# Botticelli November 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596 "2021-11-01T01:35:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/181 "2021-11-21T16:27:26Z")

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1. I am not Mephistopheles.
2. I am not Manfred Mann.
3. I am not Madge.

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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, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/182 "2021-11-22T05:23:31Z")

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Sweep!

IQ1: Were you an NBC Sunday Mystery Movie crime solver played by Dennis Weaver?  
IQ2: Were you an NBC Sunday Mystery Movie crime solver played by Rock Hudson?  
IQ3: Were you an NBC Sunday Mystery Movie crime solver played by Susan Saint James?

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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, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/183 "2021-11-22T13:25:08Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Sweep!
> 
> IQ1: Were you an NBC Sunday Mystery Movie crime solver played by Dennis Weaver?  
> IQ2: Were you an NBC Sunday Mystery Movie crime solver played by Rock Hudson?  
> IQ3: Were you an NBC Sunday Mystery Movie crime solver played by Susan Saint James

I am not McCloud, or McMillan and Wife.

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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 22, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/184 "2021-11-22T18:47:22Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you the post-WWII commandant of The Citadel? - Gen. Mark Clark  
Have you played an Austenian hero, a spy-tech guy and a Victorian villain? - Mark Strong, in _Emma, Kingsman_ and _Sherlock Holmes_  
Are you the current Episcopal Bishop of Ohio? - Mark Hollingsworth

Mark x3!

DQs:

American?  
Last name start with M?  
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Did you play the female lead in The Abyss?  
Did your husband joke that your family’s last name reflected its high opinion of itself?  
Did you think you were pregnant, and were very happy about it, but we know now that it was probably ovarian cancer?

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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, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/185 "2021-11-22T19:21:48Z")

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IQs

1. Did you play the Muppaphone?
2. Were you originally called “Antwerp”?
3. When you were created, were you left in a dark room for six months?

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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, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/186 "2021-11-22T19:40:28Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Character is not American
4. Last name starts with M
5. Would not be alive today, if real

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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, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/187 "2021-11-22T19:42:25Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you play the female lead in The Abyss?  
> Did your husband joke that your family’s last name reflected its high opinion of itself?  
> Did you think you were pregnant, and were very happy about it, but we know now that it was probably ovarian cancer?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs
> 
> 1. Did you play the Muppaphone?
> 2. Were you originally called “Antwerp”?
> 3. When you were created, were you left in a dark room for six months?

> [@MissTake](#):
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> 1. Did you play the Muppaphone?
> 2. Were you originally called “Antwerp”?
> 3. When you were created, were you left in a dark room for six months?

1. I am not Marvin Suggs.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/188 "2021-11-22T20:34:55Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
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> > 1. Did you play the Muppaphone?
> > 2. Were you originally called “Antwerp”?
> > 3. When you were created, were you left in a dark room for six months?
> 
> 1. I am not Marvin Suggs.  
> Take 2 DQs.

Yes, Marvin the Martian, Marvin the Paranoid Android

DQs

1. From a movie/cartoon?
2. From Great Britain?

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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 22, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/189 "2021-11-22T20:57:14Z")

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IQs:

Did you play the female lead in _The Abyss_? - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio  
Did your husband joke that your family’s last name reflected its high opinion of itself? - Abraham Lincoln said, “God is content with one ‘d,’ but the Todds must have two.”  
Did you think you were pregnant, and were very happy about it, but we know now that it was probably ovarian cancer? - Queen Mary of England

Mary x3!

DQs:

First appeared since 1900?  
Protagonist?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you strike an important blow on the Gladden Fields?  
Were you a state governor of note in the last quarter of the 20th century with the middle name Stanley?  
Were you married to Keiko, a botanist?

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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, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/190 "2021-11-22T21:55:39Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Character is not American
4. Last name starts with M
5. Would not be alive today, if real
6. Originally from a book, but later from a movie
7. Character is not from Great Britain
8. First appeared after 1900
9. Not the protagonist

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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, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/191 "2021-11-22T21:56:47Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did you strike an important blow on the Gladden Fields?  
> Were you a state governor of note in the last quarter of the 20th century with the middle name Stanley?  
> Were you married to Keiko, a botanist?

#3. I am not Miles O’Brien.  
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 23, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/192 "2021-11-23T14:09:08Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you strike an important blow on the Gladden Fields? - Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck, in _LOTR_  
Were you a state governor of note in the last quarter of the 20th century with the middle name Stanley? - Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts  
Were you married to Keiko, a botanist? - Yes, Miles O’Brien, on _ST:DS9_

DQs:

European?  
A good guy?  
First appeared after 1950?

IQs:

Were you a former governor of Maryland who ran for President?  
Were you Candice Bergin’s late husband?  
Did you famously say, “In the long run, we’re all dead”?

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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 23, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/193 "2021-11-23T16:48:45Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Character is not American; **but author is American**
4. Last name starts with M
5. Would not be alive today, if real
6. Originally from a book, but later from a movie
7. Character is not from Great Britain
8. First appeared after 1900
9. Not the protagonist
10. Character is European
11. Good guy
12. First appeared after 1950

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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 23, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/194 "2021-11-23T16:49:43Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you a former governor of Maryland who ran for President?  
> Were you Candice Bergin’s late husband?  
> Did you famously say, “In the long run, we’re all dead”?

Take 3 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 23, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/195 "2021-11-23T23:04:02Z")

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Martin O’Malley, director Louis Malle and British economist John Maynard Keynes.

DQs:

Character from in or east of Vienna?  
Character from in or north of Vienna?  
From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, horror, etc.)?

IQs:

Did you have a big dog named Seaman which traveled a long way with you?  
Did you play Cmdr. John Koenig?  
Did you divorce your wife after you got out of prison?

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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 23, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/196 "2021-11-23T23:22:56Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Character is not American; **but author is American**
4. Last name starts with M
5. Would not be alive today, if real
6. Originally from a book, but later from a movie
7. Character is not from Great Britain
8. First appeared after 1900
9. Not the protagonist
10. Character is European
11. Good guy
12. First appeared after 1950
13. Character from west of Vienna
14. Character from south of Vienna
15. From genre fiction

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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 23, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/197 "2021-11-23T23:23:45Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Did you have a big dog named Seaman which traveled a long way with you?  
> Did you play Cmdr. John Koenig?  
> Did you divorce your wife after you got out of prison?

#3. I am not Nelson Mandela.  
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 24, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/198 "2021-11-24T16:28:53Z")

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Meriweather Lewis (of the Lewis and Clark expedition), Martin Landau (on _Space:1999_), and yes, Nelson Mandela.

DQs:

Story set in the U.S.?  
Character carries a gun or is often around those who do?

IQs:

Were you a cop who preferred that people not know your first name?  
Did you paint the earliest depiction of the U.S. House of Representatives in session?  
Were you a senior officer under Col. George Armstrong Custer during the Little Big Horn campaign?

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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 24, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/199 "2021-11-24T17:00:13Z")

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DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Character is not American; **but author is American**
4. Last name starts with M
5. Would not be alive today, if real
6. Originally from a book, but later from a movie
7. Character is not from Great Britain
8. First appeared after 1900
9. Not the protagonist
10. Character is European
11. Good guy
12. First appeared after 1950
13. Character from west of Vienna
14. Character from south of Vienna
15. From genre fiction
16. Story not set in the U.S.
17. Nobody has a gun.

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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 24, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/200 "2021-11-24T17:00:58Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you a cop who preferred that people not know your first name?  
> Did you paint the earliest depiction of the U.S. House of Representatives in session?  
> Were you a senior officer under Col. George Armstrong Custer during the Little Big Horn campaign?

1. I am not Monk (??)  
Take 2 DQs.

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