# Botticelli - June 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330 "2021-06-01T03:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/21 "2021-06-01T17:36:26Z")
IQ: Did you write _The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge_? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/22 "2021-06-01T17:38:46Z")
# Yes! I am [Ambrose Bierce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce)! Congrats @Prof.Pepperwinkle ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/23 "2021-06-01T17:53:21Z")
Famous Disappearances 101. 🙂 I am [![](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/artistic-ancient-alphabet-letter-x-georgiana-romanovna.jpg) ](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/artistic-ancient-alphabet-letter-x-georgiana-romanovna.jpg) and I’m guessin’ it’ll be a short round. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/24 "2021-06-01T19:07:52Z")
IQs 1. Do recent memes of you depict you as Winnie the Pooh? 2. Were you known as the Rumba King? 3. Did you host “Pimp My Ride”? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/25 "2021-06-01T19:32:46Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Were you Socrates’ shrewish wife? 2. Did you create cryptic crosswords for _The Observer_? 3. Did you Go to Washington? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/26 "2021-06-01T19:53:10Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Do recent memes of you depict you as Winnie the Pooh? > 2. Were you known as the Rumba King? > 3. Did you host “Pimp My Ride”? #2. I am not Xavier Cugat. Take 2 DQs for the others. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Socrates’ shrewish wife? > 2. Did you create cryptic crosswords for _The Observer_ ? > 3. Did you Go to Washington? #1. I am not Xanthippe. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Xaviera Hollander (??) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/27 "2021-06-01T19:54:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Xavier Cugat. Take 2 DQs for the others. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Xhibit DQs: 1. First name begin with X? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/28 "2021-06-01T19:55:56Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQs: > > 1. First name begin with X? > 2. Male? DQs 1. Only name begins with X. (Though there is a title beforehand) 2. Female ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/29 "2021-06-01T20:26:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Xanthippe. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Xaviera Hollander (??) 2 was Ximenes. DQ: real? IQs: 1. Did the late Paul Mooney say white people liked Wayne Brady because he made Bryant Gumbel look like you? 2. Are you a singer and kids’ TV show host known as the “Rainha dos Baixinhos”, or “Queen of Children” in Portuguese? 3. Introduced in 1993, were you a mutant who wore a backwards baseball cap and could make people’s blood explode? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/30 "2021-06-01T22:49:25Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did the late Paul Mooney say white people liked Wayne Brady because he made Bryant Gumbel look like you? > 2. Are you a singer and kids’ TV show host known as the “Rainha dos Baixinhos”, or “Queen of Children” in Portuguese? > 3. Introduced in 1993, were you a mutant who wore a backwards baseball cap and could make people’s blood explode? 1. I am not Malcolm X. 2. I am not Xuxa. 3. I am not X-Man (??). **DQs** 1. Only name begins with X. (Though there is a title beforehand) 2. Female 3. Fictional ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/31 "2021-06-01T23:54:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Malcolm X. > 2. I am not Xuxa. > 3. I am not X-Man (??). 3 was Adam-X the X-Treme. DQ: from prose or a medium involving actors? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/32 "2021-06-02T01:44:19Z")
The only two I can think of: IQs 1. Did you and Gabrielle definitely have a thing? 2. Are you Wolvie’s daughter with a unique moniker? ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/33 "2021-06-02T04:19:00Z")
Last month’s thread: [Botticelli - May 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098) On to X! IQs: Were you a noted Persian king? Were you a noted Ancient Greek statesman and cavalry leader? Were you intended to replace Cmdr. Spock? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/34 "2021-06-02T11:37:53Z")
Geeze! I get off work and fall asleep and we’re on X! > [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you the literal-minded maid in a series of children’s books by Peggy Parrish? > 2. Did Clifford B. Hicks write a series of children’s books about you? > 3. Are you the title character of a book by Mildred Ames that was turned into a movie starring Martha Byrne in 1981? Correct, Alvin Fernald, Anna to the Infinite Power. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/35 "2021-06-02T12:51:30Z")
Miss Take IQs 1. Did you and Gabrielle definitely have a thing? 2. Are you Wolvie’s daughter with a unique moniker? [/quote] #1. I am not Xena. #2. I am not Weapon X-23 (I misremember the exact number). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a noted Persian king? > Were you a noted Ancient Greek statesman and cavalry leader? > Were you intended to replace Cmdr. Spock? 1. I am not Xerxes I. 2. I am not Xenophon. Take a DQ for #3. **DQs** 1. Only name begins with X. (Though there is a title beforehand) 2. Female 3. Fictional 4. From prose or a medium involving actors ---
**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 2, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/36 "2021-06-02T13:28:02Z")
In the past, we’ve permitted “X” middle names when those were regularly used, given the relative paucity of people with a first or last name starting with the letter. Previous IQs: Were you a noted Persian king? - Yes, Xerxes Were you a noted Ancient Greek statesman and cavalry leader? - Yes, Xenophon Were you intended to replace Cmdr. Spock? - This guy: [Xon | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom](https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Xon#Background) DQ: Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Were you a noted member of the Spanish Inquisition? Did you head a school for unusual children in upstate New York? Were you the U.S. Marine Corps 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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/37 "2021-06-02T13:48:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did you note “Yellow cat, black cat, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat”, a Chinese proverb relevant to your economic reforms? 2. Were you someone employed at/associated with Planet Express who appeared exactly once? 3. Are you the title character of a 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson, adapted into film multiple times? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/38 "2021-06-02T13:56:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you the title character of a 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson, adapted into film multiple times? I knew this wouldn’t take long. Yes, I am # Madame X! Good job, DLR! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/39 "2021-06-02T14:19:30Z")
Congrats @De_La_Rue ! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/40 "2021-06-02T16:10:13Z")
Yeah, I figured it was a Madam X of some sort, which narrows it down to the play or the painting (thus the medium question). New game: I am J. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=3)