# Botticelli November 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 3, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721 "2011-11-03T07:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/61 "2011-11-10T22:28:16Z")
Garbo’s right. Gabrielle Giffords and George Carlin. DQ: Are you male? DQ: Are you living? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/62 "2011-11-10T22:58:17Z")
IQ: Were you the creative force behind Tubeway Army? IQ: Did you direct a shot-for-shot remake of one of the most famous thrillers in cinema history? IQ: Are you the British version of Godzilla, destroying London instead of Tokyo? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/63 "2011-11-11T01:49:25Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Garbo’s right. > > Gabrielle Giffords and George Carlin. > DQ: Are you male? > DQ: Are you living? 1. Male 2. Dead ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/64 "2011-11-11T01:50:25Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Were you the creative force behind Tubeway Army? > > IQ: Did you direct a shot-for-shot remake of one of the most famous thrillers in cinema history? > > IQ: Are you the British version of Godzilla, destroying London instead of Tokyo? Not Gus Van Sant, and not Gorgo. But take a DQ for #1. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/65 "2011-11-11T01:57:58Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Were you the creative force behind Tubeway Army? > [@astorian](#): > > But take a DQ for #1. You are not early new-waver Gary Numan, best known for his solo hit “Cars”. Tubeway Army was the band he was in before going solo. DQ: Real person? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/66 "2011-11-11T03:25:19Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > You are not early new-waver Gary Numan, best known for his solo hit “Cars”. Tubeway Army was the band he was in before going solo. > > DQ: Real person? 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Real person ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/67 "2011-11-11T19:58:19Z")
Is your autobiography titled: “I never wanted to be Vice President of anything”? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/68 "2011-11-11T21:18:02Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did your original name mean “He Who Yawns”? > [@astorian](#): > > I don’t know he who yawns, so ask one DQ. “He who yawns” is the translation of “Goyaałé”, the Chiracahua-language name of Geronimo. DQ: Were you known for athletic accomplishments? IQ: Was your then-new invention an attraction at the World’s Columbian Exposition? IQ: When advised to “go see (your name)”, did you reply, “I am (your name)”? IQ: Were you the brother of a race-car driver for whom an automobile marque was named? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/69 "2011-11-12T03:19:34Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Is your autobiography titled: “I never wanted to be Vice President of anything”? DOn’t know this one- ask a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/70 "2011-11-12T03:21:39Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > DQ: Were you known for athletic accomplishments? No. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Real person 4. Not known for any involvement in sports > [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Was your then-new invention an attraction at the World’s Columbian Exposition? Not George Ferris (as in Ferris wheel) > [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: When advised to “go see (your name)”, did you reply, “I am (your name)”? > > IQ: Were you the brother of a race-car driver for whom an automobile marque was named? Take two DQs for these ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/71 "2011-11-12T09:06:09Z")
IQ: Are you the sculptor responsible for a sculpture prominently featured in the climax of a Hitchcock film? IQ: Did a US president once say that you were a nice enough fellow, but you spent too much time playing football without a helmet? IQ: Are you a better man than I am? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/72 "2011-11-12T16:57:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you the sculptor responsible for a sculpture prominently featured in the climax of a Hitchcock film? > > IQ: Did a US president once say that you were a nice enough fellow, but you spent too much time playing football without a helmet? > > IQ: Are you a better man than I am? Not Gerald Ford or Gunga Din. But since I can’t remember the first name of the guy who built Mount Rushmore (his last name was… Borglund, or something like that?), take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/73 "2011-11-12T19:15:38Z")
IQ: Did you also write _The Tenth Man_? IQ: Did you have a big hit in 1956 with “the Wayward Wind”? IQ: Is something eating you? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/74 "2011-11-12T21:00:15Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: When advised to “go see (your name)”, did you reply, “I am (your name)”? > > IQ: Were you the brother of a race-car driver for whom an automobile marque was named? > [@astorian](#): > > Take two DQs for these Overcome with sadness, Joseph Grimaldi went to a doctor. When advised to go see the great clown Grimaldi (who performed in whiteface), the normal-looking patient revealed his identity. Gaston Chevrolet, a racecar driver and manufacturer himself, was the brother of Louis, who cofounded the Chevrolet company with William Durant in 1911. DQ: Political figure? DQ: Entertainer? IQ: Did you perform two of the maudlin songs of the 1960-80 era, one of which was devoted to a child’s development, the other to a woman you loved? IQ: Did you record the song _Ghosts of Cape Horn_? IQ: Are you a baseball great whose middle name is Moses? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/75 "2011-11-12T21:44:40Z")
Were you the heir to one of the richest Americans of all time? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/76 "2011-11-12T23:15:28Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ: Did you also write _The Tenth Man_? > > IQ: Did you have a big hit in 1956 with “the Wayward Wind”? > > IQ: Is something eating you? Not Gilbert Grape, and not Gogi Grant. But take a DQ for “The Tenth Man.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/77 "2011-11-12T23:16:49Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Overcome with sadness, Joseph Grimaldi went to a doctor. When advised to go see the great clown Grimaldi (who performed in whiteface), the normal-looking patient revealed his identity. > > Gaston Chevrolet, a racecar driver and manufacturer himself, was the brother of Louis, who cofounded the Chevrolet company with William Durant in 1911. > > DQ: Political figure? > > DQ: Entertainer? 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Real Person 4. Not involved in sports 5. Not an entertainer of any kind. 6. Not a politician, but a very important political figure anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/78 "2011-11-12T23:23:27Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > But since I can’t remember the first name of the guy who built Mount Rushmore (his last name was… Borglund, or something like that?), take a DQ. Gutzon Borglum was the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/79 "2011-11-13T02:42:27Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did you perform two of the maudlin songs of the 1960-80 era, one of which was devoted to a child’s development, the other to a woman you loved? > > IQ: Did you record the song _Ghosts of Cape Horn_? > > IQ: Are you a baseball great whose middle name is Moses? Not Bobby Goldsboro (“Watching Scotty Grow” and “Honey”) Take a DQ for the other 2. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721/80 "2011-11-13T02:44:19Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Were you the heir to one of the richest Americans of all time? I SHOULD be able to come up with SOME acceptable answer to such a broad question, but I can’t (“Melvin Gummar?”) So, ask a DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2011/601721.md?page=5)