# 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:** 13

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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 16, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/242 "2021-05-16T00:39:15Z")

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IQ1: Did you write about people who were _cos-ata-lo_ and _cor-sva-jo_?  
IQ2-3: Did you write “Wake Up, Little Susie”?

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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 16, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/243 "2021-05-16T00:59:16Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write about people who were _cos-ata-lo_ and _cor-sva-jo_ ?  
> IQ2-3: Did you write “Wake Up, Little Susie”?

DQ  
I know 2/3 was sung by the Everly Brothers, no idea who wrote it.

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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 16, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/244 "2021-05-16T01:01:49Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the original singer for AC/DC?  
> IQ2:After IQ1 died, were you the new singer for AC/DC?  
> IQ3: Did you create a comic featuring a rambunctious 6 year-old boy and his tiger best friend?

I am not Bon Scott  
I am not Brian Johnson?  
I am not Bill Watterson

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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 16, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/245 "2021-05-16T01:03:45Z")

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# I am B

1. Real
2. Male
3. Deceased
4. Last name starts with B
5. 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 16, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/246 "2021-05-16T01:17:08Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Did you write about people who were _cos-ata-lo_ and _cor-sva-jo_ ?  
> > IQ2-3: Did you write “Wake Up, Little Susie”?
> 
> DQ  
> I know 2/3 was sung by the Everly Brothers, no idea who wrote it.

Edgar Rice Burroughs.  
Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.

DQ1: Known for the Arts?  
DQ2: Died after 1950?  
One DQ reserved.

IQ1: Did you order the attack on Ft Sumter?  
IQ2: Did you command the winning side at Chickamauga?  
IQ3: Did Robert Guillaume play you in two TV shows?

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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 16, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/247 "2021-05-16T01:20:54Z")

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# I am B

1. Real
2. Male
3. Deceased
4. Last name starts with B
5. American
6. Known for The Arts
7. Died before 1950

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you order the attack on Ft Sumter?  
> IQ2: Did you command the winning side at Chickamauga?  
> IQ3: Did Robert Guillaume play you in two TV shows?

DQ  
DQ  
I am not Benson

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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 16, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/248 "2021-05-16T01:24:14Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Did you order the attack on Ft Sumter?
> > 
> > > IQ2: Did you command the winning side at Chickamauga?  
> > > IQ3: Did Robert Guillaume play you in two TV shows?
> 
> DQ  
> DQ  
> I am not Benson

P G T Beauregard.  
Braxton Bragg.  
 ✅

 

Three DQs reserved.

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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 16, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/249 "2021-05-16T01:24:22Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you known for saying such things as “You can observe a lot by just watching.”?
2. Did you play Steve Martin’s love interest in _Pennies From Heaven_?
3. Are you a dead person whose corpse traveled up and down a beachfront property through two movies?

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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 16, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/250 "2021-05-16T01:33:49Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Were you known for saying such things as “You can observe a lot by just watching.”?
> - Did you play Steve Martin’s love interest in _Pennies From Heaven_ ?
> - Are you a dead person whose corpse traveled up and down a beachfront property through two movies?

DQ  
DQ  
I am not Bernie

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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 16, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/251 "2021-05-16T01:59:47Z")

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#1 was Yogi Berra.  
#2 was Bernadette Peters.  
Correct on Bernie.

DQs:

1. Known for the performing arts?
2. Died before 1900?

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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 16, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/252 "2021-05-16T02:32:21Z")

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# I am B

1. Real
2. Male
3. Deceased
4. Last name starts with B
5. American
6. Known for The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Not primarily known for the performing arts
9. Died after 1900

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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 16, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/253 "2021-05-16T06:27:56Z")

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Swept me.

IQ1: Are you a dancing purple dinosaur?  
IQ2: Did you design and carve Mount Rushmore?  
IQ3: Did you have a hit single describing your particularly moist genitalia?

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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 16, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/254 "2021-05-16T10:59:18Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a dancing purple dinosaur?  
> IQ2: Did you design and carve Mount Rushmore?  
> IQ3: Did you have a hit single describing your particularly moist genitalia?

I am not Barney  
I am not Borglum  
DQ

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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 16, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/255 "2021-05-16T16:49:01Z")

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DQ: Writer?  
Two DQs reserved.

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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 16, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/256 "2021-05-16T16:59:56Z")

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# I am B

1. Real
2. Male
3. Deceased
4. Last name starts with B
5. American
6. Known for The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Not primarily known for the performing arts
9. Died after 1900
10. Writer

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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 16, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/257 "2021-05-16T17:19:10Z")

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DQ: Known primarily for prose fiction?  
One DQ reserved.

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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 16, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/258 "2021-05-16T17:29:52Z")

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# I am B

1. Real
2. Male
3. Deceased
4. Last name starts with B
5. American
6. Known for The Arts
7. Died before 1950
8. Not primarily known for the performing arts
9. Died after 1900
10. Writer
11. Known primarily for prose writing, but has also written plays and screenplays

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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 16, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/259 "2021-05-16T17:59:00Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
>
> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Are you a dancing purple dinosaur?  
> > > IQ2: Did you design and carve Mount Rushmore?  
> > > IQ3: Did you have a hit single describing your particularly moist genitalia?
> 
> I am not Barney  
> I am not Borglum  
> DQ

Yes, Yes, Cardi B.

DQ: Award winner?

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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 16, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/260 "2021-05-16T18:02:54Z")

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IQ1: Did you write a series of novels set in the land of Oz?  
IQ2: Did you write _The Secret Garden_ and _A Little Princess_?  
IQ3: Did you travel using the pseudonym Mr. Underhill?

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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 16, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/261 "2021-05-16T18:10:36Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did you write a series of novels set in the land of Oz?

### Yes, I am L Frank Baum!

Congratulations, @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness!

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