# 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:** 24
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/461 "2011-09-01T21:24:48Z")
Well, I thought that might have been too obvious for an august mind such as yours; still, can’t blame me for trying. IQ: Did you die defending New France on The Plains of Abraham? ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/462 "2011-09-01T21:36:27Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Well, I thought that might have been too obvious for an august mind such as yours; still, can’t blame me for trying. > > IQ: Did you die defending New France on The Plains of Abraham? No offense taken, and no, I am not Montcalme, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/463 "2011-09-01T21:40:40Z")
Were you played by both Raquel Welch and Rex Reed in the same movie? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/464 "2011-09-01T21:41:42Z")
Did you provide all the vocals for the star of the movie that won the 1964 Oscar as Best Picture? ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/465 "2011-09-01T21:45:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you played by both Raquel Welch and Rex Reed in the same movie? No, I am not Myra Breckenridge, whom no man shall ever possess. ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/466 "2011-09-01T21:46:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you provide all the vocals for the star of the movie that won the 1964 Oscar as Best Picture? No, I am not Marni Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/467 "2011-09-01T21:59:08Z")
Were you the first socialist Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/468 "2011-09-01T22:00:54Z")
Are you a real-life barrister who created a popular fictional barrister? ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/469 "2011-09-01T22:16:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Were you the first socialist Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? No, I am not Harold MacMillan? ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/470 "2011-09-01T22:28:30Z")
IQ: Were you one of the players the Leafs traded to the Red Wings, acquiring Paul Henderson, among others? ---
**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, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/471 "2011-09-01T22:30:07Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you a real-life barrister who created a popular fictional barrister? No, I am not Marquand (I know Mr. Moto was not a lawyer but I have hopes for that Pulham guy)? ---
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/472 "2011-09-01T22:35:07Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Were you one of the players the Leafs traded to the Red Wings, acquiring Paul Henderson, among others? You’ve got me here. Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman are the only Red Wings ever I can name. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/473 "2011-09-02T03:14:29Z")
IQ: Did _Doonesbury_ feature a taproom named for you? ---
**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 2, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/474 "2011-09-02T03:22:41Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > The only variant of that I am familiar with is Oscar Levant’s having known Doris Day before she was a virgin. But I will try: no, I am not Mike Dukakis Correct. When he ran for reelection as governor of Mass. he played up his Greek roots for the first time and tapped a network of Greek-American supporters, hence the dig, “I knew Mike Dukakis before he was Greek.” IQ: For you, is it all about the climb? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/475 "2011-09-02T04:26:13Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did _Doonesbury_ feature a taproom named for you? No, I am not Mory (sp?, the Yale U Whiffenpoof Song guy)? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/476 "2011-09-02T04:27:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: For you, is it all about the climb? No, I am not George Leigh Mallory? ---
**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 2, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/477 "2011-09-02T13:52:29Z")
I’ll rephrase. Are you a young American woman, and for you, is it all about the climb? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/478 "2011-09-02T14:13:08Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > No, I am not Harold MacMillan? MacMillan was a Tory in the Sixties. The first Labour/socialist Prime Minister was Ramsay MacDonald, in the Twenties. And the barrister who created a fictional barrister was John Mortimer, author of the popular “Rumpole” series. DQ1: Did you draw a comic strip that appeared in newspapers? DQ2: Did you draw comic books and/or “graphic novels”? ---
**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 2, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/479 "2011-09-02T14:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Were you one of the players the Leafs traded to the Red Wings, acquiring Paul Henderson, among others? > [@AppallingGael](#): > > You’ve got me here. Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman are the only Red Wings ever I can name. Take a DQ. **Frank Mahovlich** was traded in 1968, along with two other Leafs in exchange for 4 Red Wings, the best known of whom was Paul Henderson. Henderson, despite scoring one of Canada’s best known goals in the 1972 Summit Series against Russia, never had an outstanding NHL career. It is believed that there is now a curse on the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it has been named The Mahovlich Curse. Cursed or not, they have not won a Stanley Cup since 1967. DQ: Is your first initial a letter between A and M in the alphabet? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/480 "2011-09-02T14:36:02Z")
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