# Botticelli, July 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711 "2011-07-12T03:36:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/1 "2011-07-12T03:36:14Z")
June thread: [Botticelli, June 2011 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611213) **astorian** gets to start this one, and has already chosen “B.” IQ: Were you the most famous mayor of West Berlin? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/2 "2011-07-12T08:54:11Z")
IQ: does your name make horses scream in terror? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/3 "2011-07-12T11:11:46Z")
IQ: Are you a composer who died from an abscess that went untreated for too long? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/4 "2011-07-12T12:35:08Z")
IQ: does your personal assistant display constant unrequited love for you? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/5 "2011-07-12T18:56:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > June thread: [Botticelli, June 2011 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611213) > > **astorian** gets to start this one, and has already chosen “B.” > > IQ: Were you the most famous mayor of West Berlin? No, I’m not Willy Brandt. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/6 "2011-07-12T18:58:34Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you a composer who died from an abscess that went untreated for too long? Sounds like Jean-Baptiste Lully… but since he’s not a true “B,” ask a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/7 "2011-07-12T18:59:37Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: does your personal assistant display constant unrequited love for you? No, I’m not Raymond Burr (I’m guessing, maybe wrongly, this refers to Della Street’s pining for Perry Mason). ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/8 "2011-07-12T19:04:14Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Sounds like Jean-Baptiste Lully… but since he’s not a true “B,” ask a DQ. No, I was meaning Alban Berg, who didn’t want to interrupt his work on ‘Lulu’ to get an abscess drained. Unfortunately, it was right next to his spine and he didn’t survive. DQ: Are you a fictional character? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/9 "2011-07-12T20:15:58Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > No, I was meaning Alban Berg, who didn’t want to interrupt his work on ‘Lulu’ to get an abscess drained. Unfortunately, it was right next to his spine and he didn’t survive. > > DQ: Are you a fictional character? No. 1. Real person ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/10 "2011-07-12T20:19:28Z")
IQ: Will you offer me eternal salvation or triple my money nack? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/11 "2011-07-12T21:33:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Will you offer me eternal salvation or triple my money nack? I’m vaguely aware of the satirical Church of the SubGenius, but don’t know any names associated with it. Ask a 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:** [July 12, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/12 "2011-07-12T21:41:08Z")
You are not J.R.“Bob” Dobbs. DQ:Are you male or female? IQ: Did the bitch set you up? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/13 "2011-07-12T21:50:18Z")
IQ: Did you have Dimitri killed so you could be Tsar? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/14 "2011-07-12T22:02:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > You are not J.R.“Bob” Dobbs. > > DQ:Are you male or female? > > IQ: Did the bitch set you up? Male 1. Real person 2. Male No, I am not… Marion Barry? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/15 "2011-07-12T22:03:50Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you have Dimitri killed so you could be Tsar? No, I am not Boris Godunov (love Mussorgsky!) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/16 "2011-07-12T22:41:10Z")
IQ: Did you create one of the most iconic riffs in rock n roll? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/17 "2011-07-12T23:03:44Z")
IQ: Was it beneath your arm that your friend was wounded? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/18 "2011-07-13T00:13:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you create one of the most iconic riffs in rock n roll? No, I’m not Ritchie Blackmore (“Smoke on the Water”). ---
**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:** [July 13, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/19 "2011-07-13T01:20:10Z")
IQ: Have you played a sneaky prosecutor, a folk music impresario and a computer genius? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/20 "2011-07-13T01:49:50Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Was it beneath your arm that your friend was wounded? I don’t know what this means, so ask a DQ. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=2)