# 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:** 29
**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 29, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/561 "2011-06-29T04:40:55Z")
I strongly encourage you to keep updating this list of answered DQs: 1. A real person 2. Born in the 20th century 3. Female 4. Born in the U.S. 5. Alive in 2011 6. Not involved in politics 7. Not an athlete 8. Not an author The person whose dad had remarkable mechanical abilities was Jemima Potts, the little girl from _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang._ DQ: An entertainer (actress, singer, songwriter, playwright, etc.)? IQ: Did you take a tour of Vermont with your political mentor, both for politics and for love of science? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/562 "2011-06-29T05:08:14Z")
She has never toured Vermont, and is only cursorly involved in the “arts”. ---
**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 29, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/563 "2011-06-29T07:20:38Z")
IQ: Are you known for your mastery of French cooking? ---
**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 29, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/564 "2011-06-29T13:45:36Z")
James Madison toured Vermont with Thomas Jefferson in 1791, just after it became a U.S. state. They went as naturalists, but also to assess the political situation in the state. = Sigh = J is: 1. A real person 2. Born in the 20th century 3. Female 4. Born in the U.S. 5. Alive in 2011 6. Not involved in politics 7. Not an athlete 8. Not an author 9. Only cursorily involved in the “arts” DQ: Last name begins with J? IQ: When you had some personal difficulties, was your part rewritten for your “brother”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/565 "2011-06-29T14:30:53Z")
Were you the quarterback of the last all-white team to win the NCAA Division 1 college football championship? ---
**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 29, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/566 "2011-06-29T16:56:45Z")
IQ: Are you known as The Hedgehog? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/567 "2011-06-29T17:47:23Z")
I am not Julia Child or Ron Jeremy (my mom would kill me for knowing who Ron is) BTW, “J” is my 1st initial. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/568 "2011-06-29T17:48:33Z")
**Elendil** and **astorian** -DQ please. ---
**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 29, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/569 "2011-06-29T18:18:42Z")
IQ: Are you a Catalan painter who lived to be 90? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/570 "2011-06-29T18:23:57Z")
I am not Pablo Picasso ---
**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 29, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/571 "2011-06-29T18:49:30Z")
Picasso conspicuously lacks a ‘J’ for an initial. Also, he was not Catalan, he was Spanish. ---
**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 30, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/572 "2011-06-30T00:29:21Z")
IQ: Are you the Father of the American Navy? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/573 "2011-06-30T00:37:32Z")
I am not John Paul Jones ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/574 "2011-06-30T01:31:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Are you the granddaughter of vaudevillean Mickey Katz? This refers to Jennifer Grey, whose father Joel changed the family surname. DQ: Do you generally appear on television, as opposed to film, the stage, etc.? IQ: Are you a woman who pleads to “cry me a river”? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/575 "2011-06-30T01:35:09Z")
I’ve appeared in film/TV b4 (thanx imdb!) but it is not my bread and butter. I don’t expect you to “cry me a river”. ---
**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 30, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/576 "2011-06-30T03:13:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* IQ: Are you a Catalan painter who lived to be 90? > > **etv78** I am not Pablo Picasso > **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** Picasso conspicuously lacks a ‘J’ for an initial. Also, he was not Catalan, he was Spanish. **Joan Miró** is the Catalan painter who lived to be 90. I’d like to ask you another DQ. So far - 1. A real person 2. Born in the 20th century 3. Female 4. Born in the U.S. 5. Alive in 2011 6. Not involved in politics 7. Not an athlete 8. Not an author 9. Only cursorily involved in the “arts” 10. Has appeared in film/TV before but it is not my bread and butter. 11. J may be a first or last initial; answer pending. DQ: Are you a scientist? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/577 "2011-06-30T03:26:06Z")
I am not a scientist. I’ve already mentioned: “J” is my 1st initial. (see post #564) ---
**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 30, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/578 "2011-06-30T13:26:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: When you had some personal difficulties, was your part rewritten for your “brother”? When actor Jeremy Brett was wrestling with some personal demons, some scenes of the Granada TV production of _Sherlock Holmes_ were rewritten for Charles Gray, who played his brother, Mycroft Holmes. 1. A real person 2. Born in the 20th century 3. Female 4. Born in the U.S. 5. Alive in 2011 6. Not involved in politics 7. Not an athlete 8. Not an author 9. Only cursorily involved in the “arts” 10. Has appeared in film/TV before but it is not my bread and butter 11. “J” is my first initial DQ: Married to someone who’s famous in his own right? IQ: Were you once told you couldn’t use a phone which you were actually entitled to use? ---
**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 30, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/579 "2011-06-30T17:22:11Z")
IQ: Were you the Warrior Pope? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2011/584366/580 "2011-06-30T18:27:23Z")
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