# Botticelli - October 2015

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 1, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156 "2015-10-01T16:53:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 13

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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 14, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/241 "2015-10-14T19:37:47Z")

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IQ: Are you Moon Unit’s brother?

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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 14, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/242 "2015-10-14T19:40:07Z")

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IQ2: Are you Moon Unit’s other brother?

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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 14, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/243 "2015-10-14T20:38:57Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ: Are you Moon Unit’s brother?

Yes, I am Dweezil Zappa.

Good job, SCAdian!

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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 14, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/244 "2015-10-14T21:07:20Z")

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Never would have thought of him if I hadn’t just read your post #235. 🙂  
I am **M**.

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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 14, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/245 "2015-10-14T23:06:46Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you Dweezil Zappa’s sister?
2. Were you Wendell L. Willkie’s running mate in the 1940 election?
3. Were you the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/246 "2015-10-14T23:08:58Z")

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I think my assisting DQ might have helped…

IQ1: Is your name on the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009?  
IQ2: Are you the patron saint of tax collectors and accountants?  
IQ3: Are you a blind lawyer who patrols the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil?

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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 14, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/247 "2015-10-14T23:41:51Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Dweezil Zappa’s sister?
> 2. Were you Wendell L. Willkie’s running mate in the 1940 election?
> 3. Were you the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation?

Not Moon Unit Zappa.  
DQ.  
Not Wilma Mankiller. (Interesting name, that…)

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> I think my assisting DQ might have helped…
> 
> IQ1: Is your name on the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009?  
> IQ2: Are you the patron saint of tax collectors and accountants?  
> IQ3: Are you a blind lawyer who patrols the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil?

DQ.  
Not St Matthew.  
Not Matt Murdock.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> I think my assisting DQ might have helped…

Combined with the Prof’s mention of Zappa, yes. I don’t think either of them alone would have been enough to do it.

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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 15, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/248 "2015-10-15T01:24:25Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you Dweezil Zappa’s sister?
> 2. Were you Wendell L. Willkie’s running mate in the 1940 election?
> 3. Were you the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation?  
> Not Moon Unit Zappa.  
> DQ.  
> Not Wilma Mankiller. (Interesting name, that…)

Correct.  
2. Charles McHenry.  
Correct, and yes, it is.

DQ: Real?

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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 15, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/249 "2015-10-15T01:33:30Z")

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**M**

1. Real

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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 15, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/250 "2015-10-15T04:21:31Z")

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All right, **SCAdian**! Congrats.

Previous IQs:

Did Pershing chase but never catch you? - Emiliano Zapata.  
Did Strauss write a tone poem about you? - Yes, Zarathustra.  
Did you direct _Back to the Future_? - Yes, Robert Zemeckis.

On to M…

IQs:

Are you the protagonist of _Dark City_?  
Did your theories of naval power influence T.R.?  
Were you a Disney villainess?

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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 15, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/251 "2015-10-15T12:16:58Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> On to M…
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> IQs:
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> Are you the protagonist of _Dark City_?  
> Did your theories of naval power influence T.R.?  
> Were you a Disney villainess?

DQ.  
Not Alfred Thayer Mahan.  
Not Maleficent.

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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 15, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/252 "2015-10-15T12:53:29Z")

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Correct on both. The first was John Murdock.

DQ:

Male?

IQs:

Did you hang paintings by your husband all over your Penna. house?  
In a movie, did your dad pull himself along a spear to kill you?  
Did you mar the song of Eru?

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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 15, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/253 "2015-10-15T13:35:26Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you one of Doc Savage’s gang of allies?
2. Are you aka Kamala Khan?
3. Did you routinely battle the vile and salacious Oil-Can Harry?

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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 15, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/254 "2015-10-15T14:58:09Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you hang paintings by your husband all over your Penna. house?  
> In a movie, did your dad pull himself along a spear to kill you?  
> Did you mar the song of Eru?

DQ.  
DQ (though I think I should know this).  
Not … Morgoth?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you one of Doc Savage’s gang of allies?
> 2. Are you aka Kamala Khan?
> 3. Did you routinely battle the vile and salacious Oil-Can Harry?

Not LtCol Andrew Blodgett Mayfair.  
DQ.  
Not Mighty Mouse.  
**M**

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:** [October 15, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/255 "2015-10-15T15:11:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you one of Doc Savage’s gang of allies?
> 2. Are you aka Kamala Khan?
> 3. Did you routinely battle the vile and salacious Oil-Can Harry?  
> Not LtCol Andrew Blodgett Mayfair.  
> DQ.  
> Not Mighty Mouse.

Correct on Monk and Mighty Mouse.  
#2 is the present Ms. Marvel.

DQ: Alive?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/256 "2015-10-15T15:18:41Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Is your name on the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009?  
> IQ2: Are you the patron saint of tax collectors and accountants?  
> IQ3: Are you a blind lawyer who patrols the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil?
> 
> DQ.  
> Not St Matthew.  
> Not Matt Murdock.

Matthew Shephard for Matthew x3!

DQ: last name begin with M?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/257 "2015-10-15T15:29:06Z")

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IQ1: Did you hang out with your husband and bohemian friends in Switzerland and become inspired to write your first horror novel?  
IQ2: Were you a popular silent film starlet who frequently played the damsel-in-distress?  
IQ3: Was your most famous role opposite Humphrey Bogart in the _Maltese Falcon_?

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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 15, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/258 "2015-10-15T17:07:01Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you hang out with your husband and bohemian friends in Switzerland and become inspired to write your first horror novel?  
> IQ2: Were you a popular silent film starlet who frequently played the damsel-in-distress?  
> IQ3: Was your most famous role opposite Humphrey Bogart in the _Maltese Falcon_?

Not Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.  
Not Mary Pickford.  
DQ.  
**M**

1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with M

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/259 "2015-10-15T18:50:09Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did you hang out with your husband and bohemian friends in Switzerland and become inspired to write your first horror novel?  
> IQ2: Were you a popular silent film starlet who frequently played the damsel-in-distress?  
> IQ3: Was your most famous role opposite Humphrey Bogart in the Maltese Falcon?
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> Not Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.  
> Not Mary Pickford.  
> DQ.

Mary Astor for three Hail Marys.

DQ: American?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/260 "2015-10-15T18:57:41Z")

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IQ1: Are you a Dominican-American MLB outfielder who retired in 2009 rather than face a 100-game suspension for taking hCG?  
IQ2: Did you break the MLB record of most home runs in 1961 with 61?  
IQ3: Did you break IQ2’s record in 1998 with 70 home runs?

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