# 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:** 7

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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 11, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/121 "2021-11-11T23:06:42Z")

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IQ1: Have you played a pirate, a queens’ handmaiden, and a soccer player?  
IQ2: Have you played Lex Luthor’s sister?  
IQ3: Have you played a teenage murderer and a shipwreck survivor?

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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 11, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/122 "2021-11-11T23:34:30Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Have you played a pirate, a queens’ handmaiden, and a soccer player?

Yes, I am Keira Knightley!   
[![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ZjSpR4oG6ITWibkYofldvQHaEe?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ZjSpR4oG6ITWibkYofldvQHaEe?pid=ImgDet&rs=1)  
Good job, **Chock!**

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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 12, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/123 "2021-11-12T01:05:54Z")

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Cool!  
My other two IQs were Katie McGrath and Kate Winslet.

Next up…  
I am **P**

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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 12, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/124 "2021-11-12T04:13:20Z")

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Congrats!

IQs:

1. Did you end up staggering around a stage with a tuba over your head in a comedy movie?
2. Did Cloris Leachman play you on **The Mary Tyler Moore Show**?
3. Were you an American protest singer probably best known for the song _I Ain’t Marching Anymore_?

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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 12, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/125 "2021-11-12T06:15:33Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Did you end up staggering around a stage with a tuba over your head in a comedy movie?
> 2. Did Cloris Leachman play you on **The Mary Tyler Moore Show**?
> 3. Were you an American protest singer probably best known for the song _I Ain’t Marching Anymore_ ?

DQ  
Not Phyllis the landlady  
DQ

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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 12, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/126 "2021-11-12T06:48:54Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> Congrats!
> 
> IQs:
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> 1. Did you end up staggering around a stage with a tuba over your head in a comedy movie?
> 2. Did Cloris Leachman play you on **The Mary Tyler Moore Show**?
> 3. Were you an American protest singer probably best known for the song _I Ain’t Marching Anymore_?

Pia Zadora (the third Naked Gun movie), correct, Phil Ochs.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Female?

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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 12, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/127 "2021-11-12T12:48:43Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you People Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year?
2. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_?
3. Were you one of the stars of the highly acclaimed All-Leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_?

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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 12, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/128 "2021-11-12T15:52:49Z")

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As perhaps her most smitten SDMB admirer, I am deeply ashamed for not guessing Keira Knightley. Good one, **Prof. P.** , and congrats, **CFOHG**!

Previous IQs:

Are you the most famous fictional person from Toledo, Ohio? - Cpl. Max Klinger on _MASH_  
Were you the villain, perhaps unfairly, in _Breaker Morant_? - Lord Kitchener  
Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? - Lt. Col. Kilgore in _Apocalypse Now_

On to P…

IQs:

Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863?  
Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_?  
Did you found a notable Oregon woolen company?

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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 12, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/129 "2021-11-12T17:29:42Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Are you People Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year?
> 2. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_ ?
> 3. Were you one of the stars of the highly acclaimed All-Leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ?

Take 2 DQs  
Not Peter Sellars

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863?  
> Did Andre Braugher play you on _Homicide_ ?  
> Did you found a notable Oregon woolen company?

Take 2 DQs  
Not Mr. Pendleton? or take another DQ

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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 12, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/130 "2021-11-12T17:30:13Z")

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DQs  
**P**

1. Real
2. 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:** [November 12, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/131 "2021-11-12T17:41:15Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > 1. Are you People Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year?
> > 
> > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_ ?
> > > 2. Were you one of the stars of the highly acclaimed All-Leather 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ?
> 
> Take 2 DQs  
> Not Peter Sellars

#1 is Paul Rudd. Yes, really.  
#2 was Phil Tead.  
#3 is correct.

DQs:

1. Living?
2. Last name starts with P?

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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 12, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/132 "2021-11-12T17:43:40Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the first actress to play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_?
2. Were you Soleil Moon Frye’s best known role?
3. Did you play Kris’s lawyer in _Miracle on 34th Street_?

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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 12, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/133 "2021-11-12T23:40:20Z")

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DQs  
 **P**

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with P

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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 12, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/134 "2021-11-12T23:40:47Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Were you the first actress to play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_ ?
> 2. Were you Soleil Moon Frye’s best known role?
> 3. Did you play Kris’s lawyer in _Miracle on 34th Street_ ?

DQ  
Not Punky Brewster  
Not John Payne

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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 13, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/135 "2021-11-13T15:01:00Z")

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#1 was Phyllis Coates. Correct on the others.

DQ: 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 13, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/136 "2021-11-13T16:36:46Z")

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DQs  
 **P**

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with P
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 13, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/137 "2021-11-13T17:00:33Z")

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IQs:

1. Was Prometheus your brother-in-law?
2. Were you D’Artagnan’s valet?
3. Were you Cupid’s 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 13, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/138 "2021-11-13T18:10:25Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Was Prometheus your brother-in-law?
> 2. Were you D’Artagnan’s valet?
> 3. Were you Cupid’s wife?

2 DQs  
Not Psyche

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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 13, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/139 "2021-11-13T18:24:33Z")

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#1 was Pandora, wife of Epimetheus  
#2 was Planchet  
Correct on Psyche.

DQs:

1. Known for the Arts?
2. Died after 1900?

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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 13, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596/140 "2021-11-13T19:02:16Z")

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DQs  
 **P**

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Last name starts with P
5. Not American
6. Known for the Arts
7. Died after 1900

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