# Botticelli - July 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 4, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270 "2015-07-04T20:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/81 "2015-07-08T22:13:42Z")
IQs: 1. Were you accused (at least in literature) of having assassinated Mozart? 2. Were you the Waltz King? 3. Did you compose _Finlandia_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/82 "2015-07-08T22:30:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Girl, do you make me lose my mind? > IQ2: Are you a blue-eyed girl with a ponytail, whom I will know if I see? > !Q3: Are you feeling lost just like me? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Sam (by Olivia Newton-John) > > Take DQs for 1 and 2 Sherry (by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons). Sheila (by Tommy Roe). Correct. DQ1: Native speaker of a Romance language? DQ2: Born west of Berlin? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/83 "2015-07-08T22:38:09Z")
IQ1: Are you considered to have been the greatest luthier? IQ2: Did you write 555 keyboard sonatas? IQ3: Were you a composer who has been portrayed as a rival, and even an enemy, of Mozart? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/84 "2015-07-08T23:51:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you accused (at least in literature) of having assassinated Mozart? > 2. Were you the Waltz King? > 3. Did you compose _Finlandia_? Not Antonio Salieri, Johann Strauss or Jean Sibelius ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/85 "2015-07-08T23:57:27Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Involved in the arts 5. Dead 6. European 7. Last name starts with “S” 8. Best known for contributions in music 9. Not British 10. Died before 1900 11. Spoke a Romance language 12. Born West of Berlin ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/86 "2015-07-09T02:09:10Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Did you compose _Carnival of the Animals_? 2. Did you compose _The Firebird_? 3. Did you compose _Gymnopedies_? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/87 "2015-07-09T10:57:08Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the multiplatinum recording artist of Soul Sessions whose real name is Joscelyn Eve Stoke? > IQ2: Did you come into fame by singing “I Dreamed a Dream” on Britain’s Got Talent? > IQ3: Are you an English pop singer who enjoyed a revival in the 1990’s when your song Son of a Preacher Man was used in the Pulp Fiction soundtrack? > > Not Susan Boyle or Dusty Springfield > Take a DQ for #1 Joss Stone holding 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 9, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/88 "2015-07-09T16:13:47Z")
Previous IQs: After Robert, were you the eldest Baratheon male? - Yes, Stannis. Were you his daughter? - Yes, the sweet, doomed Shireen. Were you a psychopathic AI played by Russell Crowe? - SID (“Sadistic, intelligent, dangerous”) 6.7 in _Virtuosity_. DQ: Born north of Berlin? IQs: Did FDR appoint you Chief Justice? Did you look through binoculars so intently that you broke them? Were you Andrew Lloyd Webber’s longtime muse? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/89 "2015-07-09T21:55:47Z")
IQ1: Are you an Austrian composer who died at age 31 of typhoid fever? IQ2: Are you an Austrian composer noted for your waltzes and polkas? IQ3: Are you a German composer who left studying law to become a concert pianist, then became a composer when your hand was injured? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/90 "2015-07-10T14:13:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you considered to have been the greatest luthier? > IQ2: Did you write 555 keyboard sonatas? > IQ3: Were you a composer who has been portrayed as a rival, and even an enemy, of Mozart? Take a DQ for 1 Not Domenico Scarlatti or Antoinio Salieri ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/91 "2015-07-10T14:14:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all three. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _Carnival of the Animals_? > 2. Did you compose _The Firebird_? > 3. Did you compose _Gymnopedies_? Not Camille Saint-Saens or Igor Stravinsky Take a DQ for 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/92 "2015-07-10T14:15:59Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Involved in the arts 5. Dead 6. European 7. Last name starts with “S” 8. Best known for contributions in music 9. Not British 10. Died before 1900 11. Spoke a Romance language 12. Born West of Berlin 13. Born north of Berlin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/93 "2015-07-10T14:17:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did FDR appoint you Chief Justice? > Did you look through binoculars so intently that you broke them? > Were you Andrew Lloyd Webber’s longtime muse? Not Harlan Stone or Sarah Brightman Take a DQ for #2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/94 "2015-07-10T14:18:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Austrian composer who died at age 31 of typhoid fever? > IQ2: Are you an Austrian composer noted for your waltzes and polkas? > IQ3: Are you a German composer who left studying law to become a concert pianist, then became a composer when your hand was injured? Not Franz Schubert or Johann Strauss II Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/95 "2015-07-10T14:19:42Z")
Just remember folks, there are multiple ways to interpret statement #8 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/96 "2015-07-10T14:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose Carnival of the Animals? > 2. Did you compose The Firebird? > 3. Did you compose Gymnopedies? > Not Camille Saint-Saens or Igor Stravinsky > > Take a DQ for 3 Correct on the first two. #3 was Erik Satie. DQ: Died before 1800? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/97 "2015-07-10T14:40:47Z")
IQs: 1. Are you remembered for making extremely fine violins? 2. Did you create over 500 sonatas for keyboards? 3. Are you #2’s son, who also created keyboard sonatas? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/98 "2015-07-10T15:02:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an Austrian composer who died at age 31 of typhoid fever? > IQ2: Are you an Austrian composer noted for your waltzes and polkas? > IQ3: Are you a German composer who left studying law to become a concert pianist, then became a composer when your hand was injured? > > Not Franz Schubert or Johann Strauss II > > Take a DQ for #3 Robert Schumann holding 2 DQs while waiting for Prof P’s answers ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/99 "2015-07-10T16:10:07Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. Involved in the arts 5. Dead 6. European 7. Last name starts with “S” 8. Best known for contributions in music 9. Not British 10. Died before 1900 11. Spoke a Romance language 12. Born West of Berlin 13. Born north of Berlin 14. Died after 1800 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/100 "2015-07-10T16:11:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you remembered for making extremely fine violins? > 2. Did you create over 500 sonatas for keyboards? > 3. Are you #2’s son, who also created keyboard sonatas? Not Antonio Stradavari, still not Scarlatti… But take a DQ for #3, since I don’t know the son’s first name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=6)