# Botticelli 2009! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311 "2009-01-08T00:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/221 "2009-01-11T00:36:24Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > **AppallingGael** : Have a dq Joseph Bonaparte. Are you known mainly as a scientist or philosopher? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/222 "2009-01-11T00:41:14Z")
I was going for Johann Sebastian Bach(Toccata and fugue and all that) DQ: Are you German? IQ: Are you a famous ornithologist not altogether famous for ornithology? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/223 "2009-01-11T00:55:26Z")
Neither a scientist, philosopher nor German And what famous person likes birds? have another dq. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/224 "2009-01-11T01:00:41Z")
The one, the only James Bond DQ: Are you a writer? IQ: Were you at one time alive and well? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/225 "2009-01-11T01:12:35Z")
Not a writer Jim Backus (aka Mr. Magoo) was presumably once alive and well 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/226 "2009-01-11T01:32:41Z")
The painter was Jheronimus Bosch (sometimes spelled Hieronymus), the Simpson character was Jasper Beardly Are you a man of the cloth ? Are you Italian ? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/227 "2009-01-11T02:46:33Z")
Are you a Man of Honor who led a side in the Banana War? ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/228 "2009-01-11T03:08:18Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Well, 😛 to you. > > No, I was not alive in the 20th century. > > And who? Have another dq. English actress, **[Jacqueline Bisset](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Bisset)**. In the American sitcom, _Cheers_, the bar owner, Sam Malone, once bet his entire bar that he would one day marry her. DQ: Did you ever rule a country? IQ: Despite the seriousness of the crime that made you famous, did David Letterman really like your name? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/229 "2009-01-11T12:14:29Z")
**Kobal2:** Well, I know who Hieronymus Bosch is 😛 Not a man of the cloth, nor am I Italian **AppallingGael** : Have a DQ **seodoa** : I did rule a country! And have another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/230 "2009-01-11T12:33:32Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > IQ: Despite the seriousness of the crime that made you famous, did David Letterman really like your name? **[Joey Buttafuoco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Buttafuoco)**, whose name was often the butt of jokes for talk show host David Letterman. DQ: Were you the ruler of a nation which exists today? IQ: Were you once the King of Spain and the Indies, among other titles? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/231 "2009-01-11T12:39:26Z")
(admitedly, Hieronymus was a very low blow - I thought of him because I know him as “Jérôme Bosch”, the frenchified version of his name :o) Are you a British OBE who had a long relationship with a French singer/poet famous among other things for his chain smoking, ugly mug and appaling hygiene (yes, even by French standards ;)) ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/232 "2009-01-11T12:46:46Z")
**seodoa** : I’m not Jospeph I (who’s been asked about before) My nation exists today! **Kobal2** : I’ll accept it as a peace offering for the sportsmen 😉 And have a dq. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/233 "2009-01-11T12:51:03Z")
[Jane Birkin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Birkin). DQ : Are you of noble lineage or royal blood ? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/234 "2009-01-11T13:00:39Z")
I was a royal, yes. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/235 "2009-01-11T13:06:10Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > **seodoa** : I’m not Jospeph I (who’s been asked about before) Oops, had forgotten about that. :smack: Were you the first of your ruling house in a most westerly nation? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/236 "2009-01-11T13:07:46Z")
I AM Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, first of the Swedish Bernadottes. _flings confetti and fires off fireworks!_ ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/237 "2009-01-11T13:16:45Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > I AM Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, first of the Swedish Bernadottes. > > _flings confetti and fires off fireworks!_ Actually, I was thinking of John IV Braganza, first of the Braganzas of Portugal, the westernmost nation in continental Europe. But I’ll take a win where I can get one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/238 "2009-01-11T13:30:25Z")
Sweden is still a western (more than westerly) nation; so please go ahead with the next round. (it’s a lot more fun to ask than to be asked 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/239 "2009-01-11T14:00:28Z")
Okay. I’ve got one. **P** ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-2009/480311/240 "2009-01-11T14:06:38Z")
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