# Botticelli October 2012

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 30, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263 "2012-09-30T00:55:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 10

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/181 "2012-10-17T14:01:07Z")

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Nice work, **etv**!

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**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:** [October 17, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/182 "2012-10-17T15:54:07Z")

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Good job!

Now I’m hungry for popcorn…

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/183 "2012-10-17T16:29:04Z")

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WOW! I picked him cuz I couldn’t thinkl of another field. New thread coming up.

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**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:** [October 17, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/184 "2012-10-17T18:12:44Z")

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Well done, **etv78**!!

Just to clear up,

> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#):
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> IQ1: Are you a Biblical figure whose name is synonymous with masturbation?
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> IQ2: Was love and transformation a central theme of your work?
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> IQ3: Did the oracle tell you to journey inland with an oar, until you came to a land when men did not salt their meat, and when someone asked you why you were carrying a winnowing fan in spring, you would know you had reached your destination?

1. was **Onan** , who ‘spilled his seed’ rather than provide his sister-in-law with children who would not be considered his heirs.

2. was **Ovid** , whose Metamorphoses centres around themes of love and transformation.

3. was **Odysseus** , who is told by Tiresias to go to a land where they know nothing of the sea, and there, offer a sacrifice to Poseidon.

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**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:** [October 17, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/185 "2012-10-17T20:12:49Z")

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New game in a new thread at [this link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=669054).

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