# Botticelli 2009! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311 "2009-01-08T00:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/401 "2009-01-16T14:44:57Z")
I’m European I was kind of the leader of a country I was not alive in the 20th century And :smack:. Warren Bell is a guy who wrote an article about Carol Burnett’s song… have another dq. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/402 "2009-01-16T19:01:17Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > \*\* > Kobal2\*\* > I’m not John Browning > Nor am I [Charles Brown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brown_(musician)) > And I ain’t Beckham > And have a DQ for the tombstone I was thinking of Ned Buntline for the guns, but Browning works. The tombstone is Billy the Kid’s. Are you a religious figure ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/403 "2009-01-16T19:24:18Z")
Not a religious figure. To summarise: Not a religious figure Male Not alive during the 20th century Kindof the leader of my country European Real ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/404 "2009-01-16T20:13:43Z")
Did you and your buddies gang up on a military leader ? Are you a warrior queen ? Are you often likened to Emperor Palpatine (of Star Wars fame) because, seriously, you do look very creepy ? Does everyone but your creator hate your guts ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/405 "2009-01-16T20:17:28Z")
Have a dq Not Bodecaia Not George W Bush (?) Not Jar Jar Bings ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/406 "2009-01-16T20:52:36Z")
Do you goof off at Camp Swampy? Are you Ruth Handler’s legacy? Are you an Alabama auto dealer primarily known for his sporting career? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/407 "2009-01-16T21:41:43Z")
Not Brutus, then. And while GWB is a good choice, I was rather thinking of [Benedict XVI](http://synth.at.tut.by/pope-benedict-palpatine.jpg) Were the Americas officialy discovered by your time ? (and don’t try a weasely Leif Ericson copout, you Nordic git ! 🙂 I suppose the Aztecs discovered them even before he did. I’m talking Columbus, New World, Gérard Depardieu et caetera here) ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/408 "2009-01-16T23:04:41Z")
**Sternvogel** Not that I’m aware off? Have a DQ I’m not Barbie And I dunno nuttin about American sports (I’m guessing Fooball here?), so have another **Kobal2** Nope, I’m not Marcius Junius Brutus (but it’s unfair to Caesar to call him just a military leader) and I should’ve thought of Benedict; lots of pictures pop to mind when I read it 😉 First a HAHAHA 😃 And come on, the Aztecs were bad-asses a couple of centuries after Leif 😉 As for whom you’re asking about; I suppose they were officially discovered by the time of Benedict XII (1724-30), whom I’m not 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/409 "2009-01-17T00:27:44Z")
Are you famous for uniting your country and your red beard? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/410 "2009-01-17T01:10:13Z")
That wasn’t an IQ but a DQ. You owed me one for Brutus, remember ? 😉 Now these are IQs : Do fans hotly debate whether you really have wings ? Are you ghastly afraid of flying (in airplanes), thus prompting your friends to sedate you everytime ? Did you and your wife appear as characters in a videogame ? Are you an obsessive paranoid who prepares for any and every contingency, no matter how unlikely it may seem ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/411 "2009-01-17T02:03:17Z")
**Johnny Q** Can’t think of a red-bearded revolutionary hero. Have a DQ. **Kobal2** Hey, you gotta use official Botticelli quotation for the DQ.s But no, the Americas were not officially discovered in my days. Don’t do comics, so have a dq I’m not BA Baraccus of the A Team Expecting a :smack: here, but have a DQ Monk doesn’t start witha B, right? Have another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/412 "2009-01-17T02:30:09Z")
Wow, good crop o’ questions. The first one was the Balrog (Tolkien fans are divided on the wings issue), David Bowie and his wife Iman have appeared in the game Omikron (for which Bowie did the soundtrack, too) and Batman is prepared. Always. So many DQs, and I have no idea who you might be or where to aim them. Let’s see… Are you an hereditary sort of ruler, or were you chosen/elected ? Does the country you sorta ruled have a Mediterranean coastline ? Did you ever lead a battle (an actual blood 'n guts one, not a political or philosophical one) ? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/413 "2009-01-17T04:01:14Z")
I was going for Frederick Barbarossa. DQ: Are you German? IQ: Are you a sarcastic conniver whose intelligence seems to rise as his social standing goes down? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/414 "2009-01-17T09:45:32Z")
**Kobal2** Weird, that wasn’t a :smack: moment at all. I’ve never played Omikron (any good?) I was chosen/elected, my country borders the Med and I have led a battle **Johnny Q** :smack: on Barbarossa I am however, not German I shouldn’t do these before my morning coffee, so have a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/415 "2009-01-17T14:42:44Z")
(meh, not all that good. There are some amusing concepts, but on the whole it tries to be too many different games at once, and fails to be any good at any aspect - except the gameworld and feel, which are quite unique) OK, so let’s see… Did you cross the Alps with pachyderms ? Are you the previous dude’s father ? Did the rape of a family member \*really \*piss you off ? Did you lead one side at a Battle of Thermopylae, only not the famous one ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/416 "2009-01-17T17:10:40Z")
I’m neither Hannibal Barca nor Hasdrubal Barca (or was that his brother) But **I am** Lucius Junius Brutus, who _founded_ the Roman Republic! And who was the last one? So congratulations and celebrations **Kobal2**! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/417 "2009-01-17T19:16:01Z")
Brennus, a Gaul warchief. I’m happy to have sussed you out on that “no, I’m not Brutus… not that one” :] All right then, I’ll give you an… **M** ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/418 "2009-01-17T19:36:32Z")
Are you a candle in the wind? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/419 "2009-01-17T20:03:21Z")
Did you sing _happy birthday_ in a sexy voide? Do you have a cocktail named after you? Did Aguilera, Lil Kim, Pink and Mya sing about you? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/420 "2009-01-17T21:05:12Z")
Not Marylin Monroe (interesting, I always thought this was a Lady Diana song) Not Marylin Monroe either. Not Lady Marmelade (you do know the lyrics to that go “Do you want to sleep with me ?” in French, right ? Impersonal you, too.) What cocktail ? We don’t need no steenkin’ cocktails. Take a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311.md?page=22)