# Botticelli - October 2013

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 12

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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 22, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/221 "2013-10-22T00:04:22Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you use the title “Ambassador” for many years after you’d actually been one? - Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.  
Were you married at Hammersmith Farm? - Yes, his daughter-in-law, Jackie  
Did the President visit you in your hospital room after you’d been injured in a plane crash? - LBJ visited Edward “Ted” Kennedy in the hospital

DQs:

Last name start with K?  
In the visual arts (photography, illustrating, painting, movies, sculpture, etc.)?

IQs:

Did you call one of your girlfriends “Inga Binga”?  
Did you, when exhausted, climb on a table and begin singing?  
Was a park in your home city named after you quite a few years after you died?

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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 22, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/222 "2013-10-22T00:16:32Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did Jim J Bullock get “too close for comfort”?

I’m not Ted Knight.

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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 22, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/223 "2013-10-22T00:18:04Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you an alleged rival of Edgar Rice Burroughs who also wrote stories set on Mars and Venus?  
> IQ2: Were you a fictional British spy in Afghanistan in the early 20th century?  
> IQ3: Are you known as the first king of Scotland?

Take 3 DQs.

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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 22, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/224 "2013-10-22T00:19:05Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you call one of your girlfriends “Inga Binga”?  
> Did you, when exhausted, climb on a table and begin singing?  
> Was a park in your home city named after you quite a few years after you died?

and 3 more DQs.

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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 22, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/225 "2013-10-22T00:20:35Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Died after 1900
5. American
6. Not a politician
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. In the Arts
9. From south of the Mason-Dixon Line
10. Died after 1975
11. Not a musician
12. Last name starts with K
13. In the visual arts as described above

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/226 "2013-10-22T00:30:16Z")

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IQ: Were you the Gipper’s UN ambassador?

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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 22, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/227 "2013-10-22T00:31:14Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Were you the Gipper’s UN ambassador?

Take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/228 "2013-10-22T00:36:41Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you an alleged rival of Edgar Rice Burroughs who also wrote stories set on Mars and Venus?  
> IQ2: Were you a fictional British spy in Afghanistan in the early 20th century?  
> IQ3: Are you known as the first king of Scotland?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take 3 DQs.

Otis Adelbert Kline.  
Athelstan King, from Talbot Mundy’s _King, of the Khyber Rifles_.  
Kenneth MacAlpin.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/229 "2013-10-22T00:42:18Z")

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That was Jeanne Kirkpatrick

DQ: Award winner?

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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 22, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/230 "2013-10-22T00:44:34Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Died after 1900
5. American
6. Not a politician
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. In the Arts
9. From south of the Mason-Dixon Line
10. Died after 1975
11. Not a musician
12. Last name starts with K
13. In the visual arts as described above
14. Not a winner of a top award

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/231 "2013-10-22T00:48:18Z")

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IQ: Did you go “On the Road”?

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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 22, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/232 "2013-10-22T01:06:12Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did you go “On the Road”?

I’m not Kerouac.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/233 "2013-10-22T01:22:38Z")

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IQ: Were you an American tennis player overshadowed during the Sampras/Agassi era?

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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 22, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/234 "2013-10-22T01:34:53Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Were you an American tennis player overshadowed during the Sampras/Agassi era?

I’m not Billie Jean King.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/235 "2013-10-22T01:37:48Z")

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That was actually Aaron Krickstein

DQ: Painter?

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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 22, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/236 "2013-10-22T01:47:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Died after 1900
5. American
6. Not a politician
7. Born east of the Mississippi
8. In the Arts
9. From south of the Mason-Dixon Line
10. Died after 1975
11. Not a musician
12. Last name starts with K
13. In the visual arts as described above
14. Not a winner of a top award
15. Not a painter

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/237 "2013-10-22T02:25:08Z")

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IQ: Are you the cousin of a suspected dirty Honolulu cop?

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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 22, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/238 "2013-10-22T11:53:01Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Are you the cousin of a suspected dirty Honolulu cop?

Take a DQ.

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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 22, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/239 "2013-10-22T13:28:55Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you call one of your girlfriends “Inga Binga”? - John F. Kennedy, speaking of Inga Arvad (sp?), his girlfriend during WWII.  
Did you, when exhausted, climb on a table and begin singing? - Bobby Kennedy, during the 1960 W.Va. Democratic primary, as described by Theodore White.  
Was a park in your home city named after you quite a few years after you died? - Rose Kennedy, in Boston.

DQ:

Photographer?

Two DQs reserved. So we have an American Southeastern visual artist who’s died since 1975, with a last name starting with K. Hmmm.

IQs:

Did you take an iconic photograph of Churchill?  
Have you played a governor’s daughter, a princess’s aide, a nurse and a farmgirl?  
Did you play two roles in a Nineties political comedy?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/240 "2013-10-22T14:18:20Z")

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That was Kono from Hawaii 5-0"

DQ: Did you ever appear on a magazine cover?

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