# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/421 "2011-08-31T19:57:44Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I’m not going to get this either, but I do want to think about the Cy Young thing a bit. Another DQ. The villain in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s _ **Cats** _ was Macavity (the master of depravity), whom T.S. Eliot based on Sherlock Holmes’ foe Moriarty.. DQ: Does your last name begin with “R”? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/422 "2011-08-31T19:57:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No. Famous broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, whose only child Casey is my wife’s former boss. A very nice guy. > > DQ: Painter? > > IQ: Did women keep sharing your bed despite your bad breath and terrible teeth? Not a painter. 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for accomplishments in the arts 6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts 7. Not known for photography 8. Not known for painting I don’t know the bad breath guy, so another DQ. BAck later. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/423 "2011-08-31T19:59:39Z")
I may have dabbled ever so briefly in the movie business, but basically that one’s a no. 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for accomplishments in the arts 6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts 7. Not known for photography 8. Not known for painting 9. Not known for work in movie business ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/424 "2011-08-31T20:01:12Z")
Are you an actor who found a way to mention your real last name (a long, Slavic name) in many of the movies you appeared in? ---
**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 31, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/425 "2011-08-31T20:16:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did women keep sharing your bed despite your bad breath and terrible teeth? Mao Tse-tung. A perv with poor dentistry. DQ: Sculptor? IQ: Did your best-known painting perhaps reflect an unusual meteorological phenomenon? ---
**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 31, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/426 "2011-08-31T21:56:24Z")
IQ: Were you John Thaw’s most recognizable role? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/427 "2011-08-31T23:57:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you win the very first National League Cy Young award? No, I am not Juan Marichal? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/428 "2011-08-31T23:58:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you an actor who found a way to mention your real last name (a long, Slavic name) in many of the movies you appeared in? No, I am not Karl Malden. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/429 "2011-09-01T00:06:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Sculptor? > > IQ: Did your best-known painting perhaps reflect an unusual meteorological phenomenon? No, I am not Screamin’ Edward Munch. 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for accomplishments in the arts 6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts 7. Not known for photography 8. Not known for painting 9. Not known for work in movie business 10. Not a sculptor ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/430 "2011-09-01T00:08:37Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Were you John Thaw’s most recognizable role? Is he the one who murdered Stanford White?, Dunno, Macbeth? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/431 "2011-09-01T00:37:35Z")
IQ: Did you write “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/432 "2011-09-01T00:54:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you write “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”? Hmm, nice iambiac title. If it isn’t John Milton, take a DQ. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/433 "2011-09-01T00:54:31Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: (related): Are you a photographer who shares a name with a Spongebob Squarepants villain? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > Not up on the sponge, but I like to give the college try, so: no, I am not Margaret Bourke-White. I was looking for Man Ray. IQ: Are you a domestic whose brother is riff-raff? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/434 "2011-09-01T00:56:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Were you John Thaw’s most recognizable role? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > Is he the one who murdered Stanford White?, Dunno, Macbeth? No, the murderer of Stanford White was Henry something Thaw. John Thaw played the role of **Inspector Morse** , Christian name **Endeavour** in the television series based on Colin Dexter’s series of first-rate detective novels. Thaw’s portrayal of the irascible Morse is a prime example of an actor who so thoroughly makes the part his own that the reader cannot help but picture that actor as he reads, even if he has not seen the episode in question. DQ: Were you born in the twentieth century? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/435 "2011-09-01T01:11:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you write “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”? 'Twas Martin Luther DQ: Establishment or cutting-edge artist for your time? IQ: In your work, did you sometimes move bodies around for more dramatic effect? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/436 "2011-09-01T02:16:20Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > I was looking for Man Ray. > > IQ: Are you a domestic whose brother is riff-raff? No, and I don’t know who you mean. So two DQ’s between Man Ray and this. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/437 "2011-09-01T02:18:56Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Were you born in the twentieth century? I was. 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for accomplishments in the arts 6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts 7. Not known for photography 8. Not known for painting 9. Not known for work in movie business 10. Not a sculptor 11. Born in the twentieth century ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/438 "2011-09-01T02:21:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Establishment or cutting-edge artist for your time? I’ll say “cutting-edge” just to choose one, but I am far from the Robespierrean level of revolutionary. 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Dead 5. Known for accomplishments in the arts 6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts 7. Not known for photography 8. Not known for painting 9. Not known for work in movie business 10. Not a sculptor 11. Born in the twentieth century 12. Slightly cutting-edge ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/439 "2011-09-01T02:22:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: In your work, did you sometimes move bodies around for more dramatic effect? No, I am not Matthew Brady. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/440 "2011-09-01T02:35:12Z")
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