# 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:** 8

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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 21, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/141 "2018-09-21T17:12:05Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _Critique of Pure Reason_?
2. Did you write _Either/Or_?
3. Did you paint _The Kiss_?

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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 21, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/142 "2018-09-21T18:35:32Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Is it quite possible, and has often been hinted, that you’re a Hitler clone?  
> Did Dr. Thor Bitterbaum clone you?  
> Are you the clone who resulted from Dr. Bitterbaum’s work?

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 21, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/143 "2018-09-21T18:37:09Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _Critique of Pure Reason_?
> 2. Did you write _Either/Or_?
> 3. Did you paint _The Kiss_?

not Immanual Kant? DQ, DQ

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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 21, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/144 "2018-09-21T19:53:58Z")

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Belated IQ wrap-up: the inventor of the Steadicam is Garrett Brown.

IQs:

1. Were you animated by Willis O’Brien?
2. Does one of your works begin “A specter is haunting Europe–the specter of communism”?
3. Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard?

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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 21, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/145 "2018-09-21T21:56:01Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you write _Critique of Pure Reason_?
> 2. Did you write _Either/Or_?
> 3. Did you paint _The Kiss_?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Immanual Kant? DQ, DQ

Correct on Immanuel Kant.  
#2 was Soren Kierkegaard.  
#3 was Gustav Klimt.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

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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 22, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/146 "2018-09-22T02:44:04Z")

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Previous IQs:

Is it quite possible, and has often been hinted, that you’re a Hitler clone? - Dr. Krieger, on _Archer_  
Did Dr. Thor Bitterbaum clone you? - President John F. Kennedy, in the novel _Joshua Son of None_  
Are you the clone who resulted from Dr. Bitterbaum’s work? - Joshua F. Kellogg, eventually a candidate for President himself

DQs:

American?  
Last name start with K?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Have you played the daughter of a civil servant, a nurse and a new bride?  
Did you write _Life After Life_?  
Did you cut off a subordinate’s lengthy biographical report?

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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 22, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/147 "2018-09-22T13:24:57Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a Socialist lecturer from Alabama who was one of the founders of the A.C.L.U.?
2. Did you create Batman?
3. Did you write the comic strip _Pogo_?

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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 22, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/148 "2018-09-22T16:17:22Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with K

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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 22, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/149 "2018-09-22T16:19:37Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you animated by Willis O’Brien?
> 2. Does one of your works begin “A specter is haunting Europe–the specter of communism”?
> 3. Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard?

not Krazy Kat? not C. Estes Kefauver? I don’t know the artist’s name, so probably 3 DQs to you

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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 22, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/150 "2018-09-22T16:21:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Have you played the daughter of a civil servant, a nurse and a new bride?  
> Did you write _Life After Life_?  
> Did you cut off a subordinate’s lengthy biographical report?

not Kristin Wiig?, DQ, not Chiang Kai-Shek?

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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 22, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/151 "2018-09-22T16:23:20Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a Socialist lecturer from Alabama who was one of the founders of the A.C.L.U.?
> 2. Did you create Batman?
> 3. Did you write the comic strip _Pogo_?

DQ, not Bob Kane, not Walt Kelly

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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 22, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/152 "2018-09-22T16:40:27Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a Socialist lecturer from Alabama who was one of the founders of the A.C.L.U.?
> 2. Did you create Batman?
> 3. Did you write the comic strip _Pogo_?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Bob Kane, not Walt Kelly

#1 was Helen Keller.  
Correct on the other two.

DQ: Living?

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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 22, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/153 "2018-09-22T22:21:10Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> not Krazy Kat? not C. Estes Kefauver? I don’t know the artist’s name, so probably 3 DQs to you

1. is King Kong.
2. is Karl Marx.
3. is Kelis.

IQs:

#1: Did you name your estate Xanadu?  
#2: Are you a real-life screenwriter and director played by Nicolas Cage in _Adaptation_?  
#3: Did you voice the speaking role of the Grinch?  
DQs:  
Born after 1950?  
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 23, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/154 "2018-09-23T02:06:10Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with K
5. Living
6. Born after 1950
7. Not known for the arts

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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 23, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/155 "2018-09-23T02:44:09Z")

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Previous IQs:

Have you played the daughter of a civil servant, a nurse and a new bride? - Keira Knightley, in _Pirates of the Caribbean, Atonement_ and _Love Actually_  
Did you write _Life After Life_? - Kate Atkinson  
Did you cut off a subordinate’s lengthy biographical report? - Capt. Kathryn Janeway of USS _Voyager_ didn’t want to hear every last word of Icheb’s extremely long report on a historic figure

DQs:

Political/military?  
Born after 1990?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Was Icheb’s report about you?  
Did you create a famous illustrated edition of Melville’s _Moby-Dick_?  
Was your German-born wife named Christiane?

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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 23, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/156 "2018-09-23T11:39:04Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with K
5. Living
6. Born after 1950
7. Not known for the arts
8. Political/military
9. Born before 1990

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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 23, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/157 "2018-09-23T11:41:49Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Was Icheb’s report about you?  
> Did you create a famous illustrated edition of Melville’s _Moby-Dick_?  
> Was your German-born wife named Christiane?

not a ST:Voyager fan, so take 3 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 23, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/158 "2018-09-23T13:36:13Z")

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IQs:

1. Are you a present day congressman who’s a grandson of Bobby Kennedy?
2. Are you the present White House Chief of Staff?
3. Were you Darren & Samantha’s nosy next door neighbor?

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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 23, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/159 "2018-09-23T17:06:06Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a present day congressman who’s a grandson of Bobby Kennedy?
> 2. Are you the present White House Chief of Staff?
> 3. Were you Darren & Samantha’s nosy next door neighbor?

DQ, not John Kelly, not Agnes Kravitz

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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 23, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2018/820762/160 "2018-09-23T17:39:56Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Are you a present day congressman who’s a grandson of Bobby Kennedy?
> 2. Are you the present White House Chief of Staff?
> 3. Were you Darren & Samantha’s nosy next door neighbor?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not John Kelly, not Agnes Kravitz

#1 is Joseph Kennedy III. Correct on the others.

DQ: holding or held office at the federal level?

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