# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/241 "2011-08-23T03:43:31Z")
Did you like to be hit with a rhythm stick? ---
**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 23, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/242 "2011-08-23T04:11:53Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did the other members of your successful band continue recording under a new name after you hanged yourself? Yes!!! I am **Ian Curtis.** The next round is yours. ---
**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 23, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/243 "2011-08-23T04:35:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you complain when the filming of _Ghostbusters_ disrupted your daily routine? That would be Isaac Asimov, who lived in the Central Park West neighborhood where the climactic final rooftop battle was set. I’ve heard of Joy Division but not Ian Curtis. Good job, **astorian**! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/244 "2011-08-23T10:53:31Z")
Okay, I’ll start. Let’s go with…\*\* “D”\*\* ---
**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 23, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/245 "2011-08-23T12:01:09Z")
Well done, **astorian**!! Just to clean up, **Ian Anderson** (of Jethro Tull fame) performed ‘[Bourée](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeC4nqBB5BM)’ as a duet with Cady Coleman on the fiftieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight. ---
**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 23, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/246 "2011-08-23T13:20:57Z")
IQ: Are you best known as a children’s poet, despite a large body of serious work, and were you the first Poet Laureate of the city of Toronto? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/247 "2011-08-23T13:35:14Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you best known as a children’s poet, despite a large body of serious work, and were you the first Poet Laureate of the city of Toronto? No idea- ask DQ. ---
**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 23, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/248 "2011-08-23T13:41:13Z")
IQ: Were you a Civil War general with a comfortable last name? ---
**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 23, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/249 "2011-08-23T14:31:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Are you best known as a children’s poet, despite a large body of serious work, and were you the first Poet Laureate of the city of Toronto? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea- ask DQ. **Dennis Lee** , best known for the collections ‘Alligator Pie’, ‘Bubblegum Delicious’ and ‘Garbage Delight’, is also the author of ‘Civil Elegies’, ‘Riffs’ and ‘YesNo’. He also worked briefly in Hollywood; he was involved in ‘Labyrinth’ and ‘Fraggle Rock’. DQ: Are you real? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/250 "2011-08-23T15:17:41Z")
Yes. 1. Real person ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/251 "2011-08-23T15:19:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Were you a Civil War general with a comfortable last name? The only Cicil War General I can think of with a “D” name is Abner Doubleday. If it’s not him, ask a DQ. ---
**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 23, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/252 "2011-08-23T15:23:11Z")
'Twas Maj. Gen. Darius Couch. DQ: Male? IQ: Did a tiger but not a boy profess to like you? ---
**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 23, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/253 "2011-08-23T15:57:36Z")
IQ: Is your best known character Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer in Rome during the rule of Vespasian? ---
**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 23, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/254 "2011-08-23T20:21:39Z")
IQ: Do you find my lack of faith disturbing? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/255 "2011-08-23T21:22:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 'Twas Maj. Gen. Darius Couch. > > DQ: Male? > > IQ: Did a tiger but not a boy profess to like you? Yes 1. Real person 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/256 "2011-08-23T21:23:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Do you find my lack of faith disturbing? Not Darth Vader ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/257 "2011-08-23T21:24:06Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Is your best known character Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer in Rome during the rule of Vespasian? Not Lindsay Davis ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/258 "2011-08-23T21:25:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Q: Did a tiger but not a boy profess to like you? Not Calvin & Hobbes’ neighbor, Suzie Derkins ---
**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 23, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/259 "2011-08-23T21:54:32Z")
IQ: A celebrated author in real life, were you portrayed by Simon Callow in an episode of Doctor Who? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/260 "2011-08-24T00:21:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: A celebrated author in real life, were you portrayed by Simon Callow in an episode of Doctor Who? It’s heresy on the SDMB, but I’ve only seen a few episodes of _ **Dr. Who** _ and never liked the show. Ask a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=14)