# Botticelli May 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458 "2016-04-29T22:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/161 "2016-05-17T12:27:10Z")
That was my game guess. I really can’t think of any other 70’s song characters whose last name begins with C. IQ1: According to Lynyrd Skynyrd, are you the finest picker to ever play the blues? IQ2: Do you implore Heathcliff to come home in Kate Bush’s _Wuthering Heights_? IQ3: Did Simon & Garfunkle sing that you “were breaking my heart, you’re shaking my confidence daily?” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/162 "2016-05-17T12:35:06Z")
DQ: Is the artist still active? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/163 "2016-05-18T02:41:04Z")
…Santana? Billy Ocean? …not gettin’ much here… IQs: 1. Are you the girl the Phantom of the Opera’s all agog over? 2. Did you assassinate Marat? 3. Did you direct the first Harry Potter movie? ---
**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 18, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/164 "2016-05-18T04:11:45Z")
I will answer DQ#20, whoever asks it first, but no more. Otherwise we could go five or six over. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > IQ1: According to Lynyrd Skynyrd, are you the finest picker to ever play the blues? > IQ2: Do you implore Heathcliff to come home in Kate Bush’s _Wuthering Heights_? > IQ3: Did Simon & Garfunkle sing that you “were breaking my heart, you’re shaking my confidence daily?” Dunno, not Cathy, and not Cecilia. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Are you the girl the Phantom of the Opera’s all agog over? > 2. Did you assassinate Marat? > 3. Did you direct the first Harry Potter movie? Not Christiane, dunno, and not Chris Columbus. C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from literature 4. last name starts with C 5. not from movies 6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really 7. not from TV 8. from a song 9. not created by an American 10. pop/rock song 11. song composed before 1980 12. original version of the song sung by a man 13. artist not from the UK 14. song charted in the Top 40 in the USA 15. artist is from the Caribbean 16. song charted after 1960 17. song came out after 1970 18. name doesn’t appear in the song title 19. artist not still active According to his Wiki bio, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/165 "2016-05-18T11:27:32Z")
> [@](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Are you the girl the Phantom of the Opera’s all agog over? > 2. Did you assassinate Marat? > 3. Did you direct the first Harry Potter movie? > Not Christiane, dunno, and not Chris Columbus. #1 is Christine Daae. Close enough. #2 was Charlotte Corday. #3 is correct. 1 DQ reserved. Hooboy, this is tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/166 "2016-05-18T12:30:41Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: According to Lynyrd Skynyrd, are you the finest picker to ever play the blues? > IQ2: Do you implore Heathcliff to come home in Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights? > IQ3: Did Simon & Garfunkle sing that you “were breaking my heart, you’re shaking my confidence daily?” > > Dunno, not Cathy, and not Cecilia. Curtis Lowe holding 2 DQs Thinking: is the song Reggae? What is the mystery guest’s relation to the singer? Is the song a ballad? Were there covers? ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/167 "2016-05-19T13:53:22Z")
All good questions. Please ask the final earned DQ, somebody, in the next 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/168 "2016-05-19T15:42:42Z")
DQ1: Were there covers of the song? DQ2: Is the character considered a friend of the singer? ---
**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 19, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/169 "2016-05-19T16:24:48Z")
C. 1. fictional 2. male 3. not from literature 4. last name starts with C 5. not from movies 6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really 7. not from TV 8. from a song 9. not created by an American 10. pop/rock song 11. song composed before 1980 12. original version of the song sung by a man 13. artist not from the UK 14. song charted in the Top 40 in the USA 15. artist is from the Caribbean 16. song charted after 1960 17. song came out after 1970 18. name doesn’t appear in the song title 19. artist not still active 20. there have been covers of the song OK, that’s 20 DQs. Discuss amongst yourselves, but please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions, one apiece, within 48 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/170 "2016-05-19T20:05:47Z")
I’ve been thinking on this for days. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/171 "2016-05-19T23:03:17Z")
I feel a :smack: moment coming, not that I think I have any right to answer anyway, since I didn’t ask any questions. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/172 "2016-05-19T23:05:27Z")
Hey, Johnny, you can have mine. And Welcome To The Game! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/173 "2016-05-19T23:08:28Z")
I doubt I’m any closer than you are at this point. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/174 "2016-05-20T01:59:14Z")
I concede. ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/175 "2016-05-20T13:03:04Z")
Anyone else…? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/176 "2016-05-20T13:36:17Z")
I think that’s everyone. SCAdian’s still on hiatus. ---
**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 20, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/177 "2016-05-20T15:44:41Z")
Should I go ahead and tell you now, then? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/178 "2016-05-20T15:57:30Z")
Yes, please. ---
**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 21, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/179 "2016-05-21T05:16:55Z")
"There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung…" (I would’ve accepted either name). http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/carl+douglas/kung+fu+fighting\_20588975.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung\_Fu\_Fighting ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458/180 "2016-05-21T08:11:25Z")
No, that was a total whoosh. 🙂 I remember the song well enough, but I get lost after the first stanza or two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2016/753458.md?page=10)