# Botticelli - October 2021

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [October 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843 "2021-10-04T01:12:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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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 16, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/101 "2021-10-16T17:20:58Z")

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Damn, you’re good!

U.

1. fictional
2. male
3. last name starts with U
4. might be alive today, if real
5. created by an American or Americans
6. from film or TV
7. not the main character
8. has not appeared in multiple media
9. from film
10. created after 1980
11. not the antagonist
12. first appeared before 2000
13. first appeared after 1990
14. appeared in only one movie
15. not from a work of sf or fantasy
16. from an Oscar-winning movie
17. not from a film set in contemporary times at its release
18. character actually appears onscreen and is not alias of another character
19. not from a comedy
20. from a World War II movie
21. from _Saving Private Ryan_

Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname [and/or] Lastname?” questions by noon EST Monday.

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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 17, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/102 "2021-10-17T01:33:25Z")

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Are you Corporal Upham?

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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 17, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/103 "2021-10-17T15:17:05Z")

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Dingdingding! Yes, I am the hapless but ultimately vengeful

# Corporal Timothy Upham

in the WWII movie _Saving Private Ryan_ (shown here as a Tech/5, but always referred to as a corporal IIRC): [Timothy E. Upham | Saving Private Ryan Wiki | Fandom](https://savingprivateryan.fandom.com/wiki/Timothy_E._Upham)

Well done, **DLR**! Please start our next round.

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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 17, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/104 "2021-10-17T15:26:14Z")

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Good job!

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/105 "2021-10-17T15:58:10Z")

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Congrats @De_La_Rue!

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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 17, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/106 "2021-10-17T16:03:01Z")

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Huzzah!

I am K.

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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 17, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/107 "2021-10-17T17:20:03Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you the Premier of the USSR in the 1970s?
2. Did you paint _Senecio_ in the 1920s?
3. Did you play Capt. Kangaroo on TV?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/108 "2021-10-17T18:38:57Z")

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IQs

1. For the 1902 _Beethoven_ exposition, did you create the main sculpture?
2. Did you create the main frieze for the same exposition?
3. Are you a famous soprano, born in New Zealand?

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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 17, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/109 "2021-10-17T18:49:49Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you the Premier of the USSR in the 1970s?
> 2. Did you paint _Senecio_ in the 1920s?
> 3. Did you play Capt. Kangaroo on TV?

1. I am not Nicky Khrushchev.  
2. I am not Paul Klee?  
3. I am not Bob Keeshan.

> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQs
> 
> 1. For the 1902 _Beethoven_ exposition, did you create the main sculpture?
> 2. Did you create the main frieze for the same exposition?
> 3. Are you a famous soprano, born in New Zealand?

1. Take a DQ.  
2. Take a DQ.  
3. Take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/110 "2021-10-17T18:58:07Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@MissTake](#):
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> > > 1. For the 1902 _Beethoven_ exposition, did you create the main sculpture?
> > > 2. Did you create the main frieze for the same exposition?
> > > 3. Are you a famous soprano, born in New Zealand?
> 
> 1. Take a DQ.
> 2. Take a DQ.
> 3. Take a DQ.

Max Klinger  
Gustav Klimt  
Kiri Te Kanawa

1. Male?
2. Real?

Holding a DQ

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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 17, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/111 "2021-10-17T21:23:15Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
> > 
> > > 1. Were you the Premier of the USSR in the 1970s?
> > > 2. Did you paint _Senecio_ in the 1920s?
> > > 3. Did you play Capt. Kangaroo on TV?
> 
> 1. I am not Nicky Khrushchev.
> 2. I am not Paul Klee?
> 3. I am not Bob Keeshan.

Khrushchev was the 60s, Kosygin was the 70s.  
Correct on the others.

DQ: Last name starts with K?

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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 17, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/112 "2021-10-17T21:24:57Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you compose the _Sabre Dance_?
2. Did you originate the hobo clown?
3. Did you release a new Christmas album this week?

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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 17, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/113 "2021-10-17T21:31:19Z")

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DQs:  
1. male  
2. real  
3. last name starts with K

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you compose the _Sabre Dance_ ?
> 2. Did you originate the hobo clown?
> 3. Did you release a new Christmas album this week?

1. I am not Aram Katchatourian, which I am most likely spelling wrong.  
2. I am not Emmett Kelly.  
3. I am not Katy Perry?

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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 17, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/114 "2021-10-17T21:32:09Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > IQs:
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> > > 1. Did you compose the _Sabre Dance_ ?
> > > 2. Did you originate the hobo clown?
> > > 3. Did you release a new Christmas album this week?
> 
> 1. I am not Aram Katchatourian, which I am most likely spelling wrong.
> 2. I am not Emmett Kelly.
> 3. I am not Katy Perry?

Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Kelly Clarkson.

1 DQ reserved.

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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 18, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/115 "2021-10-18T02:28:05Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a female pop singer who played the owner of The Enchanted Forest Pub on **Galavant** and sang “Off With His Shirt”?
2. Are you a cast member of **The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills** who was in the original **Halloween**?
3. Did you play Franklin " Mouse" Finbar in a 2017 movie?

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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 18, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/116 "2021-10-18T02:50:18Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a female pop singer who played the owner of The Enchanted Forest Pub on **Galavant** and sang “Off With His Shirt”?
> 2. Are you a cast member of **The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills** who was in the original **Halloween**?
> 3. Did you play Franklin " Mouse" Finbar in a 2017 movie?

1. Take a DQ.  
2. Take a DQ.  
3. Take a DQ.

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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 18, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/117 "2021-10-18T03:21:01Z")

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> [@kitap](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a female pop singer who played the owner of The Enchanted Forest Pub on **Galavant** and sang “Off With His Shirt”?
> 2. Are you a cast member of **The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills** who was in the original **Halloween**?
> 3. Did you play Franklin " Mouse" Finbar in a 2017 movie?

Kylie Minogue, Kyle Richards, Kevin Hart.

DQs:

1. Still alive?
2. American?
3. Known for the Arts?

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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 18, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/118 "2021-10-18T03:37:21Z")

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IQ1: Did you win an Oscar portraying a man who definitely does not like to be called stupid?  
IQ2: Did you develop a series of exercises to help with incontinence problems?  
IQ3: Were you a scumbag manager who deprived The Verve of their royalties for _Bittersweet Symphony_?

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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 18, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/119 "2021-10-18T03:43:33Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Did you win an Oscar portraying a man who definitely does not like to be called stupid?  
> IQ2: Did you develop a series of exercises to help with incontinence problems?  
> IQ3: Were you a scumbag manager who deprived The Verve of their royalties for _Bittersweet Symphony_?

IQ1: I am not Kevin Kline, as Otto in _A Fish Called Wanda_.  
IQ2: I am not Kegel?  
IQ3: Take a DQ.

DQs:  
1. male  
2. real  
3. last name starts with K  
4. not still alive  
5. not American  
6. known for the Arts

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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 18, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/120 "2021-10-18T03:52:22Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
> >
> > > IQ1: Did you win an Oscar portraying a man who definitely does not like to be called stupid?  
> > > IQ2: Did you develop a series of exercises to help with incontinence problems?  
> > > IQ3: Were you a scumbag manager who deprived The Verve of their royalties for _Bittersweet Symphony_ ?
> 
> IQ1: I am not Kevin Kline, as Otto in _A Fish Called Wanda_ .  
> IQ2: I am not Kegel?  
> IQ3: Take a DQ.

Yes  
Yes, Arnold Kegel  
Allen Klein, former manager of the Rolling Stones

DQ: Died before 1900?

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