# Botticelli - October 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156 "2015-10-01T16:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/201 "2015-10-13T17:49:08Z")
IQ1: Are you the alter ego of a 25th century scientist/inventor/tinkerer? IQ2: Do you have an unusually shaped head, and wear a clown costume? IQ3: Did Butch take your motorcycle after your death? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/202 "2015-10-13T17:57:44Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the alter ego of a 25th century scientist/inventor/tinkerer? > IQ2: Do you have an unusually shaped head, and wear a clown costume? > IQ3: Did Butch take your motorcycle after your death? 1. I am not Prof. Zoom. 1. I am not Zippy the Pinhead. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/203 "2015-10-13T18:28:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Prof. Zoom. > > 1. I am not Zippy the Pinhead. > Take a DQ for #3. Two correct, and Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead. (_Pulp Fiction_) DQ: Real? IQ1: Did your enemies include 9-Jack-9 and Dekko? IQ2: Were you another enemy of IQ1? IQ3: Did you possess Dana? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/204 "2015-10-13T19:35:48Z")
So, just to be clear… it’s Edward Snowden? Previous IQs: Did a product named after you flop?- Edsel Ford. Were you the protagonist of _Wicked_? - Elphaba (the name is an homage to L. Frank Baum, creator of _The Wizard of Oz_). Were you the Ohioan who wrote “Dixie”? - Dan Emmett. On to Z. IQs: Did Paul Giamatti play you in a recent movie? Did you twice play the mom of a daughter who died? Did you live in a tower with lots of other beautiful but bored young maidens? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/205 "2015-10-13T20:51:17Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > Two correct, and Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead. (_Pulp Fiction_) > > DQ: Real? > > IQ1: Did your enemies include 9-Jack-9 and Dekko? > IQ2: Were you another enemy of IQ1? > IQ3: Did you possess Dana? Take 2 DQs for the first two. I am not Zul (or Zuul). ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/206 "2015-10-13T20:52:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Paul Giamatti play you in a recent movie? > Did you twice play the mom of a daughter who died? > Did you live in a tower with lots of other beautiful but bored young maidens? Take 2 DQs for the first two. I am not Zoot. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/207 "2015-10-13T20:53:18Z")
DQs: 1. Real ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/208 "2015-10-13T21:29:55Z")
IQ1: Were you sent to explore the southern part of the Louisiana Territory, while Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the northern?? IQ2: Did you play the eponymous hero of a spy show? IQ3: Did you command the winning side at the battle of Monterrey? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/209 "2015-10-13T21:39:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs for the first two. > I am not Zul (or Zuul). Zot! (by Scott McCloud), who also fought Zybox. DQ: Male? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/210 "2015-10-13T21:51:56Z")
IQ1: Were you a flapper? IQ2: Did you, paradoxically, only ever get halfway to your destination? IQ3: Did you act in _The Mask of Zorro_? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/211 "2015-10-13T22:58:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you sent to explore the southern part of the Louisiana Territory, while Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the northern?? > IQ2: Did you play the eponymous hero of a spy show? > IQ3: Did you command the winning side at the battle of Monterrey? I am not Zebulon Pike. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Zapata. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/212 "2015-10-13T22:59:32Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Were you a flapper? > IQ2: Did you, paradoxically, only ever get halfway to your destination? > IQ3: Did you act in _The Mask of Zorro_? 1. I am not Zelda Fitzgerald. 2. I am not Zeno. 3. I am not Catherine Zeta-Jones. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/213 "2015-10-13T23:00:33Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/214 "2015-10-13T23:09:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you sent to explore the southern part of the Louisiana Territory, while Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the northern?? > IQ2: Did you play the eponymous hero of a spy show? > IQ3: Did you command the winning side at the battle of Monterrey? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Zebulon Pike. > Take a DQ for #2. > I am not Zapata. Correct. Zachary Levi (_Chuck_). Zachary Taylor. DQ1: Living? DQ2: American? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/215 "2015-10-13T23:15:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/216 "2015-10-13T23:21:01Z")
IQ1: Were you the saxophonist on a variety show? IQ2: Were you a tax-collector visited by a holy man? IQ3: Did your son claim to be the voice of one crying in the wilderness? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/217 "2015-10-13T23:23:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Zelda Fitzgerald. > 2. I am not Zeno. > 3. I am not Catherine Zeta-Jones. It’s a sweep! IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Prize for your work in femtochemistry? IQ1: Did you kill Treyvon? IQ3: Did you play the role of Sylar? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/218 "2015-10-13T23:25:53Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > It’s a sweep! > > IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Prize for your work in femtochemistry? > IQ1: Did you kill Treyvon? > IQ3: Did you play the role of Sylar? Take DQ’s for 1 and 3. I am not George Zimmerman. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/219 "2015-10-13T23:27:19Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the saxophonist on a variety show? > IQ2: Were you a tax-collector visited by a holy man? > IQ3: Did your son claim to be the voice of one crying in the wilderness? I am not Zoot from _The Muppet Show_. I am not Zacchaeus. I am not Zechariah. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/220 "2015-10-13T23:47:04Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > It’s a sweep! > > IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Prize for your work in femtochemistry? > IQ1: Did you kill Treyvon? > IQ3: Did you play the role of Sylar? Ahmed Zewail, correct, and Zachary Quinto (in _Heroes_) DQ1: Last name begins with Z? DQ2: Known for the Arts? still holding one DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156.md?page=12)