# 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:** 21
**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, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/401 "2011-06-19T20:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Will you speak more in a minute than you will stand to in a month? > [@astorian](#): > > I’ll undoubtedly slap myself and groan “Oh yeah” when you tell me, but right now, I’m stumped. Ask a DQ. This line is actually Romeo’s, from Romeo and Juliet. This is how he describes Mercutio to an indignant Nurse, whom Mercutio has been mocking (to the delight of Romeo, Benvolio and other Montagues.) DQ: Are you famous for your accomplishments in the arts? ---
**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 19, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/402 "2011-06-19T21:46:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did both you and your equally fictitious brother share the same first name? Prof. Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis, and his brother are both named James. DQ: American? IQ: Did you fail to break out of Anzio quickly enough? ---
**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 20, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/403 "2011-06-20T00:53:28Z")
IQ: Did you play a character who shouted “Mr. Potato Head! Mr. Potato Head!! Back doors are NOT secrets!!!”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/404 "2011-06-20T01:06:40Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > This line is actually Romeo’s, from Romeo and Juliet. This is how he describes Mercutio to an indignant Nurse, whom Mercutio has been mocking (to the delight of Romeo, Benvolio and other Montagues.) > > DQ: Are you famous for your accomplishments in the arts? Hmmm… I don’t mean to be cagy here. I’m inclined to say no, but it really depends how broad a definition you use of “the arts.” 1. Male 2. Real person 3. Born in the 20th century 4. Vaguely, loosely involved 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 20, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/405 "2011-06-20T01:08:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Prof. Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis, and his brother are both named James. > > DQ: American? > > IQ: Did you fail to break out of Anzio quickly enough? Yes, I’m American 1. Male 2. Real person 3. Born in the 20th century 4. Vaguely, loosely involved in “the arts” 5. American ---
**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 20, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/406 "2011-06-20T02:21:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you fail to break out of Anzio quickly enough? Did you see this? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/407 "2011-06-20T03:46:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Prof. Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis, and his brother are both named James. > IQ: Did you fail to break out of Anzio quickly enough? No, I am not Mark Clark. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/408 "2011-06-20T03:47:48Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you play a character who shouted “Mr. Potato Head! Mr. Potato Head!! Back doors are NOT secrets!!!”? That’s not the least bit familiar, thank goodness. 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 20, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/409 "2011-06-20T13:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Did you play a character who shouted “Mr. Potato Head! Mr. Potato Head!! Back doors are NOT secrets!!!”? > [@astorian](#): > > That’s not the least bit familiar, thank goodness. > > Ask a DQ. The quotation is from the film ‘War Games’, and the actor in question is the late Maury Chaykin. While I prefer to remember him for his roles in ‘The Adjuster’, ‘Whale Music’ and the ‘Nero Wolfe’ series, this was the first thing that many Dopers recalled when I posted his obituary here last January. DQ: Are you a philanthropist? ---
**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 20, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/410 "2011-06-20T14:31:21Z")
IQ: Did your thinking on the theory of naval power strongly influence Theodore Roosevelt? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/411 "2011-06-20T14:36:47Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > The quotation is from the film ‘War Games’, and the actor in question is the late Maury Chaykin. While I prefer to remember him for his roles in ‘The Adjuster’, ‘Whale Music’ and the ‘Nero Wolfe’ series, this was the first thing that many Dopers recalled when I posted his obituary here last January. > > DQ: Are you a philanthropist? No, I am not a philanthropist. 1. Male 2. Real person 3. Born in the 20th century 4. Vaguely, sort-of involved in “the arts” (only if you define “the arts” broadly and loosely) 5. American 6. Not a philanthropist ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/412 "2011-06-20T14:37:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did your thinking on the theory of naval power strongly influence Theodore Roosevelt? No, I’m not… whoever that is. Ask a DQ. ---
**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 21, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/413 "2011-06-21T00:47:52Z")
IQ: Is your grandfather very clean? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/414 "2011-06-21T02:11:37Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Were you to Monty Hall what Vanna White is to Pat Sajak? This reference is to the lovely Carol Merrill, who would point to packages and make sweeping motions before curtains were opened to reveal anything from brand-new cars to zonks. DQ: Are you involved in cartooning (which is loosely one of “the arts”)? IQ: Did the CIA help remove you from power in Iran? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/415 "2011-06-21T02:21:44Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Is your grandfather very clean? No, I am not Paul McCartney. (Love that movie!) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/416 "2011-06-21T02:22:45Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > This reference is to the lovely Carol Merrill, who would point to packages and make sweeping motions before curtains were opened to reveal anything from brand-new cars to zonks. > > DQ: Are you involved in cartooning (which is loosely one of “the arts”)? > > IQ: Did the CIA help remove you from power in Iran? No, I am not in cartooning. And no, I am not Mohammed Mossadegh. 1. Male 2. Real person 3. Born in the 20th century 4. Vaguely, sort-of involved in “the arts” (only if you define “the arts” broadly and loosely) 5. American 6. Not a philanthropist 7. Not involved in cartoons ---
**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 21, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/417 "2011-06-21T02:57:48Z")
IQ: Did your mistress think you mad when you appeared before her cross-gartered and smiling, as you believed she had bid you? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/418 "2011-06-21T04:04:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did your mistress think you mad when you appeared before her cross-gartered and smiling, as you believed she had bid you? No idea- 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 21, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/419 "2011-06-21T04:53:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did your thinking on the theory of naval power strongly influence Theodore Roosevelt? Alfred Thayer Mahan. DQ: Does your last name start with M? IQ: Did George Washington personally ask you, despite your great reluctance, to run for Congress? ---
**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 21, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/420 "2011-06-21T07:30:01Z")
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