# 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:** 15
**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, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/281 "2011-06-15T01:24:26Z")
IQ: Was Kurwenal your squire? ---
**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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/282 "2011-06-15T02:51:44Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > 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.) One of the DQs asked if I was born in the 20th century. Since we’ve established I was born in the 19th century, I haven’t bothered to print that I was not born in the 20th century. Yes, I am known for my work in “the arts.” 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Born in the 19th century. 4. Not a political figure 5. Known for work in “the arts” ---
**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, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/283 "2011-06-15T02:52:46Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Was Kurwenal your squire? No, I am not Isolde’s love Tristan. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/284 "2011-06-15T03:40:37Z")
IQ: Did you theorize that the existence of the frontier was the defining characteristic of American culture? ---
**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, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/285 "2011-06-15T04:27:24Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > IQ: Did you theorize that the existence of the frontier was the defining characteristic of American culture? I’ll probably recognize this name when I see it… meanwhile, 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 15, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/286 "2011-06-15T04:38:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you once, in a bad temper, marvel at Americans’ obsession with bosoms? The British comic actor Terry-Thomas, in a memorable scene from _It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World._ DQ: Author? IQ: Did you say, “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but we cannot stay in the cradle forever”? ---
**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, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/287 "2011-06-15T04:45:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The British comic actor Terry-Thomas, in a memorable scene from _It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World._ > > DQ: Author? Yes. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Born in the 19th century 4. Not a political figure 5. Involved in “the arts” 6. An author ---
**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, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/288 "2011-06-15T04:46:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you say, “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but we cannot stay in the cradle forever”? No idea who said that. Ask another DQ. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/289 "2011-06-15T05:04:15Z")
Frederick Jackson Turner. It’s known as the “Turner Thesis” or sometimes the “Frontier Thesis”. I think it had a big influence on Teddy Roosevelt. DQ: Are you famous for anything other than being an author? ---
**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 15, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/290 "2011-06-15T05:54:35Z")
IQ: Was your life bookended by Halley’s Comet? ---
**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 15, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/291 "2011-06-15T07:04:45Z")
IQ: Did you play drums in a groundbreaking punk band and in a seminal heavy metal band? ---
**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, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/292 "2011-06-15T11:40:42Z")
IQ: Are you the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/293 "2011-06-15T12:43:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you say, “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but we cannot stay in the cradle forever”? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea who said that. Ask another DQ. Leonard Nimoy. In _Civilization IV_. Don’t remember which tech advance. ---
**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 15, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/294 "2011-06-15T12:52:53Z")
IQ: Was a British TV adaptation of your most famous work filmed largely in the city of Bath, England? IQ: Was probably your best-known work today popularised by a musical? ---
**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 15, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/295 "2011-06-15T13:08:54Z")
:: raises eyebrow at **Tom Scud** :: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you say, “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but we cannot stay in the cradle forever”? Pioneering Russian rocketry expert Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. DQ: American? IQ: Were you a Penna. congressman from the Gettysburg area who hated, hated, hated Andrew Johnson? ---
**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, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/296 "2011-06-15T13:52:47Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > Frederick Jackson Turner. It’s known as the “Turner Thesis” or sometimes the “Frontier Thesis”. I think it had a big influence on Teddy Roosevelt. > > DQ: Are you famous for anything other than being an author? No, not really. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Born in the 19th century 4. Not a political figure 5. An author (not well known for anything else) ---
**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, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/297 "2011-06-15T13:53:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Was your life bookended by Halley’s Comet? No, I’m not Mark Twain ---
**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, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/298 "2011-06-15T13:57:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Did you play drums in a groundbreaking punk band and in a seminal heavy metal band? No I’m not… Philthy Animal Taylor? (If that’s not right, 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, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/299 "2011-06-15T13:58:27Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland? No, I’m not the most admired Canadian of all time, Tommy Douglas. ---
**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, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/300 "2011-06-15T14:02:20Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Was a British TV adaptation of your most famous work filmed largely in the city of Bath, England? > > IQ: Was probably your best-known work today popularised by a musical? I don’t know the work filmed in Bath. As for the second… No, I’m not Thornton (“Hello Dolly”) Wilder? If that’s not it, ask a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=16)