# 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\
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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, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/321 "2020-11-21T17:49:09Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> - Did you recently have a drum battle with a little girl?
> - Did you and Lonely Island do a song about a movie franchise?
> - Did your song about bee barf reach number 1?

not Dave Grohl?, DQ, DQ

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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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/322 "2020-11-21T18:35:23Z")

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Yes, Kenny G, Bobby Goldsboro

DQs

1. Known more for blues/jazz?
2. Born in the south?

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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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/323 "2020-11-21T18:35:26Z")

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DQ: Best known as a soloist?  
One DQ 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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/324 "2020-11-21T19:15:25Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with _Watching Scotty Grow_?
2. Did you play Leonard on _The Big Bang Theory_?
3. Are you a flora colossus who is Monarch of Planet X?

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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 21, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/325 "2020-11-21T20:44:24Z")

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Good job, **KO**!

IQs:

Did David Morse play you, a real person, in an HBO miniseries?  
Were you known, among other nicknames, as “Old Slow Trot”?  
Was your middle name Catlett?

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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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/326 "2020-11-21T22:05:49Z")

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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
16. Not especially known for blues/jazz, but has performed it
17. Not born in the south
18. Best known as a soloist

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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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/327 "2020-11-21T22:08:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> - Did you have a hit with _Watching Scotty Grow_ ?
> - Did you play Leonard on _The Big Bang Theory_ ?
> - Are you a flora colossus who is Monarch of Planet X?

DQ, not Johnny Galecki, DQ

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did David Morse play you, a real person, in an HBO miniseries?  
> Were you known, among other nicknames, as “Old Slow Trot”?  
> Was your middle name Catlett?

Take 3 DQs

That does it for IQs, folks. The DQ tally will exceed 20. Ask your remaining 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:** [November 21, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/328 "2020-11-21T23:34:24Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > [@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”?
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> DQ, not Richard Gere, not Graham Chapman

Solomon Grundy, from the nursery rhyme of the same name. Correct on the other two.

Since we are out of IQs, I’ll skip straight to my RU: Are you Woody Guthrie?

EDIT: Since thanksgiving is coming up… damn it, too late.

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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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/329 "2020-11-21T23:34:57Z")

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My guess: Did you sing “Let’s Stay Together”?

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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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/330 "2020-11-21T23:41:56Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> > > [@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”?
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> > DQ, not Richard Gere, not Graham Chapman
> 
> Solomon Grundy, from the nursery rhyme of the same name. Correct on the other two.
> 
> Since we are out of IQs, I’ll skip straight to my RU: Are you Woody Guthrie?
> 
> EDIT: Since thanksgiving is coming up… damn it, too late.

Woody’s not still alive.

Are you Arlo Guthrie?

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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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/331 "2020-11-21T23:48:45Z")

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DQs:

1. Known for Country & Western?
2. Famous wife?

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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 22, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/332 "2020-11-22T00:41:43Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Woody’s not still alive.

That would be a problem.  
That’s what happens when you are coming up with IQs for both of them, then see there are no more IQs left and get overly excited and have a massive brain fart.

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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 22, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/333 "2020-11-22T01:34:16Z")

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Oh, my answers were Bobby Goldsboro, correct on Galecki, and, yes, I am Groot.

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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 22, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/334 "2020-11-22T01:34:47Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Are you Arlo Guthrie?

Yes, I am **Arlo Guthrie!**  
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Arlo_Guthrie-1979.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Arlo_Guthrie-1979.jpg)

With Thanksgiving around the bend, you can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant.

Grats kitap!

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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 22, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/335 "2020-11-22T01:35:10Z")

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Good one, **kitap**!

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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 22, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/336 "2020-11-22T02:20:57Z")

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Thanks! It hit me with Woody Guthrie and Thanksgiving.

I am

**B**!!

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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 22, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/337 "2020-11-22T02:35:04Z")

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Congrats @kitap!

IQs

1. Are you the science guy?
2. Are you the piano man?
3. Did you awake in the 25th century?

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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 22, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/338 "2020-11-22T02:52:01Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs
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> 1. Are you the science guy?
> 2. Are you the piano man?
> 3. Did you awake in the 25th century?

I am not Bill Nye the Science Guy, Billy Joel or Buck Rogers.

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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 22, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/339 "2020-11-22T03:49:34Z")

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IQ 1-3: Did you live with your mother and her uncle, in the hotel she is the proprietor of?

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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 22, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2020/924569/340 "2020-11-22T04:28:29Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> 1-3: Did you live with your mother and her uncle, in the hotel she is the proprietor of?

Take 3 DQs.

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