# 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:** 20
**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, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/381 "2023-08-25T15:07:49Z")
IQs: 1. Did you observe “Yellow cat, black cat–as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat”? 2. Are you a tech journalist who has written for _Wired_ and Boing Boing? 3. Did you debut a few scant months after Niles Caulder? ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/382 "2023-08-25T16:51:51Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with 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 25, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/383 "2023-08-25T16:53:33Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 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? 1. I am not St. Francis Xavier. 2. I am not Xi Jinping. 3. I am not Xander Harris. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Did you observe “Yellow cat, black cat–as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat”? > 2. Are you a tech journalist who has written for _Wired_ and Boing Boing? > 3. Did you debut a few scant months after Niles Caulder? #3. I am not Prof. X. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/384 "2023-08-25T17:08:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Prof. X. > > Take 2 DQs. 1 was Deng Xiaoping; 2 was Xeni Jardin. DQs: 1. male? 2. created after 1970? ---
**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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/385 "2023-08-25T17:18:54Z")
Forgot to ask my DQ: 1. Human? ---
**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, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/386 "2023-08-25T17:34:30Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a lesbian icon, played by a New Zealand actress, from a time when gay women didn’t have much representation in media? 2. Are you a beloved children’s TV host in Brazil? 3. Are you the current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services? ---
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/387 "2023-08-25T18:08:58Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with X 3. Male 4. Created after 1970 5. Human ---
**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, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/388 "2023-08-25T18:09:29Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a lesbian icon, played by a New Zealand actress, from a time when gay women didn’t have much representation in media? > 2. Are you a beloved children’s TV host in Brazil? > 3. Are you the current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services? #1. I am not Xena. #2. I am not Xuxa. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/389 "2023-08-25T21:29:37Z")
#3 was Xavier Bercerra. DQ: from TV/movies? ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/390 "2023-08-25T21:31:17Z")
IQ 1. Did you have a kangaroo follow you home? 2. Can your conundrums be solved by applying the mathematical theory of limits? (Can’t think of a third) ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/391 "2023-08-25T22:07:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a bandleader? 2. Were you Jacqueline’s step-daughter and Kimmy’s charge in _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_? 3. Are you a character in _Holes_? ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/392 "2023-08-26T00:00:20Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:387, topic:987985, full:true”] DQs: 1. Fictional 2. First name starts with X 3. Male 4. Not originally from TV/Movies, but has appeared ther ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/393 "2023-08-26T00:00:57Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > - Did you have a kangaroo follow you home? > - Can your conundrums be solved by applying the mathematical theory of limits? > (Can’t think of a third) Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a bandleader? > 2. Were you Jacqueline’s step-daughter and Kimmy’s charge in _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_? > 3. Are you a character in _Holes_? 1. I am not Xavier Cugat. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/394 "2023-08-26T00:38:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Xavier Cugat. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Xanthippe Voorhees; 3 was X-Ray. DQs: 1. created before 1990? 2. originally from literature? ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/395 "2023-08-26T00:39:33Z")
You’ve dropped a few DQ answers along the way, **Prof. P.** 🤔 Previous IQs: Were you a noted Greek cavalry leader? - Yes, Xenophon Did you win at Thermopylae but lose at Salamis? - Yes, the Persian emperor, Xerxes Were you intended to be Cmdr. Spock’s successor? - Xon, in the _Star Trek_ TV sequel series that never was DQs: American? IQs: Did you lead the USMC in the Eighties? Did your girlfriend call you “Pizza Man”? Did you edit an offbeat magazine with a very limited circulation? ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/396 "2023-08-26T01:56:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you edit an offbeat magazine with a very limited circulation? Why, yes, I am **Xenophilus Lovegood** , editor of the Quibbler and father of Luna. Good one, EH! In reading about him in order to answer questions I learned that he wasn’t born a Lovegood. He took his wife’s name when they married. He was born a Malfoy. ---
**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 26, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/397 "2023-08-26T18:23:42Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > - Did you have a kangaroo follow you home? > - Can your conundrums be solved by applying the mathematical theory of limits? 1. [Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZFca8AkT0&ab_channel=dawemmy) 2. Must have been low on sleep, I somehow convinced myself that Zeno of zeno’s paradox was spelled Xeno. (withdrawn) And reading further I see the round is over anyway, Good job Elendil. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/398 "2023-08-27T00:30:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > He took his wife’s name when they married. He was born a Malfoy. This seems only to be on the Simple English Wikipedia [and](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/lovegood-family/xenophilius-lovegood/) [nowhere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supporting_Harry_Potter_characters#Xenophilius_Lovegood) [else](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Xenophilius_Lovegood), so I suspect it is a fan invention. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/399 "2023-08-27T02:19:59Z")
I’d never read that before, either. Thanks, **Prof. P.,** for another good name and another fun round! Other previous IQs: Did you lead the USMC in the Eighties? - Gen. Paul X. Kelley Did your girlfriend call you “Pizza Man”? - Capt. Francis X. Furillo on _Hill Street Blues_ A new letter coming soon. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/400 "2023-08-27T02:23:33Z")
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