# \[GAME\] Botticelli Oct 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044 "2014-10-01T01:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/561 "2014-10-15T17:23:20Z")
IQ: Are you a highly regarded Red Sox prospect? ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/562 "2014-10-15T17:28:48Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a highly regarded Red Sox prospect? Take another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/563 "2014-10-15T17:31:16Z")
IQ1: Are you an Aruban who plays short stop and third base for the Boston Red Sox? IQ2: Are you an Australian one man band who plays a array of instruments with 3 didgeridoos, guitar in lap, a stompbox, and other percussion instruments? IQ3: Are you a professional wrestler whose real name is Sean Waltman? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/564 "2014-10-15T17:39:04Z")
KO: I just earned a DQ for your 1st guy. ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/565 "2014-10-15T17:39:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Aruban who plays short stop and third base for the Boston Red Sox? > IQ2: Are you an Australian one man band who plays a array of instruments with 3 didgeridoos, guitar in lap, a stompbox, and other percussion instruments? > IQ3: Are you a professional wrestler whose real name is Sean Waltman? Take 3 DQs, unless your 1st is the same as etv78’s; in that case, take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/566 "2014-10-15T17:40:08Z")
Xander Bogaerts DQ: Born after 1950? ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/567 "2014-10-15T17:44:45Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you write an advice column in a magazine? > IQ2: Are you the code name of a Canadian secret agent? > IQ3: Did you invade the Earth millions of years ago? IQ1: Xaviera Hollander … who has since had someone else ask an IQ about her go unanswered, and then had a DQ asked and answered in response. Do I still get a DQ? IQ3: Xenu (as per L. Ron Hubbard) ---
**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 15, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/568 "2014-10-15T19:09:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write an advice column in a magazine? > IQ2: Are you the code name of a Canadian secret agent? > IQ3: Did you invade the Earth millions of years ago? > > IQ1: Xaviera Hollander > … who has since had someone else ask an IQ about her go unanswered, and then had a DQ asked and answered in response. Do I still get a DQ? > IQ3: Xenu (as per L. Ron Hubbard) Since you asked FIRST, you get the DQ for Xaviera. You have 2 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:** [October 15, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/569 "2014-10-15T19:10:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with X 5. American 6. Born after 1950 Because X has such a relatively short database, I’m going to allow any previous duplicates to stand, unless stated otherwise above. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/570 "2014-10-15T19:36:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > KO: I just earned a DQ for your 1st guy. Our posts were 8 minutes apart. I sometimes take a long time to post. Gotta pump those brakes every once in a while, etv. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/571 "2014-10-15T19:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ2: Are you an Australian one man band who plays a array of instruments with 3 didgeridoos, guitar in lap, a stompbox, and other percussion instruments? > IQ3: Are you a professional wrestler whose real name is Sean Waltman? Xavier Rudd X Pac DQ: Associated with sports? holding 2 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:** [October 15, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/572 "2014-10-15T19:48:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with X 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not associated with sports ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/573 "2014-10-15T19:48:50Z")
IQ1) Are you a singer whose real last name is Aitchison? IQ2) Did you launch a reign of terror (which makes for a smashing film) known as the Spanish Inquisition? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/574 "2014-10-15T19:50:10Z")
IQ1: Are you currently Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus? IQ2: Did the Tennessee Titans recently sign you to replace Zac Diles? IQ3: Were you appointed by President Obama in 2009 to become Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget? ---
**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 15, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/575 "2014-10-15T19:53:54Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a singer whose real last name is Aitchison? > > IQ2) Did you launch a reign of terror (which makes for a smashing film) known as the Spanish Inquisition? Take a DQ for #1. I am still not St. Francis Xavier. ---
**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 15, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/576 "2014-10-15T19:54:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you currently Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus? > IQ2: Did the Tennessee Titans recently sign you to replace Zac Diles? > IQ3: Were you appointed by President Obama in 2009 to become Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/577 "2014-10-15T20:09:05Z")
ENglish pop singer Charli XCX was born Charlotte Aitchison Francis Xavier had nothing to do with the SPanish Inquisition- he was a missionary in Asia. The Inquisition was started by… well, let John Cleese say It: \*\*\*In the early years of the 16th century, to combat the rising tide of religious unorthodoxy, the Pope gave Cardinal Ximines of Spain leave to move without let or hindrance throughout the land, in a reign of violence, terror and torture that makes a smashing film. This was the Spanish Inquisition… \*\*\* It was Cardinal Francisco Ximenes. DQ1) Does your name begin with “Xa”? DQ2) Born after 1970? ---
**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 15, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/578 "2014-10-15T20:13:39Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. First name starts with X 5. American 6. Born after 1950 7. Not associated with sports 8. First name starts with Xa 9. Born before 1970 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/579 "2014-10-15T20:28:55Z")
IQ1) Did you and your wife both co-star in Season 1 of the action series\*\*\* 24\*\*\*? ---
**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 15, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/580 "2014-10-15T20:39:59Z")
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