# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/281 "2011-08-25T02:13:48Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Did you spend 8 months working for Walt Disney, resulting in a 17 second piece of animation? Not Salvador Dali ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/282 "2011-08-25T02:18:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > You’re not Douglas MacArthur. > > DQ: Is the D from your first name? > > IQ: could you outconsume Schopenhauer and Hegel? Yes, my first name starts with “D” 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Born in the 20th century 4. No longer alive 5. Not involved in the arts 6. First name starts with “D” And I’m not David Hume. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/283 "2011-08-25T02:25:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you and your college buddies all swear that you would never marry, but did within just a few years? Ask a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/284 "2011-08-25T02:26:53Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you the youngest of The Endless, whose name/function changed over the ages? No idea who this is- ask a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/285 "2011-08-25T02:28:01Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did you claim that your stage name was inspired by a partly-burnt-out Chinese restaurant sign? Not Bobby Darin ---
**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 25, 2011, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/286 "2011-08-25T11:41:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Are you the youngest of The Endless, whose name/function changed over the ages? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea who this is- ask a DQ. This is all in reference to The Sandman, one of Neil Gaiman’s best works. Sandman, or Morpheus, or ‘Dream’, is part of a family, known as The Endless. They are older than gods and extremely powerful. The youngest is ‘ **Delirium** ’, but Delirium was once ‘ **Delight** ’, and the change is, perhaps, a reflection of a change in the human condition over the centuries. I won’t reveal the names of the rest of the family - in English, their common names all begin with a ‘D’… DQ: Are you famous in the field of politics? ---
**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 25, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/287 "2011-08-25T13:04:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you and your college buddies all swear that you would never marry, but did within just a few years? This was Dwight D. Eisenhower and several of his West Point pals. My earlier DQ, still unanswered, was: American? I’ll reserve my new DQ for now. IQ: Did you have a beloved farm in Africa? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/288 "2011-08-25T17:55:27Z")
IQ: Are you the King of the Surf Guitar? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/289 "2011-08-25T19:13:40Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > This is all in reference to The Sandman, one of Neil Gaiman’s best works. Sandman, or Morpheus, or ‘Dream’, is part of a family, known as The Endless. They are older than gods and extremely powerful. The youngest is ‘ **Delirium** ’, but Delirium was once ‘ **Delight** ’, and the change is, perhaps, a reflection of a change in the human condition over the centuries. I won’t reveal the names of the rest of the family - in English, their common names all begin with a ‘D’… > DQ: Are you famous in the field of politics? No. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Born in the 20th century 4. No longer alive 5. Not involved in the arts 6. First name starts with “D” 7. Not a political figure 8. American ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/290 "2011-08-25T19:14:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > This was Dwight D. Eisenhower and several of his West Point pals. > > My earlier DQ, still unanswered, was: American? > > I’ll reserve my new DQ for now. > > IQ: Did you have a beloved farm in Africa? Not Isaak Dinesen. Sorry I didn’t see your DQ earlier- yes, I’m American. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/291 "2011-08-25T19:19:31Z")
Did you manage a disco embracing World Series winner? ---
**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 25, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/292 "2011-08-25T19:59:25Z")
IQ: A regular contributor to ‘This American Life’, do you do a devastatingly funny impression of Billie Holiday singing commercial jingles? ---
**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 25, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/293 "2011-08-25T20:00:27Z")
OK, then. DQ: Alive in 1970? IQ: Did you so lust for a beautiful woman that you arranged for her husband to be killed? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/294 "2011-08-25T20:39:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Did you manage a disco embracing World Series winner? Not… Dallas Green? (If that’s wrong, take a DQ) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/295 "2011-08-25T20:40:24Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: A regular contributor to ‘This American Life’, do you do a devastatingly funny impression of Billie Holiday singing commercial jingles? Don’t know this show at all- take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/296 "2011-08-25T20:46:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > OK, then. > > DQ: Alive in 1970? > > IQ: Did you so lust for a beautiful woman that you arranged for her husband to be killed? Not King David (who killed Uriah to get Bathsheba). Yes, I was alive in 1970. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Born in the 20th century 4. No longer alive 5. Not involved in the arts 6. First name starts with “D” 7. Not a political figure 8. American 9. Still alive in 1970 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/297 "2011-08-25T21:20:52Z")
were you the only manager whose # was retired by the Pirates? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/298 "2011-08-25T21:37:14Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > were you the only manager whose # was retired by the Pirates? Not Danny Murtaugh ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/299 "2011-08-25T22:18:11Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Danny Murtaugh He managed the “We are Family” Pirates in '79. ---
**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 25, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/300 "2011-08-25T22:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: A regular contributor to ‘This American Life’, do you do a devastatingly funny impression of Billie Holiday singing commercial jingles? > [@astorian](#): > > Don’t know this show at all- take a DQ **David Sedaris** is a frequent guest on NPR’s ‘This American Life’, as well as the author of several collections of humourous short stories and essays. In one of his stories, he tells of his father’s ambition that every one in the family should become a jazz musician - David goes off to study guitar, but what he really wants to do is sing jingles in a Billie Holiday voice. It was funny enough to read, but when I heard him tell the story in one of the podcasts, I nearly peed - it’s a bang-on impression! Anyway… DQ: Are you known for your athletic accomplishments? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=16)