# \[GAME\] 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:** 34
**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 18, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/661 "2014-10-18T03:41:32Z")
IQ1: Did you sing “Dragula”? IQ2: Did you write the Thrawn trilogy of Star Wars books? IQ3: were you recently acquitted in a murder trial? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/662 "2014-10-18T03:56:16Z")
IQ: Did you get your start in poker at the Mayfair Club? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/663 "2014-10-18T04:05:01Z")
IQ: Were you a Bay area pitcher who wasn’t as successful when you crossed the Bay, with a huge contract? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/664 "2014-10-18T04:19:52Z")
IQ: Did warm milk and cherries make you fatally ill? ---
**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 18, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/665 "2014-10-18T08:57:24Z")
Ian Zeiring, Invader Zim, Billy Zane (from _Titanic_) 3 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/666 "2014-10-18T13:32:08Z")
IQ1) Did you record “Mo and Herb’s Vacation” with the London Philharmonic? **Frank Zappa** IQ2) Were you the first Latin American player to win the American League MVP award? **Zoilo Versalles, Minnesota Twins shortstop** IQ3) Did Sonja Henie buy and popularize your most famous creation? **Figure skater Sonja Henie liked smooth ice, so she bought a contraption invented by Frank Zamboni** DQ1) Last name start with Z? DQ2) American? I’ll save my 3rd DQ ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/667 "2014-10-18T18:40:41Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play the mom of doomed young women in two different shows? - Grace Zabriskie on both _Twin Peaks_ (Laura Palmer’s mom) and _Seinfeld_ (George’s fiancee Susan’s mom) Did you look good in an animal-skin bikini in a single episode of a TV show? - Zarabeth (Mariette Hartley), on _Star Trek_: [http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7800000/Zarabeth-star-trek-women-7874744-750-600.jpg](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7800000/Zarabeth-star-trek-women-7874744-750-600.jpg) Do you work for Planet Express? - Dr. Zoidberg, on _Futurama_ DQs: Living? Best known for the arts? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you write _A People’s History of the United States_? Were you a fearsome Mobile Infantry noncom? Did Anthony Hopkins play your mentor? ---
**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 18, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/668 "2014-10-18T19:20:19Z")
Hey Elendil’s Heir, I think you have excellent taste in DQs! Well, except for the fact that I already asked both of them… ---
**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 18, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/669 "2014-10-18T22:10:19Z")
Ah, sorry. Missed that. Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 18, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/670 "2014-10-18T22:51:28Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Dragula”? > IQ2: Did you write the Thrawn trilogy of Star Wars books? > IQ3: were you recently acquitted in a murder trial? DQ. Not … Timothy Zahn? DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you get your start in poker at the Mayfair Club? > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a Bay area pitcher who wasn’t as successful when you crossed the Bay, with a huge contract? > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did warm milk and cherries make you fatally ill? DQ. DQ. Not … Zachary Taylor? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _A People’s History of the United States_? > Were you a fearsome Mobile Infantry noncom? > Did Anthony Hopkins play your mentor? DQ. Not Sgt Zim. DQ. **Z**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Best known for my artistic work 5. Last name does not start with Z 6. Not American EH has five DQs. Tim has three. KO has three. etv has three. astorian has one. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/671 "2014-10-18T23:03:20Z")
DQ: European? 2 DQs 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 18, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/672 "2014-10-18T23:11:44Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “Dragula”? > IQ2: Did you write the Thrawn trilogy of Star Wars books? > IQ3: were you recently acquitted in a murder trial? Rob Zombie Indeed it was Timothy Zahn George Zimmerman DQ: Best known as an actor? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/673 "2014-10-18T23:21:21Z")
BTW, the people were: Steve Zolotow Barry Zito ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/674 "2014-10-19T01:16:08Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ3: were you recently acquitted in a murder trial? > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > George Zimmerman I thought that was whom you meant, but I couldn’t remember his name. **Z**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Best known for my artistic work 5. Last name does not start with Z 6. Not American 7. Not European 8. Not best known as an actor EH has five DQs. KO has three. Tim has two. etv has two. astorian has one. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/675 "2014-10-19T02:49:52Z")
DQ: Author? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/676 "2014-10-19T03:02:47Z")
IQ: Were a TE involved in the Lisa Olson scandal? ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/677 "2014-10-19T04:34:25Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write _A People’s History of the United States_? - Howard Zinn Were you a fearsome Mobile Infantry noncom? - Yes, Sgt. Zim, in Heinlein’s _Starship Troopers_ Did Anthony Hopkins play your mentor? - Zorro, in the Antonio Banderas remake DQs: Born since 1964? From the Northern Hemisphere? Won a major award in his field? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a sad-sack visitor to Babylon 5? Did you discover a notable mountain in North America? Were you in the running for the role of Scarlett O’Hara? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/678 "2014-10-19T04:47:28Z")
Did Kate Winslet cheat on you with Leonardo DiCaprio? ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/679 "2014-10-19T05:34:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were a TE involved in the Lisa Olson scandal? DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a sad-sack visitor to Babylon 5? > Did you discover a notable mountain in North America? > Were you in the running for the role of Scarlett O’Hara? DQ. Not Zebulon Pike. Not … ZaSu Pitts? (Only ‘Z’ actress I can think of from that long ago.) > [@etv78](#): > > Did Kate Winslet cheat on you with Leonardo DiCaprio? DQ. **Z**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Best known for my artistic work 5. Last name does not start with Z 6. Not American 7. Not European 8. Not best known as an actor 9. Not an author 10. Not born since 1964 11. From the Northern Hemisphere 12. Have won major awards, not all restricted to my field EH has three (or four) DQs. KO has three. etv has three. Tim has two. astorian has one. ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044/680 "2014-10-19T06:44:38Z")
IQ1: Is your middle name Unit? IQ2: Are your first and middle names identical? IQ3: Did you win a Nobel for femtosecond chemistry? DQ: Is the artistic work you’re best known for primarily auditory? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044.md?page=35)