# Botticelli - May 2018

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813 "2018-05-08T13:30:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 15

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/282 "2018-06-06T01:24:59Z")

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Swept me, too, on the Lincoln Cabinet.

IQs:

Were you Renly Baratheon’s older brother?  
Were you Andrew Lloyd Weber’s first wife?  
Was “Stinky” Mahmoud a friend of yours?

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/283 "2018-06-06T01:48:14Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the father of Method Acting?  
> 2)Were you the Big Bad in _The Spy Who Loved Me_?
> 2. Were you the assassin in _The Man with the Golden Gun_?

1. I am not Konstantin Stanislovski.  
Take 2 DQs for the Bond villains.

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/284 "2018-06-06T01:49:16Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Swept me, too, on the Lincoln Cabinet.
> 
> IQs:
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> Were you Renly Baratheon’s older brother?  
> Were you Andrew Lloyd Weber’s first wife?  
> Was “Stinky” Mahmoud a friend of yours?

Oh, by now you’ve taught me the members of Lincoln’s Cabinet, EH.

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Sara Brightman.
3. Take another DQ.

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/285 "2018-06-06T02:11:07Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you the father of Method Acting\*? **Correct with Stanislovski** \*  
> 2)Were you the Big Bad in _The Spy Who Loved Me_? _You’re not Stromberg._
> 2. Were you the assassin in _The Man with the Golden Gun_? _You’re not Scaramanga._

DQa

1. Are you male?
2. Are you dead?

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/286 "2018-06-06T02:15:38Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Living

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/287 "2018-06-06T04:09:04Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Renly Baratheon’s older brother? - Stannis, on _Game of Thrones_  
Were you Andrew Lloyd Weber’s first wife? - Yes, Sarah Brightman  
Was “Stinky” Mahmoud a friend of yours? - Valentine Michael Smith in Heinlein’s _Stranger in a Strange Land_

DQs:

American?  
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Was your dad known as “the Gaffer”?  
Did your dad threaten you with a “hunting accident” if you didn’t leave home the next day?  
Did author Robert Lawson describe you as a rabble-rouser and a mooch?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/288 "2018-06-06T12:08:16Z")

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IQ1: Are you a cartoon spy voiced by H. Jon Benjamin?  
IQ2: Are you a SHIELD agent and ex-girlfriend of Captain America?  
IQ3: Are you a SHIELD biochemist played on TV by Elizabeth Henstridge?

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/289 "2018-06-06T14:07:19Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Living
3. American
4. Born before 1950

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/290 "2018-06-06T14:08:26Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Was your dad known as “the Gaffer”?  
> Did your dad threaten you with a “hunting accident” if you didn’t leave home the next day?  
> Did author Robert Lawson describe you as a rabble-rouser and a mooch?

1. I am not Sam Gamgee.
2. Take a DQ.
3. Take another DQ.

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/291 "2018-06-06T14:10:20Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a cartoon spy voiced by H. Jon Benjamin?  
> IQ2: Are you a SHIELD agent and ex-girlfriend of Captain America?  
> IQ3: Are you a SHIELD biochemist played on TV by Elizabeth Henstridge?

Take a DQ for #1.  
#2. I am not Sharon Carter.  
#3. I am not Simmons.

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/292 "2018-06-06T14:21:12Z")

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Previous IQs:

Was your dad known as “the Gaffer”? - Yes, Samwise Gamgee, in _LOTR_  
Did your dad threaten you with a “hunting accident” if you didn’t leave home the next day? - Samwell Tarly, in _Game of Thrones_  
Did author Robert Lawson describe you as a rabble-rouser and a mooch? - Sam Adams, in _Mr. Revere and I_

Sam x3!

DQs:

Best known for the Arts?  
Last name start with S?

IQs:

Are you an alcoholic, amoral, dimension-hopping, near-mad scientist?  
Are you his timid grandson?  
Are you his daughter?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/293 "2018-06-06T17:38:57Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a cartoon spy voiced by H. Jon Benjamin?  
> IQ2: Are you a SHIELD agent and ex-girlfriend of Captain America?  
> IQ3: Are you a SHIELD biochemist played on TV by Elizabeth Henstridge?
> 
> Take a DQ for #1.  
> #2. I am not Sharon Carter.  
> #3. I am not Simmons.

Sterling Archer

holding a DQ

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/294 "2018-06-06T21:47:02Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Living
3. American
4. Born before 1950
5. Known for the Arts
6. First name starts with S

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/295 "2018-06-06T21:48:04Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Are you an alcoholic, amoral, dimension-hopping, near-mad scientist?  
> Are you his timid grandson?  
> Are you his daughter?

My teenage grandson watches _Rick & Morty_. He tells me about it.

1. I am not Rick Sanchez.
2. I am not Morty Smith.
3. I am not Summer Smith.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/296 "2018-06-06T22:24:06Z")

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IQ1: Are you the QB for the Kansas City Chiefs?  
IQ2: Are you the QB for the Detroit Lions?  
IQ3: Are you a PSU running back recently drafted by the NY Giants?

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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:** [June 6, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/297 "2018-06-06T22:36:25Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the QB for the Kansas City Chiefs?  
> IQ2: Are you the QB for the Detroit Lions?  
> IQ3: Are you a PSU running back recently drafted by the NY Giants?

Sports! My old nemesis! Take 3 DQs.

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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:** [June 7, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/298 "2018-06-07T04:40:41Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you an alcoholic, amoral, dimension-hopping, near-mad scientist? - Yes, Rick Sanchez from _Rick & Morty_ (great show!)  
Are you his timid grandson? - Yes, Morty Smith  
Are you his daughter? - Summer is his granddaughter; Beth Smith is his daughter

DQ:

Best known for the performing arts?

IQs:

Are you credited with the (fictional) development of psychohistory?  
Were you nearly beaten to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate?  
Were you a police training AI program gone very badly wrong?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/299 "2018-06-07T11:49:29Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> IQ1: Are you the QB for the Kansas City Chiefs?  
> IQ2: Are you the QB for the Detroit Lions?  
> IQ3: Are you a PSU running back recently drafted by the NY Giants?
> 
> Sports! My old nemesis! Take 3 DQs.

It’s the only subject you guys don’t sweep me on.

Alex Smith, Matthew Stafford, Saquon Barkley

holding 4 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:** [June 7, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/300 "2018-06-07T13:36:15Z")

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DQs:

1. Female
2. Living
3. American
4. Born before 1950
5. Known for the Arts
6. First name starts with S
7. Best 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:** [June 7, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/301 "2018-06-07T13:37:22Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Are you credited with the (fictional) development of psychohistory?  
> Were you nearly beaten to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate?  
> Were you a police training AI program gone very badly wrong?

1. I am not Hari Seldon.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Skynet.

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