# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/61 "2008-08-04T15:55:51Z")
Are you member of a family of which many members in different generations are quite well-known even today for their achievements in fields as diverse as music, philosophy, or banking? ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/62 "2008-08-04T16:13:49Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] DQ: Are you more commonly known by a first name that does _not_ begin with J? [/QUOTE] Yes. [QUOTE=Schnitte] Are you member of a family of which many members in different generations are quite well-known even today for their achievements in fields as diverse as music, philosophy, or banking? [/QUOTE] I don’t know who you mean, take a DQ - if you need one. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/63 "2008-08-04T16:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] I don’t know who you mean, take a DQ - if you need one. [/QUOTE] I was talking abou Jakob Mendelssohn from the Mendelssohn dynasty. Well, then, without the DQ: Are you Mozart, one of whose first names was Johann, IIRC? If not, nonetheless a DQ: Was your native tongue German? ---
**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, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/64 "2008-08-04T16:34:44Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Were you inspired to take up your best-known musical instrument by the movie _Back to the Future_? [/QUOTE] Tattooed singer/songwriter John Mayer, who played the clarinet in grade school but took up the guitar after seeing Marty McFly jam on a guitar. DQ: Are you a military leader? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/65 "2008-08-04T20:35:23Z")
[Quote=Sternvogel] IQ: Is your name a synonym for a stale, time-worn joke? [/quote] [QUOTE=Dead Cat] No, and I don’t know who you mean. [/Quote] [Joe Miller.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Miller_%28actor%29) I think **Johann Mozart** is indeed the JM whose identity we’ve been trying to pin down, so I’ll wait until this is confirmed before I ask my next DQ and IQ. ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/66 "2008-08-04T23:38:47Z")
[QUOTE=Schnitte] Well, then, without the DQ: Are you Mozart, one of whose first names was Johann, IIRC? [/QUOTE] Yes indeed, I am Johann Mozart, better known of course as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! Congratulations to **Schnitte**. with **Sternvogel** and **Biffy** following close behind. Thanks for playing! ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/67 "2008-08-04T23:42:38Z")
Nice work- my JM was “Baby Jessica,” AKA Jessica McClure, who was rescued from a well she’d fallen into in West Texas, when she was 19 months old. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/68 "2008-08-05T01:54:24Z")
I haven’t had time to participate in the Botticelli threads the past couple of months. Since this one is closed, I’d like to ask a question of **Dead Cat** : Does your user name come from _A Bucket Of Blood_? ---
**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 5, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/69 "2008-08-05T05:06:46Z")
Huzzah for **Schnitte**! Tell us, when you went to hear the young Mozart play, would you go through the door marked “Fops” or “Dandies”? ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/70 "2008-08-05T11:16:07Z")
Nice play, and thanks to Dead Cat. I assume that now it’s my turn to function as chooser in Botticelli #38? ---
**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 5, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/71 "2008-08-05T14:28:29Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I haven’t had time to participate in the Botticelli threads the past couple of months. Since this one is closed, I’d like to ask a question of **Dead Cat** : Does your user name come from _A Bucket Of Blood_? [/QUOTE] Never heard of it, take a DQ - oh, sorry, we’ve finished :). No, it was simply a case of me signing up to the SDMB out of curiosity, and we all know the fate of inquisitive felines. **Schnitte** , get the new game going whenever you’re ready! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/72 "2008-08-05T16:19:27Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Never heard of it… [/QUOTE] [Here’s the Wiki article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bucket_of_Blood) on it (contains spoilers). And here’s a picture that includes the [_Dead Cat_ ‘sculpture’](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cast_with_Dead_Cat_cropped.png). In a nutshell, slow-witted Walter Paisley wants to be an artist. He accidentally kills a cat and, acting on the words of a Beatnick’s poem, turns it into a sculpture. When he’s asked the name of his ‘sculpture’ he replies hesitatingly, ‘Dead Cat?’ ---
**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 6, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/73 "2008-08-06T14:01:25Z")
Sound like a cool film, I wasn’t really going for the psycho-artist association though! Just shows how you should take care when choosing your screen name, I’ve also been accused of liking roadkill - not that any of it particularly bothers me. Thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371/74 "2008-08-06T15:19:37Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Sound like a cool film… [/QUOTE] One of my favourites. A ‘bucket’ of blood may be overstating it a bit. There’s a little on the edge of a frying pan at one point. Maybe ‘A Thimble Of Blood’. Some great lines in it. Personal faves: ‘I don’t know, man. I’m too far-out.’ 'Life is an obscure hobo, bumming a ride on the omnibus of art. ’ ‘You’re just a simple farm boy. The rest of us are sophisticated beatnicks!’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-37/458371.md?page=3)