# Botticelli August 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071 "2022-08-04T03:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/1 "2022-08-04T03:35:21Z")
Hello hello hello and welcome to the August 2022 Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)) is the Wikipedia article on the game, [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/273) is last month’s thread, and [here](https://preview.redd.it/2wn8syihqia81.png?auto=webp&s=457112501fab9dd5ac368bada9b3af454f1e7f93) is Albert Einstein hanging out on the beach. I am X. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/2 "2022-08-04T11:16:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a South American children’s entertainer? 2. Were you the original “King of the Movies”? 3. Were you Socrates’s nagging wife? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/3 "2022-08-04T16:02:15Z")
IQs: Did you attack Sparta with a vast army? Were you a noted Greek cavalry commander? Were you USMC Commandant in the 1980s? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/4 "2022-08-04T17:46:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a South American children’s entertainer? > 2. Were you the original “King of the Movies”? > 3. Were you Socrates’s nagging wife? 1. I am not Xuxa. 2. I am not Francis X. Bushman. 3. I am not Xanthippe. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you attack Sparta with a vast army? > Were you a noted Greek cavalry commander? > Were you USMC Commandant in the 1980s? Respectively: I am not Xerxes. I am not Xeno X. Xeno. I am not Whoever X. Dudeguy. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/5 "2022-08-04T17:57:01Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Were you assassinated by the League of Islam in 1965? 2. Were you one of the above-mentioned assassins? 3. Were you a Swiss polar explorer? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/6 "2022-08-04T19:01:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you attack Sparta with a vast army? - Yes, Xerxes Were you a noted Greek cavalry commander? - Xenophon Were you USMC Commandant in the 1980s? - Gen. Paul X. Kelley DQs: Real? First name starts with X? IQs: Did you command Hill Street Station? Were you meant to succeed Cmdr. Spock? Were you a noted Catholic cleric? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/7 "2022-08-04T20:51:55Z")
IQ1: Were you Charo’s first husband? IQ2: Are you Cain Marko’s stepbrother? IQ3: Were you a friend of Willow and Cordelia? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/8 "2022-08-04T22:22:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you assassinated by the League of Islam in 1965? > 2. Were you one of the above-mentioned assassins? > 3. Were you a Swiss polar explorer? 1. I am not Malcolm X. 2. Take a DQ. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you command Hill Street Station? > Were you meant to succeed Cmdr. Spock? > Were you a noted Catholic cleric? Respectively: I am not Frank X. Furillo. I am not Xon. I am not Cardinal Ximenez. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Charo’s first husband? > IQ2: Are you Cain Marko’s stepbrother? > IQ3: Were you a friend of Willow and Cordelia? IQ1: I am not Xavier Cugat. IQ2: I am not Professor Charles Xavier. IQ3: I am not Xander Harris. DQs: 1. real 2. first name starts with X ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/9 "2022-08-04T22:27:59Z")
IQ: Were you a co-founder of the Society of Jesus? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/10 "2022-08-05T12:56:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you assassinated by the League of Islam in 1965? > > 2. Were you one of the above-mentioned assassins? > > 3. Were you a Swiss polar explorer? > > 1. I am not Malcolm X. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct. #2 was William 25 X. #3 was Xavier Mertz. DQs 1. Male? 2. Living? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/11 "2022-08-05T13:03:01Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Happy Hooker_? 2. Are you aka Nate Grey? 3. Were you Luna Lovegood’s dad? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/12 "2022-08-05T14:34:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you a co-founder of the Society of Jesus? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Happy Hooker_? > 2. Are you aka Nate Grey? > 3. Were you Luna Lovegood’s dad? I am not Xignatius Loyola, X-Man, or Xenophilius Lovegood, but I am indeed Xaviera Hollander! Next game goes to the Prof. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/13 "2022-08-05T18:33:05Z")
Thanks! There just aren’t that many X’s. I am [![](https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.U_Ax6Gu3zGd7WdlKri5KCAHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.U_Ax6Gu3zGd7WdlKri5KCAHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/14 "2022-08-05T20:46:56Z")
Swept me! Well done, the botha youse. On to G. IQs: Did a friend say he never saw you laugh as heartily as when one of your dogs made off with an entire ham from your kitchen? Did you say you would take a loyalty oath before every meal, if you had to? Did you tell a reporter you saved your feelings for your wife, not for public policy? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/15 "2022-08-05T20:53:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a friend say he never saw you laugh as heartily as when one of your dogs made off with an entire ham from your kitchen? > Did you say you would take a loyalty oath before every meal, if you had to? > Did you tell a reporter you saved your feelings for your wife, not for public policy? #1. Take a DQ. #2. Not Gike Gence. Take a DQ. #3. I should know this one; you’ve used it several times. But, take a DQ. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/16 "2022-08-05T20:55:00Z")
Three of my favorite Georges: Washington, Thomas and Marshall (the last, when asked how he felt about a pending bill in Congress). DQs: Male? Real? American? IQs: Were you Darcy’s naive younger sister? Did you tear a Nazi flag in two that you’d found put up without your permission? Did you break an ax at a committee meeting? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/17 "2022-08-05T20:56:00Z")
**DQs:** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Not American ---
**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:** [August 6, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/18 "2022-08-06T00:29:11Z")
IQ1: Did you sing “I’m Telling You Now”? IQ2: Did you sing “Pretty Little Lady from Beaumont, Texas”? IQ3: Did you sing “This Diamond Ring”? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/19 "2022-08-06T01:32:39Z")
IQs: 1. Does the novel named after you begin “Let me say this: bein an idiot is no box of chocolates”? 2. Did you write the above novel? 3. Were you on the PMRC? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/20 "2022-08-06T13:19:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “I’m Telling You Now”? > IQ2: Did you sing “Pretty Little Lady from Beaumont, Texas”? > IQ3: Did you sing “This Diamond Ring”? #1. That was Freddie & the Dreamers, if I remember correctly. Take a DQ. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Gary Lewis. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does the novel named after you begin “Let me say this: bein an idiot is no box of chocolates”? > 2. Did you write the above novel? > 3. Were you on the PMRC? #1. I am not Forrest Gump. #2. Take a DQ. #3. Take a DQ. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=2)