# Botticelli - May 2014
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [May 1, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433 "2014-05-01T13:15:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/1 "2014-05-01T13:15:14Z")
And the new letter is
V
Have at you!
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/2 "2014-05-01T14:25:10Z")
IQs:
1. Did enough loving make you real?
2. When Gauguin met you, did he remark “you certainly paint like a crazy person”?
3. Are you the daughter of the wealthiest man in Riverdale?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/3 "2014-05-01T14:28:09Z")
Dunno the first; not Vincent Van Gogh; not Veronica Lodge.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/4 "2014-05-01T14:34:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
>
> 1. Did enough loving make you real?
> 2. When Gauguin met you, did he remark “you certainly paint like a crazy person”?
> 3. Are you the daughter of the wealthiest man in Riverdale?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno the first; not Vincent Van Gogh; not Veronica Lodge.
#1 was the Velveteen Rabbit. Correct on #2 and #3.
DQ: Real?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/5 "2014-05-01T14:38:40Z")
IQs:
1. Were you Andrew Jackson’s first secretary of state?
2. Are you the voice of Groot in the upcoming _Guardians of the Galaxy_ movie?
3. Did you star in _The Best Years of our Lives_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/6 "2014-05-01T15:01:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you Andrew Jackson’s first secretary of state?
> 2. Are you the voice of Groot in the upcoming _Guardians of the Galaxy_ movie?
> 3. Did you star in _The Best Years of our Lives_?
Not Martin Van Buren; dunno the other two.
V.
1. real
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/7 "2014-05-01T15:39:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you Andrew Jackson’s first secretary of state?
> 2. Are you the voice of Groot in the upcoming _Guardians of the Galaxy_ movie?
> 3. Did you star in _The Best Years of our Lives_?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Martin Van Buren; dunno the other two.
>
> V.
>
> 1. real
#2 is Vin Diesel. #3’s Virginia Mayo.
DQs:
1. Alive?
2. Male?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/8 "2014-05-01T15:51:58Z")
IQs:
1. Were you the title character of a pre-Dracula vampire story, originally told in penny dreadfuls?
2. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist?
3. Do you play Sharon Carter in the current hit movie _Captain America: the Winter Soldier_?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/9 "2014-05-01T18:36:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you the title character of a pre-Dracula vampire story, originally told in penny dreadfuls?
> 2. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist?
> 3. Do you play Sharon Carter in the current hit movie _Captain America: the Winter Soldier_?
Not Vlad the Impaler; not Vermeer; not… Viola Davis?
V.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/10 "2014-05-01T20:34:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Were you the title character of a pre-Dracula vampire story, originally told in penny dreadfuls?
> 2. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist?
> 3. Do you play Sharon Carter in the current hit movie _Captain America: the Winter Soldier_?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Not Vlad the Impaler; not Vermeer; not… Viola Davis?
Vlad wasn’t in the penny dreadfuls as far as I know. I had in mind _Varney the Vampire_. Vermeer’s right. #3 is Emily VanCamp.
DQ: Is V the initial of your first name?
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/11 "2014-05-01T23:51:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> 1. Are you SCAdian’s favorite Dutch artist?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> not Vermeer
😃
IQ1: Did you write of the adventures of Bonadventure Pencroff and his companions?
IQ2: Did you and your wife take in her sister’s son after his parents were killed?
IQ3: Were you sentenced to five years in prison for stealing bread to feed your sister’s family?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/12 "2014-05-02T01:35:35Z")
Vlad was just a guess. Take another DQ, **Prof. P.**
> [@SCAdian](#):
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> …IQ1: Did you write of the adventures of Bonadventure Pencroff and his companions?
> IQ2: Did you and your wife take in her sister’s son after his parents were killed?
> IQ3: Were you sentenced to five years in prison for stealing bread to feed your sister’s family?
Dunno, and neither Vernon Dursley nor Jean Valjean.
V.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. last name starts with V
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/13 "2014-05-02T01:57:07Z")
DQ: Died since 1900?
IQs:
1. Did you have one of TV’s first topless nude scenes in a PBS airing of _Steambath_?
2. Were you an Ohio art potter?
3. Were you one of the first agents for the Shadow?
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/14 "2014-05-02T02:41:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you write of the adventures of Bonadventure Pencroff and his companions?
> IQ2: Did you and your wife take in her sister’s son after his parents were killed?
> IQ3: Were you sentenced to five years in prison for stealing bread to feed your sister’s family?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, and neither Vernon Dursley nor Jean Valjean.
Jules Verne (_The Mysterious Island_).
Correct on Vernon Dursley and jean Valjean.
DQ: American?
IQ1: Did you play Dr Phibes?
IQ2: Did you correct many of Galen’s errors regarding human anatomy?
IQ3: Did you have a seatbelt for your piano bench?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/15 "2014-05-02T15:24:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> …
> IQs:
>
> 1. Did you have one of TV’s first topless nude scenes in a PBS airing of _Steambath_?
> 2. Were you an Ohio art potter?
> 3. Were you one of the first agents for the Shadow?
Not Veronica Lake, Jabez Vodrey or… dunno.
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> …
> IQ1: Did you play Dr Phibes?
> IQ2: Did you correct many of Galen’s errors regarding human anatomy?
> IQ3: Did you have a seatbelt for your piano bench?
Not Vincent Price, dunno, and not Victor Borge.
V.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. last name starts with V
5. died since 1900
6. not American
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/16 "2014-05-02T15:33:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> DQ: Died since 1900?
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Did you have one of TV’s first topless nude scenes in a PBS airing of _Steambath_?
> 2. Were you an Ohio art potter?
> 3. Were you one of the first agents for the Shadow?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Not Veronica Lake, Jabez Vodrey or… dunno.
#1 was Valerie Perrine. #2 is, of course, correct. #3 was Harry Vincent.
DQs:
1. European?
2. Known for the arts?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/17 "2014-05-02T15:59:52Z")
IQs:
1. Did you play a daughter on a sitcom set in Indianapolis?
2. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern?
3. Were you one of the roles played by Jim Broadbent in _Cloud Atlas_?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/18 "2014-05-02T16:12:36Z")
IQ1: Did you develop a diagram commonly used in set theory?
IQ2: Did you explain the difference between a Royale with Cheese and a Quarter Pounder?
IQ3: Did you portray the sister of one of the most famous murder victims in cinema history?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/19 "2014-05-02T19:19:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Did you play a daughter on a sitcom set in Indianapolis?
> 2. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern?
> 3. Were you one of the roles played by Jim Broadbent in _Cloud Atlas_?
Dunno, not Valerie Harper, or… damn! I should know this. Love that movie. But you got me.
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did you develop a diagram commonly used in set theory?
> IQ2: Did you explain the difference between a Royale with Cheese and a Quarter Pounder?
> IQ3: Did you portray the sister of one of the most famous murder victims in cinema history?
Not Whatshisname Venn, Vincent Vega or… dunno.
V.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. last name starts with V
5. died since 1900
6. not American
7. European
8. known for the arts
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2014/687433/20 "2014-05-02T20:42:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
>
> 1. Did you play a daughter on a sitcom set in Indianapolis?
> 2. Did you play Rhoda Morgenstern?
> 3. Were you one of the roles played by Jim Broadbent in _Cloud Atlas_?
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Dunno, not Valerie Harper, or… damn! I should know this. Love that movie. But you got me.
#1 was Valerie Bertinelli in _One Day at a Time_.
#2 is indeed Valerie Harper.
#3 is Vyvyan Ayres, dottering composer and husband to a white Halle Berry. (It is a grand movie.)
DQs:
1. Known for the performing arts?
2. Died after 1980?
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