# Botticelli - September 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600 "2019-09-02T20:16:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 17

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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, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/321 "2019-09-22T03:36:13Z")

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IQ1: Did you captain the Leif Ericson in the Illuminatus trilogy?  
IQ2: Are you a fictional PI in stories written by Mickey Spillane?  
IQ3: Are you the narrator in _The Catcher in the Rye_?

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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, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/322 "2019-09-22T13:09:02Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Last name starts with H
3. Dead
4. Female
5. Known for the Arts
6. Performing artist
7. Died before the age of 50
8. Did not die in the 21st Century
9. Not an actor

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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, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/323 "2019-09-22T13:10:05Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you captain the Leif Ericson in the Illuminatus trilogy?  
> IQ2: Are you a fictional PI in stories written by Mickey Spillane?  
> IQ3: Are you the narrator in _The Catcher in the Rye_?

1. Take a DQ. It’s been too long since I read it.
2. I am not Mike Hammer.
3. I am not Holden Caulfield.

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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, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/324 "2019-09-22T16:22:27Z")

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Hagbard Celine

DQ: Musician?

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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, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/325 "2019-09-22T16:35:14Z")

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IQ1: Did Diana Ross play you in _Lady Sings the Blues_?  
IQ2: Did Kevin Costner play your bodyguard in a 1992 film?  
IQ3: Are you a singer of stage and screen who Fred Sanford once tricked into believing Lamont was a sick child who considered her a second mother?

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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, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/326 "2019-09-22T16:37:21Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did Diana Ross play you in _Lady Sings the Blues_?

Yes, I am Lady Day, Billie Holiday!

Good one, KO!

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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, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/327 "2019-09-23T00:32:53Z")

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I remember a girl from high school dressed like her for a book report. She found her biography really inspiring, I guess.

Let’s go with F!

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/328 "2019-09-23T02:47:20Z")

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IQ1: Are you an actress/game show panelist/writer known for The Match Game and Fried Green Tomatoes?  
IQ2: Are you a disco era singer with the same first name as a country?  
IQ3: Were you the leader of the Rat Pack?

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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, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/329 "2019-09-23T03:43:12Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQ1: Are you an actress/game show panelist/writer known for The Match Game and Fried Green Tomatoes?  
> IQ2: Are you a disco era singer with the same first name as a country?  
> IQ3: Were you the leader of the Rat Pack?

not Fannie Flagg, not Finland Gibb? not Frank Sinatra

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/330 "2019-09-23T04:22:52Z")

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2 was France Joli.

DQ: Real?

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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, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/331 "2019-09-23T11:33:53Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real

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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, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/332 "2019-09-23T12:24:39Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you play Max, Dr. Fate’s assistant in _The Great Race_?
2. Did you compose _Clair de lune_?
3. Did you compose _Stille Nacht_?

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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, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/333 "2019-09-23T13:05:21Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Max, Dr. Fate’s assistant in _The Great Race_?
> 2. Did you compose _Clair de lune_?
> 3. Did you compose _Stille Nacht_?

DQ, not Franz Schubert? not Franz Liszt?

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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, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/334 "2019-09-23T13:07:33Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you play Max, Dr. Fate’s assistant in _The Great Race_?
> 2. Did you compose _Clair de lune_?
> 3. Did you compose _Stille Nacht_?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Franz Schubert? not Franz Liszt?

#1 was Peter Falk. ("Push the button, Max!)  
#2 was Gabriel Faure.  
#3 was Franz Gruber.

DQs:

1. Male?
2. Living?
3. Last name starts with F?

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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, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/335 "2019-09-23T14:37:43Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last name starts with F

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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, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/336 "2019-09-23T14:45:21Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you compose _Old Folks at Home_?
2. Were you a nonliving material in the original movie, but a sentient creature in the remake?
3. Did your show introduce John Cleese to television?

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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, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/337 "2019-09-23T16:05:05Z")

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DQ, not Flubber, not Basil Fawlty

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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, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/338 "2019-09-23T16:42:23Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you compose _Old Folks at Home_?
> 2. Were you a nonliving material in the original movie, but a sentient creature in the remake?
> 3. Did your show introduce John Cleese to television?

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> DQ, not Flubber, not Basil Fawlty

#1 was Stephen Foster.  
Correct on Flubber.  
#3 was David Frost, on _The Frost Report_.

DQs:

1. Born after 1969?
2. American?

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/339 "2019-09-23T16:48:55Z")

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IQ1: Are you a one-name romance novel cover model?  
IQ2: Did you sing The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde?  
IQ3: Were you the son on Married With Children?

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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, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/340 "2019-09-23T19:38:33Z")

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DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last name starts with F
5. Born before 1969
6. American

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