# Google's icon today in honor of ....what? (A doper IQ test)

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**Created:** [March 14, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-icon-today-in-honor-of-what-a-doper-iq-test/489443 "2009-03-14T19:26:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-icon-today-in-honor-of-what-a-doper-iq-test/489443/21 "2009-03-15T04:22:22Z")

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> [@chappachula](#):
>
> Quick, tell me what you’re thinking.  
> You’re a Doper, one of the smartest people on the planet, so naturally, you automatically think of:  
> …  
> …  
> …  
> …Giovanni Schiaparelli?
> 
> Okay, folks, let’s hear it…and let’s be honest. Who recognizes that name?

My first thought was “That weird-looking actor from ‘Ghost’?” But that was Vincent Schiavelli.

never mind…

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**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-icon-today-in-honor-of-what-a-doper-iq-test/489443/22 "2009-03-15T05:11:13Z")

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> [@chappachula](#):
>
> You’re a Doper, one of the smartest people on the planet, so naturally, you automatically think of:  
> …  
> …  
> …  
> …Giovanni Schiaparelli?

40th anniversary of Apollo 11 (thinking: wait, wasn’t the moon landing in July?)

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