# Botticelli - November 2024

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 30, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446 "2024-10-30T12:25:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 17

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/321 "2024-11-24T03:27:17Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> > [@knoodler](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > 1. Were you a member of a well-known rock band who joined your former bandmate to perform under the name “Willy and the Poor Boys”?
> > 2. According to the author’s widow, were you originally intended to be a black kid?
> > 3. Was your tomb was engraved with the image of a tenor saxophone, although you’re primarily associated with the alto saxophone?
> 
> Take a DQ, I am not Charlie Brown, take a DQ.

1. Charlie Watts
2. Charlie Bucket
3. Charlie Parker

Charlies x3!

**DQs**

1. Alive?
2. American?
3. Known for arts?

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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 24, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/322 "2024-11-24T04:44:55Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
5. Not known for the Arts.

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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, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/323 "2024-11-24T23:09:23Z")

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C it is.

IQs:

Do you have a laughable alternative name in the Tolkien legendarium?  
Were you the lord of the Grey Havens?  
Were you a big mean evil wolf who fought Huan?

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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 24, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/324 "2024-11-24T23:43:50Z")

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I am not Celeborn and,take two DQs.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/325 "2024-11-25T02:50:58Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play a problem child on _Dallas_?
2. Did you dub Kamala Harris “brat”?
3. Did you play a monster in 2003?

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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 25, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/326 "2024-11-25T06:54:05Z")

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I am not Charlene Tilton and take 2 DQs.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/327 "2024-11-25T14:23:29Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you play a problem child on _Dallas_?
> 2. Did you dub Kamala Harris “brat”?
> 3. Did you play a monster in 2003?

1. Correct
2. Charli XCX
3. Charlize Theron (_Monster_)

2 DQs reserved

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/328 "2024-11-25T14:39:49Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you star in a Nickelodeon series as a teen who creates a smash hit web show?
2. Are you the character played by #1?
3. Did you score a hat trick in the first sixteen minutes of the 2015 World Cup final?

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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 25, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/329 "2024-11-25T17:36:38Z")

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Previous IQs:

Do you have a laughable alternative name in the Tolkien legendarium? - Yes, Celeborn AKA Teleporno  
Were you the lord of the Grey Havens? - Cirdan the Elf  
Were you a big mean evil wolf who fought Huan? - [Carcharoth](https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Carcharoth)

All from the works of JRR Tolkien.

DQs:

European?  
Political/military?

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS?  
Did you hide out in the woods for a few weeks as a Confederate militiaman before heading west?  
Did you command the 20th Maine at Little Round Top?

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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 26, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/330 "2024-11-26T02:30:42Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you star in a Nickelodeon series as a teen who creates a smash hit web show?
> 2. Are you the character played by #1?
> 3. Did you score a hat trick in the first sixteen minutes of the 2015 World Cup final?

Take 3 DQs.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Previous IQs:
> 
> IQs:
> 
> Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS?  
> Did you hide out in the woods for a few weeks as a Confederate militiaman before heading west?  
> Did you command the 20th Maine at Little Round Top?

Take 3 more 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 26, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/331 "2024-11-26T02:33:21Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
5. Not known for the Arts.
6. European
7. Not **in** politics or the military, but became famous because of them.

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/332 "2024-11-26T03:15:05Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
>
> > [@SunUp](#):
> >
> > 1. Did you star in a Nickelodeon series as a teen who creates a smash hit web show?
> > 2. Are you the character played by #1?
> > 3. Did you score a hat trick in the first sixteen minutes of the 2015 World Cup final?
> 
> Take 3 DQs.

Miranda Cosgrove, Carly Shay, and Carli Lloyd.

DQs:

1. British?
2. Famous more for politics than for the military?

1 DQ reserved.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/333 "2024-11-26T04:28:50Z")

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DQ:

First name begins with C?  
Born after 1980?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/334 "2024-11-26T04:39:06Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you have an iconic “Pink Bikini” poster in 1978?
2. Were you introduced to your future husband by your on-screen husband?
3. Did you get an early start to your career by singing at Rupert Murdoch’s wedding in 1999?

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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 26, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/335 "2024-11-26T04:59:01Z")

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Take 3 DQs. i can only think of Farrah Fawcett for the poster.

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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 26, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/336 "2024-11-26T05:00:55Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
5. Not known for the Arts.
6. European
7. Not **in** politics or the military, but became famous because of them.
8. British
9. Famous more for politics
10. First name begins with C
11. Born before 1980

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/337 "2024-11-26T05:04:09Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you have an iconic “Pink Bikini” poster in 1978?
> 2. Were you introduced to your future husband by your on-screen husband?
> 3. Did you get an early start to your career by singing at Rupert Murdoch’s wedding in 1999?

1. Close! Cheryl Tiegs
2. Cheryl Hines
3. Charlotte Church

3 DQs reserved

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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 26, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/338 "2024-11-26T22:13:52Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s SECTREAS? - Salmon P. Chase  
Did you hide out in the woods for a few weeks as a Confederate militiaman before heading west? - Samuel Clemens LKA Mark Twain  
Did you command the 20th Maine at Little Round Top? - Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Three Civil War C’s!

DQs:

Most famous for a single incident?  
Born before 1950?  
Famous spouse?

IQs:

Was your country home Chartwell?  
Were you that person’s spouse?  
Were you their insufferable eldest son?

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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 27, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/339 "2024-11-27T02:11:43Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> Was your country home Chartwell?  
> Were you that person’s spouse?  
> Were you their insufferable eldest son?

Um… I am not King Charles I? Take 3 DQs because I am clueless.

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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 27, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/340 "2024-11-27T02:15:25Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
5. Not known for the Arts.
6. European
7. Not **in** politics or the military, but became famous because of them.
8. British
9. Famous more for politics
10. First name begins with C
11. Born before 1980
12. Not most famous for a single incident.
13. Born after 1950.
14. Famous to a specific group; I suspect most people would say “who?”

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