# 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:** 6

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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:** [May 19, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/101 "2018-05-19T12:02:17Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> Well played DC and the professor, who has some meddling kids and a dog to help him in fooling the schemes of others.
> 
> Iqs:
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> 1. Were you the poorly talented foil to Gene Kelly in _Singin’ in the Rain_?
> 2. Did you portray “Fereret-face”?
> 3. Did you haunt the dreams of _The Raven_’s narrator?

1. I am not Lina Lamont.  
Take a DQ for #2.
2. I am not that rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore (nameless here, forevermore).

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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:** [May 19, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/102 "2018-05-19T20:57:28Z")

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> IQ1: At Betty White’s roast, did you say she is so old that on her first game show ever, the prize was fire?  
> IQ2: Are you a blue collar comedian whose real name is Daniel Lawrence Whitney?  
> IQ3: Did you play Tommy Flanagan, Pathological Liar on SNL?
> 
> 1. I am not Denis Leary (???)
> 2. I am not Larry the Cable Guy.  
> Take a DQ for #3.

Lisa Lampanelli, correct, Jon Lovitz (that’s the ticket)

DQ: Real?  
DQ: Last name start with L?

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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:** [May 19, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/103 "2018-05-19T21:09:37Z")

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IQ1: Are you a Viking legend portrayed by Travis Fimmel in _Vikings_?  
IQ2: Were you a shieldmaiden and wife of IQ1?  
IQ3: Were you the fedora-wearing coach of the Dallas Cowboys for 29 seasons?

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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:** [May 19, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/104 "2018-05-19T21:37:11Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with L

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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:** [May 19, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/105 "2018-05-19T21:38:23Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Viking legend portrayed by Travis Fimmel in _Vikings_?  
> IQ2: Were you a shieldmaiden and wife of IQ1?  
> IQ3: Were you the fedora-wearing coach of the Dallas Cowboys for 29 seasons?

1. I am not Leif Erickson (???)  
Take 2 DQs for the others.

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/107 "2018-05-20T01:08:12Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. I am not Leif Erickson (???)  
> Take 2 DQs for the others.

Ragnar Lothbrok, Lagertha, Tom Landry

DQ: Alive?  
DQ: Male?  
DQ: American?

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/108 "2018-05-20T04:36:55Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. I am not Lina Lamont.  
> Take a DQ for #2.
> 2. I am not that rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore (nameless here, forevermore).

1)Correct,  
2)So you’re not Larry Linville, as Frank Burns on MASH,  
3)Correct.  
Well done,A DQ I take it…

I didn’t notice the typo on fereret-face! I’ll pass on the DQ is that threw you.

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/109 "2018-05-20T13:03:00Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with L
3. Dead
4. Male
5. Not American

Monkey, I figured you meant “ferret-face”, so take the 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:** [May 20, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/110 "2018-05-20T16:52:28Z")

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Swept mine about the Lincolns!

IQs:

Are you prominently mentioned in a recent novel, the audiobook of which includes a passage read by humorist David Sedaris?  
Did you die soon after returning from a trip to Europe with your mom?  
Did you personally accept the surrender of the British army at Yorktown?

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/111 "2018-05-20T16:57:32Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Swept mine about the Lincolns!
> 
> IQs:
> 
> Are you prominently mentioned in a recent novel, the audiobook of which includes a passage read by humorist David Sedaris?  
> Did you die soon after returning from a trip to Europe with your mom?  
> Did you personally accept the surrender of the British army at Yorktown?

And now take 3 DQs.

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/112 "2018-05-20T17:09:51Z")

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My DQ:  
Died after 1920?

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/113 "2018-05-20T17:16:52Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with L
3. Dead
4. Male
5. Not American
6. Died after 1920

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/114 "2018-05-20T18:04:16Z")

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IQs

1. Did you teach the king better speech?
2. Do you announce the beginning of Metro’s pictures?
3. Were you the bounty hunter in _Raising Arizona_?

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/115 "2018-05-20T20:54:31Z")

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IQ1: Are you the cartoonist for _Barney Google_ and _Snuffy Smith_?  
IQ2: Are you the cartoonist for \*Momma \*and _Miss Peach_?  
IQ3: Are you the cartoonist for _The Far Side_?

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/116 "2018-05-20T21:17:06Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> IQs
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> 1. Did you teach the king better speech?
> 2. Do you announce the beginning of Metro’s pictures?
> 3. Were you the bounty hunter in _Raising Arizona_?

1. I am not Lionel Logue.
2. I am not Leo the Lion.  
Take a DQ for #3.

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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:** [May 20, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/117 "2018-05-20T21:18:08Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the cartoonist for _Barney Google_ and _Snuffy Smith_?  
> IQ2: Are you the cartoonist for \*Momma \*and _Miss Peach_?  
> IQ3: Are you the cartoonist for _The Far Side_?

1. I am not Fred Lasswell.
2. I am not Mel Lazarus.
3. I am not Gary Larson.

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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:** [May 21, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/118 "2018-05-21T00:05:57Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. I am not Lionel Logue. Correct
> 2. I am not Leo the Lion. Correct  
> Take a DQ for #3). So you’re not Leonard Smalls

DQ  
Are you from the British Isles/Ireland?

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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:** [May 21, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/119 "2018-05-21T00:19:23Z")

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IQs  
1)Are you Lady Liberty’s poet?  
2)Are you the protagonist of _Memento_?  
3) _Were you noted for using stick’em while playing in the **NFL** _?

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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:** [May 21, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/120 "2018-05-21T01:01:07Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with L
3. Dead
4. Male
5. Not American
6. Died after 1920
7. British

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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:** [May 21, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2018/813813/121 "2018-05-21T01:02:09Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> IQs  
> 1)Are you Lady Liberty’s poet?  
> 2)Are you the protagonist of _Memento_?  
> 3) _Were you noted for using stick’em while playing in the **NFL** _?

1. I am not Emma Lazarus.  
Take 2 DQs for the others.

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