# Botticelli, June 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 5, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366 "2011-06-05T04:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/181 "2011-06-10T03:26:03Z")
IQ: Have you been described as the second wealthiest person in Canada? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/182 "2011-06-10T07:30:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > DQ1: Is the G first or last initial? Most of the time I just use one name. Sometimes I go by a title, in which case G could be considered the last initial. > [@](#): > > DQ2: Are you a hero or a villain? Usually a villain, although I have been a hero at least once. > [@](#): > > IQ: Do you live on a space station with a representative of your race’s mortal enemies? No, I am not G’Kar from Babylon 5 > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Have you been described as the second wealthiest person in Canada? No. Ask a DQ. Recap: 1. Fictional 2. Not female 3. From a work of science fiction or fantasy 4. Not human 5. First appearance prior to 21st century but has appeared in the 21st century 6. G is either only initial or initial after a title 7. Usually a villian, but not always ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/183 "2011-06-10T13:33:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Have you been described as the second wealthiest person in Canada? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > No. Ask a DQ. Then you aren’t [Galen Weston](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Weston), best known for the Weston chain of bakeries and the Loblaw’s chain of supermarkets. DQ: Was your first appearance in print? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/184 "2011-06-10T13:35:14Z")
IQ: Do people rub their cheeks in sympathy when they see you play your music? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/185 "2011-06-10T13:38:07Z")
Goldfinger was, of course, correct (easy if you know it) but the British TV chef I was thinking of is Gary Rhodes. DQ: Are you a cartoon (in terms of traditional animation/drawing, i.e. not CGI/computer game character)? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/186 "2011-06-10T15:29:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips? George Washington. DQ: American? IQ: Although best known as an actor (and not named Arnold), did you once run for Governor of California? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/187 "2011-06-10T18:37:59Z")
IQ: Are you a giant robot bodyguard with a three word killswitch? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/188 "2011-06-10T18:40:40Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Was your first appearance in print? No. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Do people rub their cheeks in sympathy when they see you play your music? No. Another DQ for you. Man, you are killing me. So far I’m 1/5 with you, and the one was a guess. > [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > DQ: Are you a cartoon (in terms of traditional animation/drawing, i.e. not CGI/computer game character)? No > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: American? No > [@](#): > > IQ: Although best known as an actor (and not named Arnold), did you once run for Governor of California? No, I am not Gary Coleman Recap: 1. Fictional 2. Not female 3. From a work of science fiction or fantasy 4. Not human 5. First appearance prior to 21st century but has appeared in the 21st century 6. G is either only initial or initial after a title 7. Usually a villian, but not always 8. First appearance was not in print 9. Not a cartoon 10. Not American ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/189 "2011-06-10T19:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Do people rub their cheeks in sympathy when they see you play your music? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > No. Another DQ for you. So you’re not [Dizzy](http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/414587819_f4fdf6a7e6.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierodemarchis/414587819/&usg=__z8VAz2jO98_PYYpUKXWG9wppLzM=&h=333&w=500&sz=76&hl=en&start=0&sig2=XY3miQco2D7HrD80jYSkpQ&zoom=1&tbnid=EguWMdcjGNpKwM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=176&ei=9WvyTarxI42dgQep2fCcDQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dimage%2Bdizzy%2Bgillespie%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DE07%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D741%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnso&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=271&vpy=405&dur=678&hovh=133&hovw=176&tx=115&ty=110&page=1&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0&biw=1440&bih=741) [Gillespie](http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://today.ttu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dizzy-gillespie.jpg&imgrefurl=http://today.ttu.edu/2009/03/jazz-festival-hosts-dizzy-gillespie-alumni-all-stars/&usg=__ANquAppU1AjrPVLyB7z0Tra6lbI=&h=200&w=300&sz=19&hl=en&start=0&sig2=kRlTRcFN6ZWJBAMPx6l2XQ&zoom=1&tbnid=wnBsvF-dPrjO6M:&tbnh=149&tbnw=200&ei=9WvyTarxI42dgQep2fCcDQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dimage%2Bdizzy%2Bgillespie%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DE07%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D741%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnso&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=148&vpy=256&dur=153&hovh=160&hovw=240&tx=99&ty=75&page=1&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&biw=1440&bih=741). DQ: Is your creator (be that writer, director, art director, model maker, artist, etc.) Japanese? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/190 "2011-06-10T20:05:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you a giant robot bodyguard with a three word killswitch? No, I am not Gort. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/191 "2011-06-10T20:13:51Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Is your creator (be that writer, director, art director, model maker, artist, etc.) Japanese? Yes. Recap: 1. Fictional 2. Not female 3. From a work of science fiction or fantasy 4. Not human 5. First appearance prior to 21st century but has appeared in the 21st century 6. G is either only initial or initial after a title 7. Usually a villian, but not always 8. First appearance was not in print 9. Not a cartoon 10. Not American 11. Creator is Japanese ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/192 "2011-06-10T20:14:30Z")
IQ: Are you one of a pair of huge badasses? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/193 "2011-06-10T21:41:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Are you one of a pair of huge badasses? I don’t think so. Ask 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:** [June 10, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/194 "2011-06-10T21:57:21Z")
Gregor Clegane, brother of Sandor Clegane, enormous and quite unpleasant knights in George R.R. Martin’s _Game of Thrones_. DQ: First appeared in a movie? IQ: Were you very important to an amateur espionage agent? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/195 "2011-06-10T23:16:22Z")
IQ: Are you an Italian guitarist who was a court musician for Napoleon’s Empress Marie Louise, and who played (probably cello) in the first performance of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/196 "2011-06-11T01:31:45Z")
IQ: Are you bigger than big and stronger than strong? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/197 "2011-06-11T02:24:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: First appeared in a movie? Yes > [@](#): > > IQ: Were you very important to an amateur espionage agent? No. Take a DQ > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you an Italian guitarist who was a court musician for Napoleon’s Empress Marie Louise, and who played (probably cello) in the first performance of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony? And another DQ for you > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you bigger than big and stronger than strong? No, I am not Gigantor Recap: 1. Fictional 2. Not female 3. From a work of science fiction or fantasy 4. Not human 5. First appearance prior to 21st century but has appeared in the 21st century 6. G is either only initial or initial after a title 7. Usually a villian, but not always 8. First appearance was not in print 9. Not a cartoon 10. Not American 11. Creator is Japanese 12. First appeared in a movie ---
**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:** [June 11, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/198 "2011-06-11T02:50:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Are you an Italian guitarist who was a court musician for Napoleon’s Empress Marie Louise, and who played (probably cello) in the first performance of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > And another DQ for you So you’re not Mauro Giuliani, 19th century guitarist, composer and teacher, as well as one of the rare Italian musicians of that period to have made a substantial name for himself (Beethoven had tremendous respect for him.) outside of the field of opera. If I remember correctly, he has around 140 opus numbers for his compositions, and less than ten of them are songs. Hmm. A DQ. I must confess, I’m rather stumped. DQ: When a title is used with your one name, is that title ‘Doctor’? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/199 "2011-06-11T02:55:09Z")
IQ: Are you a Québécois luthier? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/200 "2011-06-11T05:35:08Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you originally called Hiram before making your middle name your first name? Hiram Ulysses Grant became Ulysses S. Grant for several reasons, including the fact he hated his original monogram (HUG) and because he was erroneously nominated to West Point under what eventually became his “official” name. DQ: Was your original film appearance in black-and-white? IQ: Are you an inventive bird? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=11)