# January 2014, Botticelli

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669 "2014-01-02T00:56:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 26

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**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/501 "2014-01-28T18:02:23Z")

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IQ1: Are you a humble Dickens character who provided the name for a British hard rock band?  
IQ2: Do you fiddle about?  
IQ3: Did it take you 10 years to get home?

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/502 "2014-01-28T19:30:32Z")

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> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a litigious spoon bender?  
> IQ2: Are you a British king?  
> IQ3: Do you survive The Flood?

I am not Uri Geller.  
I am not Uther Pendragon.  
I am not Utnaphistim.

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/503 "2014-01-28T19:31:44Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a humble Dickens character who provided the name for a British hard rock band?  
> IQ2: Do you fiddle about?  
> IQ3: Did it take you 10 years to get home?

1. I am not Uriah Heep.
2. I am not Uncle Ernie.
3. I am not Ulysses.

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/504 "2014-01-28T20:11:38Z")

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IQ1: Are you a Canadian author who has won the Governor General’s Award?  
IQ2: Are you an unlikely hero’s subterranean pseudonym?  
IQ3: Does your best known work revolve around murders in a monastery?

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/505 "2014-01-28T21:32:30Z")

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> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Canadian author who has won the Governor General’s Award?  
> IQ2: Are you an unlikely hero’s subterranean pseudonym?  
> IQ3: Does your best known work revolve around murders in a monastery?

Take a DQ for #1.  
I am not the Undertaker.  
I am not Umberto Eco.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/506 "2014-01-28T22:02:55Z")

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IQ1: Were you a Secretary-General of the UN?  
IQ2: Did we first see the Simpsons on your show?  
IQ3: Are you a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500?

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/507 "2014-01-28T22:32:31Z")

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Previous IQs:

Are you a contemporary black actress and model? - Gabrielle Union.  
Were you a black actress and model in the Seventies? - Yes, Leslie Uggams.  
Did you commit adultery with the Duchess of Cornwall? - This was also Uther Pendragon, so I’ll just take one DQ.

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Did you destroy an entire species in an instant of rage?  
Are you a biblical king whose death was mentioned by a prophet in terms of dating?  
Were you a football star mentioned by JFK in a pre-White House tape?

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/508 "2014-01-28T22:44:41Z")

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IQ1: Were you the last king of Italy?  
IQ2: Are you a pseudonym used by the Ringbearer?  
IQ3: Did you have a cabin?

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/509 "2014-01-28T23:24:33Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a Secretary-General of the UN?  
> IQ2: Did we first see the Simpsons on your show?  
> IQ3: Are you a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500?

I am not U Thant.  
I am not Tracy Ullman.  
I am not Al Unser.

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/510 "2014-01-28T23:25:44Z")

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/511 "2014-01-28T23:27:32Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you destroy an entire species in an instant of rage?  
> Are you a biblical king whose death was mentioned by a prophet in terms of dating?  
> Were you a football star mentioned by JFK in a pre-White House tape?

I oughta know #1, but take a DQ.  
I am not Uzziah.  
I am not Johnny Unitas.

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/512 "2014-01-28T23:28:34Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you the last king of Italy?  
> IQ2: Are you a pseudonym used by the Ringbearer?  
> IQ3: Did you have a cabin?

I am not Umberto II.  
I am not Mr. Underhill.  
I am not Uncle Tom.

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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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/513 "2014-01-28T23:57:19Z")

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IQ1: Were you a Disney animator?  
IQ2: Are you a tall, skinny, elderly fellow who wears red-white-and-blue clothes?  
IQ3: Did you tell stories about a rabbit, a fox and a bear?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/514 "2014-01-29T00:19:00Z")

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IQ1: Did you play a schoolteacher in the 1973 remake of _Lost Horizon_?  
IQ2: Did you, a neat freak, share an apartment with a beer-guzzling slob?  
IQ3: Were you a comic book character who was constantly troubled by Varmints?

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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:** [January 29, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/515 "2014-01-29T00:19:31Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Were you a Disney animator?  
> IQ2: Are you a tall, skinny, elderly fellow who wears red-white-and-blue clothes?  
> IQ3: Did you tell stories about a rabbit, a fox and a bear?

I am not Ub Iwerks, Uncle Sam or Uncle Remus.

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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:** [January 29, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/516 "2014-01-29T00:21:20Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> IQ1: Did you play a schoolteacher in the 1973 remake of _Lost Horizon_?  
> IQ2: Did you, a neat freak, share an apartment with a beer-guzzling slob?  
> IQ3: Were you a comic book character who was constantly troubled by Varmints?

Take a DQ for #1.  
I am not Felix Unger.  
Take a DQ for #3.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/517 "2014-01-29T00:27:15Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Take a DQ for #1.  
> I am not Felix Unger.  
> Take a DQ for #3.

The schoolteacher was played by Liv Ullmann. The comic book character was known as Unk, and the comic book was “CARtoons.”

DQ: Alive today?  
DQ: 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:** [January 29, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/518 "2014-01-29T00:40:13Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. Alive
3. Male

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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:** [January 29, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/519 "2014-01-29T00:50:06Z")

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IQ1: Are you an elderly rabbit?  
IQ2: Were you a WWII airbourne general?  
IQ3: Did Jackie Coogan play you?

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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:** [January 29, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/520 "2014-01-29T01:07:08Z")

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IQ: Are you the world’s fastest man?

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