# 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:** 7

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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 6, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/121 "2019-09-06T15:38:11Z")

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DQ: Actress?

SMV, go ahead and resubmit: this person could be someone we already asked about.

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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 6, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/122 "2019-09-06T15:40:31Z")

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IQs:

1. Did your sister play the lead character on _Bones_?
2. Are you the title character in what has to be on of Sean Connery’s worst movies?
3. Are you one of David Bowie’s personae?

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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 6, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/123 "2019-09-06T15:51:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> IQ1: Did Jason Sudeikis voice you in a 2017 Fox sitcom that combined live action and animation?  
> IQ2: Did you play Mary Jane in Spider-man: Far From Home?  
> IQ3: Do you play the snotty passive-aggressive host of Between Two Ferns?

Son of Zorn, Zendaya, Zack Galifanakis

DQ: First name begin with Z?

holding 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 6, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/124 "2019-09-06T15:57:06Z")

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> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
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> Yeah, think I’m going to sit this one out. I was already straining to come up with “Z” people, and I feel it would somehow be cheating to recycle my IQs from the last round.

Oh shit, they’re onto me. 😃

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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 6, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/125 "2019-09-06T15:58:37Z")

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1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Known for the arts
6. Born after 1960
7. Born in 1980
8. Actress
9. First name starts with Z

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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 6, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/126 "2019-09-06T16:00:50Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did your sister play the lead character on _Bones_?
> 2. Are you the title character in what has to be on of Sean Connery’s worst movies?
> 3. Are you one of David Bowie’s personae?

Ahem.

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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 6, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/127 "2019-09-06T16:02:16Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did your sister play the lead character on _Bones_?

And the game’s back to you. Yes Zooey Deschanel is the correct answer.

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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 6, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/128 "2019-09-06T16:03:23Z")

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Oh, good. I am Z!

No, wait a minute, that’s no good…  
I am S!

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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 6, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/129 "2019-09-06T16:12:35Z")

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IQs:

IQ1: Are you a military themed wrestler from the glory days of WWF?  
IQ2: Were you the one eyed member of the Rat Pack?  
IQ3: Are you the one eyed pusher of Wheat Thins who has a band named after you?

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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 6, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/130 "2019-09-06T16:14:53Z")

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IQs:

Were you Mr. Burns’s right-hand man at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant?  
Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR?  
Were you his second?

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/131 "2019-09-06T17:19:48Z")

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IQ1: Were you an actor known for your overwrought, often-mocked commercials for the Christian Children’s Fund?  
IQ2: Over the course of the work in which you are a character, did you grow from a silly girl obsessed with pretty dresses and handsome princes into a strategist and queen, ending up as one of the principle characters of the story?  
IQ3: Were you a Roman emperor who invaded Scotland but died at York, who shares his name with a well-known character from a hugely-popular fantasy series?

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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 6, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/132 "2019-09-06T18:12:07Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQs:
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> IQ1: Are you a military themed wrestler from the glory days of WWF?  
> IQ2: Were you the one eyed member of the Rat Pack?  
> IQ3: Are you the one eyed pusher of Wheat Thins who has a band named after you?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Sammy Davis, Jr.
3. I am not Sandy Duncan.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you Mr. Burns’s right-hand man at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant?  
> Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR?  
> Were you his second?

1. I am not Smithers.
2. I am not Simon Cameron.
3. I am not Edwin Stanton.

> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
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> IQ1: Were you an actor known for your overwrought, often-mocked commercials for the Christian Children’s Fund?  
> IQ2: Over the course of the work in which you are a character, did you grow from a silly girl obsessed with pretty dresses and handsome princes into a strategist and queen, ending up as one of the principle characters of the story?  
> IQ3: Were you a Roman emperor who invaded Scotland but died at York, who shares his name with a well-known character from a hugely-popular fantasy series?

1. I am not Sally Struthers (??)
2. I am not Sansa Stark.
3. Take a DQ.

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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 6, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/133 "2019-09-06T19:56:37Z")

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1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Sammy Davis, Jr.
3. I am not Sandy Duncan.

1 was Sgt Slaughter.

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 6, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/134 "2019-09-06T20:00:19Z")

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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 6, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/135 "2019-09-06T20:41:14Z")

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Swept me!

IQs:

Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night?  
Were your brothers Renly and Robert?  
Were you AKA Curunir?

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/136 "2019-09-06T21:18:09Z")

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Previous IQs:

IQ1: Were you an actor known for your overwrought, often-mocked commercials for the Christian Children’s Fund?  
IQ2: Over the course of the work in which you are a character, did you grow from a silly girl obsessed with pretty dresses and handsome princes into a strategist and queen, ending up as one of the principle characters of the story?  
IQ3: Were you a Roman emperor who invaded Scotland but died at York, who shares his name with a well-known character from a hugely-popular fantasy series?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> …
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> 1. I am not Sally Struthers (??)
> 2. I am not Sansa Stark.
> 3. Take a DQ.

Correct on Sally Struthers and Sansa Stark. The Roman emperor was Septimus Severus, who shares his name with Professor Severus Snape, of the _Harry Potter_ universe. Had an alliteration theme going.

IQ1: Are you the Sopwith Camel-flying sworn enemy of the Red Baron?  
IQ2: As a young actor, did you star in a low-budget porn film that earned a larger audience once you became a well-recognized mainstream star?  
IQ3: Were you Lincoln’s secretary of state?

DQ1: Female?

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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 6, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/137 "2019-09-06T23:26:48Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Swept me!
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> IQs:
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> Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night?  
> Were your brothers Renly and Robert?  
> Were you AKA Curunir?

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 6, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/138 "2019-09-06T23:27:48Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male

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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 6, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/139 "2019-09-06T23:28:54Z")

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> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the Sopwith Camel-flying sworn enemy of the Red Baron?  
> IQ2: As a young actor, did you star in a low-budget porn film that earned a larger audience once you became a well-recognized mainstream star?  
> IQ3: Were you Lincoln’s secretary of state?

1. I am not Snoopy.
2. I am not Sylvester Stallone.
3. I am not William Seward.

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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 7, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/140 "2019-09-07T00:48:24Z")

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IQ1: Are you a game show host who briefly had his own talk show?  
IQ2: Were you a senator who crashed into a tree while skiing?  
IQ3: Did you fall for a Smooth Operator?

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