# 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:** 6
**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, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/101 "2012-04-05T14:23:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? No idea on any; take three DQs. ---
**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, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/102 "2012-04-05T14:26:02Z")
> [@Baffle](#): > > 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? IQ1: I seem to recall that being Marco Polo; if I’m wrong, take a DQ. IQs 2 and 3: Take two DQs. ---
**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, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/103 "2012-04-05T14:30:22Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > DQ2: Are you a real person as opposed to a fictional character? > DQ 3: Are you male? DQ2: I am real, not fictional. DQ3: I am male. Summary: 1. M is the first letter of my last name. 2. I am real, not fictional. 3. I am male. ---
**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, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/104 "2012-04-05T14:32:16Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ 1: Did you suffer from a poorly timed exposure to the measles? > > IQ 2: Are you swinging from the south side in Augusta this week? > > IQ 3: Did you hit .202 for Birmingham back in '94? IQs 1 and 3: No idea; take two DQs. IQ2: No, I am not Phil Mickelson, pro golfer. ---
**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, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/105 "2012-04-05T14:35:46Z")
IQ 1: Ken Mattingly, who missed flying on Apollo 13 due to the aforementioned measles exposure. IQ 3: Michael Jordan, who played for the Birmingham Barons during his first ‘retirement’ from the NBA in 1994. 1. M is the first letter of my last name. 2. I am real, not fictional. 3. I am male DQ 4: Are you still alive? DQ 5: Is your fame related to a field of artistic endeavor, such as singing, acting, writing, etc? ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/106 "2012-04-05T14:58:44Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ 1: Ken Mattingly, who missed flying on Apollo 13 due to the aforementioned measles exposure. > > IQ 3: Michael Jordan, who played for the Birmingham Barons during his first ‘retirement’ from the NBA in 1994. :smack: on both! I rewatched Apollo 13 when it was on TV recently, and I well remember Michael Jordan’s baseball experience back in 1994. I guess I need more morning coffee! > [@](#): > > DQ 4: Are you still alive? > DQ 5: Is your fame related to a field of artistic endeavor, such as singing, acting, writing, etc? DQ4: I am not alive. DQ5: My field is not related to the arts. Summary: 1. M is the first letter of my last name. 2. I am real, not fictional. 3. I am male. 4. I am not alive. 5. My field is not related to the arts. ---
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/107 "2012-04-05T15:02:22Z")
There are a few more DQs out there to be asked, so I will wait until we get a few more of those answered first. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/108 "2012-04-05T15:28:13Z")
IQ1: Are you a renowned Belgian cyclist? IQ2: Were you the first commander of the Plymouth Colony militia? IQ3: Are you an experienced English drummer? ---
**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, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/109 "2012-04-05T16:04:31Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you a renowned Belgian cyclist? > > IQ2: Were you the first commander of the Plymouth Colony militia? > > IQ3: Are you an experienced English drummer? IQ1: No idea; take a DQ. IQ2: No, I am not Miles Standish. (I think this is Standish–if I’m wrong, take a DQ.) IQ3: No, I am not Mitch Miller, drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. ---
**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 5, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/110 "2012-04-05T16:52:20Z")
IQ1: Are you a jazz guitarist from Missouri? IQ2: Are you premier of the province of Québec for whom a large region is named? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/111 "2012-04-05T17:29:48Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: No idea; take a DQ. > > IQ2: No, I am not Miles Standish. (I think this is Standish–if I’m wrong, take a DQ.) > > IQ3: No, I am not Mitch Miller, drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Right on 2 and 3 - the Belgian cyclist is [Eddy Merckx](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Merckx). DQ6: Are you North 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 5, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/112 "2012-04-05T19:34:02Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you a jazz guitarist from Missouri? No idea; take a DQ. **Le Ministre** , as per your edit note, I’m ignoring your IQ2. ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/113 "2012-04-05T19:35:20Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Right on 2 and 3 - the Belgian cyclist is [Eddy Merckx](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Merckx). > > DQ6: Are you North American? No, I am not North American. Summary: 1. M is the first letter of my last name. 2. I am real, not fictional. 3. I am male. 4. I am not alive. 5. My field is not related to the arts. 6. I am not North American. ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/114 "2012-04-05T20:21:08Z")
IQ: Was a German city renamed in your honor after the Downfall? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/115 "2012-04-05T21:33:55Z")
IQ1: Are you only pawn in game of life? IQ2: Did you talk about pop muzic in New York, London, Paris, and Munich? IQ3: Did you come home on Halloween? ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/116 "2012-04-05T22:48:27Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ: Was a German city renamed in your honor after the Downfall? I have no idea; take a DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you only pawn in game of life? > IQ2: Did you talk about pop muzic in New York, London, Paris, and Munich? > IQ3: Did you come home on Halloween? IQ1: No idea; take a DQ. IQ2: No, I am not M, who had a hit with “Pop Muzik” in–oh, 1979? 1980? Around there, anyway. IQ3: No, I am not Michael Myers, of the _Hallowe’en_ series of movies. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/117 "2012-04-06T02:17:11Z")
Matt Damon played Will Hunting in \Good Will Hunting\. He delivered the famous line after getting the phone number of Skylar, played by Minnie Driver. DQ: Are you European? DQ2: Are you famous as a politician or statesman? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/118 "2012-04-06T07:01:18Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you only pawn in game of life? > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: No idea; take a DQ. You are not Mongo from _Blazing Saddles_ DQ: Were you born after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/119 "2012-04-06T12:19:07Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ: Was a German city renamed in your honor after the Downfall? The IQ refers to Karl Marx, who after World War II, had the East German city of Chemnitz renamed Karl Marx Stadt in his honor by the Communist government. (Downfall referring to the German movie about Hitler’s last days in the bunker in Berlin in 1945-as seen in numerous Youtube video parodies when Hitler goes ballistic about silly things). Summary: 1. M is the first letter of my last name. 2. I am real, not fictional. 3. I am male. 4. I am not alive. 5. My field is not related to the arts. 6. I am not North American. Unanswered DQs (at them moment) 1. European? 2. Politician? 3. Born after 1900? I think I’ll hold my DQ until we see the answers for 7, 8, and 9. ---
**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 6, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325/120 "2012-04-06T16:21:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? Alfred Thayer Mahan. SecState George C. Marshall, when asked how he “felt” about a proposed bill. Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, at Reagan’s funeral in 2004. I’ll reserve my three DQs for now, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2012-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-chooser-initial-q/617325.md?page=7)