# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 3, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353 "2014-09-03T12:37:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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 20, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/381 "2014-09-20T13:40:56Z")

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[The advantage of being of the same age and geographic area as the questioner. :)]

So now, I am H!

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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 20, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/382 "2014-09-20T18:04:47Z")

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Hey, I watched _The Munsters_ too!

IQ1: Did Lyndon Johnson say he had your pecker in his pocket?  
IQ2: Did Sting refer to you in song as “the old man in that book by Nabokov?”  
IQ3: Did you save a prostitute from arrest by assault, then use the experience in your most famous novel?

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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 20, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/383 "2014-09-20T18:32:15Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Hey, I watched _The Munsters_ too!
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> IQ1: Did Lyndon Johnson say he had your pecker in his pocket?  
> IQ2: Did Sting refer to you in song as “the old man in that book by Nabokov?”  
> IQ3: Did you save a prostitute from arrest by assault, then use the experience in your most famous novel?

I am not Hubert H. Humphrey. I am not Humbert Humbert. Take a DQ for #3.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/384 "2014-09-20T20:36:34Z")

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IQ1: Were you Alois and Klara’s best-known child?  
IQ2: Are you and your pals th biggest show in town?  
IQ3: Are you the only practicing wizard listed in the Chicago phone book?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/385 "2014-09-20T20:52:02Z")

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IQ: Did you write the first code of law?  
IQ2: Are you a poker player known for playing creative starting hands?  
IQ3: Are you a top female poker player with an unfortunate last name?

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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 20, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/386 "2014-09-20T22:00:36Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Alois and Klara’s best-known child?  
> IQ2: Are you and your pals th biggest show in town?  
> IQ3: Are you the only practicing wizard listed in the Chicago phone book?

#1. I’m not Adolf Hitler. #2. I’m not Huckleberry Hound.  
Take a DQ for #3.

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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 20, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/387 "2014-09-20T22:01:41Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did you write the first code of law?  
> IQ2: Are you a poker player known for playing creative starting hands?  
> IQ3: Are you a top female poker player with an unfortunate last name?

1. I’m not Hammurabi.  
Take 2 DQs for the poker players.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/388 "2014-09-20T22:55:00Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you Alois and Klara’s best-known child?  
> IQ2: Are you and your pals th biggest show in town?  
> IQ3: Are you the only practicing wizard listed in the Chicago phone book?

> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> #1. I’m not Adolf Hitler. #2. I’m not Huckleberry Hound.  
> Take a DQ for #3.

Correct.  
Correct.  
Harry Dresden, from the books by Jim Butcher.  
DQ: Real?  
IQ1: Are you covered with blue fur?  
IQ2: Were you briefly married to the Flemish mare?  
IQ3: Were you known as Prince Hal?

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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 20, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/389 "2014-09-20T23:07:20Z")

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DQs:

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 20, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/390 "2014-09-20T23:08:25Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Are you covered with blue fur?  
> IQ2: Were you briefly married to the Flemish mare?  
> IQ3: Were you known as Prince Hal?

#1: I am not Hank McCoy. #3: I am not Henry V. Take a DQ for #2.

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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 20, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/391 "2014-09-20T23:33:32Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> I am not Hubert H. Humphrey. I am not Humbert Humbert. Take a DQ for #3.

Victor Hugo (_Les Miserables_)

DQ: Male

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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 20, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/392 "2014-09-20T23:41:33Z")

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IQ1: Did you front _Black Flag_ before forming your own band?  
IQ2: Did Ray Liotta play you in _Goodfellas_?  
IQ3: Did you wear a windbreaker in the pilot for a successful sitcom you starred in, and then switch to a leather jacket for the rest of the 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 20, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/393 "2014-09-20T23:44:10Z")

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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 20, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/394 "2014-09-20T23:45:27Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you front _Black Flag_ before forming your own band?  
> IQ2: Did Ray Liotta play you in _Goodfellas_?  
> IQ3: Did you wear a windbreaker in the pilot for a successful sitcom you starred in, and then switch to a leather jacket for the rest of the series?

I am not Henry Winkler. Take 2 DQs for the others.

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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, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/395 "2014-09-21T02:14:27Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> I am not Henry Winkler. Take 2 DQs for the others.

Henry Rollins, Henry Hill

DQ: Alive?  
DQ: Last name start with H?

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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, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/396 "2014-09-21T02:24:52Z")

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IQ1: Are you a French novelist and playwright who wrote _La Comédie humaine_?  
IQ2: Did you create the comic strip _Prince Valiant_?  
IQ3: Did you close radio broadcasts with “And now you know the rest of the story?”

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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, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/397 "2014-09-21T03:00:23Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. Dead
4. First name starts with H

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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, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/398 "2014-09-21T03:01:38Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a French novelist and playwright who wrote _La Comédie humaine_?  
> IQ2: Did you create the comic strip _Prince Valiant_?  
> IQ3: Did you close radio broadcasts with “And now you know the rest of the story?”

1. I am not Honore de Balzac.
2. I am not Hal Foster.  
3, I am not Paul Harvey. Good day.

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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 21, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/399 "2014-09-21T03:09:11Z")

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Way to go, **Prof**.!

IQs:

Did you marry a Jewish woman despite being a demonstrably anti-Semitic person?  
Are you an unpleasant being about whom that person wrote?  
Were you named after a Cleveland department store?

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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, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/400 "2014-09-21T03:15:36Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Way to go, **Prof**.!
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> IQs:
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> Did you marry a Jewish woman despite being a demonstrably anti-Semitic person?  
> Are you an unpleasant being about whom that person wrote?  
> Were you named after a Cleveland department store?

Take 3 DQs.

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