# Botticelli, April 2012 - Le Ministre de l'au-delà, chooser; initial Q **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 30, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325 "2012-03-30T21:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 2, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/41 "2012-04-02T20:07:01Z")
IQ: Are you a poorly executed comic relief character from a subpar prequel? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/42 "2012-04-02T20:28:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you a poorly executed comic relief character from a subpar prequel? No, I am not the unpopular-with-fans Jar Jar Binks, from the Star Wars prequels. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/43 "2012-04-02T20:46:23Z")
IQ1: Do you have a license to kill? IQ2: Can you handle the One Ring with impunity? IQ3: Would we not like it if we made you angry? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/44 "2012-04-02T20:47:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Your answer to the first is good, so I’ll rephrase: Since 1985, did you come to a President’s _political_ aid when he needed it most? > > …And two more IQs: > > Did your swimming in the nude cause a stir in your adopted hometown? > Did you and your son make a ship using ancient construction techniques? George W. Bush wasn’t President during the 2000 election fiasco. I was thinking of Howard Baker, who gave up a White House run of his own to serve as Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff after the Iran/Contra scandal blew up. Benjamin Franklin’s nude swimming in Philadelphia raised some eyebrows at the time. Benjamin Sisko and his son Jake built a Bajoran-style solar-sailing ship in an episode of _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_. DQs: Human? Best known as a movie character? If real, would you be alive now, in 2012? IQs: Are Booster and XR coworkers of yours? Did you play a rather plump knight in a Shakespearean movie? Were you historically fleet of foot? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/45 "2012-04-03T00:08:50Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > IQ1: Do you have a license to kill? I do indeed, for my name is… Bond. James Bond. Nicely done, **The Hamster King**. Start us off on another one! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/46 "2012-04-03T00:19:10Z")
My initial is: R ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/47 "2012-04-03T01:03:46Z")
IQ: Do you share your brain with an Ex-delivery boy? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/48 "2012-04-03T01:07:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Do you share your brain with an Ex-delivery boy? No, I am not Rocky (Unh!) from _Rocky Horror_. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/49 "2012-04-03T01:21:33Z")
IQ1: Are you the resident pianist for a series of Jim Henson productions? IQ2 (not the same as IQ1): Did you take up piano after a gunshot would to your fretting hand prevented you from playing guitar? IQ3: Are you unanimously (or as close to unanimous as these debates get) considered to be the best to ever play your position in the NFL? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/50 "2012-04-03T02:00:55Z")
IQ1: Are you part of a superhero team, along with an invisible woman, a flaming boy, and a big, lumpy guy? IQ2: Did you once play a documentary filmmaker who was making a movie about a heavy metal band? IQ3: Are you a friend, but occasionally a rival, of a certain red-haired teenager in comics? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/51 "2012-04-03T07:28:12Z")
IQ: Did you have Bitch Tits? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/52 "2012-04-03T07:43:47Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the resident pianist for a series of Jim Henson productions? > > IQ2 (not the same as IQ1): Did you take up piano after a gunshot would to your fretting hand prevented you from playing guitar? > > IQ3: Are you unanimously (or as close to unanimous as these debates get) considered to be the best to ever play your position in the NFL? IQ1: No, I’m not Rolf from the Muppets. The other two … no idea. Take two DQs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/53 "2012-04-03T07:46:13Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you part of a superhero team, along with an invisible woman, a flaming boy, and a big, lumpy guy? > > IQ2: Did you once play a documentary filmmaker who was making a movie about a heavy metal band? > > IQ3: Are you a friend, but occasionally a rival, of a certain red-haired teenager in comics? IQ1: No, I’m not Reed Richards from the Fantastic Four. IQ2: No, I’m not Rob Reiner in Spinal Tap. IQ3: No, I’m not Reggie from Archie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/54 "2012-04-03T07:47:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you have Bitch Tits? No idea. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/55 "2012-04-03T11:31:48Z")
IQ1: Are you a less-than-subtle parody of an Austrian action movie actor? IQ2: Were you a famous spokesperson for Chesterfield cigarettes before switching careers? IQ3: Are you a famous spokesperson for Chesterfield cigarettes who died young from tobacco-related illness? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/56 "2012-04-03T12:40:16Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ2 (not the same as IQ1): Did you take up piano after a gunshot would to your fretting hand prevented you from playing guitar? > > IQ3: Are you unanimously (or as close to unanimous as these debates get) considered to be the best to ever play your position in the NFL? #2 is Mac Rebennack, better known as [Dr. John](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._John), and #3 is [Jerry Rice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rice). DQ: Are you real? DQ: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/57 "2012-04-03T14:11:34Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a less-than-subtle parody of an Austrian action movie actor? > IQ2: Were you a famous spokesperson for Chesterfield cigarettes before switching careers? > IQ3: Are you a famous spokesperson for Chesterfield cigarettes who died young from tobacco-related illness? IQ1: Hans? Franz? Neither one starts with R. I’m stumped. Take a DQ. IQ2: I’m not Ronald Reagan. IQ3: I’m not absolutely certain about the cigarette brand, but I’m not Rod Serling of Twilight Zone fame. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/58 "2012-04-03T14:13:11Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > #2 is Mac Rebennack, better known as [Dr. John](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._John), and #3 is [Jerry Rice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rice). > DQ: Are you real? > > DQ: Are you male? I am both real and male! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/59 "2012-04-03T14:25:51Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Did Captain Vere have no choice but to sentence you to hang for striking a superior officer dead? > > IQ3: Are you a legendary prog rock/jazz drummer? Just to clear up from the last round - Billy Budd, the title character from Herman Melville’s last work (and also the title character of an opera by Benjamin Britten), strikes Claggart and kills him with one blow. Despite the Captain’s admiration for Billy, and despite the fact that Claggart was an asshole, Billy must hang. Bill Bruford had a 40+ year career, starting with the band ‘Yes’, and moving on to play with King Crimson, Genesis, UK, the eponymous Bruford, King Crimson (1980s version), Patrick Moraz, Ralph Towner, Al DiMeola, King Crimson (1990s version) as well as a massive discography as a side man. Well done, **The Hamster King**. R, you say… IQ1: Are you the title character of a Verdi opera? IQ2: Do people sing your name in ‘Blazing Saddles’? IQ3: Are you a saxophone colossus who is still playing at the age of 80-something? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/60 "2012-04-03T15:15:54Z")
Nice, quick work, **Hamster King**! From earlier: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are Booster and XR coworkers of yours? > Did you play a rather plump knight in a Shakespearean movie? > Were you historically fleet of foot? Buzz Lightyear (from the cartoon series). British actor Brian Blessed, in Branagh’s _Henry V_. British runner Roger Bannister, first to run a mile in less than four minutes. So it’s R, then. Hmm. IQs: Did the ship on which your bride sailed to meet you later end up as a Hawaiian cruise liner? Did your arm stink after a battle wound didn’t quite heal? Were you the first Attorney General of the United States? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325.md?page=4)