# Botticelli, Sept. 2022

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 1, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748 "2022-09-01T17:46:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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 18, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/101 "2022-09-18T12:36:51Z")

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:97, topic:970748”]

# DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Died before 1900

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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 18, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/102 "2022-09-18T12:38:11Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Do you feel a person’s a person, no matter how small?  
> IQ2: Have you played both a Bond girl and an Avenger?  
> IQ3: Do you use your tongue prettier than a $20 whore?

1. I am not Horton the Elephant.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Hedley Lamar.

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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 18, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/103 "2022-09-18T14:33:28Z")

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IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first VP?  
Were you Susan Dey’s sweetie in the early seasons of _L.A. Law_?  
Did you go ever further into space to flee your shrewish wife Stella?

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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 18, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/104 "2022-09-18T15:18:34Z")

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#1. I am not Hannibal Hamlin.  
#2. Take a DQ.  
#3. I am not Harcourt Fenton Mudd.

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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 18, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/105 "2022-09-18T18:22:09Z")

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Correct, Harry Hamlin, and correct.

DQ:

First name start with H?

IQs:

Are you the best-known American artillery officer of WWI?  
After 1900, was it said that your wife was the queen who guarded the castle?  
Were you honored with a ship name in a Wes Anderson movie?

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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 18, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/106 "2022-09-18T20:53:26Z")

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# DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Died before 1900
5. First name starts with H (and usually known only by her first name)

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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 18, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/107 "2022-09-18T20:54:20Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Are you the best-known American artillery officer of WWI?  
> After 1900, was it said that your wife was the queen who guarded the castle?  
> Were you honored with a ship name in a Wes Anderson movie?

1. I am not Captain Johnny Highfive.
2. I am not King Johann Higherfiven.
3. I am not the S.S. Highfive.

Take 3 DQs.

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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:** [September 18, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/108 "2022-09-18T21:37:52Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
> >
> > IQ1: Do you feel a person’s a person, no matter how small?  
> > IQ2: Have you played both a Bond girl and an Avenger?  
> > IQ3: Do you use your tongue prettier than a $20 whore?
> 
> 1. I am not Horton the Elephant.
> 2. Take a DQ.
> 3. I am not Hedley Lamar.

Correct  
Honor Blackman, who played Pussy Galore in _Goldfinger_ and Cathy Gale, Emma Peel’s predecessor on _The Avengers_  
Correct

DQ: Died before 1500?

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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 18, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/109 "2022-09-18T21:39:13Z")

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# DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Died before 1900
5. First name starts with H (and usually known only by her first name)
6. Died before 1500

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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:** [September 18, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/110 "2022-09-18T23:10:17Z")

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IQ1: Did your son convert the Roman Empire to Christianity?  
IQ2: Did you do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs?  
IQ3: Did you compose an oratorio for Easter that gets a lot of play at Christmas?

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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 19, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/111 "2022-09-19T01:36:08Z")

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1. I am not Helena (??), mother of Constantine.
2. I am not Han Solo.
3. I am not Handel.

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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:** [September 19, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/112 "2022-09-19T03:30:58Z")

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Swept me.

IQ1: Did you attempt to get Jodie Foster’s attention through extremely unconventional means?  
IQ2: Were you the Queen of Troy, married to King Priam?  
IQ3: Are you considered the father of history?

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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 19, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/113 "2022-09-19T13:04:33Z")

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1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Hecuba.
3. I am not Hesiod.

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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:** [September 19, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/114 "2022-09-19T16:36:00Z")

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John Hinkley Jr., would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan  
Correct  
Herodotus

DQ1: From Classical Antiquity? - defined by Wikipedia as 8th century BC through 6th century AD in the Mediterranean region

Holding one 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:** [September 19, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/115 "2022-09-19T20:46:48Z")

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# DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Died before 1900
5. First name starts with H (and usually known only by her first name)
6. Died before 1500
7. Not from Classical Antiquity (pre-7th Century A.D.)

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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 19, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/116 "2022-09-19T20:58:37Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known American artillery officer of WWI? - Harry Truman  
After 1900, was it said that your wife was the queen who guarded the castle? - Harry (husband of Leona) Helmsley  
Were you honored with a ship name in a Wes Anderson movie? - Harry Belafonte, namesake of the _Belafonte_ in _The Life Aquatic_

Harry x3!

Three DQs reserved.

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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:** [September 19, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/117 "2022-09-19T23:29:00Z")

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Held DQ: European?

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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 20, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/118 "2022-09-20T00:03:42Z")

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# DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Died before 1900
5. First name starts with H (and usually known only by her first name)
6. Died before 1500
7. Not from Classical Antiquity (pre-7th Century A.D.)
8. European

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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 20, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/119 "2022-09-20T03:23:58Z")

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DQs:

From the British Isles?  
Political/military?  
Had a famous husband or son?

IQs:

Were you Moonbase Alpha’s top doctor?  
Did you play both the Queen Mum and her younger daughter?  
Did Julian Sands’s character keep you captive for his own twisted ends?

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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 20, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2022/970748/120 "2022-09-20T13:35:41Z")

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# DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Died before 1900
5. First name starts with H (and usually known only by her first name)
6. Died before 1500
7. Not from Classical Antiquity (pre-7th Century A.D.)
8. European
9. Not British
10. Not political/military
11. Famous husband

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