# Botticelli - November 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 31, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795 "2019-10-31T16:31:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [October 31, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/1 "2019-10-31T16:31:03Z")

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I am S!

Last month: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21948093#post21948093](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21948093#post21948093)

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/2 "2019-10-31T17:07:51Z")

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1. Were you disco queen who also did new wave and gospel?
2. Were you an “evil” kid in the original Toy Story?
3. Were you half a puppeteering team in the late 60s/early 70s?

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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:** [October 31, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/3 "2019-10-31T17:11:17Z")

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IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?  
IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Rams?  
IQ3: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints?

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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:** [October 31, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/4 "2019-10-31T17:14:18Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> 1. Were you disco queen who also did new wave and gospel?
> 2. Were you an “evil” kid in the original Toy Story?
> 3. Were you half a puppeteering team in the late 60s/early 70s?

1. I am not Donna Summer.
2. I don’t recall, but he’s a trash collector in Toy Story 3. Take a DQ.
3. That’s not Shari Lewis, so take a DQ.

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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:** [October 31, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/5 "2019-10-31T17:15:20Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?  
> IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Rams?  
> IQ3: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints?

Offsides! Illegal use of knowledge of the Botticelli Host’s weakness!

Take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/6 "2019-10-31T17:29:32Z")

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2 was Sid, 3 was not Shari Lewis, but Sid Krofft.

Real?  
Male?

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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:** [October 31, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/7 "2019-10-31T17:32:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female

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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 1, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/8 "2019-11-01T02:17:46Z")

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IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR?  
Were you his second?  
Were you his SECSTATE?

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/9 "2019-11-01T02:58:27Z")

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1. Were you animated into a music video by Paula Abdul?
2. Were you a mustachioed singer with the song Only You?
3. Were you originally Maharishi in a Beatles song?

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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 1, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/10 "2019-11-01T06:40:11Z")

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1. Did you have a book written about you called The Lost Sister of Wyoming?
2. Did you create the Cherokee alphabet?
3. Did you dub Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot?

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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 1, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/11 "2019-11-01T12:20:02Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?  
> IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Rams?  
> IQ3: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints?
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> Offsides! Illegal use of knowledge of the Botticelli Host’s weakness!
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> Take 3 DQs.

Upon further review, the call is reversed.

Matthew Stafford, Sean McVay, Sean Payton

DQ: Alive?  
DQ: Last name start with S?  
DQ: 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 1, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/12 "2019-11-01T12:42:15Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. First name starts with S (which is her only name, professionally)
5. 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 1, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/13 "2019-11-01T12:48:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR?  
> Were you his second?  
> Were you his SECSTATE?

I am not Simon Cameron, nor Edwin Stanton, nor William Seward.

> [@atimnie](#):
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> 1. Were you animated into a music video by Paula Abdul?
> 2. Were you a mustachioed singer with the song Only You?
> 3. Were you originally Maharishi in a Beatles song?

#1. I assume that’s one of the Wild Pair from _Opposites Attract._ Take a DQ.  
#2. I think of the Platters for Only You. Take a DQ.  
#3. I am not Ringo Starr (??). Take a DQ if I’m wrong.

> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Did you have a book written about you called The Lost Sister of Wyoming?
> 2. Did you create the Cherokee alphabet?
> 3. Did you dub Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot?

#1. I am not Sacagaweah (??). Take a DQ if I’m wrong.  
#2. I am not Sequoiah.  
#3. I am not Sitting Bull.

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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 1, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/14 "2019-11-01T12:54:36Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. I am not Sacagaweah (??). Take a DQ if I’m wrong.  
> #2. I am not Sequoiah.  
> #3. I am not Sitting Bull.

#1 was actually Frances Slocum. The Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. She was captured by Indians in 1778 at about age 6 and assimilated.

DQ: Do your hips not lie?

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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 1, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/15 "2019-11-01T13:13:47Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> #1 was actually Frances Slocum. The Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. She was captured by Indians in 1778 at about age 6 and assimilated.
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> DQ: Do your hips not lie?

I am not Shakira.

But, **kitap** , DQs are for asking the real “20 Questions” type (until the end game). So, I’m counting that DQ as an IQ, and saying ask again. (Look at previous games if you need guidance.)

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/16 "2019-11-01T14:15:58Z")

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_1. Were you animated into a music video by Paula Abdul?  
2. Were you a mustachioed singer with the song Only You?  
3. Were you originally Maharishi in a Beatles song?_

1 was MC Skat Kat, in Opposites Attract  
2 was Scatman John  
3 was Sexy Sadie

Known for the arts?  
Popular in this century?  
1 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 1, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/17 "2019-11-01T14:32:00Z")

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IQ: Did you sing _Smooth Operator_?

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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 1, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/18 "2019-11-01T15:42:21Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. First name starts with S (which is her only name, professionally)
5. Not American
6. Known for the arts
7. Popular in this century

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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 1, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/19 "2019-11-01T15:43:24Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ: Did you sing _Smooth Operator_?

I am not Sade.

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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 2, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2019/842795/20 "2019-11-02T04:09:02Z")

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Swept me!

IQs:

Was your brother a noted pre-1897 American general?  
Was your brother a noted pre-1897 U.S. senator?  
Were you #2’s Catholic wife?

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