# Botticelli #40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601 "2008-08-11T13:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 11, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/21 "2008-08-11T18:49:36Z")
Did you play one of LA’s finest? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/22 "2008-08-11T19:32:39Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Not Mr Magoo, but if he has a first name beginning with M that I don’t know about, take a DQ. [/QUOTE] His first name is [Quincy.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Magoo) My IQ’s: Did Jerry Seinfeld attempt to exploit your lip-reading ability? Are you a baseball pitcher and pitching coach overshadowed by your brother, who’s been much more successful on the mound? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/23 "2008-08-11T23:33:28Z")
Did you break the reserve clause, and bring free agency to major league baseball players? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/24 "2008-08-11T23:34:32Z")
Did you say appear as yourself in"Annie Hall" and tell a pedantic twerp that he’d completely misinterpreted your theories? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/25 "2008-08-11T23:35:43Z")
Did you star in “The High and the Mighty” under a more macho name? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/26 "2008-08-11T23:38:07Z")
Did you keep the beat for the Jimi Hendrix Experience? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/27 "2008-08-11T23:41:32Z")
Were you the Ugly Duckling niece at 1313 Mockingbird Lane? ---
**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 12, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/28 "2008-08-12T02:05:12Z")
Did you play oboe on record with Charlie Parker? ---
**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 12, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/29 "2008-08-12T02:13:25Z")
Did you record a novelty record with tubas? ---
**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 12, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/30 "2008-08-12T02:16:47Z")
Did you going from stripping to being a nun on stage in roughly twenty years? ---
**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 12, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/31 "2008-08-12T02:20:17Z")
Are you a legend of the music hall circuit? ---
**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 12, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/32 "2008-08-12T09:04:48Z")
Well, hell, I thought I knew enough famous MMs to not make this a DQ-fest, but all you more knowledgable people soon proved that wrong! DQs awarded for every IQ asked after post #20! ---
**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 12, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/33 "2008-08-12T13:25:40Z")
The goalscorer I mentioned was Max Morlock of Nuremberg. DQ: Are you a character of 20th century literature? ---
**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 12, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/34 "2008-08-12T13:34:07Z")
Do you have a wife who will never, never desert you? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/35 "2008-08-12T13:36:03Z")
Have you held the Worlds Strongest Man title - no less than four times? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/36 "2008-08-12T16:21:28Z")
Are you the man who turned the MLBPA into one of America’s strongest unions? ---
**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 12, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/37 "2008-08-12T16:33:24Z")
[QUOTE=Schnitte] The goalscorer I mentioned was Max Morlock of Nuremberg. DQ: Are you a character of 20th century literature? [/QUOTE] Yes. > [@Fretful Porpentine](#): > > Do you have a wife who will never, never desert you? I’m going to guess this is something Mrs Max Moseley said during the recent shenanigans, and I’m not him. > [@WormTheRed](#): > > Have you held the Worlds Strongest Man title - no less than four times? I’m not Magnus Magnusson. > [@Wargamer](#): > > Are you the man who turned the MLBPA into one of America’s strongest unions? I don’t know who you mean, take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/38 "2008-08-12T16:36:41Z")
Are you a looney alien from a planet close to us? ---
**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 12, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/39 "2008-08-12T16:41:18Z")
[QUOTE=WormTheRed] Are you a looney alien from a planet close to us? [/QUOTE] I’m not a Mad Martian, if that’s what you mean :). ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601/40 "2008-08-12T16:54:08Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] I’m not a Mad Martian, if that’s what you mean :). [/QUOTE] Marvin the Martian actually - but close enough. Hmm… are you then a wise old “adviser” to a legendary king with a famous sword? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-40/459601.md?page=3)