# 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:** 5

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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 7, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/81 "2023-03-07T18:53:22Z")

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I am P.

**P**

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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 7, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/82 "2023-03-07T18:55:10Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write that book about that guy?
> 2. Are you married to that actress?
> 3. Did you do that bad thing last year?

Nope. Nope. Nope. The third sounds you’re talking about your cat.

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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 7, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/83 "2023-03-07T19:12:26Z")

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Swept me! 😄

IQs:

1. Are you me?
2. Did you play me on TV?
3. Did you portray the sinful-singing Minnie Bannister on the highly acclaimed, thoroughly rubberized 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?

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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 7, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/84 "2023-03-07T19:25:57Z")

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IQs:  
1. Did you write that book about that guy _Bob Honey, who Just Do Stuff_?  
2. Are you ~~married to~~ partners with that actress Maya Rudolph?  
3. Were you the indirect cause of that bad thing last year at the Oscars?

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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 7, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/85 "2023-03-07T19:51:41Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Swept me! 😄
> 
> IQs:
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> 1. Are you me?
> 2. Did you play me on TV?
> 3. Did you portray the sinful-singing Minnie Bannister on the highly acclaimed, thoroughly rubberized 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?

Take 3 DQs

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Did you write that book about that guy _Bob Honey, who Just Do Stuff_?  
> 2. Are you ~~married to~~ partners with that actress Maya Rudolph?  
> 3. Were you the indirect cause of that bad thing last year at the Oscars?

Take a DQ, take a DQ, I am not Jada Pinkett Smith.

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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 7, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/86 "2023-03-07T20:05:26Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Take a DQ, take a DQ, I am not Jada Pinkett Smith.

1 was Sean Penn; 2 was director Paul Thomas Anderson.

DQs:  
1. real?  
2. first name begins 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 7, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/87 "2023-03-07T20:43:13Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > 1. Are you me?
> > 2. Did you play me on TV?
> > 3. Did you portray the sinful-singing Minnie Bannister on the highly acclaimed, thoroughly rubberized 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?
> 
> Take 3 DQs

#1 is Prof. Pepperwinkle.  
#2 was Phil Tead, who played “me” on the 1960’s TV series _The Adventures of Superman_.  
#3 was Peter Sellers.

DQ: Male?:

2 DQs reserved.

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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 7, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/88 "2023-03-07T21:10:46Z")

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(note this is my first time playing this so let me know if I make a mistake)

IQs:

1. Do you have bright red pig tails?
2. Might you have done it in the kitchen with a knife?
3. did you fight with and against your own clones in the mid 90’s?

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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 7, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/89 "2023-03-07T21:20:15Z")

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I am not Pippi Longstockings, I am not Professor Plum, take a DQ.

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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 7, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/90 "2023-03-07T21:21:11Z")

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IQs:

Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?  
Did you play a crime boss’s henchman, a dangerous florist and an aging tycoon?  
Did you light a big firework while still under a tent?

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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 7, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/91 "2023-03-07T21:22:02Z")

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Error

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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 7, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/92 "2023-03-07T21:23:20Z")

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DQs:

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

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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 7, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/93 "2023-03-07T21:24:37Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?  
> Did you play a crime boss’s henchman, a dangerous florist and an aging tycoon?  
> Did you light a big firework while still under a tent?

Take aDQ, take a DQ, I am either not Pee Wee Herman or I am 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 7, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/94 "2023-03-07T21:26:46Z")

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> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> did you fight with and against your own clones in the mid 90’s?

Peter Parker

DQ:  
Did whatever you did to make you famous overlap with the years 1950-1990?

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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 7, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/95 "2023-03-07T21:43:30Z")

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IQ1: Though you are a girl, does your friend normally call you “sir”?  
IQ2: Were you originally called Saul?  
IQ3: Were you originally called Simon?

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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 7, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/96 "2023-03-07T21:54:18Z")

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# Welcome, Buck!

There’s a General Discussion/Rules thread. I’ll bump it up to the top in case you need it.

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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 7, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/97 "2023-03-07T21:56:30Z")

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DQs:

1. Living?
2. Known for the 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 7, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/98 "2023-03-07T21:58:15Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you Alexander the Great’s dad?
2. Are you the title character of a Sondheim musical?
3. Did you write _Swann’s Way_?

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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 7, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/99 "2023-03-07T22:11:21Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Though you are a girl, does your friend normally call you “sir”?  
> IQ2: Were you originally called Saul?  
> IQ3: Were you originally called Simon?

I am not Peppermint Patty, I am not Paul, take a, DQ.

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you Alexander the Great’s dad?
> 2. Are you the title character of a Sondheim musical?
> 3. Did you write _Swann’s Way_?

I am not Philip, take a DQ, take a DQ.

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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 7, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/100 "2023-03-07T22:15:58Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. First name begins with P
3. Male
4. Fame overlapped the decades 1950-1990.
5. Dead
6. Known for the Arts

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