# Botticelli October 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263 "2012-09-30T00:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/61 "2012-10-04T19:19:20Z")
The letter is R 1. My first name does not start with R 2. I am not a politician 3. I am male 4. I am alive 5. I am American 6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined. 7. I am not an actor 8. I am a musician 9. I was born after 1950 10. I am a rocker 11. I am a singer 12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer) 13. I have released new material in the last 5 years 14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/62 "2012-10-04T19:21:24Z")
IQ: Did your band take its name from a sci-fi flick? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/63 "2012-10-04T19:33:54Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did your band take its name from a sci-fi flick? The only band I can think of like that is Atreyu, no members have a last name that starts with R, so a DQ for you. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/64 "2012-10-04T20:14:14Z")
DQ: Were you the lead singer? (I was thinking Mary Ramsay from 10,000 Maniacs) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/65 "2012-10-04T20:21:31Z")
The letter is R 1. My first name does not start with R 2. I am not a politician 3. I am male 4. I am alive 5. I am American 6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined. 7. I am not an actor 8. I am a musician 9. I was born after 1950 10. I am a rocker 11. I am a singer 12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer) 13. I have released new material in the last 5 years 14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980 15. I am/was the lead singer of the band ---
**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 4, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/66 "2012-10-04T20:31:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Do you share both your dad’s initials and his profession? > Are you this guy’s dad? > Were you a top diplomat for a very bad man? Rand Paul, U.S. Senator. Ron Paul, U.S. Congressman. Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler’s emissary. That gives me four DQs, which I will let others ask (one apiece). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/67 "2012-10-04T20:52:49Z")
DQ: Have you won a Grammy? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/68 "2012-10-04T22:58:01Z")
The letter is R 1. My first name does not start with R 2. I am not a politician 3. I am male 4. I am alive 5. I am American 6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined. 7. I am not an actor 8. I am a musician 9. I was born after 1950 10. I am a rocker 11. I am a singer 12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer) 13. I have released new material in the last 5 years 14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980 15. I am/was the lead singer of the band 16. Neither I nor my band have won a Grammy ---
**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 5, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/69 "2012-10-05T02:11:17Z")
Some more IQs, just to be on the safe side: Were you a mortal with a trident? Did you play a character who had sex in a crowded room? Were you an obscure European celebrity who sold shampoo? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/70 "2012-10-05T02:46:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Some more IQs, just to be on the safe side: > > Were you a mortal with a trident? > Did you play a character who had sex in a crowded room? > Were you an obscure European celebrity who sold shampoo? IQ1: I’m guessing a Trident guitar, not sure who, though. DQ IQ2: DQ IQ3: DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/71 "2012-10-05T22:18:10Z")
IQ: Are you known for a Supertramp cover? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/72 "2012-10-05T22:21:55Z")
IQ1: Did you sing lead vocal on such songs as “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “I Wanna Be Sedated”? IQ2: Are you going to love me forever and ever, amen? IQ3: Did you play a truck driver bootlegging Coors beer from Texas to Georgia? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/73 "2012-10-05T22:28:34Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you known for a Supertramp cover? Take a DQ > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing lead vocal on such songs as “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “I Wanna Be Sedated”? > IQ2: Are you going to love me forever and ever, amen? > IQ3: Did you play a truck driver bootlegging Coors beer from Texas to Georgia? IQ1: I am not Joey Ramone IQ2: I am not Randy Travis IQ3: DQ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/74 "2012-10-05T22:31:19Z")
DQ: Is your SO famous in their own right? (I was thinking Johnny Reznick of the Goo Goo Dolls, who covered _Give A Little Bit_.) ---
**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 5, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/75 "2012-10-05T23:23:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Some more IQs, just to be on the safe side: > > Were you a mortal with a trident? > Did you play a character who had sex in a crowded room? > Were you an obscure European celebrity who sold shampoo? Prince Ruprecht, one of Steve Martin’s more inspired characters from _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8) Rachel Weisz, in _Enemy at the Gates_. Rula Lenska, for Alberto V05. Well, we have plenty of DQs now. Still can’t figure out who this American male rock singer is. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/76 "2012-10-06T00:06:57Z")
The letter is R 1. My first name does not start with R 2. I am not a politician 3. I am male 4. I am alive 5. I am American 6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined. 7. I am not an actor 8. I am a musician 9. I was born after 1950 10. I am a rocker 11. I am a singer 12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer) 13. I have released new material in the last 5 years 14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980 15. I am/was the lead singer of the band 16. Neither I nor my band have won a Grammy 17. A past SO is/was famous in her own right. No known current SO ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/77 "2012-10-06T06:14:47Z")
IQ: Is your wife a “holla back girl”? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/78 "2012-10-06T10:29:52Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: I am not Joey Ramone > IQ2: I am not Randy Travis > IQ3: DQ Correct on Ramone and Travis. The third was Jerry Reed, who played the trucker in _Smokey and the Bandit_; and who sang the film’s theme song, “Eastbound and Down.” DQ reserved for now. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/79 "2012-10-06T12:07:36Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is your wife a “holla back girl”? I am not Gavin Rossdale ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2012/636263/80 "2012-10-06T16:25:56Z")
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