# 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\
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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 1, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/21 "2021-05-01T02:08:35Z")

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IQ1: Are you a one-handed man from the Limberlost?  
IQ2: Are you Gertrude’s brother and Joe’s dad?  
IQ3: Are you Trixie Belden’s boyfriend?

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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 1, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/22 "2021-05-01T02:14:05Z")

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Take 3 DQs.

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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 1, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/23 "2021-05-01T02:27:40Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Did your father disapprove of your hanging around with a wizard?  
> > > IQ2: Are you the owner and founder of the Planet Express delivery service?  
> > > IQ3: Are you IQ2’s great-(times 30)-uncle?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Faramir, from _Lord of The Rings_ - Denethor did not approve of Faramir’s spending time with Gandalf  
Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, from _Futurama_  
Philip J. Fry, also from _Futurama_

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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 1, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/24 "2021-05-01T02:28:59Z")

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DQ1: Originally from movie or television?  
DQ2: Created after 1900?  
DQ3: First name starts with F?

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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 1, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/25 "2021-05-01T02:36:37Z")

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IQ1: Have you been portrayed by Jackie Coogan and Christopher Lloyd, among others?  
IQ2: Were you the bastard son of 100 maniacs?  
IQ3: Did you find your thrill on Blueberry Hill?

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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 1, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/26 "2021-05-01T02:52:16Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a one-handed man from the Limberlost?  
> IQ2: Are you Gertrude’s brother and Joe’s dad?  
> IQ3: Are you Trixie Belden’s boyfriend?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Take 3 DQs.

Freckles.  
Fenton Hardy.  
Jim Frayne.

DQ: Known as a performer?  
Two DQs reserved.

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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 1, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/27 "2021-05-01T04:45:05Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you RNC Chairman in the Reagan years? - Frank Fahrenkopf  
Did you command Hill Street Station? - Capt. Frank Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_  
Did your coworkers watch and mock the home movies from your wedding? - Maj. Frank Burns, on _MASH_

Frank x3!

DQ:

Would be alive today, if real?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you successfully flee the assassins who killed your father?  
Were you killed on your brother’s orders while out in a boat with another man?  
Although injured, did you lure an evil grasshopper to his death?

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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 1, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/28 "2021-05-01T11:46:36Z")

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# DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known for the Arts
4. American creators
5. Not originally from prose fiction
6. Created before 1980
7. Originally from movie or television
8. Created after 1900
9. First name starts with F
10. Known as a performer
11. Would be alive today, if real

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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 1, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/29 "2021-05-01T11:48:46Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Have you been portrayed by Jackie Coogan and Christopher Lloyd, among others?  
> IQ2: Were you the bastard son of 100 maniacs?  
> IQ3: Did you find your thrill on Blueberry Hill?

1. I am not Uncle Fester.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Fats Domino.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Did you successfully flee the assassins who killed your father?  
> Were you killed on your brother’s orders while out in a boat with another man?  
> Although injured, did you lure an evil grasshopper to his death?

Take 2 DQs.  
#3. I am not Flik.

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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 1, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/30 "2021-05-01T15:58:45Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you successfully flee the assassins who killed your father? - Fleance, in _Macbeth_  
Were you killed on your brother’s orders while out in a boat with another man? - Fredo Corleone, in _The Godfather Part II_  
Although injured, did you lure an evil grasshopper to his death? - Yes, Flik, in _A Bug’s Life_

DQs:

American character?  
Best known as an actor?  
Caucasian?  
Originally from movies?

IQs:

Were you a prominent roboticist and political leader on Aurora?  
Did Don Vito Corleone take an interest in your Hollywood career?  
Did you play an unimpressed waitress in _Mystery Men_?

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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 1, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/31 "2021-05-01T17:28:59Z")

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# DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known for the Arts
4. American creators
5. Not originally from prose fiction
6. Created before 1980
7. Originally from movie or television
8. Created after 1900
9. First name starts with F
10. Known as a performer
11. Would be alive today, if real
12. American character
13. Not best known as an actor
14. Not Caucasian, but has Caucasian traits
15. Originally from TV

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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 1, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/32 "2021-05-01T17:31:51Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you a prominent roboticist and political leader on Aurora?  
> Did Don Vito Corleone take an interest in your Hollywood career?  
> Did you play an unimpressed waitress in _Mystery Men_ ?

Take 3 DQs.

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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 1, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/33 "2021-05-01T18:31:56Z")

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DQ1: Known as a musician (singer or instrumentalist)?  
DQ2: Created after 1965?

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/34 "2021-05-01T18:35:07Z")

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DQs:

1. Protagonist?
2. Human?

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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 1, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/35 "2021-05-01T18:43:58Z")

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Taking a break from trying to figure out what the answer to DQ 14 means:

IQ1: Were you a DC NCO?  
IQ2: Were you an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating?  
IQ3: Are you the king of Spain?

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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 1, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/36 "2021-05-01T19:23:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Have you been portrayed by Jackie Coogan and Christopher Lloyd, among others?  
> > > IQ2: Were you the bastard son of 100 maniacs?  
> > > IQ3: Did you find your thrill on Blueberry Hill?
> 
> 1. I am not Uncle Fester.
> 2. Take a DQ.
> 3. I am not Fats Domino.

Correct  
Freddy Krueger  
Yes

DQ: Animated?

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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 1, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/37 "2021-05-01T19:30:55Z")

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IQ1: Are you the cetacean equivalent of Lassie?  
IQ2: Were you the biggest and meanest dog in the USA, subject of a urban legend regarding being unable to distinguish the letter ‘F’ from ‘K’?  
IQ3: Was a stunt of yours the origin of the “jump the shark” trope?

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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 1, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/38 "2021-05-01T19:38:30Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:31, topic:941098, full:true”]

# DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known for the Arts
4. American creators
5. Not originally from prose fiction
6. Created before 1980
7. Originally from movie or television
8. Created after 1900
9. First name starts with F
10. Known as a performer
11. Would be alive today, if real
12. American character
13. Not best known as an actor
14. Not Caucasian, but has Caucasian traits
15. Originally from TV
16. Not a musician (sings occasionally, but that’s not his focus)
17. Created after 1965
18. Not usually the protagonist
19. Not human
20. Not originally animated, or best known to be animated, but has been animated.

**That puts us at 20. I’ll answer outstanding IQs, but no further IQs please.**

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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 1, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/39 "2021-05-01T19:41:36Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a DC NCO?  
> IQ2: Were you an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating?  
> IQ3: Are you the king of Spain?

#1. Take a DQ.  
#2. I am not Peggy Fleming.  
#3. Take a DQ.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> IQ1: Are you the cetacean equivalent of Lassie?  
> IQ2: Were you the biggest and meanest dog in the USA, subject of a urban legend regarding being unable to distinguish the letter ‘F’ from ‘K’?  
> IQ3: Was a stunt of yours the origin of the “jump the shark” trope?

1. I am not Flipper.
2. I am not White (?) Fang. It was White Fang or Black Fang.
3. I am not the Fonz.

**Please have all remaining DQs asked by 6pm EDT tomorrow.**

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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 1, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098/40 "2021-05-01T20:46:48Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > IQ1: Were you a DC NCO?  
> > IQ2: Were you an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating?  
> > IQ3: Are you the king of Spain?
> 
> #1. Take a DQ.  
> #2. I am not Peggy Fleming.  
> #3. Take a DQ.

Sgt Frank Rock.  
 ✅   
Felipe VI.

DQ: Has also appeared in a movie?  
One DQ reserved.

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