# 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:** 2
**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 2, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/21 "2011-08-02T00:01:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Is ‘M’ the initial of your last name? 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Not American 4. “M” is the initial of my first name ---
**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 2, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/22 "2011-08-02T00:05:58Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you knock out German boxer Max Schmeling while wearing a Star of David on your trunks? No, I’m not Rocky Marciano (born on Sept. 1, just like me!) > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you brick up your friend in your basement over an insult? No, I’m not “For the love of God!” Montresor, from E.A. Poe’s _The Cask of Amontillado_. ---
**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 2, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/23 "2011-08-02T01:27:25Z")
IQ: Did your piano have ‘no wrong notes’? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/24 "2011-08-02T01:59:28Z")
Rocky Marciano was an Italian Catholic, and wouldn’t have worn a Star of David. The boxer who did that was Max Baer. So, I’ll ask another DQ: DQ: Are you a movie character? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/25 "2011-08-02T02:13:10Z")
IQ: Were you a U.S. Senator from Virginia in the 1970’s? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/26 "2011-08-02T03:03:57Z")
Were you the hero of dozens of mystery novels, all of which had a color in the title? ---
**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 2, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/27 "2011-08-02T11:28:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The first, I don’t know. Ask a DQ. > > The second, no, I’m not Margaret Thatcher. Heh, I thought the first question would be much easier than the second. I presume therefore that you are not Mario Mario, the Italian plumber of Nintendo fame, who is usually trying to rescue Princess Peach from the evil Bowser by jumping around myriad colourful levels. DQ: Alive? IQ: Are you a famous British children’s author and (I believe) the current Children’s Laureate? ---
**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 2, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/28 "2011-08-02T14:10:17Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did your piano have ‘no wrong notes’? No, I’m not Mozart. > [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you a U.S. Senator from Virginia in the 1970’s? No, I’m not… Mark Warner? But he’s there now. You must be thinking of someone else. > [@astorian](#): > > Were you the hero of dozens of mystery novels, all of which had a color in the title? No, I’m not Maigret. ---
**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 2, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/29 "2011-08-02T14:11:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Rocky Marciano was an Italian Catholic, and wouldn’t have worn a Star of David. > > The boxer who did that was Max Baer. > > So, I’ll ask another DQ: > > DQ: Are you a movie character? Ah, I’d forgotten about Baer. I thought Marciano, although Catholic, might’ve worn the Star of David as an anti-Nazi gesture. 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Not American 4. “M” is the initial of my first name 5. Movie character ---
**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 2, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/30 "2011-08-02T14:13:05Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > …DQ: Alive? > > IQ: Are you a famous British children’s author and (I believe) the current Children’s Laureate? 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Not American 4. “M” is the initial of my first name 5. Movie character 6. Alive Dunno about your IQ. Ask another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/31 "2011-08-02T14:33:35Z")
Are you a talk show host whose Dad wrote a sports column for nearly 70 years? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/32 "2011-08-02T14:36:18Z")
Did you originate the role Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe is playing on Broadway right now? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/33 "2011-08-02T14:51:04Z")
IQ: Were two ocean liners named after you? ---
**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 2, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/34 "2011-08-02T15:49:14Z")
The children’s author was Michael Morpurgo. DQ: Do you appear in sci-fi movies? IQ: Are you a bumbling assistant who has one of the most famous laughs in TV? ---
**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 2, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/35 "2011-08-02T20:19:07Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you a talk show host whose Dad wrote a sports column for nearly 70 years? No, I’m not Piers Morgan. > [@astorian](#): > > Did you originate the role Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe is playing on Broadway right now? ISTR it’s _How To Succeed in Business Without Even Trying_, but dunno as to the person. Ask a DQ. > [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > IQ: Were two ocean liners named after you? No, I’m not Queen Mary, wife of King George V. ---
**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 2, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/36 "2011-08-02T20:20:40Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > The children’s author was Michael Morpurgo. > > DQ: Do you appear in sci-fi movies? > > IQ: Are you a bumbling assistant who has one of the most famous laughs in TV? Never, ever heard of Michael Morpurgo! 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Not American 4. “M” is the initial of my first name 5. Movie character 6. Alive 7. Doesn’t appear in sci-fi movies Dunno about the bumbling assistant. Ask another DQ. ---
**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 2, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/37 "2011-08-02T20:49:21Z")
IQ: Do you have a Jackknife, fancy gloves and a line of whores waiting to pleasure you? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/38 "2011-08-02T21:10:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m not Queen Mary, wife of King George V. Well done, you avoided my trap. She’s often referred to as Mary of Teck to distinguish her from the other Queen Mary. Quick question on the rules, do I need to google-proof my IQ questions? ---
**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 2, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/39 "2011-08-02T21:32:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Did your piano have ‘no wrong notes’? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m not Mozart. I was actually thinking of Thelonious Monk, who was famous for saying that there were no wrong notes on **his** piano. I await your judgment as to whether I’ve earned a DQ or not… IQ: Did you lay a ‘father’s curse’ on Rigoletto? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/40 "2011-08-02T21:56:25Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you a talk show host whose Dad wrote a sports column for nearly 70 years? He’s thinking of Maury Povich. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=3)