# Botticelli June 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-06-01T14:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 19, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/161 "2023-06-19T14:26:21Z")
Damn, you’re good, **PP**! But then, we knew that already. Yes, indeed, I am # Kenesaw Mountain Landis The first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, who did more than anyone to clean up the sport after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal (he actually spelled his first name with a single “n,” though). For more: [Kenesaw Mountain Landis - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis) ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/162 "2023-06-19T14:35:57Z")
Yay! Next is [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.17853bef132b7f44e462f122fe2e1510?rik=%2bZBFLdIgnCl65A&riu=http%3a%2f%2fimages4.fanpop.com%2fimage%2fphotos%2f22100000%2fThe-letter-the-alphabet-22187658-2560-2560.jpg&ehk=omB%2bgEAPB%2bgG58Sg32YMH2ds60G9dzUu2%2bfg0wIO%2b2Q%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.17853bef132b7f44e462f122fe2e1510?rik=%2bZBFLdIgnCl65A&riu=http%3a%2f%2fimages4.fanpop.com%2fimage%2fphotos%2f22100000%2fThe-letter-the-alphabet-22187658-2560-2560.jpg&ehk=omB%2bgEAPB%2bgG58Sg32YMH2ds60G9dzUu2%2bfg0wIO%2b2Q%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) #Z if the above isn’t viewable. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/163 "2023-06-19T14:38:18Z")
Righto! IQs: Did you have a major western American mountain named after you? Did you write some of Ike’s favorite books? Did you help the Mad Scientists Club now and then with both your muscles and your big truck? ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/164 "2023-06-19T15:31:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you have a major western American mountain named after you? > Did you write some of Ike’s favorite books? > Did you help the Mad Scientists Club now and then with both your muscles and your big truck? #1. I am not Zebulon Pike. #2. I am not Mao Zedong. (No? Okay, take a DQ.) #3. I am not Zoidberg. (Or take another DQ.) ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/165 "2023-06-19T15:43:10Z")
Yes, Zebulon Pike, but then Western writer Zane Grey, and Zeke Boniface (his truck was named Richard the Deep Breather). DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s past? Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville? Were you a Greek advocate for freedom? ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/166 "2023-06-19T16:12:05Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 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 19, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/167 "2023-06-19T16:13:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s past? > Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville? > Were you a Greek advocate for freedom? #2. I am not Zsa Zsa Gabor. (Lots of people never lived in Pottersville.) Take 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/168 "2023-06-19T16:59:35Z")
Congratulations, **Prof**! I.Q.s: 1. Did your service in the First Seminole War earn you the nickname “Old Rough and Ready”? 2. Are you the finest swordsman in Alta California, in your black outfit, hat, and mask? 3. Were your clothes erotically sliced off by Antonio Banderas, while he was playing I.Q. 2? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/169 "2023-06-19T17:38:35Z")
IQ1: Are you the primary vocalist for Cheap Trick? IQ2: Were you a rebel that was one of the few surviving Lasat? IQ3: Are you an Irken who was tricked into going to Earth to avoid messing up Operation Impending Doom II? ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/170 "2023-06-19T17:39:15Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > - Did your service in the First Seminole War earn you the nickname “Old Rough and Ready”? > - Are you the finest swordsman in Alta California, in your black outfit, hat, and mask? > - Were your clothes erotically sliced off by Antonio Banderas, while he was playing I.Q. 2? #1. I am not Zachary Taylor. #2. I am not Zorro! the fox of cunning and creed. #3. I am not Catherine Zeta-Jones. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/171 "2023-06-19T17:56:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > - Did your service in the First Seminole War earn you the nickname “Old Rough and Ready”? > > - Are you the finest swordsman in Alta California, in your black outfit, hat, and mask? > > - Were your clothes erotically sliced off by Antonio Banderas, while he was playing I.Q. 2? > > #1. I am not Zachary Taylor. > #2. I am not Zorro! the fox of cunning and creed. > #3. I am not Catherine Zeta-Jones Swept me, you cunning devil! Okay, new IQs: 1. Did you find it impossible to out run a tortoise, if you gave it a head start? 2. Are you a now-banned Doper who famously considered an uninvited handshake equivalent to rape? 3. In the rock opera _Jesus Christ Superstar_, did you urge Jesus to “keep them yelling their devotion/ but add a touch of hate at Rome”? ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/172 "2023-06-19T17:57:53Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Okay, new IQs: > > 1. Did you find it impossible to out run a tortoise, if you gave it a head start? > 2. Are you a now-banned Doper who famously considered an uninvited handshake equivalent to rape? > 3. In the rock opera _Jesus Christ Superstar_, did you urge Jesus to “keep them yelling their devotion/ but add a touch of hate at Rome”? 1. I am not Zeno. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Simon Zelotes. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/173 "2023-06-19T19:08:04Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Q1: Are you the primary vocalist for Cheap Trick? > IQ2: Were you a rebel that was one of the few surviving Lasat? > IQ3: Are you an Irken who was tricked into going to Earth to avoid messing up Operation Impending Doom II? I think you missed these. ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/174 "2023-06-19T20:28:44Z")
Previous IQs: Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s past? - Zarabeth, in _ST:TOS_ “All Our Yesterdays” Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville? - I’ll rephrase Were you a Greek advocate for freedom? - the title character in the movie _Z._ DQs: American? Last name starts with Z? IQs: You are a pre-1950 movie character. Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville? Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_? Was a Secret Service agent killed during your kidnapping? ---
**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 19, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/175 "2023-06-19T20:52:18Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > Q1: Are you the primary vocalist for Cheap Trick? > > IQ2: Were you a rebel that was one of the few surviving Lasat? > > IQ3: Are you an Irken who was tricked into going to Earth to avoid messing up Operation Impending Doom II? > > I think you missed these. Sorry about that! #3. I am not Invader Zim. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You are a pre-1950 movie character. Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville? > Were you a much-put-upon alien on _Babylon 5_? > Was a Secret Service agent killed during your kidnapping? Take 3 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:** [June 19, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/176 "2023-06-19T20:53:00Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with Z ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/177 "2023-06-19T22:16:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you the primary vocalist for Cheap Trick? > > IQ2: Were you a rebel that was one of the few surviving Lasat? > > IQ3: Are you an Irken who was tricked into going to Earth to avoid messing up Operation Impending Doom II? > > #3. I am not Invader Zim. Take 2 DQs. Robin Zander Zeb Orrelios, from _Star Wars: Rebels_ (and a cameo in the third season of _The Mandalorian_) Correct DQ: Originally appeared in a prose work? DQ: Would be alive today, if real? ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/178 "2023-06-19T22:22:51Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with Z 5. Did not originally appear in a prose work. 6. Would be alive today, if real ---
**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:** [June 20, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/179 "2023-06-20T02:44:06Z")
1. Are you burnt in effigy each year at the end of the Santa Fe Fiesta. 2. Are you a Jewish Comedian who was named Time magazine’s person of the year. 3. Did you injure yourself when you tried to take off your underwear without removing your pants. ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/180 "2023-06-20T11:47:27Z")
#2. I am not Zelenskyy. Take 2 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875.md?page=10)