# 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:** 28
**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 29, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/541 "2009-01-29T19:42:05Z")
Are you a Mormon pornstar superhero? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/542 "2009-01-29T20:18:55Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Are you the prez of a major nation 🙂 > > Did you fight for Tara? I’m not Barack Obama. I’m also not Scarlett O’Hara. [Quote=Johnny Q] Are you a Mormon pornstar superhero? [/quote] No, I’m not Orgazmo either. ---
**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 29, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/543 "2009-01-29T21:03:10Z")
Should I look upon your works and despair? Did you drop a dead alien on New York in an attempt to save the world? Are you a drug addled Iron Man? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/544 "2009-01-29T21:12:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Should I look upon your works and despair? > Did you drop a dead alien on New York in an attempt to save the world? > Are you a drug addled Iron Man? My name is not Ozymandias, King of Kings. I’m also not Ozzy Osbourne, to answer your third question. However, your middle query leaves me stumped. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 29, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/545 "2009-01-29T22:33:40Z")
You’re not Ozymandias from Watchmen either DQ: Are you a real person? IQ: Are you an ill tempered green muppet? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/546 "2009-01-29T23:29:04Z")
Does your company somewhat famously publish technical books commonly named after animals? Did you write operettas in France and play the cello? Did you become the ruler of a marvelous land after the disappearance of the usurper who had attempted to prevent you from claiming the throne? Were you the first wife of a man who famously (albeit anachronistically) played the fiddle? Did you lead a gang whose inaccurate name was chosen because it “sounded cool?” ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/547 "2009-01-29T23:42:46Z")
Are you a hard core Republican who already has started his Obama-bashing? Can you sell even the most trivial of items, from umbrellas to roller skates, to Arab patrons? Would you like some more, please? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/548 "2009-01-29T23:43:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > You’re not Ozymandias from Watchmen either > > DQ: Are you a real person? > > IQ: Are you an ill tempered green muppet? I am a real person. I am therefore not Oscar the Grouch. **seodoa** : I’m neither Jacques Offenbach (Question #2) nor Princess Ozma (#3). I’m also neither Claudia Octavia (#4) nor Danny Ocean (#5). However, the technical books about animals apparently aren’t famous enough to have registered in my brain. Take a DQ for #1. **Worm** : I’m neither Bill O’Reilly (#1) nor Oliver Twist (#3). As for #2, I’m stumped – take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/549 "2009-01-29T23:51:12Z")
[Oliveira de Figueira](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliveira_de_Figueira), from Tintin. DQ: Are you female? IQ: Are you an African attacking midfielder who just retired? IQ: Did you unite a country, for your Lord? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/550 "2009-01-29T23:57:13Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > However, the technical books about animals apparently aren’t famous enough to have registered in my brain. Take a DQ for #1. **Tim O’Reilly** ’s O’Reilly Media publishes a line of technical books each with an animal drawn on the cover. Because of this, the books are often referred to by the animal, rather than the actual name of the book. _[Programming Perl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_Perl)_, for example, is usually lovingly called the “Camel Book.” It’s also a great reference book for Perl monkeys. DQ: Are you alive? ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/551 "2009-01-30T01:18:55Z")
Are you famous for playing a blond elf? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/552 "2009-01-30T03:37:36Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > DQ: Are you alive? No. [Quote=WormTheRed] DQ: Are you female? IQ: Are you an African attacking midfielder who just retired? IQ: Did you unite a country, for your Lord? [/Quote] I am not female. I’m thus not Jay-Jay Okocha (yes, I Googled that one!) However, I not only didn’t unite a country for my Lord, I can’t think of who did. Take a DQ. **Johnny Q** : I’m not Orlando Bloom. Summary: Real person Not alive Not female I’m logging off for the night, and will be back either around 8 tomorrow morning or 1:30 tomorrow afternoon (gotta specify I mean USA’s EST when this game is being played by people scattered around the world). ---
**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 30, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/553 "2009-01-30T06:27:46Z")
Do you often complain about the fine messes your skinny friend gets you in? ---
**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 30, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/554 "2009-01-30T07:16:03Z")
Did you make a guy go back and to the left ? Do you have a kickass flying sled and themed grenades ? Are you change we can believe in ? 🙂 Are you a bass-playing werewolf with an endearing dry wit ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/555 "2009-01-30T09:10:06Z")
So you’re not Otto Von Bismarck (who united Germany for his Kaiser). DQ: Are you born in the 19th century? IQ: Did you found a typewriter company? IQ: Are you the spouse of a national leader? IQ: Are you the prez of an island nation? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/556 "2009-01-30T13:58:33Z")
**Johnny Q** : I’m not Oliver Hardy. > [@Kobal2](#): > > Did you make a guy go back and to the left ? > Do you have a kickass flying sled and themed grenades ? > Are you change we can believe in ? > Are you a bass-playing werewolf with an endearing dry wit ? I’m still not Barack Obama (Question #3). I’m also not Oliver Stone (#1). I’ll give you a DQ for #2, and another for #4. > [@WormTheRed](#): > > DQ: Are you born in the 19th century? > > IQ: Did you found a typewriter company? > IQ: Are you the spouse of a national leader? > IQ: Are you the prez of an island nation? I was born in the nineteenth century. I am not Camillo Olivetti (Question #1), Michelle Obama (#2), or Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (#3). SUMMARY: Real person born in nineteenth century Not alive Not female ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/557 "2009-01-30T14:11:53Z")
IQ: Did you punch your way to an Olympic Gold? IQ: Did a character you played check out with a very famous last word? IQ: Did you rule what turned out to be a short lived Republic? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/558 "2009-01-30T14:48:24Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > IQ: Did you punch your way to an Olympic Gold? > IQ: Did a character you played check out with a very famous last word? > IQ: Did you rule what turned out to be a short lived Republic? I’m neither Oscar De La Hoya (#1) nor Orson Welles (#2). I can think of plenty of short-lived Republics, but no O-initialed presidents of same. Take a DQ. Back in a few hours… ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/559 "2009-01-30T14:55:59Z")
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. DQ: Did you get your fame from politics? IQ: Did two ravens and two wolves help you rule? ---
**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 30, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/560 "2009-01-30T20:34:56Z")
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