# 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:** 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 7, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/141 "2019-09-07T01:32:16Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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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?

1. I am not Pat Sajak.
2. I am not Sonny Bono.
3. I am not Sade.

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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 7, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/142 "2019-09-07T04:18:04Z")

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Bono was a Congressman, not a senator, FTR.

Previous IQs:

Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? - Saladin, during the Crusades  
Were your brothers Renly and Robert? - Stannis Baratheon, on _Game of Thrones_  
Were you AKA Curunir? - Saruman, in _LOTR_

DQs:

Living?  
American?  
Last name start with S?

IQs:

Were you T’Pring’s fiancee?  
Did she inexplicably want to marry this stiff instead?  
Were you this inspirational figure from their society’s ancient past?

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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, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/143 "2019-09-07T12:08:56Z")

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IQ1: Do you help in manufacturing planets, specializing in fjords?  
IQ2: Are you a fan of a miraculously healed pinball wizard?  
IQ3: Are you a hick persona of Jonathon Winters?

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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 7, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/144 "2019-09-07T12:42:34Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not American
5. Last name starts with S

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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 7, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/145 "2019-09-07T12:44:58Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you T’Pring’s fiancee?  
> Did she inexplicably want to marry this stiff instead?  
> Were you this inspirational figure from their society’s ancient past?

1. I am not Spock.
2. I forget. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Sarek?? Take another DQ.

> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQ1: Do you help in manufacturing planets, specializing in fjords?  
> IQ2: Are you a fan of a miraculously healed pinball wizard?  
> IQ3: Are you a hick persona of Jonathon Winters?

1. I am not Slartibartfast.
2. Tommy, hmm, I’m gonna have to listen to that again. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Elwood P. Suggins.

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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, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/146 "2019-09-07T14:21:28Z")

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2 was Sally Simpson

DQ: From the 20th century?

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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 7, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/147 "2019-09-07T14:35:40Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not American
5. Last name starts with S
6. 20th Century

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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 8, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/148 "2019-09-08T00:06:49Z")

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Previous IQs:

Were you T’Pring’s fiancee? - Yes, Spock  
Did she inexplicably want to marry this stiff instead? - Stonn  
Were you this inspirational figure from their society’s ancient past? - Surak

DQs:

European?  
Political/military?

IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Auburn, N.Y.?  
Did you write and perform “She Used To Be Mine”?  
Did you lead an uprising of Roman slaves?

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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 8, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/149 "2019-09-08T00:29:29Z")

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IQ1: Are you the quadruple named girl who would not take the garbage out?  
IQ2: Are you her multi-talented bald and bearded creator?  
IQ3: Are you an actress co-starring in The Four Seasons?

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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 8, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/150 "2019-09-08T00:50:54Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not American
5. Last name starts with S
6. 20th Century
7. Not European
8. Political/military

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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 8, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/151 "2019-09-08T00:52:00Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Are you the best-known person from Auburn, N.Y.?  
> Did you write and perform “She Used To Be Mine”?  
> Did you lead an uprising of Roman slaves?

I am not Spartacus. Take 2 DQs.

> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQ1: Are you the quadruple named girl who would not take the garbage out?  
> IQ2: Are you her multi-talented bald and bearded creator?  
> IQ3: Are you an actress co-starring in The Four Seasons?

1. I am not Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout.
2. I am not Shel Silverstein.  
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 8, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/152 "2019-09-08T00:58:48Z")

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3 was Sandy Dennis.

DQ: S followed by vowel or consonant?

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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 8, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/153 "2019-09-08T01:00:14Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not American
5. Last name starts with S
6. 20th Century
7. Not European
8. Political/military
9. S followed by a vowel

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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 8, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/154 "2019-09-08T01:45:15Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Auburn, N.Y.? - William H. Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE  
Did you write and perform “She Used To Be Mine”? - Sara Bareilles: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53GIADHxVzM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53GIADHxVzM)  
Did you lead an uprising of Roman slaves? - Yes, Spartacus

DQs:

Asian?  
More political than military?

IQs:

Were you AKA Annatar?  
Were you a peg-legged Dutch mayor?  
Were you a Japanese diplomat who helped Jews escape the Nazis?

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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 8, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/155 "2019-09-08T12:24:50Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not American
5. Last name starts with S
6. 20th Century
7. Not European
8. Political/military
9. S followed by a vowel
10. Not Asian
11. More political than military

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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 8, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/156 "2019-09-08T12:25:54Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
> 
> Were you AKA Annatar?  
> Were you a peg-legged Dutch mayor?  
> Were you a Japanese diplomat who helped Jews escape the Nazis?

1. I am not Peter Stuyvesant.  
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 8, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/157 "2019-09-08T15:31:38Z")

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IQs

IQ1: Were you a singer, similarly named to the missed actress from The Four Seasons, and part of Fairport Convention?  
IQ2: Did you sing “Long Live Love”?  
IQ3: Were you an Egyptian president assassinated in 1981?

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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 8, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/158 "2019-09-08T16:17:09Z")

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> [@atimnie](#):
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> IQ3: Were you an Egyptian president assassinated in 1981?

Yes, I am Anwar Sadat!

Good job, **atimnie**! Your turn! No Z’s, please.

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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 8, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/159 "2019-09-08T16:27:36Z")

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And we are J

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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 8, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600/160 "2019-09-08T19:42:13Z")

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Good on ya, **atimnie**!

Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Annatar? - Sauron, in _The Silmarillion_  
Were you a peg-legged Dutch mayor? - Yes, Peter Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam  
Were you a Japanese diplomat who helped Jews escape the Nazis? - The great Chiune Sugihara: [Chiune Sugihara - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara)

On to J.

IQs:

Did a non-American actor play you, an iconic American figure, in a recent movie with Natalie Portman?  
Did Portman play you in that movie?  
Were you Portman’s character’s second child?

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