# Botticelli - September 2017

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516 "2017-09-04T22:27:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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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 28, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/201 "2017-09-28T16:04:59Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you an extremely fast runner? - Yes, Usain Bolt  
Were you any one of several Popes? - Yes, all those dudes named Urban  
Did you star on the TV show _Jericho_? - Skeet Ulrich

DQ:

Best known for a single incident?

IQs:

Were you a character in _The Man with Two Brains_?  
Was your catchphrase, “Did I do that?”  
Are you a widely-despised film director?

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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 28, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/202 "2017-09-28T16:11:02Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with U
3. Male
4. Not American
5. Dead
6. Not known for the Arts
7. European
8. Not known for politics/military
9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur
10. Not British
11. Died before 1900
12. Born west of Vienna
13. Born north of Vienna
14. Died before 1800
15. Best known for a single creation of his

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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 28, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/203 "2017-09-28T16:12:07Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you a character in _The Man with Two Brains_?  
> Was your catchphrase, “Did I do that?”  
> Are you a widely-despised film director?

Take a DQ for #1.  
2) I am not Steve Urkel.  
3) I am not Uwe Boll.

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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 29, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/204 "2017-09-29T15:53:47Z")

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IQ1: Did you play guard for the Oakland Raiders when they won the Superbowl in three different decades: 1967, 1976, and 1980?  
IQ2: Are you a jazz blues guitarist whose nickname is a body fluid?  
IQ3: Are you Phantom Girl’s boyfriend?

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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 29, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/205 "2017-09-29T17:54:55Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play guard for the Oakland Raiders when they won the Superbowl in three different decades: 1967, 1976, and 1980?  
> IQ2: Are you a jazz blues guitarist whose nickname is a body fluid?  
> IQ3: Are you Phantom Girl’s boyfriend?

#3) I am not Ultra-Boy.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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 29, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/206 "2017-09-29T18:52:52Z")

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Gene Upshaw, James “Blood” Ulmer

DQ: From the Renaissance era?  
DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language?

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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 29, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/207 "2017-09-29T19:49:00Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with U
3. Male
4. Not American
5. Dead
6. Not known for the Arts
7. European
8. Not known for politics/military
9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur
10. Not British
11. Died before 1900
12. Born west of Vienna
13. Born north of Vienna
14. Died before 1800
15. Best known for a single creation of his
16. From the Renaissance era
17. Native speaker of a Germanic language

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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 30, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/208 "2017-09-30T05:38:57Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you a character in _The Man with Two Brains_? - Dr. Uuumeldehay (sp?)  
Was your catchphrase, “Did I do that?” - Yes, Steve Urkel  
Are you a widely-despised film director? - Yes, Uwe Boll

DQ:

Best known for theology/philosophy?

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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 30, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/209 "2017-09-30T13:53:06Z")

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IQ1: Are you a Swiss printmaker credited with inventing the white line woodcut technique?  
IQ2: Did you run the black market e-commerce site Silk Road under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts”?  
IQ3: Are you the head coach of Ohio State football?

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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 30, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/210 "2017-09-30T13:56:00Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with U
3. Male
4. Not American
5. Dead
6. Not known for the Arts
7. European
8. Not known for politics/military
9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur
10. Not British
11. Died before 1900
12. Born west of Vienna
13. Born north of Vienna
14. Died before 1800
15. Best known for a single creation of his
16. From the Renaissance era
17. Native speaker of a Germanic language
18. Best known for theology/philosophy

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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 30, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/211 "2017-09-30T13:57:35Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Swiss printmaker credited with inventing the white line woodcut technique?  
> IQ2: Did you run the black market e-commerce site Silk Road under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts”?  
> IQ3: Are you the head coach of Ohio State football?

Take 3 DQs.

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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 30, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/212 "2017-09-30T14:51:27Z")

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Urs Graf, Ross Ulbricht, Urban Meyer

DQ: Danish?

holding 2 DQs

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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 30, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/213 "2017-09-30T16:25:26Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with U
3. Male
4. Not American
5. Dead
6. Not known for the Arts
7. European
8. Not known for politics/military
9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur
10. Not British
11. Died before 1900
12. Born west of Vienna
13. Born north of Vienna
14. Died before 1800
15. Best known for a single creation of his
16. From the Renaissance era
17. Native speaker of a Germanic language
18. Best known for theology/philosophy
19. Not Danish

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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 30, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/214 "2017-09-30T16:46:59Z")

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DQ: German?

1 DQ left

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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 30, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/215 "2017-09-30T18:45:19Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with U
3. Male
4. Not American
5. Dead
6. Not known for the Arts
7. European
8. Not known for politics/military
9. Not a businessman/entrepreneur
10. Not British
11. Died before 1900
12. Born west of Vienna
13. Born north of Vienna
14. Died before 1800
15. Best known for a single creation of his
16. From the Renaissance era
17. Native speaker of a Germanic language
18. Best known for theology/philosophy
19. Not Danish
20. Not German

Anyone with DQs remaining may use them up to 10am EDT Sunday, Oct. 1st. Or you can do your final Firstname Lastname question.

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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:** [September 30, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/216 "2017-09-30T21:34:38Z")

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Pass.

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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 1, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/217 "2017-10-01T01:51:42Z")

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Guess I’ll sleep on it. Maybe I’ll dream the answer.

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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 1, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/218 "2017-10-01T02:50:31Z")

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Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Walloon, Icelandic, Austrian, Luxembourger…

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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 1, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/219 "2017-10-01T04:16:45Z")

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Hmm. I’m drawing a blank. I have a feeling I’ll never have heard of the dude.

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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 1, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2017/795516/220 "2017-10-01T13:28:50Z")

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