# 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:** 16
**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 26, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/301 "2011-08-26T00:20:21Z")
Did you see Post #288? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/302 "2011-08-26T02:31:31Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you the King of the Surf Guitar? Not Dick Dale- sorry I missed this ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/303 "2011-08-26T02:32:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > He managed the “We are Family” Pirates in '79. No, actually Chuck Tanner managed those Pirates- Murtaugh managed the champs of 1960 and 1971 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/304 "2011-08-26T02:33:48Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > **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? 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 9. Still alive in 1970 10. Not famous for sports/athletics ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/305 "2011-08-26T02:36:24Z")
IQ: Did you repurpose a Philippines weapon into a beloved toy? ---
**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 26, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/306 "2011-08-26T02:39:22Z")
IQ: Were you the leader of a sect in Waco, Texas? ---
**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 26, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/307 "2011-08-26T02:59:24Z")
Yes, David Sedaris is great! I’ve seen him live on stage three times, and don’t even _read_ his books anymore - I always get his audiobooks, because his delivery is (more than) half the fun. You can hear him do his Billie Holiday impersonation (singing “Away in a Manger”) in the short story “SantaLand Diaries.” IQ: Did you refuse to trim or remove your mustache when told it might help you with the legislature? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/308 "2011-08-26T04:11:39Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did you repurpose a Philippines weapon into a beloved toy? Not Mr. Duncan, and his famous yo-yo ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/309 "2011-08-26T04:12:40Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Were you the leader of a sect in Waco, Texas? Not David Koresh ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/310 "2011-08-26T04:17:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, David Sedaris is great! I’ve seen him live on stage three times, and don’t even _read_ his books anymore - I always get his audiobooks, because his delivery is (more than) half the fun. You can hear him do his Billie Holiday impersonation (singing “Away in a Manger”) in the short story “SantaLand Diaries.” > > IQ: Did you refuse to trim or remove your mustache when told it might help you with the legislature? Never heard this story- ask a DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/311 "2011-08-26T05:54:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > No, actually Chuck Tanner managed those Pirates- Murtaugh managed the champs of 1960 and 1971 :smack: Moot 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:** [August 26, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/312 "2011-08-26T12:59:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you refuse to trim or remove your mustache when told it might help you with the legislature? Dean Acheson, President Truman’s Secretary of State, had an imperious manner and an impressive mustache, and was told that he wouldn’t irritate Capitol Hill Republicans quite so much if he trimmed it or shaved it off. He declined: [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MMS226VDL.jpg](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MMS226VDL.jpg) DQ: Businessman? IQ: Did you half-joke that Winston Churchill “would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/313 "2011-08-26T13:55:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dean Acheson, President Truman’s Secretary of State, had an imperious manner and an impressive mustache, and was told that he wouldn’t irritate Capitol Hill Republicans quite so much if he trimmed it or shaved it off. He declined: [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MMS226VDL.jpg](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MMS226VDL.jpg) > > DQ: Businessman? > > IQ: Did you half-joke that Winston Churchill “would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises”? Not a businessman. I hadn’t heard the Chuchill quote, so take another DQ. 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 10. Not famous for sports/athletics 11. Not known as a businessman ---
**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 26, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/314 "2011-08-26T14:18:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not David Koresh Dang! I thought I might have had you on that one! IQ: Have you become an outstanding example of peaceful transition of leadership throughout the ages? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/315 "2011-08-26T14:36:11Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Dang! I thought I might have had you on that one! > > IQ: Have you become an outstanding example of peaceful transition of leadership throughout the ages? Not… the Dalai Lama? (If that’s not what you had in mind, take 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 26, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/316 "2011-08-26T17:35:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you half-joke that Winston Churchill “would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises”? British WWI Prime Minister David Lloyd George. DQ: Most famous before 1970? IQ: Did you write _The Breaker_, a novel about the famous/notorious Australian soldier Harry “Breaker” Morant, later made into a movie? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/317 "2011-08-26T18:36:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > British WWI Prime Minister David Lloyd George. > > DQ: Most famous before 1970? > > IQ: Did you write _The Breaker_, a novel about the famous/notorious Australian soldier Harry “Breaker” Morant, later made into a movie? Yes, I was most famous before 1970… though, oddly, I didn’t actually DO anything newsworthy until AFTER 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 10. Not famous for sports/athletics 11. Not known as a businessman 12. My fame was at its peak before 1970… but I didn’t actually DO anything newsworthy until after 1970! As for Breaker Morant… I saw the movie, but don’t know who wrote the book, Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/318 "2011-08-26T19:18:51Z")
Are you a Nobel Laureate? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/319 "2011-08-26T19:28:14Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Are you a Nobel Laureate? I don’t remember if you have a DQ coming or if this is an IQ. If it’s an IQ, then… no, I’m not Dario Fo. If it’s a DQ, let me know and I’ll answer it yes or no. ---
**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 26, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/320 "2011-08-26T19:34:52Z")
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