# Botticelli - Sept. 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574 "2020-09-02T04:51:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [September 5, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/41 "2020-09-05T00:58:46Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> …  
> Keith Richards

How can we have no headsmack emoji?!? Grrr. 😬

R.

1. male
2. deceased
3. not known for the Arts
4. real
5. last name started with R
6. American
7. died after 1950
8. known for politics/military, among other stuff
9. I can find no reference to him having served in the military
10. Caucasian
11. did not win an elected position
12. authored books
13. died after 1990
14. not a Cabinet member
15. known for media appearances in his area of expertise
16. not particularly affiliated with the Executive Branch of the Federal government
17. died before 2010
18. Not widely considered to have been politically on the left, I’d say

I will answer the next three IQs.

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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:** [September 5, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/42 "2020-09-05T01:49:01Z")

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IQ: Are you a six-fingered man who killed a Spaniard’s father?

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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:** [September 5, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/43 "2020-09-05T02:44:27Z")

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I’m at a complete loss…

IQ: Did you advertise a particular luxury feature found in Chrysler cars?

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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:** [September 5, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/44 "2020-09-05T04:00:26Z")

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Not Ratigan or Ricardo Montalban, respectively.

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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:** [September 5, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/45 "2020-09-05T12:33:39Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQ: Are you a six-fingered man who killed a Spaniard’s father?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Ratigan or Ricardo Montalban, respectively.

That was Count Rugen who killed Inigo Montoya’s father.

DQ: Known for holding a position in the federal government?

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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:** [September 5, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/46 "2020-09-05T12:36:10Z")

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IQ: Were you a leader in Surrealist photography?

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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:** [September 5, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/47 "2020-09-05T21:42:27Z")

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Still not Rene Magriitte.

R.

1. male
2. deceased
3. not known for the Arts
4. real
5. last name started with R
6. American
7. died after 1950
8. known for politics/military, among other stuff
9. I can find no reference to him having served in the military
10. Caucasian
11. did not win an elected position
12. authored books
13. died after 1990
14. not a Cabinet member
15. known for media appearances in his area of expertise
16. not particularly affiliated with the Executive Branch of the Federal government
17. died before 2010
18. Not widely considered to have been politically on the left, I’d say
19. not known for holding a position in the federal government

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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:** [September 5, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/48 "2020-09-05T22:16:27Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQ: Were you a leader in Surrealist photography?

Okay,

IQ: You are not Rene Magritte; were you an American leader in Surrealist photography?

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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:** [September 6, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/49 "2020-09-06T02:27:08Z")

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Not Man Ray.

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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:** [September 6, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/50 "2020-09-06T16:05:23Z")

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Correct.

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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:** [September 7, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/51 "2020-09-07T11:44:33Z")

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IQ: Did you play Marty’s love interest in _Lethal Weapon 3_ & 4?

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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:** [September 7, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/52 "2020-09-07T16:16:49Z")

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Not Rene Russo.

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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:** [September 7, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/53 "2020-09-07T17:10:15Z")

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Correct.

IQ: Did you play (or voice) a talking skull, a shape-shifter, and a romantic skunk?

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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:** [September 7, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/54 "2020-09-07T17:21:58Z")

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Dunno. Take a DQ, which will be the last for this 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:** [September 7, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/55 "2020-09-07T17:26:55Z")

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Rene Auberjonois, in _The Last Unicorn, Star Trek: Deep Space 9_ and Pepe LePew in various Warner Bros. cartoons post-Mel Blanc.

DQ: Social activist?

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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:** [September 8, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/56 "2020-09-08T03:22:26Z")

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Huh. Didn’t know that about Rene A. and Pepe L. Thanks!

R.

1. male
2. deceased
3. not known for the Arts
4. real
5. last name started with R
6. American
7. died after 1950
8. known for politics/military, among other stuff
9. I can find no reference to him having served in the military
10. Caucasian
11. did not win an elected position
12. authored books
13. died after 1990
14. not a Cabinet member
15. known for media appearances in his area of expertise
16. not particularly affiliated with the Executive Branch of the Federal government
17. died before 2010
18. Not widely considered to have been politically on the left, I’d say
19. not known for holding a position in the federal government
20. not a social activist

Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Weds.

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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:** [September 8, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/57 "2020-09-08T06:55:14Z")

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Are you Tim Russert?

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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:** [September 8, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/58 "2020-09-08T13:13:43Z")

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He shoots, he scores! Yes, I am the late TV journalist and longtime host of _Meet the Press_,

# **Tim Russert**

Well done, **kitap**!: [Tim Russert - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Russert)

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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:** [September 8, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/59 "2020-09-08T13:57:38Z")

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Yay! I don’t even know where that popped up from.

I am **H**.

How do you make the font bigger?

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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:** [September 8, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/60 "2020-09-08T14:02:34Z")

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Pound sign, space, asterisk, asterisk,Tim Russert,asterisk, asterisk

# **H**

it is.

IQs:

Did your future husband forget his name when he met you in a library?  
Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide during WWII?  
Were you “the Happy Warrior”?

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