# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/101 "2011-10-09T12:18:30Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > On reflection, I realize I got the quote wrong. It should be “This never happened to the other fellow”. I’ll let you have another shot. Sigh… it was nice of you to give me another chance, but I feel guilty for getting it now. Not George Lazenby from “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/102 "2011-10-09T18:17:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > For the first question, I assume it was the leader of the Vandals, but I don’t know his name. Ask a DQ. Yes, it was Genseric and his Vandals. DQ: Are you famous for either math or science? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/103 "2011-10-09T18:19:53Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Yes, it was Genseric and his Vandals. > > DQ: Are you famous for either math or science? No 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. Dead 6. Not an entertainer 7. Not known as a writer of any kind. 8. Not involved with math or science ---
**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 9, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/104 "2011-10-09T21:51:58Z")
IQ1: Do you display feline behavior despite being a mollusk? IQ2: Did a fictional serial killer frequently whistle a song originally associated with you? IQ3: Did you compose the song referenced in IQ2? ---
**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 9, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/105 "2011-10-09T22:57:53Z")
> [@](#): > > If there was a real life Bluebeard, I don’t know his name. Ask a DQ. > Reply With Quote You are not Gilles de Rais. DQ: Did you live in the 20th Century? IQ: Is there a calendar named after you? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/106 "2011-10-10T01:39:15Z")
You left “Not known for politics or military exploits” out of your last few summaries. IQ: Were you the “Lonesome” guy frequently in the bottom left-handed corner on the _Hollywood Squares_ board? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/107 "2011-10-10T01:48:41Z")
IQ: Did you lose two of three title fights to Tony Zale? IQ: Are you the guy who said “We are as near to heaven by sea as by land”? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/108 "2011-10-10T02:13:45Z")
IQ: Are you a famous TV Chef? ---
**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 10, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/109 "2011-10-10T03:07:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Does the same actor provide both your voice and that of your owner, neither of you being human?.. > > IQ: Did you leave your home behind as a museum, but with very strict rules for those who ran it after your death? > > IQ: Were you “the Welsh Wizard”? The voice of Gary, the pet snail on _SpongeBob SquarePants_, is done by Tom Kenny, who also does SpongeBob’s voice. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is pretty famous. Correct as to David Lloyd George. N.B.: As **Sternvogel** noted, you dropped this earlier DQ answer from your list: 7. Not known for politics or military exploits DQ: British? DQ: Thinker/philosopher? Three new IQs: IQ: Did you once get stuck with the same needle just used on on a coworker? IQ: Did you fail in your task to collect money from one of your boss’s debtors? IQ: Did you mark tiny whips in your journals on nights when you might have been up to no good? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/110 "2011-10-10T04:02:05Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do you display feline behavior despite being a mollusk? > > IQ2: Did a fictional serial killer frequently whistle a song originally associated with you? > > IQ3: Did you compose the song referenced in IQ2? Not Gary the Snail (I’m still kicking myself for not getting Sheldon J. Plankton, as often as my 7 year old makes me watch SpongeBob) I have no idea about the other 2 questions. The only movie serial killer I remember whistling was in “Jeepers Creepers,” and that’s not it. So, ask two DQs. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/111 "2011-10-10T04:03:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > You are not Gilles de Rais. > > DQ: Did you live in the 20th Century? > > IQ: Is there a calendar named after you? No, I ddn’t live in the 20th century. And I’m not Pope Gregory 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. Dead 6. Not an entertainer 7. Not known as a writer of any kind. 8. Not involved with math or science 9. Not known for political or military accomplishments 10. Not alive in the 20th century ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/112 "2011-10-10T04:04:47Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > You left “Not known for politics or military exploits” out of your last few summaries. > > IQ: Were you the “Lonesome” guy frequently in the bottom left-handed corner on the _Hollywood Squares_ board? Not George “My father was the town drunk… and we lived in Chicago” Gobel (I liked Charley Weaver much better) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/113 "2011-10-10T04:05:49Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ: Did you lose two of three title fights to Tony Zale? > > IQ: Are you the guy who said “We are as near to heaven by sea as by land”? Not Rocky Graziano. But I don’t know the quote, 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 10, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/114 "2011-10-10T04:07:07Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > IQ: Are you a famous TV Chef? There are many to choose from, but let’s say… no, I’m not Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/115 "2011-10-10T04:08:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQ: British? > > DQ: Thinker/philosopher? > > Three new IQs: > > IQ: Did you once get stuck with the same needle just used on on a coworker? > > IQ: Did you fail in your task to collect money from one of your boss’s debtors? > > IQ: Did you mark tiny whips in your journals on nights when you might have been up to no good? No, I am neither British nor a philosopher. However, don’t despair- you get 3 new DQs, because I don’t know any of these. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. Dead 6. Not an entertainer 7. Not known as a writer of any kind. 8. Not involved with math or science 9. Not known for political or military accomplishments 10. Not alive in the 20th century 11. Not British 12. Not a philosopher or thinker ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/116 "2011-10-10T07:00:29Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I don’t know the quote, so ask a DQ. You are not Sir Humphrey Gilbert, English navy captain and Sir Walter Raleigh’s half-brother, after whom the Gilbert Islands were not named (they were named for Captain Thomas Gilbert, who came along 200 years later, and the modern name “Kiribati” is simply the native rendering of “Gilbert”–isn’t that neat?). DQ: Is “G” the initial of your last name? ---
**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 10, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/117 "2011-10-10T09:08:59Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ2: Did a fictional serial killer frequently whistle a song originally associated with you? > > IQ3: Did you compose the song referenced in IQ2? > [@astorian](#): > > I have no idea about the other 2 questions. The only movie serial killer I remember whistling was in “Jeepers Creepers,” and that’s not it. > > So, ask two DQs. Hans Beckert, the child killer portrayed by Peter Lorre in Fritz Lang’s _M_, frequently whistled Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, which was originally part of the musical accompaniment to the play _Peer Gynt_. You are neither the title character Peer Gynt nor Edvard Grieg. DQ1: Are you a religious figure? DQ2: Were you born before 1800? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/118 "2011-10-10T11:26:03Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > DQ: Is “G” the initial of your last name? Yes. 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. Dead 6. Not an entertainer 7. Not known as a writer of any kind. 8. Not involved with math or science 9. Not known for political or military accomplishments 10. Not alive in the 20th century 11. Not British 12. Not a philosopher or thinker 13. Last name starts with “G” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/119 "2011-10-10T11:27:03Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Hans Beckert, the child killer portrayed by Peter Lorre in Fritz Lang’s _M_, frequently whistled Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, which was originally part of the musical accompaniment to the play _Peer Gynt_. > > You are neither the title character Peer Gynt nor Edvard Grieg. > > DQ1: Are you a religious figure? > > DQ2: Were you born before 1800? 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not American 4. European 5. Dead 6. Not an entertainer 7. Not known as a writer of any kind. 8. Not involved with math or science 9. Not known for political or military accomplishments 10. Not alive in the 20th century 11. Not British 12. Not a philosopher or thinker 13. Not a religious figure 14. Born before 1800 15. Last name starts with “G” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2011/598437/120 "2011-10-10T17:33:20Z")
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