# Botticelli, May 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 22, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753 "2011-05-22T04:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/21 "2011-05-22T21:14:09Z")
Are you one of the Nine Worthies said by Jean de Longuyon to embody the idea of chivalry? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/22 "2011-05-22T22:01:03Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Did you write a famous series of books detailing your career as a english country vet? No, I’m not James Herriott, with my arm inside a cow up to my shoulder for the umpteenth time. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/23 "2011-05-22T22:02:06Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you a composer of music? No, I’m not G.F. Handel, writer of the sublime “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,” “Zadok the Priest,” and _Messiah_. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/24 "2011-05-22T22:03:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Has it been speculated that you had Parkinson’s Disease (or possibly syphilis), and did you commit suicide? You got me. 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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/25 "2011-05-22T22:04:07Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > …So, if it’s a DQ: Were you born before 100 BCE? You got it. 1. Born before 100 BCE. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/26 "2011-05-22T22:05:10Z")
Did you rule Egypt as a Pharaoh only to have your successors attempt to remove any trace of your reign after your death? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/27 "2011-05-22T22:05:26Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > Are you one of the Nine Worthies said by Jean de Longuyon to embody the idea of chivalry? Ooo, I should know this. Roland was one of them, right? Damn. No, I’m not… Hermes (the knight, not the Greek god)? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/28 "2011-05-22T22:06:27Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Did you rule Egypt as a Pharaoh only to have your successors attempt to remove any trace of your reign after your death? No, I’m not Hetshetput (sp). ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/29 "2011-05-22T22:08:08Z")
Did you write a famous treatise on the art of poetry? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/30 "2011-05-22T22:11:57Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Did you write a famous treatise on the art of poetry? No, I’m not Harold Carpenter. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/31 "2011-05-22T22:13:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You got me. Ask a DQ. Adolf Hitler. DQ: Are you female? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/32 "2011-05-22T22:15:18Z")
I was not thinking of harold carpenter but the person I was thinking of wasn’t born before 100 BCE anyway. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/33 "2011-05-22T22:27:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Adolf Hitler. > > DQ: Are you female? Ah, yes. 1. Born before 100 BCE. 2. 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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/34 "2011-05-22T22:28:36Z")
IQ: Are you an Irish poet? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/35 "2011-05-22T22:29:00Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I was not thinking of harold carpenter but the person I was thinking of wasn’t born before 100 BCE anyway. Doesn’t have to be. You aren’t constrained in your IQs by the parameters established by already-answered DQs. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/36 "2011-05-22T22:30:04Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Are you an Irish poet? No, I’m not Seamus Heaney. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/37 "2011-05-22T22:36:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ah, yes. > > 1. Born before 100 BCE. > 2. Male. Clarification: Yes, you are female? Or no, you are 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:** [May 22, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/38 "2011-05-22T22:37:20Z")
A logistical question - I have played Botticelli many times on long drives while on tour, and the ‘house rules’ are always slightly different. I’m assuming that when we stump the Chooser, we must name the person that we had in mind. That being said, are we allowed to ask the same kind of indirect question more than once? I have played where the game was structured rather like Hangman - we couldn’t repeat a category, and once we couldn’t come up with an unused category, the Chooser was declared the winner. I have also played where you could keep repeating a category - composers beginning with ‘B’, for example, is a pretty rich field. I will abide by whatever the Chooser declares… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/39 "2011-05-22T22:44:30Z")
Are you a poet who lived about four centuries before Herodotus? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/40 "2011-05-23T00:20:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ooo, I should know this. Roland was one of them, right? Damn. No, I’m not… Hermes (the knight, not the Greek god)? Good guess, but nope. Hector (of Troy). DQ: Are you the leader/monarch of a nation or empire? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753.md?page=3)