# 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\
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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 5, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/61 "2021-11-05T22:52:02Z")

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I’ll rephrase  
Jerry Lee Lewis - “allegedly” because he has both confirmed and denied it.  
Correct

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 5, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/62 "2021-11-05T22:56:41Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with L
4. Alive
5. Known for the Arts
6. American

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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 5, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/63 "2021-11-05T23:06:49Z")

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IQ1: Were you a prolific producer of 1970s American sitcoms, including _All in the Family_ and its various spinoffs.  
IQ2: Were you the long-time center square on _Hollywood Squares_?  
IQ3: Are you an actor so hated by my mother she made me turn off your starring turn in the sci-fi film _It Conquered the World_?

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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 6, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/64 "2021-11-06T01:09:50Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a prolific producer of 1970s American sitcoms, including _All in the Family_ and its various spinoffs.  
> IQ2: Were you the long-time center square on _Hollywood Squares_ ?  
> IQ3: Are you an actor so hated by my mother she made me turn off your starring turn in the sci-fi film _It Conquered the World_ ?

1. I am not Norman Lear.
2. I am not Paul Lynde.
3. I am not Leonard Nimoy (??)

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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 6, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/65 "2021-11-06T01:30:56Z")

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Yes, Yes, Lee Van Cleef

DQ: Actor?

GQ: Where is everybody?

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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 6, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/66 "2021-11-06T03:24:35Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write **Strawberry Girl** among other books?
2. Did you adopt an angry blue alien creature in an animated film?
3. Did you play Barnaby Jones’s daughter in law on the TV show of the same name?

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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 6, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/67 "2021-11-06T12:43:36Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with L
4. Alive
5. Known for the Arts
6. American
7. Actor

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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 6, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/68 "2021-11-06T12:43:53Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write **Strawberry Girl** among other books?
> 2. Did you adopt an angry blue alien creature in an animated film?
> 3. Did you play Barnaby Jones’s daughter in law on the TV show of the same name?

#2. I am not Lilo. Take 2 DQs.

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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 6, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/69 "2021-11-06T19:11:59Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write **Strawberry Girl** among other books?
> 2. Did you adopt an angry blue alien creature in an animated film?
> 3. Did you play Barnaby Jones’s daughter in law on the TV show of the same name?

Lois Lenski, correct, Lee Meriwether

DQs:

1. Caucasian?
2. Best known from TV?

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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 6, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/70 "2021-11-06T19:23:55Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with L
4. Alive
5. Known for the Arts
6. American
7. Actor
8. Caucasian
9. Arguably as well known from TV as from movies, but well known for both

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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 6, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/71 "2021-11-06T23:20:58Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Miss Scarlet in **Clue**?
2. Did you play Rick on the original **Magnum, PI**?
3. Were you the older of the fictional Dana Girls?

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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 7, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/72 "2021-11-07T02:03:29Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Miss Scarlet in **Clue**?
> 2. Did you play Rick on the original **Magnum, PI**?
> 3. Were you the older of the fictional Dana Girls?

#1. I am not Leslie Ann Warren.  
Take 2 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 8, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/73 "2021-11-08T03:08:45Z")

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IQ1: Did both Chuck Norris and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar make their screen debuts opposite you?  
IQ2: Were you a World War II era singer featured in both _Dr. Strangelove_ and _Pink Floyd The Wall_?  
IQ3: Did you write and direct the unseen film _The Day the Clown Cried_?

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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 8, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/74 "2021-11-08T03:35:25Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Miss Scarlet in **Clue**?
> 2. Did you play Rick on the original **Magnum, PI**?
> 3. Were you the older of the fictional Dana Girls?

Correct, Larry Manetti, Louise.

DQs:

1. Best known from a genre?

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 8, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/75 "2021-11-08T16:05:26Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with L
4. Alive
5. Known for the Arts
6. American
7. Actor
8. Caucasian
9. Arguably as well known from TV as from movies, but well known for both
10. In film best known for a genre, not so for TV

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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 8, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/76 "2021-11-08T16:05:47Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did both Chuck Norris and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar make their screen debuts opposite you?  
> IQ2: Were you a World War II era singer featured in both _Dr. Strangelove_ and _Pink Floyd The Wall_ ?  
> IQ3: Did you write and direct the unseen film _The Day the Clown Cried_ ?

Take 2 DQs.  
#3. I am not Jerry Lewis.

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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 8, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/77 "2021-11-08T17:33:50Z")

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Bruce Lee, in _Way of the Dragon_ and _Game of Death_, respectively.  
Vera Lynn  
Correct

DQ1: Born before 1970?  
Holding one 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:** [November 8, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/78 "2021-11-08T19:29:41Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with L
4. Alive
5. Known for the Arts
6. American
7. Actor
8. Caucasian
9. Arguably as well known from TV as from movies, but well known for both
10. In film best known for a genre, not so for TV
11. Born before 1970

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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 8, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/79 "2021-11-08T20:00:00Z")

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Held DQ: Greatest fame before 1990?

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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 8, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/80 "2021-11-08T22:14:47Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with L
4. Alive
5. Known for the Arts
6. American
7. Actor
8. Caucasian
9. Arguably as well known from TV as from movies, but well known for both
10. In film best known for a genre, not so for TV
11. Born before 1970
12. Greatest fame before 1990

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