# 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:** 6
**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, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/101 "2015-07-10T17:00:34Z")
> [@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? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Antonio Stradavari, still not Scarlatti… > But take a DQ for #3, since I don’t know the son’s first name. Correct on Tony. Alessandro began Domenico. 1 DQ reserved. Huh. Romance language, northwest of Berlin. That’ll take some thought. ---
**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, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/102 "2015-07-10T17:21:40Z")
DQ: Composer? holding 1 DQ ---
**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, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/103 "2015-07-10T18:22:12Z")
# 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 a LITTLE South of Berlin 14. Died after 1800 15. Did a little composing, but no one listens to anything I wrote today. **First, note a correction to #13. I misjudged exactly where Berlin lies, and it turns out my birthplace is South of Berlin (but not MUCH).** Second, remember what I said about #8. There are ways of contributing to music beyond the obvious. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/104 "2015-07-10T19:25:39Z")
DQ: French? IQ1: Are you a Polish science fiction writer who wrote the novel that the movie _Solaris_ was based on? IQ2: Did you write the _The Dracula Tape_ series, in which Dracula and other vampires actually have a moral code? IQ3: Did you start writing the _Lensman_ space opera stories after losing your job as a food technologist? ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/105 "2015-07-10T19:57:17Z")
# 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 a LITTLE South of Berlin 14. Died after 1800 15. Did a little composing, but no one listens to anything I wrote today. 16. Not French by birth, but French was my native tongue and I spent most of my life in France. ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/106 "2015-07-10T19:58:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ: French? > > IQ1: Are you a Polish science fiction writer who wrote the novel that the movie _Solaris_ was based on? > IQ2: Did you write the _The Dracula Tape_ series, in which Dracula and other vampires actually have a moral code? > IQ3: Did you start writing the _Lensman_ space opera stories after losing your job as a food technologist? Sigh… stumped yet again by sci-fi and fantasy. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/107 "2015-07-10T20:04:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did FDR appoint you Chief Justice? - Yes, Harlan F. Stone. Did you look through binoculars so intently that you broke them? - Ahnuld, in _True Lies_.\* Were you Andrew Lloyd Webber’s longtime muse? - Yes, Sarah Brightman. - I always particularly liked that gag, because you couldn’t be sure if he squeezed the binoculars so hard he broke them, or if his glare (while watching his wife possibly cheat on him) was so intense that that alone shattered the glass. DQ: Best known for having inspired a piece of music? IQs: Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? Were you a non-European monarch called “the Magnificent”? Were you once law director of Cleveland, Ohio? ---
**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, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/108 "2015-07-10T20:49:28Z")
# 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 a LITTLE South of Berlin 14. Died after 1800 15. Did a little composing, but no one listens to anything I wrote today. 16. Not French by birth, but French was my native tongue and I spent most of my life in France. 17. Not known for inspiring a piece of music ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/109 "2015-07-10T20:54:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? > Were you a non-European monarch called “the Magnificent”? > Were you once law director of Cleveland, Ohio? Not Suleiman the Magnificent Take DQs for 1 and 3 ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/110 "2015-07-10T20:58:19Z")
> [@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? > [@astorian](#): > > Take a DQ for 1 > > Not Domenico Scarlatti or Antoinio Salieri Antonio Stradivari. Correct. Correct. One DQ reserved. IQ1: Do a popular woodwind and three less popular brass instruments bear your name? IQ2: Did you write books about an insidious Oriental? IQ3: Did you write “Old Folks at Home”? ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/111 "2015-07-10T21:15:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do a popular woodwind and three less popular brass instruments bear your name? Bingo! YESSSSS, I am ADOLPHE SAX, Belgian-born musician and instrument maker. As I am the inventor of the saxophone (as well as a few less popular instruments) you can thank me for Sonny Rollins and Junior Walker, or curse me for Kenny G. Congrats SCAdian! ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/112 "2015-07-10T21:48:10Z")
Well done, SCAdian! ---
**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, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/113 "2015-07-10T22:30:03Z")
wtg SCAnadian! ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/114 "2015-07-11T02:02:17Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Second, remember what I said about #8. There are ways of contributing to music beyond the obvious. That’s what did it for me. I am **M**. ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/115 "2015-07-11T04:02:43Z")
All right, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? - Saladin, during the Crusades. Were you a non-European monarch called “the Magnificent”? - Yes, Suleiman. Were you once law director of Cleveland, Ohio? - Subodh Chandra. On the road soon - I’ll forego IQs for now. ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/116 "2015-07-11T12:23:03Z")
IQ1: Are you a Celtic war deity who can appear as a crow, wolf, cow, and three sisters? IQ2: Did your nephew Odin use your head for advice after it was chopped off in battle? IQ3: Did you marry Jason after helping him find the Golden Fleece? ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/117 "2015-07-11T12:23:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you aka Norma Jean Baker? 2. Did you come up with the table of the elements? 3. Did you drop ping pong balls on Captain Kangaroo? ---
**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 11, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/118 "2015-07-11T21:41:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Celtic war deity who can appear as a crow, wolf, cow, and three sisters? > IQ2: Did your nephew Odin use your head for advice after it was chopped off in battle? > IQ3: Did you marry Jason after helping him find the Golden Fleece? Not the Morrigan. DQ. Not Medea. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you aka Norma Jean Baker? > 2. Did you come up with the table of the elements? > 3. Did you drop ping pong balls on Captain Kangaroo? Not Marilyn Monroe. DQ (though I really ought to know this one). Not … Mr Moose? ---
**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 11, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/119 "2015-07-11T23:11:26Z")
Correct on Marilyn and Mr. Moose. #2 was Dmitri Mendeleyev. DQ: Real? ---
**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 12, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/120 "2015-07-12T00:29:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on Marilyn and Mr. Moose. #2 was Dmitri Mendeleyev. > > DQ: Real? **R** 1. Real [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270.md?page=7)