# 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:** 2
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/21 "2011-07-13T01:52:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Have you played a sneaky prosecutor, a folk music impresario and a computer genius? No, I’m not Bob Balaban (“A Mighty Wind” gave that way for me.) ---
**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 13, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/22 "2011-07-13T07:40:59Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > No, I’m not Ritchie Blackmore (“Smoke on the Water”). Was actually going for Bo Diddley, but I’ll let it slide. IQ: Were you a famously long lived comedian? ---
**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, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/23 "2011-07-13T11:06:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Was actually going for Bo Diddley, but I’ll let it slide. > > IQ: Were you a famously long lived comedian? No, not George Burns. ---
**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 13, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/24 "2011-07-13T11:21:03Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I don’t know what this means, so ask a DQ. Never mind - I’m wrong. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Mercutio and Tybalt fight. Romeo and Benvolio try to break up the fight; for whatever reason, I mis-remembered when I wrote the question. I thought it was under Benvolio’s arm that Mercutio was mortally wounded. It isn’t, of course; it’s under Romeo’s arm that Mercutio was wounded, as I now remember (and have verified with the script). No DQ for me! ---
**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 13, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/25 "2011-07-13T12:38:14Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > No, I’m not Raymond Burr (I’m guessing, maybe wrongly, this refers to Della Street’s pining for Perry Mason). I was actually going for Montgomery Burns, who is fruitlessly hankered after by Smithers in The Simpsons. I don’t know anything about Perry Mason, so perhaps the next passing Doper could rule on whether your answer was a fair one, and hence if I get a DQ or not? In the meantime, another IQ: did your exceptional achievement in your field lead to an (admittedly rarely-used) eponym being coined meaning roughly “light years ahead of the competition”? ---
**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, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/26 "2011-07-13T13:50:47Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I was actually going for Montgomery Burns, who is fruitlessly hankered after by Smithers in The Simpsons. I don’t know anything about Perry Mason, so perhaps the next passing Doper could rule on whether your answer was a fair one, and hence if I get a DQ or not? > > In the meantime, another IQ: did your exceptional achievement in your field lead to an (admittedly rarely-used) eponym being coined meaning roughly “light years ahead of the competition”? I should have thought of Mr. Burns! Meantime, take a DQ for the eponym question, since I don’t even have a guess for it. ---
**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, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/27 "2011-07-13T14:43:42Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > No, I’m not Bob Balaban (“A Mighty Wind” gave that way for me.) Correct. The sneaky prosecutor was in _Absence of Malice_ and the computer genius was in _2010_. IQ: Were you unexpectedly named to command the battlecruiser _MacArthur_ in _The Mote in God’s Eye_? ---
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/28 "2011-07-13T16:07:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Correct. The sneaky prosecutor was in _Absence of Malice_ and the computer genius was in _2010_. > > IQ: Were you unexpectedly named to command the battlecruiser _MacArthur_ in _The Mote in God’s Eye_? No idea who this is. Take a DQ. ---
**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 13, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/29 "2011-07-13T16:20:45Z")
IQ: Do you sing your little song-o? (And when the teacher calls your name, is your answer always wrong-o?) ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/30 "2011-07-13T17:13:53Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > IQ: Do you sing your little song-o? (And when the teacher calls your name, is your answer always wrong-o?) I don’t recognize this at all- ask a DQ. ---
**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 13, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/31 "2011-07-13T17:38:12Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > IQ: Do you sing your little song-o? (And when the teacher calls your name, is your answer always wrong-o?) > [@astorian](#): > > I don’t recognize this at all- ask a DQ. You are not Bongo the one-eared rabbit/child from Matt Groening’s _Life in Hell_ comics. DQ: First name begins with B? IQ: Do you live in a house whose name is an Anglicized version of _cul de sac_? ---
**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, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/32 "2011-07-13T17:56:58Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > You are not Bongo the one-eared rabbit/child from Matt Groening’s _Life in Hell_ comics. > > DQ: First name begins with B? > > IQ: Do you live in a house whose name is an Anglicized version of _cul de sac_? Yes. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. First name starts with “B” ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/33 "2011-07-13T17:59:37Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > You are not Bongo the one-eared rabbit/child from Matt Groening’s _Life in Hell_ comics. > > DQ: First name begins with B? > > IQ: Do you live in a house whose name is an Anglicized version of _cul de sac_? No, I am not Bilbo Baggins (Cul de sac literally means “bottom of the bag,” whcih is pretty close to “Bag End”). ---
**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 13, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/34 "2011-07-13T19:09:38Z")
IQ: Are you known for your great lyrics and incomprehensible delivery of same? ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/35 "2011-07-13T20:02:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you known for your great lyrics and incomprehensible delivery of same? Not Bob Dylan. ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/36 "2011-07-13T20:16:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Were you unexpectedly named to command the battlecruiser _MacArthur_ in _The Mote in God’s Eye_? Roderick, Lord Blaine, in the classic Niven and Pournelle sf novel. DQ: Living? IQ: Did you write the Seventies funk all-instrumental hit “Love’s Theme”? ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/37 "2011-07-13T20:21:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Roderick, Lord Blaine, in the classic Niven and Pournelle sf novel. > > DQ: Living? > > IQ: Did you write the Seventies funk all-instrumental hit “Love’s Theme”? No, no longer living. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. First name starts with “B” 4. Dead No, I’m not Barry White… though I wish I were (he was cool). ---
**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 13, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/38 "2011-07-13T23:15:52Z")
IQ: Did you tend to get violent when people used your nickname? ---
**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 13, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/39 "2011-07-13T23:54:56Z")
IQ: Didst say “Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?” to a sanctimonious adversary? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/40 "2011-07-14T00:12:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you tend to get violent when people used your nickname? No, not Benjamin “Don’t Call Me Bugsy” Siegel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=3)