# Botticelli - Nov 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569 "2020-11-02T18:22:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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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:** [November 15, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/201 "2020-11-15T20:56:40Z")

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IQs:

Are you a blue Sesame Street character who loves small round baked goods?  
Was it said that you _probably_ wouldn’t steal a hot stove?  
Were you a hero of Little Round Top?

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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:** [November 15, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/202 "2020-11-15T21:28:49Z")

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IQ1: Were you a Chinese character played by a Swedish actor?  
IQ2: Did you run a crosstime saloon?  
IQ3: Did you write a collection of stories about a pub called the White Hart?

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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:** [November 15, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/203 "2020-11-15T22:40:50Z")

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IQs

1. Were you a well known French impressionist composer?
2. Were you an Italian painter from the late 16th century known for your tenebristic style?
3. Were you a SNL writer, considered the “comic’s comic” of NYC?

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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:** [November 15, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/204 "2020-11-15T23:03:07Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Um… not ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness? I don’t think I’m better known than Botticelli. If not, take a DQ.  
> Not Chester Bennington  
> Not Chris Cornell

Just checking. All correct.

IQ1: Are you QB for the Las Vegas Raiders?  
IQ2: Are you QB for the New England Patriots?  
IQ3: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles?

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/205 "2020-11-16T05:45:19Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Are you a blue Sesame Street character who loves small round baked goods?  
> Was it said that you _probably_ wouldn’t steal a hot stove?  
> Were you a hero of Little Round Top?

Not Cookie Monster  
2 DQs

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a Chinese character played by a Swedish actor?  
> IQ2: Did you run a crosstime saloon?  
> IQ3: Did you write a collection of stories about a pub called the White Hart?

Not Charlie Chan  
Take 2 DQs

> [@MissTake](#):
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> - Were you a well known French impressionist composer?
> - Were you an Italian painter from the late 16th century known for your tenebristic style?
> - Were you a SNL writer, considered the “comic’s comic” of NYC?

Not Claude Debussy  
Not Caravaggio (sp?)  
Take a DQ

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you QB for the Las Vegas Raiders?  
> IQ2: Are you QB for the New England Patriots?  
> IQ3: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles?

Take 3 DQs. (_Las Vegas_ Raiders just looks weird - I’m so used to Oakland or LA)

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/206 "2020-11-16T07:43:42Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Are you Pacha’s wife in **The Emperor’s New Groove**?
> 2. Did you create a Tanning Invitational at your college in a 1985 comedy movie?
> 3. Are you an angel who took over then permanently inhabited the body of Jimmy Novak on **Supernatural**?

Correct  
Chris Knight  
Castiel

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Female?

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/207 "2020-11-16T11:16:14Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > - Did you frequently appear in scenes with Minnie Bannister in the highly-acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ?
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> > > - Were you the title character in a 1930’s radio series about the supernatural?
> > > - Did Kent Allard assume your identity in his battle against the forces of evil, with your permission, of course?
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> 3 DQs for you

#1 was Henry Crum.  
#2 was Chandu the Magician.  
#3 was Lamont Cranston.

DQ: Last name starts with C?

2 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:** [November 16, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/208 "2020-11-16T13:59:44Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Not Claude Debussy  
> Not Caravaggio (sp?)  
> Take a DQ

Yes, Yes, Colin Quinn

DQ reserved

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/209 "2020-11-16T14:11:12Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Las Vegas Raiders?  
> > > IQ2: Are you QB for the New England Patriots?  
> > > IQ3: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles?
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> Take 3 DQs. ( _Las Vegas_ Raiders just looks weird - I’m so used to Oakland or LA)

DITTO!

Derek Carr, Cam Newton, Carson Wentz

3 DQs reserved

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/210 "2020-11-16T15:20:11Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you a Chinese character played by a Swedish actor?  
> > IQ2: Did you run a crosstime saloon?  
> > IQ3: Did you write a collection of stories about a pub called the White Hart?
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> Not Charlie Chan  
> Take 2 DQs

✅  
Callahan, in the stories by Spider Robinson.  
Arthur C Clarke.

Two DQs reserved.

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/211 "2020-11-16T15:32:38Z")

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IQ1: Was your brother Buck one of your business partners?  
IQ2: Were you crowned emperor in 800?  
IQ3: Did Flora MacDonald help you escape from your enemies?

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/212 "2020-11-16T18:53:07Z")

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DQs:

1. Not real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with C

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/213 "2020-11-16T18:55:17Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Was your brother Buck one of your business partners?  
> IQ2: Were you crowned emperor in 800?  
> IQ3: Did Flora MacDonald help you escape from your enemies?

DQ  
Not Charlemagne  
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:** [November 16, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/214 "2020-11-16T19:12:40Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Was your brother Buck one of your business partners?  
> > IQ2: Were you crowned emperor in 800?  
> > IQ3: Did Flora MacDonald help you escape from your enemies?
> 
> DQ  
> Not Charlemagne  
> DQ

Clyde Barrow.  
✅  
Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

DQ1: Known for the Arts?  
DQ2: Living?  
DQ3: American?  
One DQ reserved.

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/215 "2020-11-16T19:24:12Z")

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DQs:

1. Not real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with C
4. Not known for the Arts
5. If real, could still be living
6. Not 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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/216 "2020-11-16T20:18:05Z")

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DQs:

1. Originally from a work of prose fiction?
2. Created after 1900?

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/217 "2020-11-16T20:20:08Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the turtle in the comic strip _Pogo_?
2. Were you Agamemnon’s unfaithful wife?
3. Were you Warren G. Harding’s vice president?

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/218 "2020-11-16T20:21:36Z")

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DQs:

1. Not real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with C
4. Not known for the Arts
5. If real, could still be living
6. Not American
7. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
8. Created 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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/219 "2020-11-16T20:25:03Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Were you the turtle in the comic strip _Pogo_ ?
> - Were you Agamemnon’s unfaithful wife?
> - Were you Warren G. Harding’s vice president?

Not Churchy LaFemme  
Take a DQ  
Not Calvin Coolege

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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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/220 "2020-11-16T20:25:43Z")

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Correct, Clytemnestra, Correct.

DQ: Originally from a movie or TV?

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