# Botticelli - April 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348 "2021-04-03T21:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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 29, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/361 "2021-04-29T14:37:23Z")
DQs: Big Band leader? Played an instrument himself? ---
**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 29, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/362 "2021-04-29T15:51:04Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:358, topic:939348, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B 4. Dead 5. American 6. Born before 1950 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Died before 2000 10. Not best known from movies 11. Born after 1900 12. Died before 1975 13. Not best known as a singer 14. Caucasian 15. Posthumous award winner 16. Not an actor 17. Moderately good looking 18. Greatest fame before 1950 19. Not best known for Hollywood work 20. Best known for performing in ballrooms 21. Not known for radio work 22. Not a Big Band leader 23. Played an instrument himself ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/363 "2021-04-29T16:07:40Z")
Final DQ: jazz musician? ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/364 "2021-04-29T16:13:10Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with B 4. Dead 5. American 6. Born before 1950 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the Performing Arts 9. Died before 2000 10. Not best known from movies 11. Born after 1900 12. Died before 1975 13. Not best known as a singer 14. Caucasian 15. Posthumous award winner 16. Not an actor 17. Moderately good looking 18. Greatest fame before 1950 19. Not best known for Hollywood work 20. Best known for performing in ballrooms 21. Not known for radio work 22. Not a Big Band leader 23. Played an instrument himself 24. Jazz musician ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/365 "2021-04-29T16:26:54Z")
No guessing the identity without having an IQ or DQ to use, correct? ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/366 "2021-04-29T16:56:47Z")
No, go ahead and guess. But you only get one guess at this point. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/367 "2021-04-29T16:58:44Z")
_OK – letting it fly …_ Are you cornetist **Bix Beiderbecke**? ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/368 "2021-04-29T16:59:31Z")
Yes, I am # Bix Beiderbecke! Well done, **bordelond**! ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/369 "2021-04-29T18:22:52Z")
Phew … that one was tough. … All right … I am **M** ---
**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 29, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/370 "2021-04-29T18:36:06Z")
IQ1: Are you the keyboardist founder of an act that had three hit covers of Bruce Springsteen songs? IQ2: Did you write _Death in Venice_? IQ3: Did you sing _Voices Carry_? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/371 "2021-04-29T18:38:19Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the keyboardist founder of an act that had three hit covers of Bruce Springsteen songs? > IQ2: Did you write _Death in Venice_ ? > IQ3: Did you sing _Voices Carry_ ? 1. I am not Manfred Mann 2. DQ 3. I am not Aimee Mann ---
**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 29, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/372 "2021-04-29T18:48:10Z")
Correct Thomas Mann Correct DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/373 "2021-04-29T18:48:38Z")
I am **M** 1. I am real ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/374 "2021-04-29T19:36:48Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the ever-present sidekick and toady to Hercules Grytpype-Thynne on the 1950’s highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Are you the beguiling woman who tempts Henry Crum in nearly every episode of that same highly acclaimed series? 3. Does your name appear in the title of a highly acclaimed BBC TV series that was nearly called _Owl-Stretching Time_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/375 "2021-04-29T19:55:36Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Did you play Klaatu? 2. Did you paint a picture of someone screaming? 3. Did you found the Church of Christ, Scientist? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/376 "2021-04-29T19:56:47Z")
1. Are you the lead singer of a band that, despite their name, doesn’t actually have any of your progeny? 2. Were you a titan in the motion picture world, whose name still can still be found on theaters? 3. Were you the last of the Five Good Emperors? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/377 "2021-04-29T20:43:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the ever-present sidekick and toady to Hercules Grytpype-Thynne on the 1950’s highly acclaimed BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ ? > 2. Are you the beguiling woman who tempts Henry Crum in nearly every episode of that same highly acclaimed series? > 3. Does your name appear in the title of a highly acclaimed BBC TV series that was nearly called _Owl-Stretching Time_ ? 1. DQ 2. DQ 3. I am not Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/378 "2021-04-29T20:44:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Klaatu? > 2. Did you paint a picture of someone screaming? > 3. Did you found the Church of Christ, Scientist? 1. DQ (but kicking myself) 2. I am not Edvard Munch 3. I am not Mary Baker Eddy ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/379 "2021-04-29T20:45:30Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > - Are you the lead singer of a band that, despite their name, doesn’t actually have any of your progeny? > - Were you a titan in the motion picture world, whose name still can still be found on theaters? > - Were you the last of the Five Good Emperors? 1. DQ 2. I am not Louis Mayer 3. I am not Emperor Ming ---
**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 29, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/380 "2021-04-29T21:15:11Z")
IQ1: Are you only pawn in game of life? IQ2: “Ooo-wee-ooo I look just like Buddy Holly. Oh oh and you’re [you]”? IQ3: In the room, do women come and go talking of you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=20)