# Botticellii -- Dec 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 1, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303 "2025-12-01T21:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/61 "2025-12-09T02:44:50Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you a forward for the Seattle Supersonics? > 2. Are you a receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs? > 3. Are you a receiver for the Carolina Panthers? Xavier McDaniel Xavier Worthy Xavier Legette Xavier x3! DQs: 1. Died after 1900? 2. American? 3. Known for a particular battle? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/62 "2025-12-09T17:24:01Z")
X. 1. real 2. only name starts with X 3. male 4. dead 5. died after 1800 6. known for military/politics 7. died before 1900 8. not American 9. kinda sorta known for a particular battle ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/63 "2025-12-09T21:27:52Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a philosopher who argued that gods were human projections of themselves? 2. Were you a Spanish organist and composer? 3. Were you the first woman to win a Triton Super High Roller Series title? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/64 "2025-12-09T21:31:00Z")
Dunno, dunno and not Xaviera. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/65 "2025-12-09T21:46:42Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a philosopher who argued that gods were human projections of themselves? > 2. Were you a Spanish organist and composer? > 3. Were you the first woman to win a Triton Super High Roller Series title? 1. Xenophanes 2. José Ximénez 3. Xuan Liu DQs: 1. European? 2. Achieved rank of general or higher? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/66 "2025-12-09T22:33:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a bandleader? 2. Yo dawg, we heard you like trivia, so we put a question in your question so you can answer while you answer: 3. Did you record _Brat_? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/67 "2025-12-09T22:51:52Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a French diplomat involvedin the XYZ Affair? 2. Are you a Titan who battled the Avengers and the Defenders in Marvel comics? 3. Were you a 20th Century Greek Classical composer who taught at Indiana University for a few years? ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/68 "2025-12-10T18:17:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a French diplomat involvedin the XYZ Affair?.. Damn, you’re good! Yes, I am # X AKA this guy: [Baron Jean-Conrad Hottinguer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Jean-Conrad_Hottinguer) For more: [XYZ Affair - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZ_Affair) Well done, **Prof. P.** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/69 "2025-12-10T18:51:10Z")
Thank Og! I was out of ideas for more X’s. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/70 "2025-12-10T19:11:14Z")
Yhat was a complete out of the blue guess. I just remembered there were 3 Frenchmen involved, called X, Y and Z. I couldn’t have told you their actual names. Very nice choice, EH! Let me putter about a bit and think of someone. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/71 "2025-12-10T19:41:48Z")
Congrats, Prof! I can’t help thinking of the time Jeopardy did [this game with themed categories](https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=1806). ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/72 "2025-12-10T20:30:58Z")
Wow! I’m glad to know that archive site exists! Thanks. And so … I am # L! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/73 "2025-12-10T21:48:55Z")
IQs: Did you hang around the house barefoot sometimes, as you said, to let your feet “breathe”? Were you his more prim, proper and disapproving wife? Were you their eldest son, and their only child to live into old age? ---
**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:** [December 10, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/74 "2025-12-10T22:02:06Z")
IQs: 1. L’etat, c’est you? 2. Did you cover “Dirty Deeds” on _When Pigs Fly_, an album of songs covered by artists one would never associate with them? 3. Do you and your sister, who had the same profession, get a mention in Adam Sandler’s “The Hannukah Song”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/75 "2025-12-11T01:18:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you spend three nights and days searching for a fine little girl? 2. Were you once a close friend of Clark Kent? 3. Were you an old flame of Clark’s? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/76 "2025-12-11T01:24:53Z")
Great get with X! Now to L IQs: 1. Were a woman who became superpowered after accidentally ingesting a drug that gave her the ability to use more of her brain? 2. Did you direct the movie where #1 was the lead character? 3. Are you a member of the indie supergroup boygenius? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/77 "2025-12-11T19:46:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Qs: > > Did you hang around the house barefoot sometimes, as you said, to let your feet “breathe”? > Were you his more prim, proper and disapproving wife? > Were you their eldest son, and their only child to live into old age? 1. I am not Abraham Lincoln. 2. I am not Mary Todd Lincoln. 3. I am not Robert Todd Lincoln. ’ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. L’etat, c’est you? > 2. Did you cover “Dirty Deeds” on _When Pigs Fly_, an album of songs covered by artists one would never associate with them? > 3. Do you and your sister, who had the same profession, get a mention in Adam Sandler’s “The Hannukah Song”? 1. C’est mois non, I am not Louis XIV. 2. I am not Lyle Lovett (??) on what sounds like a Sandra Boynton album. 3. Take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you spend three nights and days searching for a fine little girl? > 2. Were you once a close friend of Clark Kent? > 3. Were you an old flame of Clark’s? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Lex Luthor, at least in the Silver Age. 3. I am not Lana Lang. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were a woman who became superpowered after accidentally ingesting a drug that gave her the ability to use more of her brain? > 2. Did you direct the movie where #1 was the lead character? > 3. Are you a member of the indie supergroup boygenius? 1. I am not Lucy. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/78 "2025-12-11T19:54:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were a woman who became superpowered after accidentally ingesting a drug that gave her the ability to use more of her brain? > > 2. Did you direct the movie where #1 was the lead character? > > 3. Are you a member of the indie supergroup boygenius? > > 1. I am not Lucy. > Take 2 DQs. Correct on #1. #2 was Luc Besson and #3 was Lucy Dacus. Luc(y) x3! DQs: Real? 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:** [December 11, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/79 "2025-12-11T20:29:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. C’est mois non, I am not Louis XIV. > 2. I am not Lyle Lovett (??) on what sounds like a Sandra Boynton album. > 3. Take a DQ. 2 (“Dirty Deeds”) was Lesley Gore, better known for “It’s My Party”; 3 (mentioned in " The Chanukah Song") is Ann Landers. DQs: 1. first name begins with L? 2. has some Christmas connection? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticellii-dec-2025/1025303/80 "2025-12-11T21:21:01Z")
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