# Botticelli #37 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 31, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371 "2008-07-31T16:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/41 "2008-08-02T05:45:35Z")
Did you appear as yourself in “Tin Cup”? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/42 "2008-08-02T08:39:29Z")
Three more DQs to **astorian**! Latest: Male Real person Dead European Not primarily known as a writer Not from the UK Involved in the entertainment business Not involved in sports Not alive at any point in the 20th Century Not noted as a stage performer (in the usual sense) Did not work in the film industry in any capacity Not an actor ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/43 "2008-08-02T14:24:59Z")
Oh, I still get a DQ. Huh. Were you from France? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/44 "2008-08-02T14:41:03Z")
Jerry Maguire was a sports agent. Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding) was his only client. Joe Montana led Notre Dame to the NCAA football title by beating the Longorns in the Cotton Bowl Golf star & commentator Johnny Miller played himself in “Tin Cup” DQ1: Were you a musician or composer? DQ2: Were you born in the 19th century? DQ3: Were you a singer? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/45 "2008-08-02T18:46:54Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] **Sternvogel** gets a DQ for the softball player. [/QUOTE] [Jessica Mendoza](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Mendoza) is the woman I had in mind. Your being “not known as a stage performer in the usual sense” suggests my DQ: Were you a puppeteer? IQ: Is your name a synonym for a stale, time-worn joke? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/46 "2008-08-03T01:12:04Z")
Are you both the youngest elected Mayor of New York City in the 20th century and the youngest to die? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/47 "2008-08-03T02:44:31Z")
Were you a prominent advocate of closer European ties? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/48 "2008-08-03T02:54:43Z")
Did you serve as leader (either _de jure_ or _de facto_) of the Labour left? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/49 "2008-08-03T07:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] IQ: Is your name a synonym for a stale, time-worn joke? [/QUOTE] No, and I don’t know who you mean. **Elendil’s Heir** also gets a DQ. **governor Quinn** gets two more. Male Real person Dead European Not primarily known as a writer Not from the UK Involved in the entertainment business Not involved in sports Not alive at any point in the 20th Century Not noted as a stage performer (in the usual sense) Did not work in the film industry in any capacity Not an actor Not from France Musician or composer Not born in 19th century Not a singer Not a puppeteer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/50 "2008-08-03T13:45:25Z")
Did you bare your private parts in “Short Cuts”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/51 "2008-08-03T13:47:05Z")
Did you seduce Sue Lyon and kill Peter Sellers? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/52 "2008-08-03T15:01:37Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Were you a prominent advocate of closer European ties? [/QUOTE] Jean Monnet, a Frenchman credited with helping establish the European Community (now Union). DQ: Were you a politician/statesman? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/53 "2008-08-03T15:47:22Z")
Did you invent–or at least patent–the metronome? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/54 "2008-08-03T21:23:53Z")
DQs again for **astorian** (2)and **Biffy**. Male Real person Dead European Not primarily known as a writer Not from the UK Involved in the entertainment business Not involved in sports Not alive at any point in the 20th Century Not noted as a stage performer (in the usual sense) Did not work in the film industry in any capacity Not an actor Not from France Musician or composer Not born in 19th century Not a singer Not a puppeteer Not a politician/statesman ---
**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:** [August 4, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/55 "2008-08-04T02:25:44Z")
Were you inspired to take up your best-known musical instrument by the movie _Back to the Future_? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/56 "2008-08-04T02:41:27Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] **governor Quinn** gets two more. [/QUOTE] Mine were John (Purroy) Mitchel and James Maxton. The DQs: 1. Could you, in any respect, be considered of German ethnicity? 2. Is your reputation now different than it was in your own time in terms of what you do? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/57 "2008-08-04T03:10:56Z")
In the movie “Lolita,” James Mason seduced teenage Sue Lyon and killed his rival, Peter Sellers. DQ: Were you born in the 17th century? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/58 "2008-08-04T03:13:23Z")
In 1987, was every household in America glued to the TV, watching attempts to rescue you from a well you’d fallen into? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/59 "2008-08-04T13:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] In 1987, was every household in America glued to the TV, watching attempts to rescue you from a well you’d fallen into? [/QUOTE] In 1987, I was 2 years old and living in the UK, so no I’m not, but take a DQ. **Elendil’s Heir** gets a DQ as well. **Governor Quinn** , I think your first DQ is a bit vague and I don’t want to answer it as it is in case I mislead anyone (which may be answer in itself) - please could you explain/clarify or replace it with something more specific? Other DQ answers as per the below: Male Real person Dead European Not primarily known as a writer Not from the UK Involved in the entertainment business Not involved in sports Not alive at any point in the 20th Century Not noted as a stage performer (in the usual sense) Did not work in the film industry in any capacity Not an actor Not from France Musician or composer Not born in 19th century Not a singer Not a puppeteer Not a politician/statesman Reputation not that different now from what it was when I was alive Not born in 17th century ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/60 "2008-08-04T14:59:50Z")
The metronome man is Johan Mälzel. DQ: Are you more commonly known by a first name that does _not_ begin with J? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371.md?page=4)