# Botticelli - November 2023

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551 "2023-11-03T23:20:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1

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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 3, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/1 "2023-11-03T23:20:40Z")

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I am

[![](https://i.etsystatic.com/44945410/r/il/424a17/5126591522/il_794xN.5126591522_duh5.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/44945410/r/il/424a17/5126591522/il_794xN.5126591522_duh5.jpg)

## T

that is.

Link from October: [Botticelli October 2023 - #303 by Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/303)

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/2 "2023-11-04T18:37:30Z")

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1. Do you think it’s not unusual to be loved by anyone?
2. Did you and your two brothers capture a small band of travelers and keep them until morning?
3. Did Arnold say to you “I only played The Terminator; you married her!”

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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 4, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/3 "2023-11-04T19:17:03Z")

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Welcome back, Doctor.

> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
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> - Do you think it’s not unusual to be loved by anyone?
> - Did you and your two brothers capture a small band of travelers and keep them until morning?
> - Did Arnold say to you “I only played The Terminator; you married her!”

1. I am not Tom Jones.  
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 4, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/4 "2023-11-04T19:59:38Z")

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IQs:

Was your first battlefield victory at Mill Springs, Ky.?  
Were you a Starfleet admiral who said not a word?  
Did a clergyman write kids’ books about you and your metal friends?

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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 4, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/5 "2023-11-04T23:14:25Z")

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EH, take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/6 "2023-11-05T00:35:02Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Welcome back, Doctor.
> 
> > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
> >
> > - Do you think it’s not unusual to be loved by anyone?
> > - Did you and your two brothers capture a small band of travelers and keep them until morning?
> > - Did Arnold say to you “I only played The Terminator; you married her!”
> 
> 1. I am not Tom Jones.  
> Take 2 DQs.

2 was Tom the stone troll from The Hobbit  
3 was Tom Arnold

Tom x 3!

Real?  
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 5, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/7 "2023-11-05T01:35:48Z")

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### DQs:

1. Real
2. Male

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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 5, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/8 "2023-11-05T20:12:03Z")

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Previous IQs:

Was your first battlefield victory at Mill Springs, Ky.? - Gen. George H. Thomas during the Civil War  
Were you a Starfleet admiral who said not a word? - Adm. Thomas in the _ST:TNG_ episode “The Drumhead” had not a single line of dialogue  
Did a clergyman write kids’ books about you and your metal friends? - Thomas the Tank Engine

Thomas x3!

DQs:

American?  
Living?  
Last name start with T?

IQs:

Were you chief of security aboard USS _Voyager_?  
Were you its helmsman?  
Were you its chief engineer?

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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, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/9 "2023-11-06T02:11:11Z")

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### DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name starting with T.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you chief of security aboard USS _Voyager_?  
> Were you its helmsman?  
> Were you its chief engineer?

Take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/10 "2023-11-06T17:06:22Z")

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IQ  
Are you a severely disabled resident of South Park Colorado?  
Are you a New Jersey Mobster who sought therapy for severe panic attacks?  
Did you direct people to take drugs and drop out of school?

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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, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/11 "2023-11-06T17:30:28Z")

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1. I am not Timmy.  
Take 2 DQs.

I mean, I know it’s “Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out”, but I thought that was Mr. Natural.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/12 "2023-11-06T17:46:54Z")

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> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
>
> Are you a severely disabled resident of South Park Colorado?  
> Are you a New Jersey Mobster who sought therapy for severe panic attacks?  
> Did you direct people to take drugs and drop out of school?

1. Correct
2. Tony Soprano
3. Timothy Leary

DQ  
Known for the arts?

1 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 6, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/13 "2023-11-06T18:42:22Z")

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### DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name starting with T.
6. Known for the Arts

🤦‍♂️ Of course it was Timothy Leary!

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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 6, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/14 "2023-11-06T19:34:12Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you chief of security aboard USS _Voyager_? - Tuvok, in the Nineties _ST_ series  
Were you its helmsman? - Tom Paris  
Were you its chief engineer? - B’Elanna Torres (who later married Paris)

DQs:

Best known for the performing arts?  
Died before 2000?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you married on _The Tonight Show_?  
Were you an enchanter known for throwing fireballs and being unsure of your name?  
Were you the subject of a Christmas-related poll question right here on the SDMB?

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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, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/15 "2023-11-06T20:01:03Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:13, topic:992551”]

### DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name starting with T.
6. Known for the Arts
7. Known for the performing arts
8. Died before 2000

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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, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/16 "2023-11-06T20:02:08Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Were you married on _The Tonight Show_?  
> Were you an enchanter known for throwing fireballs and being unsure of your name?  
> Were you the subject of a Christmas-related poll question right here on the SDMB?

1. I am not Tiny Tim.
2. I am not Tim the Enchanter.
3. I am not Tim Cratchit (??)

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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 6, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/17 "2023-11-06T20:45:59Z")

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Swept me! Tim x3.

Reserved DQ:

Actor?

IQs:

Were you the Steelers’ QB in the glory years of the late Seventies and early Eighties?  
Were you the noble lead android in Robert Silverberg’s sf novel _Tower of Glass_?  
Did you once perform in a show featuring MoFo the Psychic Gorilla?

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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, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/18 "2023-11-06T22:01:59Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:15, topic:992551”]

### DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name starting with T.
6. Known for the Arts
7. Known for the performing arts
8. Died before 2000
9. 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, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/19 "2023-11-06T22:02:15Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Were you the Steelers’ QB in the glory years of the late Seventies and early Eighties?  
> Were you the noble lead android in Robert Silverberg’s sf novel _Tower of Glass_?  
> Did you once perform in a show featuring MoFo the Psychic Gorilla?

Take 3 more 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 7, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2023/992551/20 "2023-11-07T15:16:13Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you the Steelers’ QB in the glory years of the late Seventies and early Eighties? - Terry Bradshaw  
Were you the noble lead android in Robert Silverberg’s sf novel _Tower of Glass_? - Thor Watchman  
Did you once perform in a show featuring MoFo the Psychic Gorilla? - The shorter half of Penn & Teller (and I got to go up on stage with them!)

DQs:

Considered handsome?  
Best known for movies?  
Greatest fame before 1970?

IQs:

Did you star in _The Time Machine_?  
Did you play a folksy DA and a jerk of a White House chief of staff?  
Did your best-known character once, shirtless, think he was D’Artagnan?

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