# 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:** 16

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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 20, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/301 "2020-11-20T16:47:31Z")

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IQ1: Are you a fictional forensic anthropologist?  
IQ2: Did you choose your men on the basis of how they drank?  
IQ3: Did you diacover the iguanodon?

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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 20, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/302 "2020-11-20T17:11:58Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > - Did you star in _Gigi_ . _The Music Man_ and _Bell, Book and Candle_ ?
> > 
> > > - Did you originally play Sir Lancelot in _Camelot_ on Broadway?
> > > - Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi?
> 
> Not Cary Grant, DQ, DQ

#1 was Hermione Gingold.  
#2 was Robert Goulet.  
#3 was Gamaliel.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?
3. Last name starts with G?

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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 20, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/303 "2020-11-20T18:39:25Z")

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Congrats, Knowed Out!

IQ1: Are you the exemplar of bad manners depicted in a comic in _Highlights for Children_ magazine?  
IQ2: Are you the exemplar of good manners depicted in the same comic as in IQ1?  
IQ3: Were you the first person executed in the United States after the US Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976?

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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 20, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/304 "2020-11-20T19:29:29Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the star of the TV Show **Forever Knight**?
> 2. Were you one of the stars of **My Two Dads**?
> 3. Were you a famous artist born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin?

Geraint Wyn Davies, Correct, Georgia O’Keefe

DQs:

1. American?
2. Known for Science?

IQs:

1. Were you almost assassinated on January 8, 2011?
2. Did Richard Speight, Jr. play you on **Supernatural**?
3. Were you referenced in the song **Putting on the Ritz**?

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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 20, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/305 "2020-11-20T23:31:46Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with G
4. American
5. Not known for science

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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 20, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/306 "2020-11-20T23:36:29Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> - Are you the original Taskmaster?
> - Did you help create National Tap Dance Day?
> - Do you consider #2 one of your greatest inspirations, following in his steps (ball change, of course)?

Take 3 DQs

> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a fictional forensic anthropologist?  
> IQ2: Did you choose your men on the basis of how they drank?  
> IQ3: Did you diacover the iguanodon?

DQ, not US Grant, DQ

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the exemplar of bad manners depicted in a comic in _Highlights for Children_ magazine?  
> IQ2: Are you the exemplar of good manners depicted in the same comic as in IQ1?  
> IQ3: Were you the first person executed in the United States after the US Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976?

Not Goofus, not Gallant, DQ

> [@kitap](#):
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> - Were you almost assassinated on January 8, 2011?
> - Did Richard Speight, Jr. play you on **Supernatural**?
> - Were you referenced in the song **Putting on the Ritz**?

DQ, not Gabriel, not Gary Cooper (super duper)

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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 20, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/307 "2020-11-20T23:50:35Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > IQ1: Are you a fictional forensic anthropologist?  
> > IQ2: Did you choose your men on the basis of how they drank?  
> > IQ3: Did you diacover the iguanodon?
> 
> DQ, not US Grant, DQ

Gideon Oliver.  
Gideon.  
Gideon Mantell.

Gideon x3!

DQ1: Living?  
DQ2: Known for the Arts?

IQ1: Was your brother awarded the Medal of Honor twice before he, you, and your youngest brother were killed in the same battle?  
IQ2: Were you a Great bishop of Rome?  
IQ3: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom?

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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 21, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/308 "2020-11-21T00:16:30Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > > IQ1: Are you the exemplar of bad manners depicted in a comic in _Highlights for Children_ magazine?  
> > > IQ2: Are you the exemplar of good manners depicted in the same comic as in IQ1?  
> > > IQ3: Were you the first person executed in the United States after the US Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976?
> 
> Not Goofus, not Gallant, DQ

Yes, Yes, Gary Gilmore - subject of UK punk band The Adverts’ Top 20 hit _Gary Gilmore’s Eyes_ (Gilmore donated his corneas)

Holding my DQ for now.

IQ1: Were you born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, etc.  
IQ2: Were you the subject of an early 1990s urban legend involving gerbil stuffing?  
IQ3: Are you the “One” referenced in Monty Python’s stage show title “One Down, Five To Go”?

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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 21, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/309 "2020-11-21T02:39:38Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you almost assassinated on January 8, 2011?
> 2. Did Richard Speight, Jr. play you on **Supernatural**?
> 3. Were you referenced in the song **Putting on the Ritz**?

Gabrielle Giffords, Correct, Correct.

DQ:  
White?

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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 21, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/310 "2020-11-21T03:30:32Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
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> > - Are you the original Taskmaster?
> > 
> > > - Did you help create National Tap Dance Day?
> > > - Do you consider #2 one of your greatest inspirations, following in his steps (ball change, of course)?
> 
> Take 3 DQs

Greg Davies, Gregory Hines, Savion Glover

Holding 3 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 21, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/311 "2020-11-21T04:42:54Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with G
4. American
5. Not known for science
6. Living
7. Known for the Arts
8. White

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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 21, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/312 "2020-11-21T04:46:12Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Was your brother awarded the Medal of Honor twice before he, you, and your youngest brother were killed in the same battle?  
> IQ2: Were you a Great bishop of Rome?  
> IQ3: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom?

DQ, not Gaius?, DQ

> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, etc.  
> IQ2: Were you the subject of an early 1990s urban legend involving gerbil stuffing?  
> IQ3: Are you the “One” referenced in Monty Python’s stage show title “One Down, Five To Go”?

DQ, not Richard Gere, not Graham Chapman

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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 21, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/313 "2020-11-21T05:36:03Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
> >
> > IQ1: Was your brother awarded the Medal of Honor twice before he, you, and your youngest brother were killed in the same battle?  
> > IQ2: Were you a Great bishop of Rome?  
> > IQ3: Were you the first king of the United Kingdom?
> 
> DQ, not Gaius?, DQ

George Armstrong Custer.  
St Gregory the Great.  
George I.

DQ1: Born after 1975?  
DQ2: Known for music (singer, musician, composer, songwriter, &c)?  
Two 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:** [November 21, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/314 "2020-11-21T11:12:15Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Clark Kent in _The Adventures of Superman_?
2. Were you Zeus’s cupbearer?
3. In Daniel O’Malley’s _The Rook_, are you a supernatural agent who has one mind but several bodies?

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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 21, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/315 "2020-11-21T13:15:02Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with G
4. American
5. Not known for science
6. Living
7. Known for the Arts
8. White
9. Born before 1975
10. Known for music (singer, musician, composer, songwriter, &c)

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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 21, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/316 "2020-11-21T13:17:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> - Did you play Clark Kent in _The Adventures of Superman_ ?
> - Were you Zeus’s cupbearer?
> - In Daniel O’Malley’s _The Rook_ , are you a supernatural agent who has one mind but several bodies?

Not George Reeves, DQ, DQ (it’s not Myfanwy Thomas?)

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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 21, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/317 "2020-11-21T13:39:30Z")

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Correct on George.  
#2 was Ganymede.  
#3 is Gestalt. Myfanwy only has one body, just that amnesia problem.

DQs:

1. Born before 1960?
2. Known as a singer?

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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 21, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/318 "2020-11-21T15:48:35Z")

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Using my three DQs

1. Known for playing an instrument?
2. Known for rock and roll?
3. Has he won an award?

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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 21, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/319 "2020-11-21T15:57:17Z")

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IQs

1. Did you recently have a drum battle with a little girl?
2. Did you and Lonely Island do a song about a movie franchise?
3. Did your song about bee barf reach number 1?

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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 21, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/320 "2020-11-21T17:46:57Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with G
4. American
5. Not known for science
6. Living
7. Known for the Arts
8. White
9. Born before 1975
10. Known for music (singer, musician, composer, songwriter, &c)
11. Born before 1960
12. Known as a singer
13. Plays multiple instruments, but not best known for it
14. Not really known for rock and roll
15. Has not won any awards

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