# It’s Time to Play ‘Sheen, Beck, or Qaddafi?’ **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280 "2011-03-02T23:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/1 "2011-03-02T23:49:44Z")
> **[It’s Time to Play ‘Sheen, Beck, or Qaddafi?’](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/03/its_time_to_play_sheen_beck_or.html)** > > Can you tell which crazy rant belongs to whom? I only got 7 out of 15 the first time. How well do YOU know your whackjobs? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/2 "2011-03-02T23:53:48Z")
I managed 8 for 15, but only because I recognized several Sheen quotes. Telling the difference between Beck and Qaddafi is pure luck. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/3 "2011-03-03T00:00:50Z")
I can sure tell you which one I’d rather party with. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/4 "2011-03-03T00:08:50Z")
Qaddafi, of course. Beck would be boring and Sheen would snort all your blow. I bet Qaddafi’s got a harem he’d let you play in. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/5 "2011-03-03T00:10:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [It’s Time to Play ‘Sheen, Beck, or Qaddafi?’](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/03/its_time_to_play_sheen_beck_or.html) > > I only got 7 out of 15 the first time. How well do YOU know your whackjobs? 9 out of 15 without even knowing who were Sheen and Beck. I’m that good. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/6 "2011-03-03T00:15:37Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > …I bet Qaddafi’s got a harem he’d let you play in. Maybe, but he seems like the kinda guy who will get pretty testy about it when they try to follow me home. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/7 "2011-03-03T00:30:20Z")
Only 4 out of 15; I did much better on the Gaddafi/Sheen quiz. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/8 "2011-03-03T01:04:37Z")
I only got 5/15 on that one. I want to see the Sheen, Beck, Qaddafi, or Hulk Hogan (or equivalent) quiz. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/9 "2011-03-03T01:21:21Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > 9 out of 15 without even knowing who were Sheen and Beck. I’m that good. Someone else that can tell an almond from a pecan. I got 8/10 on Sheen VS Qhaddfi (it seems everyone spells that name differently). I’ll do this tomorrow, I already had too much nuts in my diet today. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/10 "2011-03-03T01:44:57Z")
10 out of 15. My vast comprehension of insanity…worries me. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/11 "2011-03-03T01:49:26Z")
7 on the first try, 13 on the second. I was completely flummoxed by two of Sheen’s quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/12 "2011-03-03T02:30:19Z")
11 out of 15, which I think is pretty good given that I never watch or listen to Beck. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/13 "2011-03-03T02:42:23Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > 11 out of 15, which I think is pretty good given that I never watch or listen to Beck. Ya know, I am unsurprised that you hold the current high score for identifying whacky statements… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/14 "2011-03-03T02:48:15Z")
I only got 4 right, but I think that’s mostly because I haven’t been paying much attention to the whole Sheen thing. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/15 "2011-03-03T02:52:44Z")
…and the tow-headed boy runs out onto the endless prairie… “Come back! Come back! You forgot to pay for the drugs! Sheen! Sheen! Come back, Sheen!..” ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/16 "2011-03-03T03:53:45Z")
Nine —I’ve never heard Sheen speak, and I’ve virtually never seen Beck, but I knew all the Qaddafi quotes instantly and could guess the others okay. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/17 "2011-03-03T03:56:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Ya know, I am unsurprised that you hold the current high score for identifying whacky statements… > > 😃 Hey, I come from the land of **elucidator** , **gonzomax** and **Der Trihs**. I pretty much have a PhD in wacky statements. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/18 "2011-03-03T11:35:39Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I pretty much have a PhD in wacky statements. I think you have found your signature, **Starkers**. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/19 "2011-03-03T13:19:26Z")
10 out of 15, and all but one or two of them were _different_ wacky statements than the UK version of Sheen vs Gaddafi. Maybe that quiz gave me some practise as I only got 5/10 out of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280/20 "2011-03-03T15:04:18Z")
I got 6/15. At least it was one question above random chance, but…damn. I found my mistake though. I kept on thinking the really grandiose dictator-esque statements were being made by Ghadfaffhi…ghadly…whoever, but actually in retrospects his quotes were arguably the most benign. They seemed to be mainly about threats to his regime. On the second try I got 12/15, but that’s really only due to my short-term memory. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-to-play-sheen-beck-or-qaddafi/573280.md?page=2)