# Botticelli October 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 3, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437 "2011-10-03T15:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/61 "2011-10-07T16:45:48Z")
Good job, **astorian**! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/62 "2011-10-07T18:40:39Z")
I had to look up Dizzy Dean’s Wikipedia entry to see EXACTLY what his name was. But once all the obvious “J” Hall of Famers were eliminated, I figured I had to try guys who were known primarily by nicknames. I didn’t know that his name was “Jay Hanna.” In fact, I vaguely thought his real first name was Jerome.I’m pretty sure his brother Daffy’s real first name was Paul. Anyway, time for a new game. The new letter is… G ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/63 "2011-10-07T19:34:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I had to look up Dizzy Dean’s Wikipedia entry to see EXACTLY what his name was. \ In fact, I vaguely thought his real first name was Jerome.I’m pretty sure his brother Daffy’s real first name was Paul. I remember reading it was Jerome as well. We had a book called [_The Greatest Cardinals of Them All_](http://www.flickr.com/photos/baseballart/5211966070/) in our elementary school library, and that’s probably where I saw the apparent error. I think the book also contained a reference to the quote about “Me and Paul” on [this page](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quodean.shtml), although I recall it as “Me and Paul will win it all”, not a prediction of a combined victory total. > [@](#): > > Anyway, time for a new game. The new letter is… > > G IQ: When sent a telegram inquiring about your age, did you reply “Old (name) fine. You?”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/64 "2011-10-07T20:04:44Z")
“How Old Cary Grant?” “Old Cary Grant Fine. How You?” Great story, but I’m not Cary Grant. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/65 "2011-10-07T20:24:54Z")
Nice job, Astorian! I kinda liked Hunter for the historic value, but oh well. Moving on… IQ1: While doing time in federal prison, were you fond of singing the Horst Wessel song in the shower? IQ2: Did you speak your last words, “let’s do it”, in January of 1977? IQ3: Did you work as a hatmaker before becoming world welterweight champ? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/66 "2011-10-07T20:29:23Z")
A softball: IQ: Do you believe that no ga-news is good ga-news? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/67 "2011-10-07T20:57:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > A softball: > > IQ: Do you believe that no ga-news is good ga-news? YOU think it’s a softball, but I had to look it up. I never saw the show, and had never heard of Gary Gnu before. So, 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:** [October 7, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/68 "2011-10-07T20:58:56Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ1: While doing time in federal prison, were you fond of singing the Horst Wessel song in the shower? > > IQ2: Did you speak your last words, “let’s do it”, in January of 1977? > > IQ3: Did you work as a hatmaker before becoming world welterweight champ? Q2: No, I’m not.. Gary Gilmore? I don’t have any idea on the other two, so ask two DQs. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/69 "2011-10-07T21:49:15Z")
DQ: are you real? IQ: Are you known for your longevity and your ditzy wife? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/70 "2011-10-07T21:58:40Z")
IQ: Are you bigger than big, taller than tall, quicker than quick, stronger than strong? IQ: Did your government ban you from its space program to prevent your death in an space accident, only for you to be killed in a plane crash? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/71 "2011-10-07T22:03:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > DQ: are you real? > > IQ: Are you known for your longevity and your ditzy wife? yes, I’m a real person. But I’m not George Burns ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/72 "2011-10-07T22:04:42Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you bigger than big, taller than tall, quicker than quick, stronger than strong? > > IQ: Did your government ban you from its space program to prevent your death in an space accident, only for you to be killed in a plane crash? Not Gigantor (Loved Dr. Bob Brilliant!) And not Yuri Gagarin. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/73 "2011-10-07T22:06:52Z")
IQ: Did Bruce Springsteen write your last chart hit in 1982? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/74 "2011-10-07T22:16:00Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Q2: No, I’m not.. Gary Gilmore? > I don’t have any idea on the other two, so ask two DQs. Gilmore is right. The other two are G Gordon Liddy and Emile Griffith, respectively. DQ1: Are you male? DQ2: Are you American? I wouldn’t have got Gary Gnu, either. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/75 "2011-10-07T23:07:43Z")
IQ: Did your critically acclaimed film spur the resurgence of an American terrorist organization? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/76 "2011-10-08T01:22:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I had to look up Dizzy Dean’s Wikipedia entry to see EXACTLY what his name was. But once all the obvious “J” Hall of Famers were eliminated, I figured I had to try guys who were known primarily by nicknames. I didn’t know that his name was “Jay Hanna.”… Um… you know you’re not supposed to do any research, right? Just to go on what you know from memory? Well. Too late now, I guess. IQ: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips? IQ: Were you notorious among your friends for your very, very thick wallet? IQ: Did you make headlines for stealing a kiss from a royal person? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/77 "2011-10-08T02:39:45Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Did Bruce Springsteen write your last chart hit in 1982? You better watch your step, you better stay in line… whoa, whoa, this little girl is miiiine… What? Oh, sorry. No, I’m not Gary “U.S.” Bonds ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/78 "2011-10-08T02:40:52Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Gilmore is right. The other two are G Gordon Liddy and Emile Griffith, respectively. > > DQ1: Are you male? > DQ2: Are you American? > > I wouldn’t have got Gary Gnu, either. Yes, male. No, Not American 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/79 "2011-10-08T02:41:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Did your critically acclaimed film spur the resurgence of an American terrorist organization? Not D.W. (“Birth of a Nation”) Griffith ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/80 "2011-10-08T02:43:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Um… you know you’re not supposed to do any research, right? Just to go on what you know from memory? > > Well. Too late now, I guess. > IQ: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips? > > IQ: Were you notorious among your friends for your very, very thick wallet? > > IQ: Did you make headlines for stealing a kiss from a royal person? If I’d said Jerome “Dizzy” Dean, would you have taken it? Anyway, I’m stumped by all 3 questions, so ask 3 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437.md?page=5)