# Botticelli, Oct. 2022

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516 "2022-09-30T17:26:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [October 1, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/21 "2022-10-01T03:11:31Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Did you play Templeton “Faceman” Peck on the pilot episode of **The A-Team**?
> 2. Did you play the above character in the rest of the show?
> 3. Did you play Errol Flynn in the **My Wicked, Wicked Ways** TV movie?

Tim Dunigan, correct, Duncan Regehr.

DQs:

1. Known for politics?
2. Died after 2000?

IQs:

1. Did Duncan Regehr play you on **Wizards and Warriors**?
2. Did you play Princess Ariel on the above show?
3. Did you play John Diggle on **Arrow**?

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/22 "2022-10-01T03:57:22Z")

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A Python sweep

IQ1: Were you the king of the surf guitar?  
IQ2: Are you the title character of a comic strip that was recently dropped from over 70 newspapers?  
IQ3: To date, are you the only actor to have been nominated twice for Best Actor posthumously?

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/23 "2022-10-01T12:07:06Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you Frito’s uncle in _Bored of the Rings_?
2. Did you write _The Idiot_?
3. Did you come up with the Periodic Table of the Elements?

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/24 "2022-10-01T18:07:10Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did Duncan Regehr play you on **Wizards and Warriors**?
> 2. Did you play Princess Ariel on the above show?
> 3. Did you play John Diggle on **Arrow**?

Dunno x3

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/25 "2022-10-01T18:08:20Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the king of the surf guitar?  
> IQ2: Are you the title character of a comic strip that was recently dropped from over 70 newspapers?  
> IQ3: To date, are you the only actor to have been nominated twice for Best Actor posthumously?

Dunno, not Doonesbury and dunno.

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/26 "2022-10-01T18:09:27Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Frito’s uncle in _Bored of the Rings_?
> 2. Did you write _The Idiot_?
> 3. Did you come up with the Periodic Table of the Elements?

Not Dildo, not Doestoevsky (sp?) and dunno.

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/27 "2022-10-01T18:12:05Z")

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D.

1. real
2. dead
3. first name began with D
4. male
5. died after 1950
6. American
7. died before 1980
8. not known for the Arts, as such
9. not known for politics

Take another DQ, **kitap** , given the latest year-of-death question.

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/28 "2022-10-01T18:55:30Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > 1. Are you Frito’s uncle in _Bored of the Rings_?
> > 2. Did you write _The Idiot_?
> > 3. Did you come up with the Periodic Table of the Elements?
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> Not Dildo, not Doestoevsky (sp?) and dunno.

Correct, Correct and Dmitri Mendeleyev.

DQ: Known for sports?

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/29 "2022-10-01T20:21:12Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> > IQ1: Were you the king of the surf guitar?  
> > IQ2: Are you the title character of a comic strip that was recently dropped from over 70 newspapers?  
> > IQ3: To date, are you the only actor to have been nominated twice for Best Actor posthumously?
> 
> Dunno, not Doonesbury and dunno.

Dick Dale  
I don’t think Doonesbury was purged recently, but just in case, I’ll rephrase  
James Dean, nominated in 1956 for _East of Eden_ and in 1957 for _Giant_. He died in 1955.

Holding 2 DQs

ETA: Withdrew my DQ after seeing Prof. asked the same thing

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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:** [October 1, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/30 "2022-10-01T20:33:08Z")

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IQ1: Are you the title character of an office-related comic strip that was recently dropped from over 70 newspapers?  
IQ2: Do all the folks 'round Brownsville say you’re crazy 'cause you walk down town with a suitcase in your hand looking for a mysterious dark-haired man?  
IQ3: Was Muttley your sidekick?

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/31 "2022-10-02T01:07:50Z")

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IQs:  
1. Were you spoofed as Nimrod Wildfire (on a theater stage, in New York)?  
2. Did you say that Katherine Hepburn ran “the gamut of emotions from A to B”?  
3. Whatever happened to your Transylvania Twist?

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/32 "2022-10-02T02:58:41Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> 1. Did Duncan Regehr play you on **Wizards and Warriors**?
> 2. Did you play Princess Ariel on the above show?
> 3. Did you play John Diggle on **Arrow**?

Dirk Blackpool, Julia Duffy, David Ramsey.

DQ redo:  
1.Born before 1900?

Three DQs held.

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/33 "2022-10-02T12:39:40Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you the triangular-faced antagonist in _The H.M.S. Pinafore_?
2. Are you secretly Zorro?
3. Did you play Face on _The A-Team_?

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/34 "2022-10-02T15:26:03Z")

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Pssst… I already asked question 3.

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/35 "2022-10-02T15:39:18Z")

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Oh!

In that case…

1. Did the King of the Leprechauns save your life in a Disney movie?

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/36 "2022-10-02T22:12:18Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the title character of an office-related comic strip that was recently dropped from over 70 newspapers?  
> IQ2: Do all the folks 'round Brownsville say you’re crazy 'cause you walk down town with a suitcase in your hand looking for a mysterious dark-haired man?  
> IQ3: Was Muttley your sidekick?

Not Dilbert, dunno and not Dastardly Dick.

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/37 "2022-10-02T22:13:33Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:  
> 1. Were you spoofed as Nimrod Wildfire (on a theater stage, in New York)?  
> 2. Did you say that Katherine Hepburn ran “the gamut of emotions from A to B”?  
> 3. Whatever happened to your Transylvania Twist?

Dunno, not Dorothy Parker and not Dracula.

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/38 "2022-10-02T22:14:49Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you the triangular-faced antagonist in _The H.M.S. Pinafore_?
> 2. Are you secretly Zorro?….

Not Deadeye Dick or Don Diego.

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/39 "2022-10-02T22:15:55Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> ….  
> 3. Did the King of the Leprechauns save your life in a Disney movie?

Not Darby O’Gillis.

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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:** [October 2, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/40 "2022-10-02T22:17:34Z")

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D.

1. real
2. dead
3. first name began with D
4. male
5. died after 1950
6. American
7. died before 1980
8. not known for the Arts, as such
9. not known for politics
10. not known for sports
11. born before 1900

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