# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/101 "2012-06-12T02:05:50Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > 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. Thank god! I thought it was just me. 😛 ---
**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, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/102 "2012-06-12T02:18:57Z")
Yes, as per **Le Ministre** ’s comment, I’m scratching my head over “X” names. IQ1: Were you one of the title character’s friends in a Joss Whedon TV show? IQ2: Do you figure in the mythology of a religion created in the 1950s? ---
**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, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/103 "2012-06-12T02:43:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Yes, as per **Le Ministre** ’s comment, I’m scratching my head over “X” names. > > IQ1: Were you one of the title character’s friends in a Joss Whedon TV show? > > IQ2: Do you figure in the mythology of a religion created in the 1950s? No, I’m not Xander from ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ nor am I Xenu from Scientology. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/104 "2012-06-12T12:43:22Z")
IQ: Did you leave the Nation of Islam after a falling out with Elijah Muhammad? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/105 "2012-06-12T13:30:52Z")
IQ1. Were you a Greek historian who hung with Socrates? ---
**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, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/106 "2012-06-12T13:46:13Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ: Did you leave the Nation of Islam after a falling out with Elijah Muhammad? No, I’m not Malcolm X. > [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ1. Were you a Greek historian who hung with Socrates? Yes, I am **Xenophon** of Athens, author of ‘Anabasis’ (‘There and Back’, or sometimes titled ‘The Persian Expedition’ in translation.). Xenophon is also well known as a secondary source on the thinking of Socrates. Virtually every course in Ancient Greek uses Xenophon as an example of clearly written Attic Greek, and it is rare to find an exam in Greek 101 that doesn’t have you translate at least one passage of his. Well done, **Wargamer**!!! ---
**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, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/107 "2012-06-12T13:49:26Z")
Great work, **Wargamer**! And thanks, **Le Ministre** –that one was a challenge! ---
**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, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/108 "2012-06-12T13:51:17Z")
“Wingthought.” Heh. I like that. 😃 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …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? Capt. Francis X. Furillo (Daniel J. Trevanti), in _Hill Street Blues_. His ex-wife stupidly once carried into the station house a gun she’d found on the street, causing all of the cops in the room to draw on her. Ye gods, she was an annoying character. Gen. Paul X. Kelley, USMC. X-Ray, in the book and movie _Holes_. DQs: Male? Greek? Either first name or middle name starts with “X”? IQ: Are you credited with giving your people an effective cavalry force? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/109 "2012-06-12T14:07:41Z")
Well, let’s swing from a limited pool of possibilities to a vast pool. **J.** Shall we dance? ---
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/110 "2012-06-12T14:17:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Are you credited with giving your people an effective cavalry force? I’m not Xanthus, one of the horse-taming Trojans. (At least, I think that’s who you’re after…) ---
**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, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/111 "2012-06-12T14:23:32Z")
IQ1: Did you set the world on fire with your Stratocaster? IQ2: Did your name become synonymous with ‘a large bottle of wine’? IQ3: Did you speak in class today? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/112 "2012-06-12T14:31:50Z")
IQ: Are you a punk rock icon who was also an avowed political conservative? IQ: Did your eclectic career include military special ops, action movies, and state politics? IQ: Are you half of a famous surf-music duo? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/113 "2012-06-12T14:37:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you set the world on fire with your Stratocaster? > > IQ2: Did your name become synonymous with ‘a large bottle of wine’? > > IQ3: Did you speak in class today? 1. I’m not guitar arsonist Jimi Hendrix. 2. I’m not Julio Gallo. 3. No idea - take a DQ. > [@enginerd](#): > > IQ: Are you a punk rock icon who was also an avowed political conservative? > IQ: Did your eclectic career include military special ops, action movies, and state politics? > IQ: Are you half of a famous surf-music duo? 1. No idea - a DQ for you. 2. I’m not Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura. 3. I’m not Jan of ‘Jan & Dean.’ ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/114 "2012-06-12T14:55:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did you set the world on fire with your Stratocaster? > > IQ2: Did your name become synonymous with ‘a large bottle of wine’? > > IQ3: Did you speak in class today? > [@Wargamer](#): > > 1. I’m not guitar arsonist Jimi Hendrix. > > 2. I’m not Julio Gallo. > > 3. No idea - take a DQ. I wasn’t after Julio Gallo, but it’s a good answer! 1. is ‘Jeremy’ from the song of the same name by Pearl Jam. DQ: Are you real? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/115 "2012-06-12T15:03:20Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ: Are you a punk rock icon who was also an avowed political conservative? This was guitarist Johnny Ramone. DQ: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/116 "2012-06-12T16:34:02Z")
DQ Summary 1. I am a man. ---
**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/117 "2012-06-12T18:21:51Z")
IQ1: Were you an Old West figure who died at the hand of Robert Ford? IQ2: Does Peter Parker work for you? IQ3: Did you ever get that color TV; and if so, did Dialing for Dollars ever find you? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/118 "2012-06-12T18:54:09Z")
IQ: Are you a native of the Small Town" of Seymour, Indiana? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/119 "2012-06-12T19:15:50Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Were you an Old West figure who died at the hand of Robert Ford? > > IQ2: Does Peter Parker work for you? > > IQ3: Did you ever get that color TV; and if so, did Dialing for Dollars ever find you? 1. I’m not Jesse James. 2. Parker! That contractor? He doesn’t work for me, J. Jonah Jamison! 3. Take a DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a native of the Small Town" of Seymour, Indiana? I’m not John Mellancamp. (I think that’s who you’re looking for - otherwise, have a DQ.) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406/120 "2012-06-12T19:33:48Z")
IQ1: Did you do something that kicked off unrest in 110 American cities (and full-blown riots in a few) in 1968? IQ2: Were you a nuclear engineer turned peanut farmer? IQ3: Did you become an internet meme by getting all your friends “killed” in World of Warcraft? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2012/624406.md?page=7)