# Botticelli August 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985 "2023-08-03T02:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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 24, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/361 "2023-08-24T22:04:28Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you win a joint Nobel Peace Prize for your work facilitating the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? > 2. Were you an Alabama senator who was the chief of the pro-slavery “Fire-Eaters” in the U.S. Senate? > 3. Are you a former fanservice actress on _Baywatch_? Not Yitzhak Rabin, not Sen. Yancey and not Yasmin Bleeth. ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/362 "2023-08-24T22:05:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you direct _The Lobster_ and _The Favourite_? > 2. Did both paths of a fork in the road lead to your house in Montclair, NJ (which explains the directions you gave)? > 3. Anyone can rob a bank. Did you and your boyfriend (who you called “Honey Bunny”) try to rob the patrons of a diner? Dunno x3. ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/363 "2023-08-24T22:05:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Rizzo the Rat’s main girlfriend in the Muppet movies? > 2. Were you aka Amy Camus? > 3. Are you a French-born cellist whose repertoire includes bluegrass? Not Yolanda and dunno x2. ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/364 "2023-08-24T22:06:37Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Did your husband write a song about your paparazzi filled honeymoon? > 2. Do you live in a water tower with your brother and Sister? > 3. In Mother Russia are you asked a question to identify Elendil\_S\_Heir? Dunno x2; not Yakov Smirnov. Y. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/365 "2023-08-24T22:24:01Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you direct _The Lobster_ and _The Favourite_? > 2. Did both paths of a fork in the road lead to your house in Montclair, NJ (which explains the directions you gave)? > 3. Anyone can rob a bank. Did you and your boyfriend (who you called “Honey Bunny”) try to rob the patrons of a diner? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. 1 was Yorgos Lanthimos; 2 was Yogi “If you see a fork in the road, take it” Berra; 3 was Yolanda, in _Pulp Fiction_ (whose boyfriend’s nickname I got wrong–he was “Pumpkin”, she was “Honey Bunny”). DQs: 1. died after 1990? 2. European? 3. known from politics? ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/366 "2023-08-24T22:29:13Z")
Y. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. died before 1990 6. not European 7. known from politics, among other things ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/367 "2023-08-24T22:38:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > IQ: > > > > 1. Did your husband write a song about your paparazzi filled honeymoon? > > 2. Do you live in a water tower with your brother and Sister? > > 3. In Mother Russia are you asked a question to identify Elendil\_S\_Heir? > > Dunno x2; not Yakov Smirnov. 1. Yoko Ono, the song was the “The ballad of Yoko and John” 2. Yakko Warner of from Animaniancs 3. In Mother Russia the question gets you correct. DQ: 1. Died before 1900? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/368 "2023-08-24T22:52:55Z")
Y. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. died before 1990 6. not European 7. known from politics, among other things 8. died after 1900 ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/369 "2023-08-24T23:37:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you found Yahoo!? 2. Were you on _Witchblade_? 3. Are you a mascot who not only switched teams but sports (from the Montreal Expos to the Canadiens)? ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/370 "2023-08-24T23:39:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you Rizzo the Rat’s main girlfriend in the Muppet movies? > > 2. Were you aka Amy Camus? > > 3. Are you a French-born cellist whose repertoire includes bluegrass? > > Not Yolanda and dunno x2. Correct on Yolanda. #2 was Yma Sumac, actress/model. #3 is Yo-Yo Ma. 2 DQs reserved. #1. Were you succeeded by Chiang Kaishek? #2. Did you come to town riding on a pony with a feather in your hat? #3. Were you Li’l Abner’s baby brother? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/371 "2023-08-24T23:40:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did the _New York Post_ announce your death with the simple headline “[Name] Dead”, leading Tim Kazurinsky to suggest better headlines such as “Deadski Redski” and “Flu 1, Commies 0”? 2. Are you white and nerdy? 3. Did you lead a mutiny against Vladimir Putin and subsequently die in a tragic and completely unexpected plane crash? ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/372 "2023-08-25T00:11:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …. > #1. Were you succeeded by Chiang Kaishek? > …. Dingdingding! Yes, I am the Chinese nationalist, statesman, philosopher and revolutionary leader # Sun Yat-sen Good job, **Prof. P.** - and wow, after just eight DQs! ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/373 "2023-08-25T00:46:10Z")
As luck would happen, I’m reading a book about the day-to-day accounts of 1927, and Chiang Kaishek was big that year. Let me think a bit, and then I’ll pick a person. ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/374 "2023-08-25T00:52:18Z")
Righto! I am # X! ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/375 "2023-08-25T00:57:22Z")
Right. IQs: Were you a noted Greek cavalry leader? Did you win at Thermopylae but lose at Salamis? Were you intended to be Cmdr. Spock’s successor? ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/376 "2023-08-25T01:51:38Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did your father buy Twitter? 2. Were you Socrates’ wife? 3. Yo dog, did you put things inside other things as the host of _Pimp My Ride_? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/377 "2023-08-25T02:26:45Z")
Good job, **Prof**! I was thinking Sun Yat-Sen as well - it was my last IQ - but you ninja’d me, so I edited my question to one about Yevgeny What’s-'is-face, the Wagner Group warlord. IQs: 1. Are you the Happy Hooker? 2. Are you a Laotian-born Hmong NPR journalist? 3. Did you write the _Anabasis_? ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/378 "2023-08-25T14:11:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Greek cavalry leader? > Did you win at Thermopylae but lose at Salamis? > Were you intended to be Cmdr. Spock’s successor? #1. I am not Xenophon. #2. I am not Xerxes the Great. #3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your father buy Twitter? > 2. Were you Socrates’ wife? > 3. Yo dog, did you put things inside other things as the host of _Pimp My Ride_? #1. I’ve used this one before, but no longer recall the aberration that is his name. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Xanthippe. #3. Take a DQ. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Happy Hooker? > 2. Are you a Laotian-born Hmong NPR journalist? > 3. Did you write the _Anabasis_? #1. I am not Xaviera Hollander. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Xenophon. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/379 "2023-08-25T14:31:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I’ve used this one before, but no longer recall the aberration that is his name. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Xanthippe. > #3. Take a DQ. 1 was X AE A-XII Musk; 3 was Xzibit. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with X? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/380 "2023-08-25T15:02:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the Happy Hooker? > > 2. Are you a Laotian-born Hmong NPR journalist? > > 3. Did you write the _Anabasis_? > > #1. I am not Xaviera Hollander. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Xenophon. Correct on 1. and 3. 2. is NPR journalist Doualy Xaykaothao (pronounced “Doh-owly Sigh-cow-tao”, if you’re curious). IQs: 1. Are you a founding member of the Society of Jesus, who evangelized India? 2. Is your government currently engaged in genocide against a Muslim population in the country’s west? 3. Were you one of the Scoobies? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=20)