# 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:** 20
**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 18, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/381 "2011-06-18T20:57:51Z")
IQ: Did both you and your equally fictitious brother share the same first name? ---
**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 18, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/382 "2011-06-18T22:31:07Z")
IQ: Are you a French composer who is a member of The Apaches? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/383 "2011-06-19T01:10:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you a French composer who is a member of The Apaches? I know some French “M” composers, but have never heard of the Apaches… so 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 19, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/384 "2011-06-19T01:11:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did both you and your equally fictitious brother share the same first name? I have an idea, but I’m not sure… so ask a DQ. ---
**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 19, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/385 "2011-06-19T01:28:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l’au-delà > IQ: Are you a French composer who is a member of The Apaches? > [@astorian](#): > > I know some French “M” composers, but have never heard of the Apaches… so ask a DQ. “The Apaches” was a nickname attached to Maurice Ravel and his associates; it came from a newspaper seller who once yelled as Ravel and some of his friends were walking down the street “Look out for the Apaches”, French slang at the time for ‘Hooligan’. DQ: Are you 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 19, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/386 "2011-06-19T01:29:55Z")
IQ: Is one of your characters named ‘Offred’? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/387 "2011-06-19T02:17:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > “The Apaches” was a nickname attached to Maurice Ravel and his associates; it came from a newspaper seller who once yelled as Ravel and some of his friends were walking down the street “Look out for the Apaches”, French slang at the time for ‘Hooligan’. > > DQ: Are you fictional? No. 1. Male 2. Real person If I’d had to guess, I’d have gone for Maurice Ravel, but I don’t like to guess. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/388 "2011-06-19T02:18:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Is one of your characters named ‘Offred’? No, I’m not Margaret Atwood (and I still want back the money I spent to rent that crappy “Handmaid’s Tale” movie). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/389 "2011-06-19T03:42:59Z")
IQ: Were you to Monty Hall what Vanna White is to Pat Sajak? ---
**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 19, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/390 "2011-06-19T03:47:27Z")
IQ: Did you once silence the hecklers in the audience at a concert of Arnold Schoenberg’s music, even though you later confessed to your wife that you did not understand what Schoenberg was doing? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/391 "2011-06-19T04:02:40Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you to Monty Hall what Vanna White is to Pat Sajak? I never watched “Let’s Make a Deal,” so 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 19, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/392 "2011-06-19T04:04:56Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you once silence the hecklers in the audience at a concert of Arnold Schoenberg’s music, even though you later confessed to your wife that you did not understand what Schoenberg was doing? Despite my dislike of blind guessing, I’ll take an educated guess and say… No, I’m not Gustav Mahler. ---
**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 19, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/393 "2011-06-19T13:40:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Despite my dislike of blind guessing, I’ll take an educated guess and say… No, I’m not Gustav Mahler. Well done! IQ: Are you best known for composing an 18th century concerto for trumpet? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/394 "2011-06-19T14:50:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Well done! > > IQ: Are you best known for composing an 18th century concerto for trumpet? This time, I don’t even have an educated guess. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 19, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/395 "2011-06-19T17:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Are you best known for composing an 18th century concerto for trumpet? > [@astorian](#): > > This time, I don’t even have an educated guess. Ask a DQ. Michael Haydn, brother of the much more famous Joseph Haydn, was also a highly respected composer. His ‘Concerto for Trumpet’ in C Major is a mainstay of the repertoire. DQ: Were you born in the 20th century? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/396 "2011-06-19T19:14:54Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Michael Haydn, brother of the much more famous Joseph Haydn, was also a highly respected composer. His ‘Concerto for Trumpet’ in C Major is a mainstay of the repertoire. > > DQ: Were you born in the 20th century? Yes. 1. Male 2. Real person 3. Born in the 20th century ---
**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 19, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/397 "2011-06-19T19:19:52Z")
IQ: Will you speak more in a minute than you will stand to in a month? ---
**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 19, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/398 "2011-06-19T19:27:21Z")
IQ: Is your wife famous for her shoe collection? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/399 "2011-06-19T19:44:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Is your wife famous for her shoe collection? No, I am not Ferdinand Marcos ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/400 "2011-06-19T19:45:28Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Will you speak more in a minute than you will stand to in a month? I’ll undoubtedly slap myself and groan “Oh yeah” when you tell me, but right now, I’m stumped. Ask a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366.md?page=21)