# \[GAME\] 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\
**Page:** 30

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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 26, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/581 "2014-09-26T17:25:08Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Not Buster Keaton or Stanley Kubrick.
> 
> Take a DQ for the boxer.

Alan King

DQ: Associated with the Civil War?

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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 26, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/582 "2014-09-26T17:30:56Z")

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Previous IQs:

Did a fictional version of you appear briefly in Enemy at the Gates? - Yes, Nikita K. (played by Bob Hoskins, I believe)  
Were you the top bad guy in _Breaker Morant_? - Lord Kitchener  
Did you once refer to the President as being “loaded”? - Yes, Dr. Henry Kissinger: [Is the Secret Service responsible for keeping the president from getting drunk? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2910/is-the-secret-service-responsible-for-keeping-the-president-from-getting-drunk)

DQ:

Born before 1850?

IQs:

Did you coin the term “robot”?  
Did you play women named Elizabeth in two of your major roles?  
Was your dad a noted defense lawyer?

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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 26, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/583 "2014-09-26T17:52:50Z")

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IQ1: Did you compose The Star Spangled Banner?  
IQ2: Was your real name Harry A. Longabaugh?  
IQ3: Were you the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/584 "2014-09-26T18:24:15Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Are you a Bond villain who recently passed away?

Not Richard Kiel

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/585 "2014-09-26T18:42:34Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you coin the term “robot”?  
> Did you play women named Elizabeth in two of your major roles?  
> Was your dad a noted defense lawyer?

Not Karel Capek or Kim Kardashian

Take a DQ for #2

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/586 "2014-09-26T18:43:34Z")

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SUMMARY

1. Male
2. Not Living
3. Last name starts with K
4. American
5. Not known for the arts (no matter how broadly defined)
6. Real person
7. Born before 1900
8. Born after 1850
9. Not involved in the US Civil War

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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 26, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/587 "2014-09-26T18:46:10Z")

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DQs:

1. Best known for Business?
2. Last name starts with Ka-to-Kn?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/588 "2014-09-26T18:58:48Z")

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SUMMARY

1. Male
2. Not Living
3. Last name starts with K
4. American
5. Not known for the arts (no matter how broadly defined)
6. Real person
7. Born before 1900
8. Born after 1850
9. Not involved in the US Civil War
10. Not known as a businessman or entrepreneur of any kind
11. Last name falls into “KA-KN” range

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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 26, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/589 "2014-09-26T20:18:33Z")

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IQ: Did you have one of the 1st comedy specials on HBO?

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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 26, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/590 "2014-09-26T20:18:40Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did you compose The Star Spangled Banner?  
> IQ2: Was your real name Harry A. Longabaugh?  
> IQ3: Were you the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy?

You Hoo! ^^^

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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 26, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/591 "2014-09-26T20:28:37Z")

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IQs:

Did you coin the term “robot”? - Yes, Karel Capek  
Did you play women named Elizabeth in two of your major roles? - Keira Knightley, in _Pride & Prejudice_ and _Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl_  
Was your dad a noted defense lawyer? - Yes, Kim Kardashian

DQ:

Political/military?

IQ:

Was a famous pact named after you?  
Were you Washington’s head of artillery?  
Did you try to leap the Snake River Canyon?

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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 26, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/592 "2014-09-26T20:40:45Z")

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IQ: Did Lily Aldrin insist she wasn’t you?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/593 "2014-09-26T21:09:57Z")

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\*\*Originally Posted by Knowed Out

IQ1: Did you compose The Star Spangled Banner?  
IQ2: Was your real name Harry A. Longabaugh?  
IQ3: Were you the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy?\*\*

Not Francis Scott Key or the Sundance Kid

Take a DQ for the blasphemer

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/594 "2014-09-26T21:10:57Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did you have one of the 1st comedy specials on HBO?

Not…

Ah, just take a DQ. I don’t even have a guess.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/595 "2014-09-26T21:11:57Z")

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SUMMARY

1. Male
2. Not Living
3. Last name starts with K
4. American
5. Not known for the arts (no matter how broadly defined)
6. Real person
7. Born before 1900
8. Born after 1850
9. Not involved in the US Civil War
10. Not known as a businessman or entrepreneur of any kind
11. Last name falls into “KA-KN” range
12. Best known as a political or military figure

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/596 "2014-09-26T21:13:14Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQ:
> 
> Was a famous pact named after you?  
> Were you Washington’s head of artillery?  
> Did you try to leap the Snake River Canyon?

Not Frank Kellogg or Evel Knievel

Take a DQ for the artillery man

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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 26, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/597 "2014-09-26T21:46:29Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Did Lily Aldrin insist she wasn’t you?

Miss this?

The comic was Robert Klein

DQ reserved

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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 26, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/598 "2014-09-26T21:48:01Z")

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DQ: WWI veteran?

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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 26, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/599 "2014-09-26T22:48:28Z")

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Previous IQ:

Was a famous pact named after you? - Yes, U.S. Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, of the Kellogg-Briand Pact  
Were you Washington’s head of artillery? - Henry Knox  
Did you try to leap the Snake River Canyon? - Yes, Evel Knievel

DQ:

Best known for Federal elective office?

IQs:

Did you sing at the segregated 1939 premiere of _Gone with the Wind_?  
Did you appear in _My Favorite Year_?  
So you have a naked mole rat as a pet?

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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 26, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/600 "2014-09-26T23:58:20Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> \*\*  
> Take a DQ for the blasphemer

Abner Kneeland

DQ reserved

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