# Botticelli - May 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098 "2021-04-30T14:06:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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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:** [May 14, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/202 "2021-05-14T07:53:38Z")

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IQ1: Were you and your cat the only survivors from the _Nostromo_?  
IQ2: Are you the granddaughter of a powerful Sith Lord? Of course not, that’s stupid. Are you the daughter of insignificant junk traders who sold you for drinking money?  
IQ3: Did you portray the character in IQ2?

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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 14, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/203 "2021-05-14T12:05:57Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:198, topic:941098, full:true”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. 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:** [May 14, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/204 "2021-05-14T12:08:28Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs
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> 1. Did your donning a bikini in a pre-historic movie turn you into a sex symbol?
> 2. Did you take more than a few roles away from Myrna Loy?
> 3. Are you a singer who frequently sang with Donnie Hathaway?

#1. I am not Raquel Welch.  
#2. Take a DQ.  
#3. I am not Roberta Flack.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you and your cat the only survivors from the _Nostromo_ ?  
> IQ2: Are you the granddaughter of a powerful Sith Lord? Of course not, that’s stupid. Are you the daughter of insignificant junk traders who sold you for drinking money?  
> IQ3: Did you portray the character in IQ2?

1. I am not Ripley.
2. I am not Rey.
3. I am not Daisy Ridley.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/205 "2021-05-14T12:55:03Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> #1. I am not Raquel Welch.  
> #2. Take a DQ.  
> #3. I am not Roberta Flack.

Yes  
Rosalind Russell  
Yes

DQ:  
Does her last name begin with R?

IQs:

1. Did you portray Buttercup?
2. Were you The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
3. Did you play one of the aunts on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_?

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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 14, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/206 "2021-05-14T12:58:06Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with R

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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 14, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/207 "2021-05-14T12:59:17Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you portray Buttercup?
> 2. Were you The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
> 3. Did you play one of the aunts on _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_ ?

Take 3 DQs. I thought #2 was Lisbeth Salander.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/208 "2021-05-14T13:01:44Z")

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1. Robin Wright
2. played by Rooney Mara
3. Caroline Rhea

DQs:  
Known for acting?  
Born after 1970?

Holding one 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:** [May 14, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/209 "2021-05-14T13:47:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with R
6. Not known for acting
7. Born before 1970

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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 14, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/210 "2021-05-14T15:13:33Z")

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Swept me!

IQs:

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel?  
Were you a shrubber who lamented the times in which he lived?  
Were the first to fly across America, crash by crash?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/211 "2021-05-14T15:39:35Z")

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IQs:

1. Did it take Just One Look?
2. Do you write romance novels under your name or crime fiction under the name JD Robb?
3. Are you the annoying cook who coined “sammies” and “EVOO”?

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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 14, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/212 "2021-05-14T16:29:46Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel?  
> Were you a shrubber who lamented the times in which he lived?  
> Were the first to fly across America, crash by crash?

#1 & 2. Take 2 DQs…  
#3. I am not Calbraith Rogers.

> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did it take Just One Look?
> 2. Do you write romance novels under your name or crime fiction under the name JD Robb?
> 3. Are you the annoying cook who coined “sammies” and “EVOO”?

#1 & 2. Take 2 DQs.  
#3. I am not Rachel Ray (sp?/)

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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 14, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/213 "2021-05-14T16:53:14Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - The wizard Radagast the Brown, in _LOTR_  
Were you a shrubber who lamented the times in which he lived? - Roger the Shrubber, in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_  
Were the first to fly across America, crash by crash? - Yes, Cal Ro[d]gers.

DQs:

Considered a beauty?  
Best known for the performing arts?

IQs:

Were you untroubled by torture reports since, as you wrote, you spent most of the day standing at your desk without ill effect?  
Were you “the Butcher of Prague”?  
Was an oil tanker named after you due to your service on a board of directors?

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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 14, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/214 "2021-05-14T17:49:05Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:209, topic:941098, full:true”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with R
6. Not known for acting
7. Born before 1970
8. Not considered a beauty
9. Not 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:** [May 14, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/215 "2021-05-14T17:50:49Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you untroubled by torture reports since, as you wrote, you spent most of the day standing at your desk without ill effect?  
> Were you “the Butcher of Prague”?  
> Was an oil tanker named after you due to your service on a board of directors?

#2. I am not Reinhard Heidrich (sp??)  
Take 2 DQs.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/216 "2021-05-14T18:31:46Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
> >
> > > 1. Did it take Just One Look?
> > > 2. Do you write romance novels under your name or crime fiction under the name JD Robb?
> > > 3. Are you the annoying cook who coined “sammies” and “EVOO”?
> 
> #1 & 2. Take 2 DQs.  
> #3. I am not Rachel Ray (sp?/)

Linda Ronstadt  
Nora Roberts  
correct

(Held DQ): Author?  
DQs: Born after 1950?  
American?

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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 14, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/217 "2021-05-14T18:34:30Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Known for the Arts
5. Last name starts with R
6. Not known for acting
7. Born before 1970
8. Not considered a beauty
9. Not known for the performing arts
10. Born after 1950
11. Not American

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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:** [May 14, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/218 "2021-05-14T18:36:08Z")

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IQ1: Were you a Royalist cavalry leader in the ECW?  
IQ2: Were you the commander of Jasta 11?  
IQ3: Were you a Howling Commando?

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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 14, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/219 "2021-05-14T18:39:39Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Q1: Were you a Royalist cavalry leader in the ECW?  
> IQ2: Were you the commander of Jasta 11?  
> IQ3: Were you a Howling Commando?

Wow. It’s been way too long since I read Sgt. Fury.

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:** [May 14, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/220 "2021-05-14T19:11:21Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you untroubled by torture reports since, as you wrote, you spent most of the day standing at your desk without ill effect? - Donald Rumsfeld  
Were you “the Butcher of Prague”? - Yes, Reinhard Heydrich  
Was an oil tanker named after you due to your service on a board of directors? - Condoleezza Rice, by Chevron

DQs:

European?  
Best known for the visual arts? (painting, photography, sculpture, etc.)

IQs:

Did you hang out with Twiki?  
Did you hang out with Nigel Bruce?  
Did you hang out with Nite Owl II?

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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:** [May 14, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/221 "2021-05-14T19:16:12Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > Q1: Were you a Royalist cavalry leader in the ECW?  
> > IQ2: Were you the commander of Jasta 11?  
> > IQ3: Were you a Howling Commando?
> 
> Wow. It’s been way too long since I read Sgt. Fury.
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Prince Rupert.  
Manfred von Richthofen. (Or his brother Lothat – take your pick.)  
Reb Ralston.

Ninja’d.  
Three DQs reserved.

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