# 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:** 14

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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 18, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/261 "2020-11-18T20:26:50Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles?  
> > > IQ2: Are you quarterback for the New Orleans Saints?  
> > > IQ3: Are you quarterback for the Houston Texans?
> 
> Oh. Sports. Take 3 DQs.

Doug Pederson, Drew Brees, Deshaun Jackson

DQ: Alive?  
DQ: American?  
DQ: 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:** [November 18, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/262 "2020-11-18T20:27:30Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with D
4. Alive
5. American
6. Not known for the Arts

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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 18, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/263 "2020-11-18T21:07:04Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did Mark Wahlberg play you with the aid of a very large prosthesis?  
> IQ2: Are you the King of the Surf Guitar?  
> IQ3: Can you talk to the animals?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. Right, that movie with Rollergirl. Take a DQ.  
> #2. Take a DQ.  
> #3. I am not Dr. Doolittle.

Dirk Diggler from _Boogie Nights_ aka that movie with Rollergirl  
Dick Dale  
Correct

DQ1: Born before 1960?  
DQ2: Political figure?

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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 18, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/264 "2020-11-18T21:11:07Z")

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IQ1: Are you the 45th President of the United States?  
IQ2: Were you Vice-President to the 43rd President of the United States?  
IQ3: Did you play a chimney sweep with an atrocious Cockney accent?

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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 18, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/265 "2020-11-18T21:26:36Z")

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Good job, **Prof. P.**!

D it is.

IQs:

Were you a wartime Governor of Ohio?  
Were you the title character of a sf novel, a monarch who wanted a spacecraft?  
Did you play the eldest son of a musical family?

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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 18, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/266 "2020-11-18T21:33:56Z")

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IQ1-2: Does an organisation bearing your name keep records of hunting trophies?  
IQ3: Did you ask Franklin when he had first noticed something was missing?

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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 18, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/267 "2020-11-18T21:38:15Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:262, topic:924569, full:true”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with D
4. Alive
5. American
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Known from politics

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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 18, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/268 "2020-11-18T21:39:41Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the 45th President of the United States?  
> IQ2: Were you Vice-President to the 43rd President of the United States?  
> IQ3: Did you play a chimney sweep with an atrocious Cockney accen

#1. I am not Donald Trump.  
#2. I am not Dick Cheney.  
#3. I am not Dick van Dyke.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Qs:
> 
> Were you a wartime Governor of Ohio?  
> Were you the title character of a sf novel, a monarch who wanted a spacecraft?  
> Did you play the eldest son of a musical family?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1-2: Does an organisation bearing your name keep records of hunting trophies?  
> IQ3: Did you ask Franklin when he had first noticed something was missing?

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:** [November 18, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/269 "2020-11-18T21:43:49Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > IQ1-2: Does an organisation bearing your name keep records of hunting trophies?  
> > IQ3: Did you ask Franklin when he had first noticed something was missing?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Daniel and Davy (Boone & Crockett, that is).  
John Dickinson.

DQ1: Known for national-level politics?  
DQ2: Born after 1980?  
One 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 18, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/270 "2020-11-18T22:17:35Z")

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IQ1: Did Jake Gyllenhaal portray you in a 2001 film?  
IQ2: Are you an SNL cast member who faced much backlash for mocking a congressman’s eyepatch?  
IQ3: Are you that congressman?

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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 18, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/271 "2020-11-18T22:30:15Z")

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IQ1: Were you freed from servitude when you were handed a sock?  
IQ2: Were you terrified of the hedgehog Spiny Norman?  
IQ3: Were you played by Topher Grace in a recent film about undercover police infiltrating your organization?

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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 19, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/272 "2020-11-19T12:36:10Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:267, topic:924569”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with D
4. Alive
5. American
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Known from politics
9. Known from national-level politics
10. Born before 1980

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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 19, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/273 "2020-11-19T12:37:39Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did Jake Gyllenhaal portray you in a 2001 film?  
> IQ2: Are you an SNL cast member who faced much backlash for mocking a congressman’s eyepatch?  
> IQ3: Are you that congressman?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> Q1: Were you freed from servitude when you were handed a sock?  
> IQ2: Were you terrified of the hedgehog Spiny Norman?  
> IQ3: Were you played by Topher Grace in a recent film about undercover police infiltrating your organization?

1. I am not Dobby.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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 19, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/274 "2020-11-19T12:48:41Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Did Jake Gyllenhaal portray you in a 2001 film?  
> > > IQ2: Are you an SNL cast member who faced much backlash for mocking a congressman’s eyepatch?  
> > > IQ3: Are you that congressman?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Donnie Darko, Pete Davidson, Dan Crenshaw

DQ: Born east of the Mississippi?  
DQ: Born north of Mason-Dixon line?  
DQ: Currently in office?

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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 19, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/275 "2020-11-19T12:58:33Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:272, topic:924569”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with D
4. Alive
5. American
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Known from politics
9. Known from national-level politics
10. Born before 1980
11. Born east of the Mississippi
12. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
13. Not currently in office

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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 19, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/276 "2020-11-19T15:27:31Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a wartime Governor of Ohio? - David Tod, during the Civil War  
Were you the title character of a sf novel, a monarch who wanted a spacecraft? - The title character in the Niven and Pournelle sf novel _King David’s Spaceship_  
Did you play the eldest son of a musical family? - David Cassidy, on _The Partridge Family_

David x3!

DQs:

Republican?  
Best known for elective office?  
Served in or from a state east of the Mississippi?

IQs:

Did you twice serve in the same Cabinet post, many years apart?  
Did you incorrectly correct a schoolboy during a photo op?  
Are you a Hoosier who became a top espionage official?

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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 19, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/277 "2020-11-19T15:36:50Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:275, topic:924569”]  
DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with D
4. Alive
5. American
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Known _ **from** _ politics
9. Known _ **from** _ national-level politics
10. Born before 1980
11. Born east of the Mississippi
12. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
13. Not currently in office
14. Nor Republican
15. Not known for any office
16. Has not served in any state political office or position anywhere

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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 19, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/278 "2020-11-19T15:37:36Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Did you twice serve in the same Cabinet post, many years apart?  
> Did you incorrectly correct a schoolboy during a photo op?  
> Are you a Hoosier who became a top espionage official?

#2. I am not Dan Quayle.

Take 2 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:** [November 19, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/279 "2020-11-19T15:44:52Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you twice serve in the same Cabinet post, many years apart? - Donald Rumsfeld, as SECDEF  
Did you incorrectly correct a schoolboy during a photo op? - Yes, Dan “Potatoe” Quayle  
Are you a Hoosier who became a top espionage official? - Dan Coats

DQs:

Best known for activism or advocacy?  
Liberal/progressive?

IQs:

Were you based on one of the Kray Brothers?  
Were you, too?  
Did you become President in the Sixties political thriller _The Man_?

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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 19, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/280 "2020-11-19T15:56:54Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with D
4. Alive
5. American
6. Not known for the Arts
7. Born after 1960
8. Known _ **from** _ politics
9. Known _ **from** _ national-level politics
10. Born before 1980
11. Born east of the Mississippi
12. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
13. Not currently in office
14. Nor Republican
15. Not known for any office
16. Has not served in any state political office or position anywhere
17. Not best known for activism or advocacy
18. Liberal/progressive in his personal politics

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