# Botticelli, Nov. 2022
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093 "2022-10-31T20:23:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/1 "2022-10-31T20:23:41Z")
New month.
I am **M**
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### Author:  [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/2 "2022-10-31T20:30:09Z")
1. Do you want your chicks for free?
2. Did you get out of the dot com bubble quick enough to buy the Mavericks?
3. Is your brother married to Melissa McCarthy’s cousin?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/3 "2022-10-31T20:32:07Z")
M it is!
IQs:
Were you the assassin in _The ODESSA File_?
Were you a big dumb football player at Riverdale High?
Were you his cute brunette girlfriend that he was crazy-jealous about?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/4 "2022-10-31T20:40:57Z")
IQs:
1. Were you Tom Terrific’s pet, the Wonder Dog?
2. Are you Hercule Gritpype-Thynne’s much abused French sidekick on the highly-acclaimed windmill-driven 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?
3. On that same wonder of the airwaves, are you Henry Crum’s main squeeze, known for your shameful newfangled-type singing?
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### Author:  [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/5 "2022-10-31T20:55:41Z")
Congrats, Chock!
IQs:
IQ1: Did you go on _Grim Adventures_ with Billy?
IQ2: As per Danny Kaye’s “Dodgers Song” “… Sandy Koufax, oh my Drysdale/[you] we love you so”?
IQ3: Does one of your books begin “It was a dark and stormy night” (really!)?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/6 "2022-10-31T21:41:34Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
>
> - Do you want your chicks for free?
> - Did you get out of the dot com bubble quick enough to buy the Mavericks?
> - Is your brother married to Melissa McCarthy’s cousin?
Not Mark Knofler
Not Mark Cuban
DQ
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Were you the assassin in _The ODESSA File_?
> Were you a big dumb football player at Riverdale High?
> Were you his cute brunette girlfriend that he was crazy-jealous about?
Not Michael Caine?
Not Moose
DQ
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> 1. Were you Tom Terrific’s pet, the Wonder Dog?
> 2. Are you Hercule Gritpype-Thynne’s much abused French sidekick on the highly-acclaimed windmill-driven 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?
> 3. On that same wonder of the airwaves, are you Henry Crum’s main squeeze, known for your shameful newfangled-type singing?
Take 3 DQs
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> IQ1: Did you go on _Grim Adventures_ with Billy?
> IQ2: As per Danny Kaye’s “Dodgers Song” “… Sandy Koufax, oh my Drysdale/[you] we love you so”?
> IQ3: Does one of your books begin “It was a dark and stormy night” (really!)?
Not Mandy
DQ
Not Madeline L’Engle
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/7 "2022-10-31T21:58:56Z")
IQ1: Do you come to save the day?
IQ2: Were you told to row your boat ashore?
IQ3: Did John Denver replace you?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/8 "2022-10-31T22:20:18Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
> >
> > 1. Were you Tom Terrific’s pet, the Wonder Dog?
> > 2. Are you Hercule Gritpype-Thynne’s much abused French sidekick on the highly-acclaimed windmill-driven 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?
> > 3. On that same wonder of the airwaves, are you Henry Crum’s main squeeze, known for your shameful newfangled-type singing?
>
> Take 3 DQs
#1 was Mighty Manfred.
#2 is Count Moriarty.
#3 is Minnie Bannister.
DQs:
1. Real?
2. Male?
3. Last name starts with M?
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### Author:  [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/9 "2022-10-31T22:53:05Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> Not Mandy
> DQ
> Not Madeline L’Engle
2 (“Dodgers Song”) was Maury Wills.
1 DQ reserved.
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### Author:  [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/10 "2022-11-01T03:29:18Z")
IQs:
1. Did you get a certain role in _Ghostbusters_, instead of appropriately-named birthday boy John Candy?
2. Did a character you played watch _The Creature from the Black Lagoon_, and feel sorry for the monster?
3. Is this a dagger which you see before you?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/11 "2022-11-01T07:05:36Z")
**M**
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with M
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/12 "2022-11-01T07:06:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#):
>
> IQ1: Do you come to save the day?
> IQ2: Were you told to row your boat ashore?
> IQ3: Did John Denver replace you?
Not Mighty Mouse
Not Michael
DQ
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> 1. Did you get a certain role in _Ghostbusters_, instead of appropriately-named birthday boy John Candy?
> 2. Did a character you played watch _The Creature from the Black Lagoon_, and feel sorry for the monster?
> 3. Is this a dagger which you see before you?
Not Rick Moranis
DQ
Not Macbeth
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### Author:  [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/13 "2022-11-01T12:33:01Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
> >
> > - Do you want your chicks for free?
> > - Did you get out of the dot com bubble quick enough to buy the Mavericks?
> > - Is your brother married to Melissa McCarthy’s cousin?
>
> Not Mark Knofler
> Not Mark Cuban
> DQ
3 was Marky Mark Wahlberg
Mark X3!
DQ: Living?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/14 "2022-11-01T14:27:46Z")
IQs:
1. Were you part of a comedy duo with Peter Cook?
2. Were you part of a comedy duo with Ernie Wise?
3. Did you play the part of the famous Eccles (among others) on the widely acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?
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### Author:  [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/15 "2022-11-01T14:34:59Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> Not Rick Moranis
> DQ
> Not Macbeth
2 was Marilyn Monroe, in _The Seven-Year Itch_.
DQs:
1. known from the arts?
2. American?
IQs:
1. Were you Ben’s grandpa on _Ben 10_?
2. Did you write _H is for Hawk_?
3. Did you surround yourself with a cadre of female bodyguards, the Revolutionary Nuns?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/16 "2022-11-01T17:11:58Z")
Previous IQs:
Were you the assassin in _The ODESSA File_? - Michael Caine wasn’t in that movie; the German character’s name was Mackensen
Were you a big dumb football player at Riverdale High? - Yes, Moose
Were you his cute brunette girlfriend that he was crazy-jealous about? - Midge
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Did you die at the Reichenbach Falls?
Did you try to shoot a detective from across the street?
Were you British high society’s master blackmailer?
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/17 "2022-11-01T18:33:33Z")
**M**
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with M
4. Dead
5. Known from the arts
6. Not American
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### Author:  [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/18 "2022-11-01T18:42:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> 1. Were you part of a comedy duo with Peter Cook?
> 2. Were you part of a comedy duo with Ernie Wise?
> 3. Did you play the part of the famous Eccles (among others) on the widely acclaimed all-leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?
Not Dudley Moore
DQ
Not Spike Milligan?
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
>
> 1. Were you Ben’s grandpa on _Ben 10_?
> 2. Did you write _H is for Hawk_?
> 3. Did you surround yourself with a cadre of female bodyguards, the Revolutionary Nuns?
Not Grandpa Max Tennyson
DQ
Not Moamar Ghaddafi, or however it’s spelled (the Libya guy)
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Were you the assassin in _The ODESSA File_? - Michael Caine wasn’t in that movie; the German character’s name was Mackensen
Oops, I was thinking of The _Ipcress_ File.
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Did you die at the Reichenbach Falls?
> Did you try to shoot a detective from across the street?
> Were you British high society’s master blackmailer
Not Moriarty
Take 2 DQs
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/19 "2022-11-01T18:53:08Z")
Previous IQs:
Did you die at the Reichenbach Falls? - Yes, Prof. James Moriarty
Did you try to shoot a detective from across the street? - Col. Sebastian Moran
Were you British high society’s master blackmailer? - Charles Augustus Milverton
All in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
DQs:
European?
Died since 1950?
Best known for the performing arts?
Won a top award in her field?
IQs:
Did you write both the music and lyrics for “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”?
Were you AKA “The Great Santini”?
Were you stabbed to death in your bathtub?
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### Author:  [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/20 "2022-11-01T19:05:41Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
>
> Not Grandpa Max Tennyson
> DQ
> Not Moamar Ghaddafi, or however it’s spelled (the Libya guy)
2 was Helen Macdonald.
DQ: European?
IQs:
1. Do you hang out with a milkshake and fries?
2. Were you Bill Clinton’s Secretary of State?
3. Are you one of the three firefighters in _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_?
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