# 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:** 19
**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 29, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/361 "2011-08-29T20:41:56Z")
It might be useful to find out if this person died in the 1980s or earlier. Could this fellow’s death have been the thing that caused the ‘fame’ in the 1970s? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/362 "2011-08-29T21:01:46Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > It might be useful to find out if this person died in the 1980s or earlier. Could this fellow’s death have been the thing that caused the ‘fame’ in the 1970s? No, he died AFTER the Eighties. Of completely natural causes (his death is in no way related to the reason for his fame). 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. At peak of fame before 1970… but didn’t actually DO anything newsworthy until after 1970 13. Never won a Nobel Prize 14. Last name begins with a letter from N thru Z. 15. Sort of involved in science 16. A military officer and hero… but that’s not what I’m famous for 17. My fame before 1970 was not due to family ties or connections 18. Born before 1950 19. Died after 1989, of natural causes ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/363 "2011-08-29T21:34:15Z")
IQ: Were you blessed with the right stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/364 "2011-08-29T21:37:16Z")
I believe **EH** still has two DQ’s coming, and since he invited us to ask them, I’ll try to narrow it down with this DQ: Were you involved in the Sixties counterculture? IQ: Did you become famous for offering a ride to a “bum” who was actually incredibly wealthy? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/365 "2011-08-29T21:40:34Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ: Were you blessed with the right stuff? Oh man, I think I know who it is now. I recently read about an auction involving a photo in which he appeared. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/366 "2011-08-29T22:07:48Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ: Were you blessed with the right stuff? \*\* YESSSSSS! At Last! I am Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, one of the original seven Project Mercury Astronauts.\*\* So, what did all my odd answers mean? 1. I was a major celebrity in the Sixties as a Project Mercury astronaut… but due to an irregular heartbeat, my Mercury flight was scrubbed, and I didn’t get to go into space until the Soyuz mission in the Seventies… by which time, I was no longer much in the public eye. 2. I had a degree in aerospace engineering, and space exploration is certainly science related… but nobody would really call me a scientist. 3. I was a major in the Army Air Corps (later the US Air Force) and a heroic WW2 pilot… but that’s not what I’m remembered for. As for my hints, I appeared as a secondary character in the movies \*\*\*The Right Stuff \*\*\*and _ **Apollo 13** _. Congratulations, Gael. Your turn! ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/367 "2011-08-29T22:32:26Z")
Thanks. Ok…the new letter is “M”. ---
**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 29, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/368 "2011-08-29T23:04:56Z")
Well done, **AppallingGael**! I was thoroughly stumped! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/369 "2011-08-30T03:14:15Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did you become famous for offering a ride to a “bum” who was actually incredibly wealthy? This was Melvin Dummar, whose passenger was [Howard Hughes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Dummar). New game IQ: Was your original last name Crocetti? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/370 "2011-08-30T03:44:35Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > New game IQ: Was your original last name Crocetti? No, I am not Dean Martin. ---
**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 30, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/371 "2011-08-30T13:08:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IC: While seeing a patient, did you learn you’d unexpectedly gotten a new job? This was Howard Dean, who was lieutenant governor of Vermont and a practicing M.D., and was actually seeing a patient when word came that Gov. Jim Snelling had died. Congrats, **AG**! No way would I have guessed Deke. IQ: Did you perform at the world premiere of _Gone with the Wind_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/372 "2011-08-30T15:04:08Z")
Did you lose a chess match with Death? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/373 "2011-08-30T15:05:08Z")
Do you have one brother who sang with the Easybeats, and another who dresses like a schoolboy? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/374 "2011-08-30T15:06:08Z")
Did you turn 21 in prison, doing life without parole? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/375 "2011-08-30T15:07:09Z")
Were you the first man ever to score in a Super Bowl? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/376 "2011-08-30T15:08:17Z")
Are you a murder suspect played in a movie by Martin Mull? ---
**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 30, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/377 "2011-08-30T15:17:44Z")
**astorian** , hadn’t we agreed to no more than three IQs at a time? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/378 "2011-08-30T15:33:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **astorian** , hadn’t we agreed to no more than three IQs at a time? Sorry… Gael can ignore or delete the appropriate number of IQs. ---
**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 30, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/379 "2011-08-30T16:35:59Z")
IQ: Did you give Stephen Dedalus the nickname ‘kinch’? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/380 "2011-08-30T18:27:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you perform at the world premiere of _Gone with the Wind_? No, I am not Marian Anderson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=20)