# 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:** 21

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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 28, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/401 "2019-09-28T16:09:39Z")

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3 was Lucille Ball. Accused of being a communist by the McCarthy goons, Desi said this about her.

DQ: 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 28, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/402 "2019-09-28T16:56:07Z")

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DQs:

1. Real

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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, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/403 "2019-09-28T18:18:48Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Dionysus? - Yes, Bacchus  
Were you Capt. Aubrey’s longtime boatswain? - Barret Bonden  
Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium? - Belinda Carlisle: [Circle In The Sand - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NvUv7OdTQw)

DQs:

Male?  
American?

IQs:

Did you secretly pass as “Mad-Eye” Moody?  
Were you said, but not accurately, to have been buried in your former military’s uniform?  
Were you the only Governor of Ohio convicted of a criminal offense?

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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, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/404 "2019-09-28T18:21:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Not American

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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, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/405 "2019-09-28T18:25:37Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you secretly pass as “Mad-Eye” Moody?  
> Were you said, but not accurately, to have been buried in your former military’s uniform?  
> Were you the only Governor of Ohio convicted of a criminal offense?

1. I am not Barty Crouch, Jr.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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 28, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/406 "2019-09-28T18:45:08Z")

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IQ1: Were you The Incredible Hulk, according to the TV show?  
IQ2: Were you the bass singer for a nostalgia group named for a nonsense song lyric?  
IQ3: Did a smartass student accuse the principal of raiding your wardrobe?

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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, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/407 "2019-09-28T18:52:09Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQ1: Were you The Incredible Hulk, according to the TV show?  
> IQ2: Were you the bass singer for a nostalgia group named for a nonsense song lyric?  
> IQ3: Did a smartass student accuse the principal of raiding your wardrobe?

1. I am not David Bruce Banner.  
Take 2 DQs.

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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 28, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/408 "2019-09-28T22:11:19Z")

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“Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?”  
One of the best lines from Breakfast Club.

2 was John “Bowser” Bauman from Sha Na Na

DQs:

Living?  
Known for 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:** [September 28, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/409 "2019-09-28T22:35:55Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Not American
4. Dead
5. 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 29, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/410 "2019-09-29T03:57:01Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did you secretly pass as “Mad-Eye” Moody? - Yes, Barty Crouch Jr.  
Were you said, but not accurately, to have been buried in your former military’s uniform? - Benedict Arnold  
Were you the only Governor of Ohio convicted of a criminal offense? - Bob Taft, for campaign finance violations

DQs:

Last name start with B?  
European?

IQs:

Were you said, in a Capitol Steps sketch, to have agreed to marry your wife by saying “[Your name] do”?  
Did your character run for the U.S. Senate against the incumbent, played by Gore Vidal?  
Have you played a mobster, a pirate, a private eye and a Soviet official?

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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, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/411 "2019-09-29T12:33:42Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Not American
4. Dead
5. Known for the Arts
6. Last name starts with B
7. European

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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, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/412 "2019-09-29T12:35:04Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you said, in a Capitol Steps sketch, to have agreed to marry your wife by saying “[Your name] do”?  
> Did your character run for the U.S. Senate against the incumbent, played by Gore Vidal?  
> Have you played a mobster, a pirate, a private eye and a Soviet official?

Take 3 DQs.

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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, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/413 "2019-09-29T15:48:40Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you said, in a Capitol Steps sketch, to have agreed to marry your wife by saying “[Your name] do”? - Bob Dole  
Did your character run for the U.S. Senate against the incumbent, played by Gore Vidal? - The title character in the political satire _Bob Roberts_  
Have you played a mobster, a pirate, a private eye and a Soviet official? - Bob Hoskins, in _The Long Good Friday, Hook, Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ and _Enemy at the Gates_

Bob x3!

DQs:

From the British Isles?  
Best known for the visual arts (acting, photography, painting, etc.)?  
Greatest fame before 1950?

IQs:

Was your last name reduced to the elements, literally, for campaign purposes?  
Did you write _Enemy Mine_?  
Are you Archer’s ODIN nemesis?

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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 29, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/414 "2019-09-29T16:30:03Z")

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IQ1: Were you an incompetent news reporter in Minnesota?  
IQ2: Did you write Peter Rabbit?  
IQ3: Did you play Frasier’s wife?

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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, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/415 "2019-09-29T18:18:16Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #3. I am not Bill Murray (??).
> 
> Take 2 or 3 DQs.

Bill the Galactic Hero, Bill Lumberg (from _Office Space_), correct

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 29, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/416 "2019-09-29T20:35:44Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Not American
4. Dead
5. Known for the Arts
6. Last name starts with B
7. European
8. Not British nor Irish
9. Not best known for the visual arts
10. Greatest fame after 1950

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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, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/417 "2019-09-29T20:38:49Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Was your last name reduced to the elements, literally, for campaign purposes?  
> Did you write _Enemy Mine_?  
> Are you Archer’s ODIN nemesis?

1. I am not Barry Goldwater.  
Take 2 DQs.

> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQ1: Were you an incompetent news reporter in Minnesota?  
> IQ2: Did you write Peter Rabbit?  
> IQ3: Did you play Frasier’s wife?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Beatrix Potter.
3. I am not Bebe Neuwerth. (sp?)

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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 29, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/418 "2019-09-29T21:54:26Z")

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Thought for sure you’d get Ted Baxter.

DQ: Popular in US?

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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, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/419 "2019-09-30T02:15:41Z")

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Previous IQs:

Was your last name reduced to the elements, literally, for campaign purposes? - Yes, good ol’ Barry “Au H2O” Goldwater  
Did you write _Enemy Mine_? - Barry Longyear  
Are you Archer’s ODIN nemesis? - Barry

Barry x3!

DQs:

Best known for music?  
Native speaker of a Romance language?

IQs:

Have you played a prosecutor, a concierge, a computer scientist and a network exec?  
Did you work in Chicago and have a frizzy-haired receptionist?  
Did a nice little old lady want to send you money in the remake of _The Ladykillers_?

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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, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/420 "2019-09-30T11:19:04Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Not American
4. Dead
5. Known for the Arts
6. Last name starts with B
7. European
8. Not British nor Irish
9. Not best known for the visual arts
10. Greatest fame after 1950
11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere
12. Best known for music
13. Native speaker of a Romance language

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