# 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:** 4
**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/61 "2012-04-03T17:31:31Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > 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? IQ1: I’m not Rigoletto. I should remember Blazing Saddles better, but it’s been too long … . And as for the last one, I’m stumped. Please 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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/62 "2012-04-03T17:37:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? I’m baffled by all of these. Take three DQs. ---
**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, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/63 "2012-04-03T18:10:31Z")
IQ1: Are you a singing brakeman? IQ2: Were “your” royal children actually fathered by your wife’s brother? IQ3: Did you learn the hard way to say “yes” when someone asks if you’re a god? ---
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/64 "2012-04-03T18:12:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > 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? > [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > IQ1: I’m not Rigoletto. > > I should remember Blazing Saddles better, but it’s been too long … . > > And as for the last one, I’m stumped. Please take two DQs. Absolutely right on Rigoletto. Cleavon Little as the sheriff says “You’d do it for **Randolph Scott**.” The townspeople take off their hats and say ‘Randolph Scott’ in an awed whisper, then they all stand and sing ‘Ran-do-olph Sco-o-o-tt’ like the ‘amen’ at the end of a hymn. Surely it must be on YouTube somewhere… Ah, and **Sonny Rollins** - one of his early 1950s albums as bandleader was titled ‘Saxophone Colossus’; the name has stuck, with good reason. He is still playing, and will turn 82 this September. So, then - DQ1: Were you born after 1900? DQ2: Is ‘B’ the initial of your last name? ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/65 "2012-04-03T18:23:19Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you a singing brakeman? > > IQ2: Were “your” royal children actually fathered by your wife’s brother? > > IQ3: Did you learn the hard way to say “yes” when someone asks if you’re a god? No idea on the first two. IQ3: I’m not Ray (can’t remember his last name) from _Ghostbusters_. Take two DQs. ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/66 "2012-04-03T18:23:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Prince Rainier’s soon-to-be-wife Grace Kelly came to Monaco in 1956 aboard the SS _Constitution_, which many years later I sailed on during a Hawaii cruise. Roderick, Lord Blaine, was injured in the Niven and Pournelle sf novel _The Mote in God’s Eye._ Edmund Randolph was the first AG, and also the second SecState. R. 1. real 2. male ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/67 "2012-04-03T18:25:09Z")
IQ: Did you used to run guns to the Rebels? IQ: Did you used to run guns to the rebels? IQ: Even though you should have been charged with Larceny from Kevin Costner, did you escape getting charged with scene stealing back in the 90s? ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/68 "2012-04-03T18:25:15Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ1: Were you born after 1900? > > DQ2: Is ‘B’ the initial of your last name? Yes, I was born after 1900, and no, my last name does not start with B. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Born after 1900 4. Last name does not start with B ---
**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, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/69 "2012-04-03T18:29:21Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ: Were you recently fired by a Big 10 basketball program? > > IQ: Did you chide Albert for trying to put limits on the Divine? > > IQ: Did you promise to see that japanese would be only spoken in the Afterlife? Good Lord. I don’t know any of these. ---
**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, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/70 "2012-04-03T18:32:11Z")
**Le Ministre** and Elendil’s **Heir** , thanks for clearing up those “B” leftovers. I had to :smack: on a couple of them; if I had only taken more time to think, I might have had a couple. Oh well. Some IQs for the R game: IQ1: Are you a movie critic who once took a turn in a film about a transsexual? IQ2: Were you a bigwig in sports programming at ABC? IQ3: Did you play a parimutuel teller in a 1989 film about a guy who couldn’t lose at the horse races? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/71 "2012-04-03T18:34:51Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Good Lord. I don’t know any of these. Umm, that’s because I’m an idiot and was still thinking it was “B” instead of “R”. :smack: BTW, the B answers were Bruce Weber - recently fired from U. of Illinois, Neils Bohr - who told Albert Einstein to not tell God that he couldn’t play dice with the Universe, , and Bill Halsey, US vice admiral who said on December 8, 1941 that once he got through, Japanese would only be spoken in Hell.) “R” IQs: IQ: Did you used to run guns to the Rebels? IQ: Did you used to run guns to the rebels? IQ: Even though you should have been charged with Larceny from Kevin Costner, did you escape getting charged with scene stealing back in the 90s? ---
**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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/72 "2012-04-03T18:35:18Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you a movie critic who once took a turn in a film about a transsexual? > > IQ2: Were you a bigwig in sports programming at ABC? > > IQ3: Did you play a parimutuel teller in a 1989 film about a guy who couldn’t lose at the horse races? I’m guessing that #1 is Roger Ebert, who I am not. The other two – take two DQs. ---
**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, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/73 "2012-04-03T18:42:11Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you a singing brakeman? > > IQ2: Were “your” royal children actually fathered by your wife’s brother? > > IQ3: Did you learn the hard way to say “yes” when someone asks if you’re a god? Right on Ghostbuster Ray Stantz. The other two were Jimmie Rodgers and Robert Baratheon (from Game of Thrones). DQs: 5. Are you alive? 6. Are you American? ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/74 "2012-04-03T18:50:36Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > 1. Are you alive? > 2. Are you American? 1. Real 2. Male 3. Born after 1900 4. Last name does not start with B 5. Alive 6. Not American ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/75 "2012-04-03T19:33:10Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I’m guessing that #1 is Roger Ebert, who I am not. Actually, no; and to the best of my knowledge, while Ebert did appear in a few films, none dealt with transsexuality. The person I was looking for was movie critic Rex Reed, who had a role in _Myra Breckinridge_. The bigwig in sports programming at ABC was Roone Arledge. The parimutuel teller was played by Robbie Coltrane, and the film was _Let it Ride_. Coltrane may be better known nowadays as Rubeus Hagrid, in the Harry Potter films. > [@](#): > > The other two – take two DQs. I’ll take two for now, and wait for your go-ahead on the one involving Rex Reed: 1. Does your last name start with R? 2. Are you from an English-speaking country? Some more IQs: 1. Do you not smoke it no more because you’re tired of waking up on the floor? 2. Did you play a character who only watches radar while drinking coffee? 3. Are you said to have a thousand voices in your repertoire? ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/76 "2012-04-03T19:51:20Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Actually, no; and to the best of my knowledge, while Ebert did appear in a few films, none dealt with transsexuality. The person I was looking for was movie critic Rex Reed, who had a role in _Myra Breckinridge_. Ha … I confused _Myra Breckinridge_ with _Beyond the Valley of the Dolls_. > [@](#): > > 1. Does your last name start with R? > > 2. Are you from an English-speaking country? 1. Real 2. Male 3. Born after 1900 4. Last name does not start with B 5. Alive 6. Not American 7. Last name does not start with R 8. From an English-speaking country > [@](#): > > 1. Do you not smoke it no more because you’re tired of waking up on the floor? > > 2. Did you play a character who only watches radar while drinking coffee? > > 3. Are you said to have a thousand voices in your repertoire? But all this is moot because I am indeed **Ringo Starr!** Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/77 "2012-04-03T20:01:34Z")
Nice job **Spoons**! (my three IQs, by the way, in case anyone was wondering: IQ: Did you used to run guns to the Rebels? A: Rhett Butler IQ: Did you used to run guns to the rebels? A: Rick Blaine (_Casablanca_) IQ: Even though you should have been charged with Larceny from Kevin Costner, did you escape getting charged with scene stealing back in the 90s? A: Alan Rickman * * * ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/78 "2012-04-03T20:10:03Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Nice job **Spoons**! > > (my three IQs, by the way, in case anyone was wondering: Sorry about skipping yours … I was posting in a chain and didn’t notice that your guesses had slipped in. ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/79 "2012-04-03T20:10:05Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > But all this is moot because I am indeed **Ringo Starr!** > > Well done! Woo-hoo! I’ll be back in a bit with another letter–I do have to get some work done today. As for my other IQs: The character who drinks coffee while watching radar is Darth Helmet, played by Rick Moranis in _Spaceballs_. The man of a thousand voices is impressionist Rich Little. ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/80 "2012-04-03T20:23:54Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ2: Is ‘B’ the initial of your last name? Shit, piss and industrial waste, what a fwcking time to make a typo like that!!! AAAUGH!!! :smack: :smack: :smack: R, **Le Fou de l’au-delà** , R. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325.md?page=5)