# 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:** 4
**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 3, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/61 "2011-08-03T15:32:24Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: To some, are you a giant ogre with the magical ability to transform into everyday pre-industrial power plants? Dunno. Ask a DQ. > [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I was thinking of Maximilien Robespierre. > > DQ: Are you british? Indeed I am. 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 8. Not the hero 9. European 10. Did not appear in multiple movies 11. Doesn’t have companions, as such 12. Not in an American Hollywood production 13. Did not first appear before 1970 14. British ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/62 "2011-08-03T16:43:16Z")
Did Maurice Ravel adapt your most famous set of piano pieces for the orchestra? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/63 "2011-08-03T16:44:18Z")
Did you meet your show biz partner at a topless bar owned by your partner’s father? ---
**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 3, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/64 "2011-08-03T16:54:47Z")
IQ: Do you have two galaxies named after 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:** [August 3, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/65 "2011-08-03T17:27:35Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did Maurice Ravel adapt your most famous set of piano pieces for the orchestra? No, I’m not Felix Mendelssohn. > [@astorian](#): > > Did you meet your show biz partner at a topless bar owned by your partner’s father? Dunno. Ask a DQ. > [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > IQ: Do you have two galaxies named after you? No, I’m not Messnier (sp?). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/66 "2011-08-03T18:16:34Z")
1. The composer I was looking for wasn’t Mendelssohn. Ravel adapted Modest Mussorgsky’s piano collection \*\*\*Pictures at an Exhibition \*\*\*for orchestra. 2. In the Sixties, Richard “Cheech” Marin fled to British Columbia, Canada to escape the draft. He got a job as a busboy at a topless bar owned by Tommy Chong’s dad. Cheech and Chong met and started doing comedy bits at that bar. DQ1: Did you ever kill anyone? DQ2: Was your movie made in the 21st century? ---
**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 3, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/67 "2011-08-03T18:28:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m not Messnier (sp?). Nope, not Charles Messier. He catalogued most of the brighter galaxies, but none are named after him. The large and small Magellanic Clouds are named after Ferdinand Magellan. ---
**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 3, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/68 "2011-08-03T19:22:16Z")
Thinking about it, in a sense there are several galaxies named after Messier, but if you accept the objects in his catalogues are named after him there are about 40, not 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 3, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/69 "2011-08-03T19:24:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > … > DQ1: Did you ever kill anyone? > > DQ2: Was your movie made in the 21st century? 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 8. Not the hero 9. European 10. Did not appear in multiple movies 11. Doesn’t have companions, as such 12. Not in an American Hollywood production 13. Did not first appear before 1970 14. British 15. Never killed anyone (as far as I know) 16. Movie not made in 21st century > [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Thinking about it, in a sense there are several galaxies named after Messier, but if you accept the objects in his catalogues are named after him there are about 40, not 2. No, that’s OK. You got me with Magellan. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 3, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/70 "2011-08-03T21:48:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: To some, are you a giant ogre with the magical ability to transform into everyday pre-industrial power plants? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno. Ask a DQ. **Matagoger** is the name of Don Quixote’s nemesis. To Don Quixote, the ogre is able to transform himself into a windmill and avoid justice. To Sancho Panza, his master is charging down hill to attack a windmill. DQ: Are you a villain? ---
**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 3, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/71 "2011-08-03T23:42:44Z")
DQ: Are you over 40? ---
**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 4, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/72 "2011-08-04T01:58:58Z")
Again, not sure “Matagoger” passes the as-well-known-as-Botticelli test, but I’ll let it slide. 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 8. Not the hero 9. European 10. Did not appear in multiple movies 11. Doesn’t have companions, as such 12. Not in an American Hollywood production 13. Did not first appear before 1970 14. British 15. Never killed anyone (as far as I know) 16. Movie not made in 21st century 17. Not a villain 18. Age indeterminate (but probably over 40, I’d say) ---
**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 4, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/73 "2011-08-04T02:20:47Z")
IQ: Were you a visually impaired drummer for one of the most enduring jazz recordings of the last 60 years? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/74 "2011-08-04T02:51:23Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > In the evenings, do you still sing with the band when you’re not staying at home doing your pretty face? Molly Jones, in the song _Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da_. DQ: Are you in an animated film? IQ: Were you a Mattel astronaut? ---
**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 4, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/75 "2011-08-04T11:54:49Z")
IQ: Were you disqualified from the 1997 Formula One Championship? ---
**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 4, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/76 "2011-08-04T13:09:12Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Were you a visually impaired drummer for one of the most enduring jazz recordings of the last 60 years? > [@Sternvogel](#): > > …IQ: Were you a Mattel astronaut? > [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > IQ: Were you disqualified from the 1997 Formula One Championship? Dunno any of these three. Ask your DQs (even though it’ll take us past 20 questions, I’ll answer them all). 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 8. Not the hero 9. European 10. Did not appear in multiple movies 11. Doesn’t have companions, as such 12. Not in an American Hollywood production 13. Did not first appear before 1970 14. British 15. Never killed anyone (as far as I know) 16. Movie not made in 21st century 17. Not a villain 18. Age indeterminate (but probably over 40, I’d say) 19. Not in an animated film ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/77 "2011-08-04T14:58:25Z")
Were you absolutely livid when Norman Jewison gave a role you expected to play to Israeli actor Chaim Topol? ---
**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 4, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/78 "2011-08-04T16:06:15Z")
Sorry, **astorian**. Since we’re almost at the 20-question mark, I’ll answer no more IQs. ---
**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 4, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/79 "2011-08-04T16:33:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of these three. Ask your DQs (even though it’ll take us past 20 questions, I’ll answer them all). Thanks, I think we’ll need all 3 to have any chance. Mine was Michael Schumacher, who was disqualified for trying to punt Jaques Villeneuve off at the last race, with the championship at stake. Sorry, still trying to think of a DQ… ---
**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 4, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030/80 "2011-08-04T20:14:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Were you a visually impaired drummer for one of the most enduring jazz recordings of the last 60 years? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of these three. Ask your DQs (even though it’ll take us past 20 questions, I’ll answer them all). **Joe Morello** , who was the drummer with the Dave Brubeck Quartet for the classic _Time Out_ recording. Passed away within the last year - in addition to his outstanding work on ‘Take Five’, ‘Unsquare Dance’ and ‘Blue Rondo a la Turk’, he was well known as an educator and one of the best technical players around. During his time in the quartet, he could barely see - towards the end of his life, he was considered ‘legally blind’. Let’s at least narrow the time frame a bit… DQ: Was the film you were in produced between 1970 and 1985? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030.md?page=5)