# 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:** 5
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/81 "2012-04-03T20:25:24Z")
Well done, **Spoons**! ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/82 "2012-04-03T20:28:08Z")
Way to go, **Spoons**. I realized I forgot/never had the chance to ask the three DQs I’d earned! Two fast rounds in a row. ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/83 "2012-04-03T20:40:52Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Shit, piss and industrial waste, what a fwcking time to make a typo like that!!! AAAUGH!!! LOL … I wondered if it was a typo or just some fiendishly clever strategy that I couldn’t comprehend … . ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/84 "2012-04-03T22:02:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you have Bitch Tits? I’m still wondering who this is… ---
**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, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/85 "2012-04-03T22:09:50Z")
Robert Paulson, from Fight Club (played by Meatloaf). ---
**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 4, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/86 "2012-04-04T00:34:17Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Robert Paulson, from Fight Club (played by Meatloaf). Two Meatloaf references! Mr. Loaf would be pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/87 "2012-04-04T12:33:33Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a less-than-subtle parody of an Austrian action movie actor? Rainier Wolfcastle, a minor character on the Simpsons. ---
**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 4, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/88 "2012-04-04T22:05:46Z")
Sorry for the delay, folks. This time around, the letter is… M ---
**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 4, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/89 "2012-04-04T23:48:36Z")
IQ1: Did you vie with Sulla for mastery of Rome? IQ2: Would you catch a grenade for her? IQ3: Did you share a bedroom with Jan and Cindy? ---
**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 5, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/90 "2012-04-05T00:18:53Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > IQ1: Did you vie with Sulla for mastery of Rome? > IQ2: Would you catch a grenade for her? > IQ3: Did you share a bedroom with Jan and Cindy? IQ1: No idea; take a DQ. IQ2: No, I am not Bruno Mars. IQ3: No, I am not Marcia Brady. (“Marcia, Marcia, _Marcia_!”) ---
**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 5, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/91 "2012-04-05T00:29:46Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > IQ1: Did you vie with Sulla for mastery of Rome? Gaius Marius. He was one of Republican Rome’s greatest generals, but his power struggles with Sulla laid the foundation for the collapse of the Republic. DQ: Is “M” the first letter of your last name? ---
**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 5, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/92 "2012-04-05T00:53:01Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > DQ: Is “M” the first letter of your last name? Yes, M is the first letter of my last name. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/93 "2012-04-05T02:35:54Z")
IQ 1: Did you receive your Congressional Medal of Honor on April Fool’s Day for a reason? IQ 2: Did you Christmas trip to L.A. go horribly wrong? IQ 3: Did you find a Mars bar in a strange place? ---
**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 5, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/94 "2012-04-05T03:24:00Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ 1: Did you receive your Congressional Medal of Honor on April Fool’s Day for a reason? > > IQ 2: Did you Christmas trip to L.A. go horribly wrong? > > IQ 3: Did you find a Mars bar in a strange place? IQ1: No idea; take a DQ. IQ2: No, I am not John McClane, of the _Die Hard_ movies. IQ3: 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 5, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/95 "2012-04-05T03:37:25Z")
.iQ1: Were you recently elected leader of a national political party? IQ2: Did you direct John Candy in a movie about invading Canada? IQ3: Did you write the canonical work in the field of comic books? ---
**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 5, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/96 "2012-04-05T03:45:49Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > .iQ1: Were you recently elected leader of a national political party? > IQ2: Did you direct John Candy in a movie about invading Canada? > IQ3: Did you write the canonical work in the field of comic books? IQ1: No, I am not Thomas Mulcair, new leader of Canada’s NDP. IQ2: No, I am not Michael Moore, who directed John Candy in _Canadian Bacon_. IQ3: No, I am not Scott McCloud, author of such works as _Making Comics_ and _Understanding Comics_. ---
**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 5, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/97 "2012-04-05T04:04:31Z")
IQs: Did your theories of naval power influence Theodore Roosevelt, among others? Did you tell a reporter that you saved your “feelings” for your wife? Did you and Margaret Thatcher chat with Mikhail Gorbachev at a notable funeral? ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/98 "2012-04-05T10:45:00Z")
IQ1: Are you credited with bringing pasta to the Italians? IQ2: Did you play a character famous for shouting “How do you like them apples?” IQ3: Did you play the female character that line was in reference to? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/99 "2012-04-05T12:57:06Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: No idea; take a DQ. > > IQ2: No, I am not John McClane, of the _Die Hard_ movies. > > IQ3: No idea; take a DQ. IQ 1: Douglas MacArthur, who received the MoH on April 1, 1942 for “defending” the Philippine Islands. Even though he was taken by surprise, lost his air force, and was bottled up on Bataan by a numerically inferior force. IQ 3: Mick Jagger - who was alleged to have performed oral sex on Marianne Faithful by eating a mars bar out of her…well…you know… 1. M is the first letter of the last name. DQ2: Are you a real person as opposed to a fictional character? DQ 3: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/100 "2012-04-05T13:06:53Z")
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