean Winchester for 15 seasons?
> 2. Did you write the book **The Zero Stone**?
> 3. Dod you write the book **Twisted Tales from Shakespeare**?

Jensen Ackles, Andre Norton, Richard Armour.

My DQs are free to anyone as I have a miserable cold and just want to sleep. And stop coughing.

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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, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/576 "2023-04-01T11:08:35Z")

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DQ: Actor?

1 of **kitap’s** DQs: Died after 1990?

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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, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/577 "2023-04-01T11:10:41Z")

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Get well soon, **kitap!**

IQs:

1. Were you the plant in _Little Shop Of Horrors_?
2. Did you write _Fables In Slang_?
3. Did you write a number of stories involving the detective Solar Pons?

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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:** [April 1, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/578 "2023-04-01T20:03:14Z")

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**A**

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name begins with A
4. Not American
5. Known for the arts
6. Claim to fame overlaps 20th century
7. European by birth
8. Dead
9. Best known as a performing artist
10. Born in the British Isles
11. Did some acting, but not best known for acting
12. Died before 1990

Clarification on #7 and #10 and why I reworded my responses. Although I was born and died in the British Isles, my family emigrated when I was a child, so in the general public’s mind I am usually associated with a different location.

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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:** [April 1, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/579 "2023-04-01T20:05:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Were you the plant in _Little Shop Of Horrors_?
> 2. Did you write _Fables In Slang_?
> 3. Did you write a number of stories involving the detective Solar Pons?

Not Audrey II  
Take 2 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:** [April 1, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/580 "2023-04-01T23:29:00Z")

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Correct on Audrey II.  
#2 was Geiorge Ade.  
#3 was August Derleth.

DQs:

1. Singer/musician?
2. Died before 1960?

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