# 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:** 3
**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, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/41 "2011-07-14T00:14:49Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Didst say “Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?” to a sanctimonious adversary? I know it’s Shakespeare, I know I’ve seen the play this is from, and presumably it’s from a comedy… but I don’t know the speaker. And there are just too many possible “B’s” (Benedick? Beatrice? Sir Toby Belch? Nick Bottom?) to hazard a good guess. Take 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:** [July 14, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/42 "2011-07-14T01:18:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I know it’s Shakespeare, I know I’ve seen the play this is from, and presumably it’s from a comedy… but I don’t know the speaker. And there are just too many possible “B’s” (Benedick? Beatrice? Sir Toby Belch? Nick Bottom?) to hazard a good guess. > > Take a DQ. It was indeed Sir Toby Belch. Honour forbids… (By the way, have you competed yet in the Shakespearean Feud?) IQ: Did you improvise a brilliant tale about being the Man from the Moon to allow your friends’ wedding to be completed? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/43 "2011-07-14T02:26:16Z")
IQ: Were you a lawman who turned to sportswriting? ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/44 "2011-07-14T02:58:09Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > It was indeed Sir Toby Belch. Honour forbids… > > (By the way, have you competed yet in the Shakespearean Feud?) > > IQ: Did you improvise a brilliant tale about being the Man from the Moon to allow your friends’ wedding to be completed? No idea- THIS time, take your DQ with honor (I shouldn’t get credit for a bunch of guesses, though) ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/45 "2011-07-14T03:00:26Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you a lawman who turned to sportswriting? No, I’m not Bat Masterson. ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/46 "2011-07-14T03:05:45Z")
IQ: Did you end up facing the whole Bolivian army when your last job went south? ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/47 "2011-07-14T03:05:46Z")
IQ: Did a young Helen Mirren once play your moll? ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/48 "2011-07-14T03:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > > IQ: Did you improvise a brilliant tale about being the Man from the Moon to allow your friends’ wedding to be completed? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea- THIS time, take your DQ with honor (I shouldn’t get credit for a bunch of guesses, though) In Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac is standing guard while Roxanne and Christian are being married. He spots the approach of De Guiche and improvises a wild tale about having fallen from the moon to delay him until the ceremony is complete. The real-life Cyrano, in fact, wrote a story about the Man in the Moon. DQ: Were you born in the twentieth century? ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/49 "2011-07-14T03:11:46Z")
IQ: Are you jester to the court of Id? ---
**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, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/50 "2011-07-14T03:13:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > In Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac is standing guard while Roxanne and Christian are being married. He spots the approach of De Guiche and improvises a wild tale about having fallen from the moon to delay him until the ceremony is complete. The real-life Cyrano, in fact, wrote a story about the Man in the Moon. > > DQ: Were you born in the twentieth century? Yes. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. First name starts with “B” 4. Dead 5. Born in the 20th century ---
**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, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/51 "2011-07-14T03:14:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you end up facing the whole Bolivian army when your last job went south? No, I’m not Butch Cassidy. ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/52 "2011-07-14T03:16:49Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you jester to the court of Id? No, I’m not the drunken Bung. ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/53 "2011-07-14T03:17:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did a young Helen Mirren once play your moll? Don’t know this one- 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:** [July 14, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/54 "2011-07-14T03:19:12Z")
IQ: Are you a Cuban-born classical guitarist who is still an active performer in the forefront of your field? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/55 "2011-07-14T04:23:04Z")
IQ: Were you an American Indian who served in the U.S. Senate? ---
**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, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/56 "2011-07-14T04:23:27Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you a Cuban-born classical guitarist who is still an active performer in the forefront of your field? No clue on 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 14, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/57 "2011-07-14T04:24:37Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you an American Indian who served in the U.S. Senate? No, I’m not Ben Nighthorse Campbell. ---
**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 14, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/58 "2011-07-14T05:48:53Z")
IQ: Did you create a graveyard smash? ---
**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, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/59 "2011-07-14T11:02:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you create a graveyard smash? Not Bobby “Boris” Pickett ---
**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 14, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711/60 "2011-07-14T13:01:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Are you a Cuban-born classical guitarist who is still an active performer in the forefront of your field? > [@astorian](#): > > No clue on this one- ask a DQ. So you’re not Manuel Barrueco? Consider this a whole-hearted recommendation - he is up there with Andre Segovia and John Williams as an absolute master of the instrument. He records with EMI Angel records, tours extensively and teaches at Peabody in the US. I got to meet him last year after his Toronto concert at the Glenn Gould Studio, and I thanked him for more than 20 years of inspiration. Anyway… DQ: Are you renowned for your athletic accomplishments? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2011/588711.md?page=4)