# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/321 "2011-06-15T22:38:39Z")
IQ: Are you a clarinetist whose name suggests that ideas may flow from him? ---
**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 16, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/322 "2011-06-16T00:46:16Z")
IQ: Are you God’s maitre’d? ---
**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 16, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/323 "2011-06-16T02:03:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Despite your name, is there no evidence that you ever actually took money for sex? This was Anthony Trollope, BTW. Congrats, **Le Ministre**! IQ: Did you play a guy in the Sixties who never got to finish his sentences? ---
**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 16, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/324 "2011-06-16T02:53:35Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Are you a clarinetist whose name suggests that ideas may flow from him? Gah! Stumped off the bat, and on a musician as well. DQ for you! > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you God’s maitre’d? No, I’m not Saint Peter. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you play a guy in the Sixties who never got to finish his sentences? I suspect you mean the guy with the stutter from ‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, and the name is stuck like a broken cork. DQ for you! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/325 "2011-06-16T02:55:27Z")
Are you the only remaining original member of the band that recorded “Machine Head”? ---
**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 16, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/326 "2011-06-16T02:58:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you the only remaining original member of the band that recorded “Machine Head”? No, I’m not Ian Paice. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/327 "2011-06-16T03:06:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Are you a clarinetist whose name suggests that ideas may flow from him? The punning reference was to Pete Fountain. DQ: Are you famous for musical accomplishments (composing, performing, instrument manufacture, etc.)? IQ: Did you ironically (considering your later career) have your greatest difficulty in shooting while competing in the pentathlon? ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/328 "2011-06-16T03:09:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you play a guy in the Sixties who never got to finish his sentences? Michael Palin, the “It’s…” man from _Monty Python_. DQ: Fictional? IQ: Were you a great slugger of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 1970s and early 1980s? ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/329 "2011-06-16T03:20:35Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > DQ: Are you famous for musical accomplishments (composing, performing, instrument manufacture, etc.)? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Fictional? 1. Not famous for any type of musical accomplishment. 2. Not Fictional. ---
**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 16, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/330 "2011-06-16T03:25:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did you ironically (considering your later career) have your greatest difficulty in shooting while competing in the pentathlon? Stumped! DQ for you! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Were you a great slugger of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 1970s and early 1980s? Buffaloed! DQ for you! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/331 "2011-06-16T03:55:53Z")
Did you drive a racecar called the Compact Pussycat? ---
**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 16, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/332 "2011-06-16T04:12:59Z")
IQ: Did a member of the British Secret Service call you a woman of many parts? ---
**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 16, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/333 "2011-06-16T07:39:23Z")
IQ: Did you kiss a girl and like it? ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/334 "2011-06-16T13:10:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Were you a great slugger of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 1970s and early 1980s? Dave Parker. DQ: Male? IQ: In a book, did you impress the people of another culture by knowing their ways without being told? ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/335 "2011-06-16T13:40:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: Male? Yes. To recap: 1. Not famous for any type of musical accomplishment. 2. Not Fictional. 3. Male. ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/336 "2011-06-16T13:46:56Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you drive a racecar called the Compact Pussycat? No, I’m not Penelope from “The Perils of Penelope Pitstop”. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Did a member of the British Secret Service call you a woman of many parts? No, I’m not Miss Money Penny. (I could very well be wrong here; I always thought it was Moneypenny. If I am wrong, give yourself a DQ.) > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did you kiss a girl and like it? No, I’m stuck on Georgie Porgie, and I don’t think he qualifies… Ask a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dave Parker. > > DQ: Male? > > IQ: In a book, did you impress the people of another culture by knowing their ways without being told? Gah! Take a DQ! ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/337 "2011-06-16T13:51:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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. For the first, I was thinking of _Vanity Fair_ by William Makepeace Thackeray. For the second, I was going for T. S. Eliot (the musical, of course, being _Cats_. I’m not convinced that Thornton Wilder fits but having “turned the page” of the thread I see it’s academic now anyway. Anyway, IQ for the next game: Did your son succeed you in office with a logical variant on your nickname? ---
**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 16, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/338 "2011-06-16T14:04:06Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Anyway, IQ for the next game: > > Did your son succeed you in office with a logical variant on your nickname? No, I’m not William Pitt the younger. ---
**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 16, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/339 "2011-06-16T16:49:23Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Did a member of the British Secret Service call you a woman of many parts? > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > No, I’m not Miss Money Penny. (I could very well be wrong here; I always thought it was Moneypenny. If I am wrong, give yourself a DQ.) Pussy Galore, actually, the “Bond Girl” from _Goldfinger_. You are correct, Moneypenny is one word. DQ: Born in the 20th century? ---
**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 16, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/340 "2011-06-16T17:20:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: In a book, did you impress the people of another culture by knowing their ways without being told? Paul Atreides and the Fremen in _Dune_. DQ: American? IQ: Did you and your colleagues, forbidden by your employer to _talk_ about your salaries, have a party with your salaries written on signs and hanging around your necks? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=18)