# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/101 "2011-05-23T22:44:41Z")
Did you say many ‘Good Nights’? ---
**Author:** ![Cato\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cato\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cato_Major)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/102 "2011-05-24T01:18:33Z")
Was exposing spiritualists a hobby of yours? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/103 "2011-05-24T01:23:58Z")
IQ: Are you famous for playing a man who came in with, and went out with, the same astronomical phenomenon? ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/104 "2011-05-24T04:16:18Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > Systeme International (there’s an accent I’m missing), essentially “metric Scientific units”. I can’t guarantee that the person I’m thinking of (there are at least three off the top of my head) actually has an SI unit, though, you can take a crack at “Scientific unit” if you like. > > If not, DQ: Are you known for holding a government/political office? Fair enough. Dunno the answer under that heading, either. 1. Born after 100 BCE 2. Male 3. Not the leader/monarch of a nation or empire 4. American 5. Dead 6. Not celebrated for accomplishments in the arts (visual arts, music, literature, etc.) 7. Not born in the 20th century 8. Not famous in the fields of science or technology 9. Did not die between Jan. 1, 1800 and Jan. 1, 1900 10. Invented something, but not best known for that 11. Nonfictional 12. Born in the 19th century 13. Not known for wartime accomplishments 14. Not famous for sporting accomplishments 15. Not known for holding a government/political office ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/105 "2011-05-24T04:17:20Z")
Please, folks, label questions as either IQ (indirect questions) or DQ (direct questions). > [@astorian](#): > > Did your work inspire the name of the pop group Thompson Twins? No, I’m not Herge, the Belgian cartoonist behind Tintin. ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/106 "2011-05-24T04:18:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you play on the single that won the Grammy as Best Recording for six consecutive years? No, I’m not Herb Albert. ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/107 "2011-05-24T04:19:58Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Did you say many ‘Good Nights’? No, I’m not that guy from _The Waltons_… Henry Thomas? ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/108 "2011-05-24T04:20:59Z")
> [@Cato\_Major](#): > > Was exposing spiritualists a hobby of yours? No, I’m not Harry Houdini. ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/109 "2011-05-24T04:24:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Are you famous for playing a man who came in with, and went out with, the same astronomical phenomenon? No, I’m not Hal Holbrook, famous for often playing Mark Twain, who was born and died in years in which Halley’s Comet appeared. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/110 "2011-05-24T05:39:14Z")
Just to give a name for a unit, I was thinking of Joseph Henry (Henry is the unit of inductance). IQ: Did you ever serve on the Supreme Court of the United States? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/111 "2011-05-24T05:53:15Z")
IQ: Were you known for having files on everyone and possibly being a transvestite? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/112 "2011-05-24T08:00:45Z")
IQ: Did you help debunk the Santa Claus myth in 1909? ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/113 "2011-05-24T13:04:57Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > Just to give a name for a unit, I was thinking of Joseph Henry (Henry is the unit of inductance). > > IQ: Did you ever serve on the Supreme Court of the United States? Did you mean this to be a DQ? Otherwise, no, I’m not Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/114 "2011-05-24T13:06:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Were you known for having files on everyone and possibly being a transvestite? No, I’m not J. Edgar Hoover. The Master speaks: [Was J. Edgar Hoover a cross-dresser? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2423/was-j-edgar-hoover-a-cross-dresser) ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/115 "2011-05-24T13:08:09Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ: Did you help debunk the Santa Claus myth in 1909? No, I’m not H.L. Mencken. ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/116 "2011-05-24T13:40:00Z")
IQ: Did you work with Billy, Ira, and Carl in the 1920s? ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/117 "2011-05-24T14:35:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you mean this to be a DQ? > > Otherwise, no, I’m not Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. No, that was an IQ. I just realized I’d never named a specific person for the unit question. IQ: Did you write stories about going from rags to riches? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/118 "2011-05-24T14:53:13Z")
IQ: Did you lose your best friend in the Seine? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/119 "2011-05-24T14:53:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m not Herb Albert. Actually, Herb Alpert is not the correct answer. It was session drummer Hal Blaine who played on six consecutive Grammy Records of the Year. Oddly enough, ONE of those records WAS made by Herb alpert! 1965- Hal played drums of Herb Alpert’s “Taste of Honey” 1966- Hal played drums on Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night” 1967- Hal played drums on the Fifth Dimension’s “Up, Up and Away” 1968- Hal played drums on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” 1969- Hal played on the Fifth Dimentsion’s “Aquarius” 1970- Hal played on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” I’ll be presumptuous and give myself a DQ: DQ: Are you generally regarded as a villain/bad guy? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/120 "2011-05-24T14:55:33Z")
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