# Botticelli - March 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774 "2013-03-01T22:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [March 7, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/101 "2013-03-07T22:26:38Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > J. > > IQ1: Do the Mudders build a statue in honour of you in the town square? > IQ2: Are you a master of Renaissance polyphony? > IQ3: Are you a Canadian Prime Minister? > [@etv78](#): > > Ministre-3 DQs #1 is from ‘Firefly’ - in the episode ‘Jaynestown’, **Jayne Cobb** discovers that the ceramic miners, ‘mudders’, have built a statue of him, and revere him as a Robin Hood-esque folk hero. #2. is **Josquin des Prez** , better known as simply ‘Josquin’. A Franco-Flemish composer of the late 15th/early 16th centuries. He wrote secular love songs, but he is best remembered for his nearly 200 settings of the mass. #3 - Well, actually, there are several - **Sir John A. MacDonald** was the first Prime Minister of Canada. DQ1 - Were you born before 1950? DQ2 - Are you known for your contributions to The Arts, broadly defined? DQ3 - Are you European? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/102 "2013-03-07T23:43:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you obnoxious and disliked? > IQ2: Did you go boating with a dog and two other men? > IQ3: Were you married to the Father of Lions? > [@etv78](#): > > SCA-3 DQs John [Adams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQbYgLae1u0). Jerome K Jerome, author of _Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)_. Joy Adamson. Three DQs reserved pending answers to those already asked. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/103 "2013-03-07T23:59:33Z")
There is a very popular rock quartet, where 3 of the 4 members have names which begin with ‘J’. Are you the three members of this band? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/104 "2013-03-08T04:19:07Z")
**Ministre** -I’m a non European born after 1950. Not known for my contributions to the Arts as we define that term. I’m not in that band (unsure if this earns a DQ) ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/105 "2013-03-08T04:22:19Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for your 42-line Bible? > IQ2: Are you the only confirmed human that lived past 120? > IQ3: Did you write a novel that included the characters of Pierre Aronnax and Ned Land? Johannes Gutenberg, Jeanne Calment and Jules Verne respectively. DQ1: Are you involved in politics? DQ2: Are you from the American continent? DQ3: Born after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/106 "2013-03-08T04:35:36Z")
I’m not a politician I’m not from the New World (North and South America+Carribean) I was born after 1980 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/107 "2013-03-08T05:14:13Z")
Hey **etv** , can you keep up the list of answered DQs? IQ1: Are you the author of a trilogy of novels set in Chamisaville County, New Mexico? IQ2: Are you the president of a fictional California outlaw motorcycle gang? IQ3: Did God totally fuck up your life on a bet? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/108 "2013-03-08T05:23:15Z")
DQ1: Sports? DQ2: Asian? One DQ still reserved. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/109 "2013-03-08T06:10:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your good friend never understand a single word you said? > Were you mocked by Bryant Gumbel? > Were you an ardent abolitionist, unlike your fellow Marylander Roger Taney? > [@etv78](#): > > Elendil-I’m not Jane Pauley or John Brown, DQ for other one. “Jeremiah was a bullfrog / was a good friend of mine…” I’ll rephrase this one below. John Brown wasn’t from Maryland; I was thinking of Johns Hopkins. Two DQs reserved, pending answers to the others already asked. IQs: Were you a man mocked by Bryant Gumbel? Did you serve as an aide to your famous father, and as a diplomat, before achieving a top job? Did you lie about funding an opposition newspaper until the editor ratted you out? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/110 "2013-03-08T07:11:12Z")
Nerd and EH-3 DQs each! I’m not from Asia, and I’m not an athlete Review of known info ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/111 "2013-03-08T07:20:57Z")
Known info 1.Real 2.Not American 3.Living 4.1st name begins “J” 5.Not European 6.Born after 1950 (superseeded below) 7.Not in Arts 8.Not a politician 9.Not from New World (i.e. the Americas) 10.Born after 1980 11.Not from Asia 12.Not an athlete ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/112 "2013-03-08T08:10:57Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Known info > > 1.Real > 2.Not American > 3.Living > 4.Female > 5.1st name begins “J” > 6.Not European > 7.Born after 1950 (superseeded below) > 8.Not in Arts > 9.Not a politician > 10.Not from New World (i.e. the Americas) > 11.Born after 1980 > 12.Not from Asia > 13.Not an athlete added gender ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/113 "2013-03-08T11:53:49Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > There is a very popular rock quartet, where 3 of the 4 members have names which begin with ‘J’. > Are you the three members of this band? > [@etv78](#): > > **Ministre** -I’m a non European born after 1950. Not known for my contributions to the Arts as we define that term. > > I’m not in that band (unsure if this earns a DQ) I’ll put it a better way… IQ1: Are you the guitarist of an extremely popular rock band? IQ2: Are you the drummer of the same extremely popular rock band? IQ3: Are you a multi-instrumentalist of the same extremely popular rock band? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/114 "2013-03-08T12:50:54Z")
IQ1: Did you carry a bow and a broadsword into combat during WW II? IQ2: Were you born in Angola after your parents were marooned there following a mutiny aboard the ship on which they were passengers? IQ3: Were you the Swedish nightingale? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/115 "2013-03-08T13:00:52Z")
Thanks for the summary. > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Are you the author of a trilogy of novels set in Chamisaville County, New Mexico? > IQ2: Are you the president of a fictional California outlaw motorcycle gang? > IQ3: Did God totally fuck up your life on a bet? 1. John Nichols 2. Jax Teller (Sons of Anarchy) 3. Job DQ: Are you African? DQ: Are you a media figure? Third DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/116 "2013-03-08T14:22:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a man mocked by Bryant Gumbel? > Did you serve as an aide to your famous father, and as a diplomat, before achieving a top job? > Did you lie about funding an opposition newspaper until the editor ratted you out? Jerry Seinfeld, in the “puffy shirt” episode. John Quincy Adams. Thomas Jefferson, while serving as Secretary of State in Washington’s Cabinet. Three DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/117 "2013-03-08T17:20:31Z")
Min and SC-3 DQs each Nerd-Not African, not a journalist ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/118 "2013-03-08T18:01:51Z")
IQ1: Were you Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda? IQ2: Were you a famous Catalan sculptor? IQ3: Did you direct the film Breathless, one of the most influential of the French New Wave? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/119 "2013-03-08T18:21:13Z")
So… 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Living 4. Female 5. First name begins “J” 6. Not European 7. Born after 1950 (superceded below) 8. Not in Arts 9. Not a politician 10. Not from New World (i.e. the Americas) 11. Born after 1980 12. Not from Asia 13. Not an athlete 14. Not African 15. Not a journalist Hmm. My DQs: Famous for a single incident? From the Pacific Ocean region? Winner of a well-known prize of any kind? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774/120 "2013-03-08T18:40:59Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I’ll put it a better way… > > IQ1: Are you the guitarist of an extremely popular rock band? > IQ2: Are you the drummer of the same extremely popular rock band? > IQ3: Are you a multi-instrumentalist of the same extremely popular rock band? > [@etv78](#): > > Min and SC-3 DQs each The band in question is Led Zeppelin, and the musicians are **Jimmy Page** , **John Bonham** and **John Paul Jones** , respectively. I’ll reserve my DQs until we hear about Elendil’s Heir’s most recent answers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2013/651774.md?page=7)