# Botticelli - September 2018

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 4, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762 "2018-09-04T20:29:51Z")\
**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 27, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/181 "2018-09-27T11:47:39Z")

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DQ: Living?

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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 27, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/182 "2018-09-27T12:03:36Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write the play _The Bald Soprano_?
2. Were you a French artist of the 1920’s known for your drawings and prints of glamorous women?
3. Is there a museum in the Philippines dedicated to your shoes?

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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 27, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/183 "2018-09-27T22:24:42Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you write the play _The Bald Soprano_?
> 2. Were you a French artist of the 1920’s known for your drawings and prints of glamorous women?
> 3. Is there a museum in the Philippines dedicated to your shoes?

Not Ionesco (sp?), dunno, and not Imelda Marcos.

I.

1. real
2. last name starts with I
3. male
4. American
5. dead

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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:** [September 27, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/184 "2018-09-27T23:15:38Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno, not Ice-T, and not Vanilla Ice.

1. (wrote and performed on _Straight Outta Compton_) is Ice Cube.

DQ:  
Born after 1900?

IQs:

1. Are you a violent mouse from a cartoon within a cartoon?
2. Were you a guard for the Philadelphia 76ers nicknamed “The Answer”?
3. Did you forge the Shakespeare play _Vortigern and Roweena_?

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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, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/185 "2018-09-28T22:04:28Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you a violent mouse from a cartoon within a cartoon?
> 2. Were you a guard for the Philadelphia 76ers nicknamed “The Answer”?
> 3. Did you forge the Shakespeare play _Vortigern and Roweena_?

Not Itchy, dunno, and dunno.

I.

1. real
2. last name starts with I
3. male
4. American
5. dead
6. born 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 28, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/186 "2018-09-28T23:54:08Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you write the play _The Bald Soprano_?
> 2. Were you a French artist of the 1920’s known for your drawings and prints of glamorous women?
> 3. Is there a museum in the Philippines dedicated to your shoes?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Ionesco (sp?), dunno, and not Imelda Marcos.

Correct on Eugene Ionesco.  
#2 was Louis Icart.  
Correct on Imelda Marcos.

DQ: Known for the Arts?

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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, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/187 "2018-09-29T16:30:36Z")

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IQ1: Are you rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses?  
IQ2: Are you a punk rocker whose real name is James Newell Osterberg Jr.?  
IQ3: Are you a disabled Israeli violinist?

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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:** [September 29, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/188 "2018-09-29T19:27:52Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Not Itchy, dunno, and dunno.

1. (played for the 76ers) is Allen Iverson.
2. (the Shakespeare forger) is William Henry Ireland.

DQ: born after 1800?

One DQ reserved.  
IQs:

1. Are the host of the cooking show _Barefoot Contessa_?
2. Were you the first female prime minister of India?
3. Were you a philanthropist, art collector, and daughter of the governor of Texas, but most known for your unusual porcine name?

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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 29, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/189 "2018-09-29T22:17:49Z")

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Ice x3, **DLR**! Well played.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses?  
> IQ2: Are you a punk rocker whose real name is James Newell Osterberg Jr.?  
> IQ3: Are you a disabled Israeli violinist?

Dunno, not Iggy Pop, not Itzhak Perlman (sp?)

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are the host of the cooking show _Barefoot Contessa_?
> 2. Were you the first female prime minister of India?
> 3. Were you a philanthropist, art collector, and daughter of the governor of Texas, but most known for your unusual porcine name?

Not Imogene Jessup (?), not Indira Gandhi, and not Ima Hogg (or her fictitious sisters Ura, Beah or Slopthe).

I.

1. real
2. last name starts with I
3. male
4. American
5. dead
6. born before 1900
7. known, in part, for the Arts
8. born after 1800

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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, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/190 "2018-09-30T15:12:18Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you aka Danny Rand?
2. Were you the title character in _The Mummy_ (1999 version)?
3. Are you the title character in P.D.Q. Bach’s _[Name] In Brooklyn_?

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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 1, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/191 "2018-10-01T00:02:27Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Ice x3, **DLR**! Well played.  
> …
> 
> Not Imogene Jessup (?), not Indira Gandhi, and not Ima Hogg (or her fictitious sisters Ura, Beah or Slopthe).

Glad you noticed.

1. (host of _Barefoot Contessa_) is Ina Garten. Correct on 2. and 3.  
DQs:  
Known in part for prose?  
Born before 1850?

IQs:

1. Did you compose _The Rite of Spring_?
2. Are you Kyle’s adopted brother from Canada?
3. On the same show as the above, did you voice Chef?

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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, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/192 "2018-10-01T03:25:21Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you aka Danny Rand?
> 2. Were you the title character in _The Mummy_ (1999 version)?
> 3. Are you the title character in P.D.Q. Bach’s _[Name] In Brooklyn_?

Dunno x3.

> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> …
> 
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Did you compose _The Rite of Spring_?
> 2. Are you Kyle’s adopted brother from Canada?
> 3. On the same show as the above, did you voice Chef?

Not Igor Stravinsky, not Iggy (?), and not Isaac Hayes.

I.

1. real
2. last name starts with I
3. male
4. American
5. dead
6. born before 1900
7. known, in part, for the Arts
8. born after 1800
9. not known in part for prose
10. born before 1850

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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, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/193 "2018-10-01T12:50:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Originally Posted by Knowed Out View Post  
> IQ1: Are you rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses?  
> IQ2: Are you a punk rocker whose real name is James Newell Osterberg Jr.?  
> IQ3: Are you a disabled Israeli violinist?
> 
> Dunno, not Iggy Pop, not Itzhak Perlman (sp?)

Izzy Stradlin

DQ: More famous for something else besides The Arts?

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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 1, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/194 "2018-10-01T12:53:45Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> IQs:
> 
> 1. Are you aka Danny Rand?
> 2. Were you the title character in The Mummy (1999 version)?
> 3. Are you the title character in P.D.Q. Bach’s [Name] In Brooklyn?  
> Dunno x3.

#1 is Iron Fist.  
#2 is Imhotep.  
#3 is Iphigenia.

DQ: Known for politics?  
2 DQs reserved.

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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, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/195 "2018-10-01T13:24:17Z")

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IQ1: Are you the wife of Biggus Dickus?  
IQ2: Are you Ingrid Bergman’s daughter?  
IQ3: In a Black Sabbath song, do you just stare at the world, planning your vengeance that you will soon unfold?

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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, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/196 "2018-10-01T13:58:19Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
>
> IQ1: Are you the wife of Biggus Dickus?  
> IQ2: Are you Ingrid Bergman’s daughter?  
> IQ3: In a Black Sabbath song, do you just stare at the world, planning your vengeance that you will soon unfold?

Not Incontinentia Buttocks, not Isabella Rossellini, and dunno.

I.

1. real
2. last name starts with I
3. male
4. American
5. dead
6. born before 1900
7. known, in part, for the Arts
8. born after 1800
9. not known in part for prose
10. born before 1850
11. arguably more famous for something other than the Arts
12. not known for politics

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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 1, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/197 "2018-10-01T14:36:16Z")

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DQ: Known for business?

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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, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/198 "2018-10-01T14:46:05Z")

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I.

1. real
2. last name starts with I
3. male
4. American
5. dead
6. born before 1900
7. known, in part, for the Arts
8. born after 1800
9. not known in part for prose
10. born before 1850
11. arguably more famous for something other than the Arts
12. not known for politics
13. known for business

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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 1, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/199 "2018-10-01T14:50:11Z")

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DQ: known for a manufactured product?

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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, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/200 "2018-10-01T15:18:58Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> IQ1: Are you the wife of Biggus Dickus?  
> IQ2: Are you Ingrid Bergman’s daughter?  
> IQ3: In a Black Sabbath song, do you just stare at the world, planning your vengeance that you will soon unfold?
> 
> Not Incontinentia Buttocks, not Isabella Rossellini, and dunno.

_I AM IRON MAN…_

holding a DQ

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