# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/261 "2011-06-14T19:43:00Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > You are not Typhon, the titan who Zeus defeated by dropping a mountain on top of him. > > Born in the 20th century? No. 1. I am or was a real person. 2. Male 3. Not born in the 20th century. ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/262 "2011-06-14T19:47:48Z")
IQ: Did you do much of the actual killing in the Manson murders? ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/263 "2011-06-14T19:57:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Did The Dickies express a desire to be stuck in a pagoda with you? > [@astorian](#): > > The only Dickies song I know is their cover of “Nights in White Satin.” > > Ask a DQ. You are not Tritia Toyota, Los Angeles news anchor that was the subject of The Dickies’ “(I’m Stuck in a Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota” (yes, they misspelled her name in the song title) DQ: Were you a political figure? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/264 "2011-06-14T20:17:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you do much of the actual killing in the Manson murders? No, I am not Tex Watson. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/265 "2011-06-14T20:18:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > You are not Tritia Toyota, Los Angeles news anchor that was the subject of The Dickies’ “(I’m Stuck in a Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota” (yes, they misspelled her name in the song title) > > DQ: Were you a political figure? No. 1. I am/was a real person. 2. Male 3. Not born in the 20th century 4. Not a poliitcal figure ---
**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 14, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/266 "2011-06-14T20:30:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: When a young Oscar Peterson first heard your record, was he so impressed that he thought his dad was fooling him, and that it was actually an album with two pianists? > [@astorian](#): > > Ask another DQ. So you aren’t Art Tatum, the astonishing jazz pianist of the 1940s. DQ: Were you born in the 19th century? > [@astorian](#): > > Sigh… you’re gonna keep hitting me with jazz musicians, aren’t you? That would be terribly mean-spirited of me, wouldn’t it? I am already certain that I will suffer terribly if I ever ascend to the Chooser’s Chair; I wouldn’t want to make it any worse for myself should that ever take place… ---
**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 14, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/267 "2011-06-14T20:33:54Z")
IQ: Did you walk in Ambarona, in Tauremora, in Aldalome, in your own land in the country of Fangorn? ---
**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 14, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/268 "2011-06-14T20:41:27Z")
IQ: Did Sam Malone have a statue of you in his bar? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/269 "2011-06-14T21:03:05Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > DQ: Were you born in the 19th century? Yes, I was born in the 19th century. 1. I am/was a real person 2. Male 3. Born in the 19th century. 4. Not a political figure. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/270 "2011-06-14T21:07:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did Sam Malone have a statue of you in his bar? No, I am not Tecumseh. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/271 "2011-06-14T21:08:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you walk in Ambarona, in Tauremora, in Aldalome, in your own land in the country of Fangorn? No, I am not Treebeard. ---
**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 14, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/272 "2011-06-14T21:42:09Z")
IQ: Were you the inspiration for the fictional pig Snowball? ---
**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 14, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/273 "2011-06-14T21:55:17Z")
IQ: Were you an inspiration to, though not a member of, the Group of Seven? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/274 "2011-06-14T22:04:55Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Although you’re not Goose Tatum, are you a Harlem Globetrotter with a gander-inspired nickname? Just in case anyone was wondering, the reference is to Hubert “Geese” Ausbie. Glad someone solved the previous challenge – I don’t recognize Ghidorah’s name, so I never would have guessed him. IQ: Are you famous as an automaker even though your company only produced about 50 cars? ---
**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 14, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/275 "2011-06-14T22:49:48Z")
IQ: Are you famous for your landscapes? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/276 "2011-06-15T01:07:31Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Were you the inspiration for the fictional pig Snowball? No, I am not Lev/Leon Trotsky. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/277 "2011-06-15T01:08:32Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Were you an inspiration to, though not a member of, the Group of Seven? 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:** [June 15, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/278 "2011-06-15T01:09:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you famous for your landscapes? No, I am not J.M.W. Turner. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/279 "2011-06-15T01:10:38Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Just in case anyone was wondering, the reference is to Hubert “Geese” Ausbie. > > Glad someone solved the previous challenge – I don’t recognize Ghidorah’s name, so I never would have guessed him. > > IQ: Are you famous as an automaker even though your company only produced about 50 cars? No, I am not Preston Tucker. ---
**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 15, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/280 "2011-06-15T01:22:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Were you an inspiration to, though not a member of, the Group of Seven? > [@astorian](#): > > Ask a DQ. So you aren’t Tom Thomson, who died under mysterious circumstances in Canoe Lake before the Group of Seven was actually formed. DQ: Are you known for your accomplishments in the arts, be they in painting, literature, music, dance or acting? (I also think you may have short-changed yourself - we’ve had 6 DQs so far.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=15)