# Botticelli - October 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**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:** [November 5, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/441 "2013-11-05T04:35:32Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Great simulpost! Do you want to use this as one of your DQs, or shall I? Don’t bother, as… > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Were you a Jamaican fisherman? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Quarrel, from _Live and Let Die_ and _Dr No_… Yes, I am James Bond’s very helpful fisherman friend Quarrel For more info: [List of James Bond allies - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_allies#Quarrel). I don’t know if that’s his first or his last name. Way to go, **SCAdian**! Take it away for our next round - an X, Y or Z name, if you’re willing. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/442 "2013-11-05T07:01:57Z")
Well done, **SCAdian**! Guess my question about the simulpost is now moot. Looking forward to the next round! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/443 "2013-11-05T11:35:58Z")
I think I’ll leave X, Y and Z to the more adventurous - the few I can think of are so obvious that I would expect to get home this afternoon to find that someone had already guessed them, before a single DQ could be asked. So, since I still can’t remember who the ‘W’ I had in mind the other day was, I am J ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/444 "2013-11-05T12:30:37Z")
Congratulations, SCAdian IQ1: Did you unwittingly marry your child? IQ2: Did an act of mercy from an unexpected quarter lead you to commit suicide? IQ3: Did you assault Rochester Castle? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/445 "2013-11-05T12:54:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you ask if God was one of us? 2. Did you coin the word “quark”? 3. Are you Superman’s Pal? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/446 "2013-11-05T14:35:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …I can think of four _X_s, two _Y_s and two _Z_s… > [@SCAdian](#): > > I think I’ll leave X, Y and Z to the more adventurous… Oh, man. ☹ And after I took one for the team with Q! :: sigh :: IQs: Did you propose campaigning together with a likely political opponent? Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? Did your dad make a fortuitous discovery that considerably changed your lifestyle? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/447 "2013-11-05T17:30:32Z")
IQ: Are you a former apprentice silversmith who joined the Sons of Liberty after an industrial accident maimed you? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/448 "2013-11-05T20:33:08Z")
IQ1: Can you play a guitar just like ringing a bell? IQ2: Was your most famous statement, “We was robbed”? IQ3: Did you play a slob character who lived with a neat freak? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/449 "2013-11-06T01:06:51Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Did you unwittingly marry your child? > IQ2: Did an act of mercy from an unexpected quarter lead you to commit suicide? > IQ3: Did you assault Rochester Castle? Not Jocasta. Not Javert. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you ask if God was one of us? > 2. Did you coin the word “quark”? > 3. Are you Superman’s Pal? DQ. Not James Joyce. Not Jimmy Olson (Olsen?). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Oh, man. ☹ And after I took one for the team with Q! > > :: sigh :: > > IQs: > > Did you propose campaigning together with a likely political opponent? > Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? > Did your dad make a fortuitous discovery that considerably changed your lifestyle? Three DQs. Actually, I was able to think of ten Zs on the way home this afternoon, so maybe I’ll try one of them if I survive this game… > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a former apprentice silversmith who joined the Sons of Liberty after an industrial accident maimed you? Not Johnny Tremaine. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Can you play a guitar just like ringing a bell? > IQ2: Was your most famous statement, “We was robbed”? > IQ3: Did you play a slob character who lived with a neat freak? Not Johnny B Goode. DQ. Not Jack Klugman. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/450 "2013-11-06T01:17:16Z")
\ Tremain. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/451 "2013-11-06T01:17:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you ask if God was one of us? > 2. Did you coin the word “quark”? > 3. Are you Superman’s Pal? > [@SCAdian](#): > > \ > > DQ. > Not James Joyce. > Not Jimmy Olson (Olsen?). Joan Osborne had the hit song (What If God Was) One Of Us? Right on Joyce and Olsen. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/452 "2013-11-06T01:19:11Z")
IQ1: Did the A-Rod people like fix you up with your current boyfriend? IQ2: Is your catchphrase,“Lawyered.”? IQ3: Did you have a drunken 1 night stand, and later maybe have a threesome, with Winnie Cooper? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/453 "2013-11-06T01:25:33Z")
Incidentally, my IQ from the last game referenced Carlos Quintana. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/454 "2013-11-06T01:26:33Z")
IQ: Is your name my name too? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/455 "2013-11-06T01:34:15Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > \ Tremain. Phbbbbbbt. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is your name my name too? Not J J J Schmidt. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/456 "2013-11-06T01:42:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Did the A-Rod people like fix you up with your current boyfriend? > IQ2: Is your catchphrase,“Lawyered.”? > IQ3: Did you have a drunken 1 night stand, and later maybe have a threesome, with Winnie Cooper? miss these? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/457 "2013-11-06T01:42:58Z")
J 1. Real ---
**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:** [November 6, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/458 "2013-11-06T01:48:01Z")
Previous IQs: Did you propose campaigning together with a likely political opponent? - JFK, a year before the 1964 election; he liked Barry Goldwater despite their political differences. Did Elizabeth Banks play your secretary? - J. Jonah Jameson, in the first _Spider-Man_ movie. Did your dad make a fortuitous discovery that considerably changed your lifestyle? - Jethro Clampett (sp?), in _The Beverly Hillbillies_. DQs: Male? Last name start with J? American? IQs: Are you the most famous resident of an Ecuadorian embassy? Did your assistants, after a tragedy, make a late-night library visit? Did Mark Twain hate your writing style? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/459 "2013-11-06T02:06:56Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Martian Manhunter? 2. Were you the man who sounded the charge that led us safe to the rear? 3. Did you walk through certain half-deserted streets when the evening was spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/460 "2013-11-06T02:24:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Did the A-Rod people like fix you up with your current boyfriend? > IQ2: Is your catchphrase,“Lawyered.”? > IQ3: Did you have a drunken 1 night stand, and later maybe have a threesome, with Winnie Cooper? Not … Jennifer Lopez? DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the most famous resident of an Ecuadorian embassy? > Did your assistants, after a tragedy, make a late-night library visit? > Did Mark Twain hate your writing style? DQ. DQ. Not James Fenimore Cooper. Nitpick: Jed Clampett was Jethro Bodine’s cousin. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Martian Manhunter? > 2. Were you the man who sounded the charge that led us safe to the rear? > 3. Did you walk through certain half-deserted streets when the evening was spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table? Not J’onn J’onzz. DQ. DQ. Mighty interesting simile you have there… J 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with J 4. American [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=24)