# 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:** 7
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/121 "2011-05-24T14:57:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Actually, Herb Alpert is not the correct answer. > > I’ll be presumptuous and give myself a DQ: Not my thread, but: > [@](#): > > 2-I1): If the Chooser knows someone for whom the Guesser’s initials apply – _whether or not those initials might apply to the Chooser’s chosen Identity_ – the Chooser may answer: “No, I am not \” and that particular Guesser remains in Indirect Mode. ---
**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, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/122 "2011-05-24T17:05:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > IQ: Did you work with Billy, Ira, and Carl in the 1920s? No, I’m not Harpo Marx. ---
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/123 "2011-05-24T17:08:13Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > … > IQ: Did you write stories about going from rags to riches? No, I’m not Horatio Alger. ---
**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, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/124 "2011-05-24T17:15:23Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ: Did you lose your best friend in the Seine? No, I’m not… Hercule Poirot? ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/125 "2011-05-24T17:17:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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!.. > > I’ll be presumptuous and give myself a DQ: > > DQ: Are you generally regarded as a villain/bad guy? You got me. **Johnny L.A.** , since my answer was incorrect, he’s earned his DQ. 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 16. Not generally regarded as a villain/bad guy ---
**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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/126 "2011-05-24T17:22:06Z")
IQ: Are you guy who runs the train company, whose guys are the guys in the question “Who are those guys”? ---
**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, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/127 "2011-05-24T17:24:53Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Did Roger Moore try to seduce you on a cruise ship? No, I’m not Hope Davis. ---
**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, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/128 "2011-05-24T17:29:12Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > IQ: Are you guy who runs the train company, whose guys are the guys in the question “Who are those guys”? No, I’m not Mr. E.H. Harriman in _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_. ---
**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, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/129 "2011-05-24T17:30:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You got me. **Johnny L.A.** , since my answer was incorrect, he’s earned his DQ. Your answer, Harpo Marx, was also incorrect. However I consider my IQ to have been too vague, and so I won’t take a DQ for it. Let me try again. In addition to working with Billy, Ira, and Carl in the '20s, did you ever refuse to admit a flight surgeon to your quarters after you suffered a heart attack? ---
**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, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/130 "2011-05-24T18:01:40Z")
IQ: Are you one of the Big Four? ---
**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, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/131 "2011-05-24T18:15:45Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > …[IQ] In addition to working with Billy, Ira, and Carl in the '20s, did you ever refuse to admit a flight surgeon to your quarters after you suffered a heart attack? No, I’m not Billie Holiday. ---
**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, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/132 "2011-05-24T18:17:12Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > IQ: Are you one of the Big Four? No, I’m still not Harry S Truman. ---
**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/133 "2011-05-24T18:34:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m not… Hercule Poirot? Nope - Horation Hornblower - who’s best friend and Able Sidekick William Bush died during a raid on a French army seige train on the Seine River in _Lord Hornblower._ DQ - Did you die between Jan 1, 1900 and Jan 1, 1950? ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/134 "2011-05-24T18:36:12Z")
IQ: Did you spend La Belle Epoque with the Little Birds? ---
**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, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/135 "2011-05-24T18:51:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, I’m not H.L. Mencken. I don’t know what Mencken did that year, but I had in mind Matthew Henson, who went with Peary to the North Pole and encountered not so much as an elf. ---
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/136 "2011-05-24T18:58:14Z")
Darn it, that question was too open. IQ: Is your name on the Last Spike? ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/137 "2011-05-24T19:00:00Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Nope - Horation Hornblower … > > DQ - Did you die between Jan 1, 1900 and Jan 1, 1950? Was Horation the brother of Horatio? 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 16. Not generally regarded as a villain/bad guy 17. Did not die between Jan. 1, 1900 and Jan. 1, 1950 Three more questions to go. ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/138 "2011-05-24T19:01:02Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I don’t know what Mencken did that year, but I had in mind Matthew Henson, who went with Peary to the North Pole and encountered not so much as an elf… OK, 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 24, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/139 "2011-05-24T19:02:31Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > …IQ: Is your name on the Last Spike? Is that the same as the Golden Spike that finished the Transcontinental Railroad? Let’s see… no, I’m not President Benjamin Harrison. ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2011/582753/140 "2011-05-24T19:10:48Z")
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