# 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:** 14
**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 26, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/261 "2011-07-26T02:21:11Z")
IQ: For just one time, would Stan Rogers take the North West Passage to find your hand reaching for the Beaufort Sea? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/262 "2011-07-26T02:40:16Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you known as the “Heater from Van Meter”? Bob Feller, legendary Indians pitcher from Van Meter, Iowa. DQ: Were you created by a British author (playwright, filmmaker, whatever)? IQ: Did Pete Rose crash into you during an All-Star Game, basically ruining your career in the process? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/263 "2011-07-26T02:41:37Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you a receiver of stolen goods who has been portrayed by Alec Guinness, George C. Scott, and Ben Kingsley, and many others. Not Fagin. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/264 "2011-07-26T02:43:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: The work of fiction in which you appear, was it originally a film? No. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” 4. European 5. Nobody’s idea of a hero 6. Not a movie character ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/265 "2011-07-26T02:44:22Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > B > DQ: Were you created by a British author (playwright, filmmaker, whatever)? Yes. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” 4. European 5. Nobody’s idea of a hero 6. Not a movie character 7. My creator was British ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/266 "2011-07-26T02:45:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did Pete Rose crash into you during an All-Star Game, basically ruining your career in the process? Not Ray Fosse ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/267 "2011-07-26T02:46:25Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > According to Sports Illustrated, did you have a 168 mph fastball? Not Sidd Finch ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/268 "2011-07-26T02:47:27Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: For just one time, would Stan Rogers take the North West Passage to find your hand reaching for the Beaufort Sea? No idea what this refers to- ask a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/269 "2011-07-26T02:52:15Z")
IQ: Are you an author whose first name and last name are identical? ---
**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 26, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/270 "2011-07-26T02:58:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: For just one time, would Stan Rogers take the North West Passage to find your hand reaching for the Beaufort Sea? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea what this refers to- ask a DQ Stan Rogers was a Canadian folk-singer/songwriter who was killed in a plane crash in the 1980s, perhaps best known for his song ‘Barett’s Privateers’. In another a capella song, also quite well known, the chorus goes ‘Ah, for just one time I would take the North-West Passage/To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea/Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage/And make a North-West Passage to the sea.’ The Franklin referred to is **Sir John Franklin** , who died trying to discover the sea-route that would link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via the Arctic Ocean. DQ: Are you a fictional character who originally appeared in a novel? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/271 "2011-07-26T04:07:16Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Are you an author whose first name and last name are identical? Don’t know 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 26, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/272 "2011-07-26T04:09:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Are you a fictional character who originally appeared in a novel? Hmm… I have appeared in both novels AND short stories, and I can’t quite remember which of the two I appeared in first. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” 4. European 5. Nobody’s idea of a hero 6. Not a movie character 7. My creator was British 8. First appeared in either a novel or a short story ---
**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 26, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/273 "2011-07-26T04:20:59Z")
IQ: Were you a ne’er-do-well who plagued Tom Brown’s school days and went on to serve in India? ---
**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 26, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/274 "2011-07-26T06:09:51Z")
IQ: Are you the personification of the Yellow Peril? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/275 "2011-07-26T06:22:55Z")
Is your name synonomous with an unpleasant bargain? ---
**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 26, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/276 "2011-07-26T12:37:09Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not too cryptic- take yur DQ with a clear conscience. Thanks! DQ: Did you first appear before 1900? You missed this IQ from earlier: Do both you and your best friend have names related to your jobs? And a twofer: Was your most famous novel made into a film where the actor in the title role has a name similar in nature to his character? And, are you said actor? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/277 "2011-07-26T13:49:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Were you a ne’er-do-well who plagued Tom Brown’s school days and went on to serve in India? Never read any Tom Brown books and never saw the movie. 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 26, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/278 "2011-07-26T13:50:25Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you the personification of the Yellow Peril? Not Fu Manchu ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/279 "2011-07-26T13:51:26Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Is your name synonomous with an unpleasant bargain? Not Dr. Faustus ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/280 "2011-07-26T13:52:34Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Thanks! > > DQ: Did you first appear before 1900? > > You missed this IQ from earlier: Do both you and your best friend have names related to your jobs? > > And a twofer: Was your most famous novel made into a film where the actor in the title role has a name similar in nature to his character? And, are you said actor? To the DQ: No 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with “F” 4. European 5. Nobody’s idea of a hero 6. Not a movie character 7. My creator was British 8. First appeared in either a novel or a short story 9. First appeared after 1900. As for the two IQs… I’m stumped. You get two DQs now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=15)