# Botticelli - September 2015

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 4, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916 "2015-09-04T17:19:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

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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 9, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/181 "2015-09-09T21:39:06Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you voice Betty Boop?
> 2. Were you aka Charles Victor Szasz?
> 3. Were you Jonny Quest’s mother?

> [@astorian](#):
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> Not Mae Questal or Question.  
> Never knew Jonny had a Mom- take a DQ.

The late Rachel Quest, murdered by Dr. Syn.

DQ: Male?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/182 "2015-09-09T21:47:42Z")

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# SUMMARY

1. Not real
2. Not known from literature
3. Male

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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/183 "2015-09-09T22:08:22Z")

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IQ: Did you tend bar in a former Cardassian Space Station?  
IQ2: Do you live in a bell tower?

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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 9, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/184 "2015-09-09T22:22:37Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you Romulus’s name after his apotheosis?
2. Are you the protagonist in the _The Cat Who…_ mystery series?
3. Were you a dragon in _The Giant Horse of Oz_?

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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:** [September 9, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/185 "2015-09-09T22:59:10Z")

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IQ1: Did you collaborate with Nazis as Norway’s Minister-President?  
IQ2: Are you a Mesoamerican feathered serpent deity?  
IQ3: Are you the Scarlet Witch’s speedy brother?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/186 "2015-09-10T00:25:33Z")

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IQ1: Do you move by hopping diagonally?  
IQ2: Did you hit on Jean Grey?  
IQ3: Were you ambushed when attempting to negotiate with the Trade Federation?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/187 "2015-09-10T01:26:28Z")

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> [@glowacks](#):
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> IQ: Did you tend bar in a former Cardassian Space Station?  
> IQ2: Do you live in a bell tower?

Not Quark or Quasimodo

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/188 "2015-09-10T01:29:21Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you collaborate with Nazis as Norway’s Minister-President?  
> IQ2: Are you a Mesoamerican feathered serpent deity?  
> IQ3: Are you the Scarlet Witch’s speedy brother?

Not Vidkun Quisling. Not Quetzalcoatl. Not Quicksilver.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/189 "2015-09-10T01:30:27Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Do you move by hopping diagonally?  
> IQ2: Did you hit on Jean Grey?  
> IQ3: Were you ambushed when attempting to negotiate with the Trade Federation?

Not master Qi Jong

Take DQs for the others

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/190 "2015-09-10T01:36:56Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> IQ1: Do you move by hopping diagonally?  
> IQ2: Did you hit on Jean Grey?  
> IQ3: Were you ambushed when attempting to negotiate with the Trade Federation?

Q\*Bert, Quentin Quire, and Qui-Gonn Jinn, which is close enough.

DQ: First appearance in a television show or movie?

1 DQ reserved

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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 10, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/191 "2015-09-10T01:39:29Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you Romulus’s name after his apotheosis?
> 2. Are you the protagonist in the _The Cat Who…_ mystery series?
> 3. Were you a dragon in _The Giant Horse of Oz_?

Miss this?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/192 "2015-09-10T01:44:20Z")

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DQ1: Did you mostly stay in your spaceship, leaving typically to possess and animate otherwise inanimate objects?  
DQ2: In later, post-comics code days, did the Grant Morrison version of you get your powers from drug use?  
DQ3: Were you a romantic interest for Supergirl?

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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:** [September 10, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/193 "2015-09-10T01:56:26Z")

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gowacks, meet astorian. He’s the one who’s always sweeping me.

IQ1: Is everybody going to jump for joy when you get here?  
IQ2: Are you the inspiration for IQ1 because of your role in the 1960 movie _The Savage Innocents_?  
IQ3: Were you the inspiration for Sting’s _Englishman in New York_?

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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/194 "2015-09-10T04:16:23Z")

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IQ: Did you bring a mariachi band onto the bridge of a starship?

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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/195 "2015-09-10T05:08:22Z")

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IQ2: Did you play a character that asked about a sign containing a racial slur?  
IQ3: Are you a pet of a nerdy newspaper comic strip character?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/196 "2015-09-10T11:51:45Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Were you Romulus’s name after his apotheosis?
> 2. Are you the protagonist in the _The Cat Who…_ mystery series?
> 3. Were you a dragon in _The Giant Horse of Oz_?

You swept me- sorry, I thought I’d posted that before. 3 DQs for you.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/197 "2015-09-10T11:53:13Z")

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# SUMMARY

1. Not real
2. Not known from literature
3. Male
4. First appeared on television or in movies

Hint: compare the phrasing of the DQ to my answer- there’s a subtle distinction.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/198 "2015-09-10T11:54:16Z")

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> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#):
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> DQ1: Did you mostly stay in your spaceship, leaving typically to possess and animate otherwise inanimate objects?  
> DQ2: In later, post-comics code days, did the Grant Morrison version of you get your powers from drug use?  
> DQ3: Were you a romantic interest for Supergirl?

No idea on any of these- 3 DQs for you

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/199 "2015-09-10T11:55:18Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> gowacks, meet astorian. He’s the one who’s always sweeping me.
> 
> IQ1: Is everybody going to jump for joy when you get here?  
> IQ2: Are you the inspiration for IQ1 because of your role in the 1960 movie _The Savage Innocents_?  
> IQ3: Were you the inspiration for Sting’s _Englishman in New York_?

Not Quinn the Eskimo, Anthony Quinn, or Quentin Crisp.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2015/729916/200 "2015-09-10T11:56:22Z")

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> [@glowacks](#):
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> IQ: Did you bring a mariachi band onto the bridge of a starship?

Not Q

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