# Botticelli, Aug. 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030 "2011-08-01T13:26:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/1 "2011-08-01T13:26:32Z")
Previous thread: [Botticelli, July 2011 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=615952) The letter is “M.” Have at it! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/2 "2011-08-01T14:41:43Z")
Did you produce Mitch Ryder’s comeback album using the alias “Little Bastard”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/3 "2011-08-01T14:42:51Z")
Did you ever produce a comedic record using the alias “Apollo C. Vermouth”? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/4 "2011-08-01T16:27:55Z")
IQ: Do you use your superior jumping skills (among other things) to save a princess? IQ: Was your husband parodied in the British periodical _Private Eye_ with its long-running “Dear Bill” column? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/5 "2011-08-01T16:38:05Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you produce Mitch Ryder’s comeback album using the alias “Little Bastard”? No, I’m not… Mick Fleetwood? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/6 "2011-08-01T16:39:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you ever produce a comedic record using the alias “Apollo C. Vermouth”? No, I’m not Paul McCartney. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/7 "2011-08-01T16:42:18Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Do you use your superior jumping skills (among other things) to save a princess? > > IQ: Was your husband parodied in the British periodical _Private Eye_ with its long-running “Dear Bill” column? The first, I don’t know. Ask a DQ. The second, no, I’m not Margaret Thatcher. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/8 "2011-08-01T16:50:45Z")
Paul McCartney was correct (he used “Apollo C. Vermouth” while working with the Bonzo Dog Band). However, the guy who uses the alias “Little Bastard” is John Cougar Mellencamp. So, I’ll help myself to a DQ: Are you male? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/9 "2011-08-01T17:10:08Z")
Yes, I am. 1. Male ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/10 "2011-08-01T19:45:02Z")
Are you a utility infielder who hit a home run in your one and only World Series at-bat? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/11 "2011-08-01T19:46:04Z")
Did you score the first touchdown in Super Bowl history? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/12 "2011-08-01T20:17:42Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you a utility infielder who hit a home run in your one and only World Series at-bat? No, I’m not Don Mattingly. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/13 "2011-08-01T20:18:43Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you score the first touchdown in Super Bowl history? You got me. Ask a DQ. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/14 "2011-08-01T21:16:03Z")
IQ: Did you compose an opera about a vampire that pre-dates Bram Stoker’s novel? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/15 "2011-08-01T22:13:52Z")
Don Mattingly never played in the World Series. The infielder who homered the one and only time he came to bat in the Fall Class ic was Jim Mason, who homered in his one appearance for the yankees against the Reds in 1976. Other than that, the Yankees were steamrollered. The guy who scored the first Super Bowl touchdown was Max McGee, playing with a major hangover. DQ1: Are you fictional? DQ2: Are you American? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/16 "2011-08-01T22:33:29Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you compose an opera about a vampire that pre-dates Bram Stoker’s novel? No, I’m not W.A. Mozart. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/17 "2011-08-01T22:34:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ1: Are you fictional? > > DQ2: Are you American? 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Not American ---
**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:** [August 1, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/18 "2011-08-01T23:33:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Did you compose an opera about a vampire that pre-dates Bram Stoker’s novel? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m not W.A. Mozart. A very good assumption but I regret to say that neither Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart nor his father Leopold ever wrote an opera with a vampire. Too bad; a vampire or two would have livened up _Mitradite, Re di Ponte_ immeasurably. No, it was Heinrich Marschner who wrote ‘Der Vampyr’ (sp?) in the 1820s - it’s being performed right now as part of the Festival de Lanaudiere in Québec. DQ: Is ‘M’ the initial of your last name? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/19 "2011-08-01T23:53:25Z")
Did you knock out German boxer Max Schmeling while wearing a Star of David on your trunks? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/20 "2011-08-01T23:54:33Z")
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