# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/221 "2011-07-25T14:09:03Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Do you love your husband so much that you dress as a man, work in a prison and call yourself by this name in the hope of finding him? Sigh. I’m still in a slump. 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 25, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/222 "2011-07-25T14:10:05Z")
IQ: Were you considered one of the greatest ever in your field, only to lose your world title by default? Not Bobby Fischer. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/223 "2011-07-25T14:11:17Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Could it be that one of your greatest hits inspired the current slogan of a popular fast-food chain? Can’t think of this one- 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 25, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/224 "2011-07-25T14:12:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: A poker pal of Harry Truman’s, were you later appointed to the Supreme Court? Not Abe Fortas ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/225 "2011-07-25T14:18:39Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not… Bobby Flay? (If that’s wrong, take a DQ.) Yep. ---
**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 25, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/226 "2011-07-25T14:31:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Abe Fortas No, he was LBJ’s buddy. I was thinking of Fred Vinson, later appointed Chief Justice by Truman. DQ: Male? IQ: Were you a much-respected colleague of Edward R. Murrow? ---
**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 25, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/227 "2011-07-25T14:38:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Do you love your husband so much that you dress as a man, work in a prison and call yourself by this name in the hope of finding him? > [@astorian](#): > > Sigh. I’m still in a slump. Ask a DQ. In Beethoven’s only opera, Florestan is a political prisoner of the nobleman Don Pizzaro, held without trial in a secret cell. Florestan’s wife, Leonore, disguises herself as a boy and works at the prison for a couple of years, trying to find her husband and rescue him. The name she takes is also the title of the opera - Fidelio. DQ: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/228 "2011-07-25T14:39:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, he was LBJ’s buddy. I was thinking of Fred Vinson, later appointed Chief Justice by Truman. > > DQ: Male? > > IQ: Were you a much-respected colleague of Edward R. Murrow? Not Fred Friendly Yes, male. 1. Fictional 2. Male Since two people asked my gender, one of you is entitled to another 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:** [July 25, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/229 "2011-07-25T14:40:17Z")
IQ: Does your wife hate it when you hire O’Reilly, because he works for cheap? ---
**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 25, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/230 "2011-07-25T14:41:42Z")
DQ, take two: Is ‘F’ the initial of your last 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:** [July 25, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/231 "2011-07-25T14:57:35Z")
IQ: Did your husband play a test pilot? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/232 "2011-07-25T15:04:08Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Does your wife hate it when you hire O’Reilly, because he works for cheap? Not Basil Fawlty ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/233 "2011-07-25T15:05:10Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ, take two: Is ‘F’ the initial of your last name? Yes. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/234 "2011-07-25T15:07:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did your husband play a test pilot? Apart from Green Lantern and the guys in _ **The Right Stuff,** _ I can’t think of any movies about test pilots.. Ask a DQ ---
**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 25, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/235 "2011-07-25T16:11:56Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Were you considered one of the greatest ever in your field, only to lose your world title by default? > > Not Bobby Fischer. Correct! > [@astorian](#): > > Can’t think of this one- ask a DQ. I’m willing to back down on a DQ if this is thought too cryptic, but I was going for Burger King’s “Have it your way” (not sure if they are using this in the US as well as the UK). The target then becomes obvious - Frank Sinatra (“I did it My Way”). While I wait for a ruling on that, another IQ: Do both you and your best friend have names related to your jobs? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/236 "2011-07-25T16:17:52Z")
IQ: Are you a significant character in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? who does NOT appear in Blade Runner? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/237 "2011-07-25T16:39:32Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Correct! > > I’m willing to back down on a DQ if this is thought too cryptic, but I was going for Burger King’s “Have it your way” (not sure if they are using this in the US as well as the UK). The target then becomes obvious - Frank Sinatra (“I did it My Way”). While I wait for a ruling on that, another IQ: Do both you and your best friend have names related to your jobs? Not too cryptic- take yur DQ with a clear conscience. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/238 "2011-07-25T16:40:32Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > IQ: Are you a significant character in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? who does NOT appear in Blade Runner? I haven’t read the book in 20+ years. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 25, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/239 "2011-07-25T19:03:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did your husband play a test pilot? Farrah Fawcett’s husband Lee Majors played a test pilot on _The Six Million Dollar Man._ DQ: American? IQ: Were you an investigative journalist on a fictional TV news show? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/240 "2011-07-25T19:24:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Farrah Fawcett’s husband Lee Majors played a test pilot on _The Six Million Dollar Man._ > > DQ: American? No 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” 4. Not American [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=13)