# \[GAME\] Botticelli - Sep 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [September 3, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353 "2014-09-03T12:37:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/121 "2014-09-08T15:19:44Z")

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Okay, I have a\*\* D\*\* ready.

Good luck, all.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/122 "2014-09-08T15:21:56Z")

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IQ: Were you looking for the truth out there?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/123 "2014-09-08T15:54:48Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Were you looking for the truth out there?

Not David Duchovny?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/124 "2014-09-08T16:02:50Z")

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Yup David Duchovney.

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**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:** [September 8, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/125 "2014-09-08T16:23:12Z")

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IQs:

1. Did you write _Martin Chuzzlewit_?
2. Did you write _The Idiot_?
3. Did you learn to talk by putting pebbles in your mouth?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/126 "2014-09-08T16:32:23Z")

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1. Did you write Martin Chuzzlewit?
2. Did you write The Idiot?
3. Did you learn to talk by putting pebbles in your mouth?  
Not Charles Dickens, not Fyodor Dostoevsky, and not Demosthenes.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/127 "2014-09-08T16:36:44Z")

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IQ: Are you a Klansman turned LA politician?

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**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:** [September 8, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/128 "2014-09-08T16:52:56Z")

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IQ1: Did you carry a lantern in your search for an honest man?  
IQ2: Were you the grandmother of Prince George of Cambridge?  
IQ3: Are you George and Martha Wilson’s neighbour?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/129 "2014-09-08T17:04:30Z")

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IQ: Were you the target of the notorious “Willie Horton” ad?

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**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:** [September 8, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/130 "2014-09-08T17:16:02Z")

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IQ1: Did your personal assistant David “Skippy” Malloy taser you in 2000?  
IQ2: Are you the character he played in a 2003 film, a former child star noted for the catchphrase “This is Nuckin’ Futs!”?  
IQ3: Are you the white trash hero he played in a 2001 film, with Kid Rock starring as his rival?

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**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:** [September 8, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/131 "2014-09-08T18:22:35Z")

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Correct on all 3.

IQs:

1. Did you compile the first Greek New Testament?
2. Were you an assassinated Roman Emperor?
3. Were you and your brothers sent to live with your uncle after a prank the three of you pulled put your father in the hospital?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/132 "2014-09-08T19:16:37Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Are you a Klansman turned LA politician?

No idea who this is- take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/133 "2014-09-08T19:18:25Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> IQ1: Did you carry a lantern in your search for an honest man?  
> IQ2: Were you the grandmother of Prince George of Cambridge?  
> IQ3: Are you George and Martha Wilson’s neighbour?

Not Diogenes J. Cynic.

No idea on #2

Not Dennis the Menace  
Take one DQ

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/134 "2014-09-08T19:19:46Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> IQ: Were you the target of the notorious “Willie Horton” ad?

Not Mike Dukakis

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/135 "2014-09-08T19:20:48Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did your personal assistant David “Skippy” Malloy taser you in 2000?  
> IQ2: Are you the character he played in a 2003 film, a former child star noted for the catchphrase “This is Nuckin’ Futs!”?  
> IQ3: Are you the white trash hero he played in a 2001 film, with Kid Rock starring as his rival?

Not Dickey Roberts, David Spade or Joe Dirt

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/136 "2014-09-08T19:24:06Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Correct on all 3.
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you compile the first Greek New Testament?
> 2. Were you an assassinated Roman Emperor?
> 3. Were you and your brothers sent to live with your uncle after a prank the three of you pulled put your father in the hospital?

Don’t know #1 or #3

For #2, no, I’m not Domitian.

Take two DQs.

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**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:** [September 8, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/137 "2014-09-08T19:27:17Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Correct on all 3.
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> IQs:
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> 1. Did you compile the first Greek New Testament?
> 2. Were you an assassinated Roman Emperor?
> 3. Were you and your brothers sent to live with your uncle after a prank the three of you pulled put your father in the hospital?

> [@astorian](#):
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> Don’t know #1 or #3
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> For #2, no, I’m not Domitian.
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> Take two DQs.

#1 was Desidarius Erasmus. Correct on Domitian.  
#3 was Deuteronomy Duck, better known as Dewey. He and Huey & Louis had a little fracas with fireworks that laid poor old dad up for awhile, hence their lengthy stay with Unca Donald.

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/138 "2014-09-08T19:46:03Z")

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Summary

1. Not real
2. Not male

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/139 "2014-09-08T19:46:41Z")

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That’s David Duke.

DQ reserved.

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**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:** [September 8, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-sep-2014/697353/140 "2014-09-08T20:14:06Z")

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IQ1: Did you elope with Othello?  
IQ2: Are you a TV character that a style of shorts is named after?  
IQ3: Did your boyfriend tell you that binding him in seven green withes that were never dried makes him weak?

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