# Botticelli - June 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 7, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406 "2012-06-07T17:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/81 "2012-06-11T21:23:55Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: A former member of ‘Lighthouse’, do you now write soundtracks for David Cronenberg, among others? > > IQ2: Did you say ‘Speak, Lord, your servant hears.’? > > IQ3: Are you the third child of Adam and Eve? > [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Samuel or Seth, and I have a feeling I’m going to groan out loud when I hear the answer to #1. Take a DQ. #1 is **Howard Shore** , flute and reedman for Lighthouse and composer of the soundtracks of ‘The Fly’, ‘Naked Lunch’ and ‘Cosmopolis’. He is most famous for the soundtracks to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and the forthcoming ‘The Hobbit’. DQ: Were you involved in aeronautics? IQ: Did you invent the helicopter? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/82 "2012-06-11T21:40:53Z")
Are you a nuclear physicist who had an element named in your honor? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/83 "2012-06-11T21:48:17Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Were you involved in aeronautics? > IQ: Did you invent the helicopter? Yes, I am [Igor Sikorsky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky)! Nice going, **le Ministre**! Take us away with another round when you’re ready. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/84 "2012-06-11T22:05:54Z")
Not that it matters, but I was going for Glenn Seaborg. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/85 "2012-06-11T22:09:12Z")
All right, because I am a pedant with a ‘completeist’ mentality… X. I predict this won’t last too long. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/86 "2012-06-11T22:14:48Z")
Are you a basketball player who lead the nation in scoring and rebounding. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/87 "2012-06-11T22:18:35Z")
IQ: Are you a quadraplegic who runs a rather unique school? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/88 "2012-06-11T22:31:40Z")
IQ: Did you have a hit in 1940 with “Perfidia”? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/89 "2012-06-11T22:34:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Are you a basketball player who lead the nation in scoring and rebounding. I don’t know; a DQ for you! > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ: Are you a quadraplegic who runs a rather unique school? No, I’m not Professor Charles Xavier from ‘The X-Men’. (Is he a quadriplegic? I thought he had the use of his arms…) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/90 "2012-06-11T22:35:22Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ: Did you have a hit in 1940 with “Perfidia”? No, I’m not Xavier Cugat. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/91 "2012-06-11T22:35:26Z")
Thought of a couple more… IQ2: Did you write a book about your adventures as a prostitute? IQ3: Is a university in Nova Scotia named for you? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/92 "2012-06-11T22:52:08Z")
DQ: are you living? (BTW my IQ refered to Xaiver McDaniel) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/93 "2012-06-11T23:07:43Z")
IQ: Did an iconic 1989 protest force you to make some concessions you really didn’t want to? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/94 "2012-06-11T23:20:44Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Thought of a couple more… > > IQ2: Did you write a book about your adventures as a prostitute? > > IQ3: Is a university in Nova Scotia named for you? No, I’m neither Xaviera Hollander nor Saint Francis Xavier. > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ: Did an iconic 1989 protest force you to make some concessions you really didn’t want to? No, I’m not Deng Xiao-Peng. (sp.?) > [@etv78](#): > > DQ: are you living? (BTW my IQ refered to Xaiver McDaniel) No. Summary - 1. Not living. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/95 "2012-06-11T23:38:59Z")
IQ1: Were you a movie star in the silent film era? IQ2: Were you a warrior princess? IQ3: Were you a great king of Persia? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/96 "2012-06-11T23:56:07Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you a movie star in the silent film era? > > IQ2: Were you a warrior princess? > > IQ3: Were you a great king of Persia? No, I’m not Xena, Princess Warrior (nor her Newfoundland cousin Marg.) nor Xerxes. I’m stumped on the first one, though. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/97 "2012-06-12T00:07:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > No, I’m not Xena, Princess Warrior (nor her Newfoundland cousin Marg.) nor Xerxes. I’m stumped on the first one, though. Take a DQ. Correct on Xena and Xerxes. The movie star was Francis X. Bushman. DQ: Are you fictional? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/98 "2012-06-12T00:10:29Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Correct on Xena and Xerxes. The movie star was Francis X. Bushman. > > DQ: Are you fictional? No. Summary - 1. Not living. 2. Not fictional. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/99 "2012-06-12T01:31:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Was your alter ego known as Benny? > Did you love the mother of a hated pupil? > Did you forget your daughter needed new braces? In one episode of ST: DS9, Benjamin Sisko imagined life as a science fiction writer in the 1950s named Benny. Correct as to S. Snape and H. Simpson. As to **Spoons** ’s question, if middle initials are fair game… IQs Did your ex-wife once find herself in the potential line of fire where you worked? Were a Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps? Did you dig hole after hole after hole? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/100 "2012-06-12T01:56:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > As to **Spoons** ’s question, if middle initials are fair game… > > IQs > > Did your ex-wife once find herself in the potential line of fire where you worked? > Were a Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps? > Did you dig hole after hole after hole? In the case of ‘x’, I think middle initials will prove necessary if the game isn’t to bog down into ‘Who the Hell else begins with an ‘x’?’ Once again, Dúnedain, it is not only that I cannot name the people you hint at, I cannot place a single one of these references. Strider? Nay, Wingthought I name you. Take three DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406.md?page=6)