# Botticelli - October 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843 "2021-10-04T01:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 5, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/41 "2021-10-05T20:44:40Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you write _Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun_ and _Nocturnes_ ? > > > IQ2: Do you provide the voice for an arthropod restaurant owner? > > > IQ3: Did you play the Invisible Man? > > I am not Claude Debussy, DQ, I am not Claude Rains Yes Clancy Brown, voice of Mr. Krabs on _Spongebob Squarepants_ Yes Holding one DQ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/42 "2021-10-05T20:48:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you upbeat, ditzy blonde Cathy Gray in 1953’s _House of Wax_–very different in persona (and hair color) from the sitcom character you’d go on to play? 2. Between their quests, do knights of the round table sequin vests and impersonate you? 3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? ---
**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, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/43 "2021-10-05T21:17:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you compose the opera _Giselle_ ? > - Did you write or compile a collection of Uncle Remus stories? > - Did you write _The Rime of the Ancient Mariner_ ? Compose or choreograph? Because the composer doesn’t begin with a C, DQ, I am not Coleridge > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You were Galadriel’s husband; did you have a ridiculous alternative name? > Were you Lord Nelson’s #2 guy at Trafalgar? > Did Johnny Depp play you in a movie with Eva Green? DQ, DQ, I am not Barnabas Collins > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you upbeat, ditzy blonde Cathy Gray in 1953’s _House of Wax_ –very different in persona (and hair color) from the sitcom character you’d go on to play? > 2. Between their quests, do knights of the round table sequin vests and impersonate you? > 3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? DQ, DQ, DQ No more IQs, please! ---
**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, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/44 "2021-10-05T21:18:06Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (i.e. putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Known for music 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Born north of Vienna 17. French 18. Not known as a singer @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness holding a DQ @Prof.Pepperwinkle holding a DQ @Elendil_s_Heir holding two DQs @De_La_Rue holding three DQs I think I have them all? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/45 "2021-10-05T21:34:22Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you upbeat, ditzy blonde Cathy Gray in 1953’s _House of Wax_ –very different in persona (and hair color) from the sitcom character you’d go on to play? > 2. Between their quests, do knights of the round table sequin vests and impersonate you? > 3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? > [@MissTake](#): > > DQ, DQ, DQ 1 was Carolyn Jones; 2 was Clark Gable; 3 was Dr. Hawley Crippen. DQ: composer? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/46 "2021-10-05T21:36:37Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (i.e. putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Known for music 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Born north of Vienna 17. French 18. Not known as a singer 19. Composer ---
**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 5, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/47 "2021-10-05T22:22:17Z")
DQ: Greatest fame before 1900? ---
**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, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/48 "2021-10-05T22:32:48Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (i.e. putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Known for music 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Born north of Vienna 17. French 18. Not known as a singer 19. Composer 20. Greatest fame before 1900 ---
**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 5, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/49 "2021-10-05T23:19:36Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you compose the opera _Giselle_ ? > > > > > - Did you write or compile a collection of Uncle Remus stories? > > > - Did you write _The Rime of the Ancient Mariner_ ? > > Compose or choreograph? Because the composer doesn’t begin with a C, DQ, I am not Coleridge #1 was a wrong question. It was _Ghiselle_ by Cesar Franck, not _Giselle_. My bad. #2 is Joel Chandler Harris. #3 is correct. DQ: Known for classical music? ---
**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, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/50 "2021-10-05T23:25:53Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (i.e. putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Known for music 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Born north of Vienna 17. French 18. Not known as a singer 19. Composer 20. Greatest fame before 1900 21. Known for classical music ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/51 "2021-10-05T23:52:57Z")
DQ: most associated with one work today? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/52 "2021-10-06T00:16:32Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (i.e. putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Known for music 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Born north of Vienna 17. French 18. Not known as a singer 19. Composer 20. Greatest fame before 1900 21. Known for classical music 22. **I** think he’s known for many of his compositions, but I’m a classical musician…I will say his music is not obscure. ---
**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 6, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/53 "2021-10-06T13:03:00Z")
Speaking of the man himself: [Botticelli masterpiece 'Man of Sorrows' could fetch over $40 million at a Sotheby's auction - CNN Style](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/botticelli-man-of-sorrows-painting-tan/index.html) Previous IQs: You were Galadriel’s husband; did you have a ridiculous alternative name? - Celeborn AKA Teleporno Were you Lord Nelson’s #2 guy at Trafalgar? - Adm. Cuthbert Collingwood Did Johnny Depp play you in a movie with Eva Green? - Yes, Barnabas Collins, in _Dark Shadows_ DQ: Did you write the score for _Samson et Delila_? One DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/54 "2021-10-06T14:01:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you write the score for _Samson et Delila_ ? **YES!** I am Camille Saint-Saens! Composer of the most wonderful ‘spooky’ piece of music, [Danse Macabre](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM) - it _IS_ that time of year… He also wrote the fantastic [Carnival of the Animals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2RPKMJmSp0), which parts of are very familiar to everyone. ---
**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 6, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/55 "2021-10-06T14:27:18Z")
Good job, EH! ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/56 "2021-10-06T19:37:26Z")
Thanks - good one, **MissTake**! My favorite tune of his, from that very opera - I bet you’ll recognize it at once: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRiLKSPbqc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRiLKSPbqc) An update: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #86 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/86) Our next letter is # U ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/57 "2021-10-06T19:56:45Z")
IQs: 1. When criminals in this world appear and break the laws that they should fear, does a cry go up from far and near for you? 2. Did you get your superpowers from being swallowed by a cosmic space whale? 3. Are you one of the best remembered ukiyo-e [Japanese woodblock print] artists, best known for pictures of large heads of beautiful women? ---
**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 6, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/58 "2021-10-06T20:04:39Z")
_For reference, the letters that haven’t been used since before August 2021 are:_ _B D E K N Q T V Y Z_ _Using EH’s list._ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/59 "2021-10-06T20:07:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Latrine the witch? 2. Are you the mascot of the University of Georgia? 3. Did you bend spoons with your alleged powers? ---
**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, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/60 "2021-10-06T22:39:05Z")
Thanks, EH. He’s a very under appreciated composer. In my opinion. IQs 1. Is a park in Yonkers part of your estate, Greystone? 2. Did you create Genly Ai? 3. Were you a member of the Monster Squad with supernatural powers granted by a stone embedded in your chest? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=4)