# Botticelli - October 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156 "2015-10-01T16:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [October 17, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/281 "2015-10-17T19:23:39Z")
Which means, most probably, he’s French. We don’t need to waste a DQ on that. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/282 "2015-10-18T01:24:27Z")
…or Italian. Rome is west of Vienna, for example. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/283 "2015-10-18T02:20:14Z")
Pfui, you are right, sir. When did they move it? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/284 "2015-10-18T02:30:55Z")
There are 15 European countries (14, if you think of Andorra as being part of the Iberian Peninsula) that fit the information provided thus far. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/285 "2015-10-18T02:34:37Z")
Sigh. DQ: French? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/286 "2015-10-18T02:58:33Z")
**M** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Last name begins with M 5. Not American 6. Not born after 1975 7. Known for the Arts 8. European 9. Not from the UK 10. Known for the performing arts 11. Not born after 1950 12. Not an actor 13. Not born in or east of Vienna 14. Not born in or north of Vienna 15. Have won top awards in my field 16. Not most famous (though quite a few of said awards were received) in or after 2000 17. Musician 18. Not from the Iberian Peninsula 19. Not French ---
**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 18, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/287 "2015-10-18T03:33:23Z")
Still drawing a blank. I suspect I won’t recognize the name when we learn it. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/288 "2015-10-18T13:14:43Z")
Yeah, I think Mantovani’s dead, so he’s out… ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/289 "2015-10-18T19:25:14Z")
IQ1: Did your band Yello have a hit with “Oh Yeah”? IQ2: Are you a Jewish Belarussian-American lead concert violinist who is also a Swiss and British citizen? IQ3: Did you compose _Night on Bald Mountain_ and _Pictures at an Exhibition_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/290 "2015-10-18T19:29:52Z")
My, these crickets are deafening. Can I interest anyone in a clue? Instrumentalist, but not best known for that… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/291 "2015-10-18T19:35:41Z")
Ah - someone snuck in with questions while I was writing my last post. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did your band Yello have a hit with “Oh Yeah”? > IQ2: Are you a Jewish Belarussian-American lead concert violinist who is also a Swiss and British citizen? > IQ3: Did you compose _Night on Bald Mountain_ and _Pictures at an Exhibition_? DQ. Not … Yehudi Menuhin? Not Modest Mussorgsky. (Glad you mentioned _Pictures_, because if you’d stuck with _Bald Mountain_ it would have been another DQ. :)) ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/292 "2015-10-18T22:16:32Z")
I only have one name in mind… hope it’s the right one. IQ: Did you compose the theme of the “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/293 "2015-10-18T22:30:53Z")
Hey, **guy** , welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/294 "2015-10-18T22:32:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hey, **guy** , welcome back! Thank you 🙂 I hope I’ll be able to stick around for a while this time… I was busy with real life. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/295 "2015-10-18T22:49:24Z")
Out of nowhere comes the voice of guylevesque! > [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ: Did you compose the theme of the “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”? Yes! I’m a trumpet player, but I’m better known as a composer and conductor. I’ve composed over 100 classical pieces and written (or co-written) over 500 songs, but you probably know me for the scores I wrote for films like _The Untouchables_, _Once Upon a Time in the West_, _My Name Is Nobody_, _A Fistful of Dollars_, _For a Few Dollars More_, and _Duck, You Sucker!_ - and, of course, _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_. I am Ennio **M** orricone. > [@guylevesque](#): > > I hope I’ll be able to stick around for a while this time… I was busy with real life. You’d better stick around, because it’s your turn in the barrel. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/296 "2015-10-18T22:57:54Z")
Who else could it be? I even had him in one of my death pools (Yes, I’m that dark…) 🙂 I am P ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/297 "2015-10-18T23:29:59Z")
Huh, I thought that was Hugo Montenegro. Shows what I know. I have a death pool listing myself; they’re all in fine health. IQs: 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures Of Superman_? 2. Does your neighbor have to knock three times before calling out your name? 3. Did you write _The Rape of the Lock_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/298 "2015-10-19T00:26:35Z")
IQ1: Are you the Kwisatz Haderach? IQ2: Do you share a cage with the Brain? IQ3: Are a set of polyhedra named after you? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/299 "2015-10-19T01:20:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Huh, I thought that was Hugo Montenegro. Shows what I know. I have a death pool listing myself; they’re all in fine health. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures Of Superman_? > 2. Does your neighbor have to knock three times before calling out your name? > 3. Did you write _The Rape of the Lock_? DQ. Not Penny from the Big Bang Theory or Alexander Pope. > [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Kwisatz Haderach? > IQ2: Do you share a cage with the Brain? > IQ3: Are a set of polyhedra named after you? DQ. Not Pinky or Plato. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156/300 "2015-10-19T02:30:48Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Are you the Kwisatz Haderach? > IQ2: Do you share a cage with the Brain? > IQ3: Are a set of polyhedra named after you? Paul Atreides in _Dune_, and you got the other two. DQ: Real? IQ1: Did play a flute to reminisce about things that you never actually did? IQ2: Were you known as the “Napoleon of the Stump”? IQ3: Did you receive two unshared Nobel prizes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2015/733156.md?page=16)