# Botticelli April 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845 "2015-04-04T23:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/161 "2015-04-14T16:33:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Are you a Belgian widely considered the greatest harmonica player of all time? > > IQ2) Were the Beatles (then the “beat Boys”) your backup band on recordings of “My Bonnie” and “Ain’t She Sweet”? > > IQ3) Were you Doris Day’s son and, according to some authorities, the real target of the Manson Family murders? Take 3 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 14, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/162 "2015-04-14T16:45:28Z")
Previous IQs: Were you maybe a killer in _Basic Instinct_? - Catherine Trammell. Were your products “more human than human”? - Mr. Tyrell, in _Blade Runner_. Were you the subject of a pun in a Mel Brooks movie? - Yes, the Spanish Inquisition’s Torquemada, in _The History of the World, Part 1_. DQs: Singer? Best known for pop or rock music? IQs: Did you produce the TV show _Evening Shade_? Did you give your name to a noted British art museum? Were you Woodrow Wilson’s VP? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/163 "2015-04-14T16:46:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you really Harold Jenkins? > IQ2: Were you called The Texas Troubador? > IQ3: Was Kitty Wells’s first #1 hit an answer song to your first #1 hit? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Conway Twitty. > Take 2 DQs for the other two. Correct. Ernest Tubb. Hank Thompson. DQ: Best known as a solo performer? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/164 "2015-04-14T17:06:37Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Born after 1900 10. Not an actor 11. Caucasian 12. Not a writer 13. Best known for musical performances 14. Not a singer 15. Not a pop or rock musician 16. Not best known as a solo performer ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/165 "2015-04-14T17:08:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you produce the TV show _Evening Shade_? > Did you give your name to a noted British art museum? > Were you Woodrow Wilson’s VP? Take DQs for #1 and #3. I am not Sir Henry Tate. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/166 "2015-04-14T17:24:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you capture and torture Hugo Strange in order to learn the identity of Batman? > IQ2: Did Batman and Robin capture you in a sub-batmarine that you yourself designed in your secret identity as Dr. Gaige? > IQ3: Were you Hal Jordan’s Inuit mechanic, nicknamed “Pieface”? > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Tiger Shark. > I am not Thomas Kalmaku. Rupert Thorne (is mid-70’s considered Silver Age?) holding a DQ IQ: Are you the first director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/167 "2015-04-14T18:37:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Rupert Thorne (is mid-70’s considered Silver Age?) > > holding a DQ > > IQ: Are you the first director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra? For DC comics the Silver Age is usually considered to have lasted until the Crisis in the early 1980’s. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/168 "2015-04-14T19:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Are you the first director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra? > > Take a DQ. Thought I had it. Arturo Toscanini DQ: Noted for playing an instrument? DQ: Classical? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/169 "2015-04-14T20:19:09Z")
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**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 14, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/170 "2015-04-14T20:25:13Z")
Previous IQs: Did you produce the TV show _Evening Shade_? - Linda Thomason. Did you give your name to a noted British art museum? - Yes, Tate (I didn’t even know his first name) Were you Woodrow Wilson’s VP? - Thomas Marshall Two DQs reserved. Not too many left to ask. After **Knowed Out** ’s, what would be especially useful to know? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/171 "2015-04-14T20:42:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Born after 1900 10. Not an actor 11. Caucasian 12. Not a writer 13. Best known for musical performances 14. Not a singer 15. Not a pop or rock musician 16. Not best known as a solo performer 17. Noted for playing a particular instrument 18. Not classical ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/172 "2015-04-14T21:00:29Z")
Originally Posted by astorian View Post IQ1) Are you a Belgian widely considered the greatest harmonica player of all time? IQ2) Were the Beatles (then the “beat Boys”) your backup band on recordings of “My Bonnie” and “Ain’t She Sweet”? IQ3) Were you Doris Day’s son and, according to some authorities, the real target of the Manson Family murders? Toots Thielemans, Tony Sheridan and Terry Melcher DQ1) Jazz musician? DQ2) Play keyboard instrument? DQ3) Known as a bandleader? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/173 "2015-04-14T21:11:11Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Known for the Arts 5. Last name starts with T 6. Born before 1950 7. American 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Born after 1900 10. Not an actor 11. Caucasian 12. Not a writer 13. Best known for musical performances 14. Not a singer 15. Not a pop or rock musician 16. Not best known as a solo performer 17. Noted for playing a particular instrument 18. Not classical 19. Jazz musician 20. Did not play a keyboard instrument 21. Was a bandleader, but better known as a bandmember And that’s 20+. All participants have until 5pm tomorrow to ask one question in the standard “Are you Firstname Lastname?” format. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/174 "2015-04-15T00:51:38Z")
Are you Jack Teagarden? ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/175 "2015-04-15T00:57:47Z")
Are you Billy Tipton? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/176 "2015-04-15T01:07:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you Jack Teagarden? Yes! I am the King of the Jazz Trombone, Jack Teagarden! Well done, KO! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/177 "2015-04-15T01:12:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Billy Tipton? No, but that was a really good guess anyway. ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/178 "2015-04-15T17:07:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > No, but that was a really good guess anyway. I realized after I posted it that he/she was a pianist, and thus wouldn’t qualify under answer #20. Congrats, **Knowed Out**! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/179 "2015-04-15T17:08:19Z")
Been really busy at work, so won’t be announcing the new letter til tonight. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/180 "2015-04-15T20:37:24Z")
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