# Botticelli September 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171 "2011-09-04T16:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/1 "2011-09-04T16:52:01Z")
New game, and the letter is “B” ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/2 "2011-09-04T17:24:07Z")
IQ: Was Celine Dion’s ‘The Power of Love’ number one on the day of your birth, causing you to remark in your autobiography “Not a bad way to start your life”… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/3 "2011-09-04T19:06:38Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Was Celine Dion’s ‘The Power of Love’ number one on the day of your birth, causing you to remark in your autobiography “Not a bad way to start your life”… Somebody young enough to have been born then actually had the gall to write an autobiography??? I give up. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/4 "2011-09-04T19:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Was Celine Dion’s ‘The Power of Love’ number one on the day of your birth, causing you to remark in your autobiography “Not a bad way to start your life” > [@astorian](#): > > Somebody young enough to have been born then actually had the gall to write an autobiography??? > > I give up. Take a DQ. **Justin Bieber** is sixteen, and, yes, that’s in his autobiography. I remember watching some very funny footage of Gordon Pinsent reading excerpts from the book from an episode of ‘This Hour has 22 Minutes’, if you’re in the mood for looking things up on YouTube. That’s where I remember that quotation from; it was on my FaceBook for a while… Anyway.. DQ: Are you a real life person? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/5 "2011-09-04T19:40:57Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > **Justin Bieber** is sixteen, and, yes, that’s in his autobiography. I remember watching some very funny footage of Gordon Pinsent reading excerpts from the book from an episode of ‘This Hour has 22 Minutes’, if you’re in the mood for looking things up on YouTube. That’s where I remember that quotation from; it was on my FaceBook for a while… > > Anyway.. > > DQ: Are you a real life person? Yes 1. I am a real person ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/6 "2011-09-05T01:17:27Z")
IQ: Are you known for your tribute to the greatest song in the world? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/7 "2011-09-05T02:33:42Z")
IQ: Are you a baseball player who has the same name as a comedienne (or vice versa)? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/8 "2011-09-05T02:52:04Z")
We did a “B” not that long ago, didn’t we? Oh, well. Once more unto the breach… IQ: If not Roderick or Brian, did the crowd demand your release? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/9 "2011-09-05T03:06:21Z")
Was the movie _Young Man with a Horn_ based on your life? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/10 "2011-09-05T03:32:23Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Are you a baseball player who has the same name as a comedienne (or vice versa)? Not Brett Butler ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/11 "2011-09-05T03:33:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > We did a “B” not that long ago, didn’t we? Oh, well. Once more unto the breach… > > IQ: If not Roderick or Brian, did the crowd demand your release? Not Bawabbas… I mean, Barabbas! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/12 "2011-09-05T03:34:41Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Was the movie _Young Man with a Horn_ based on your life? Oh no, not jazz musicians! Um, no I’m not Bunny Berrigan? (If that’s wrong, take a DQ.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/13 "2011-09-05T03:36:24Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > IQ: Are you known for your tribute to the greatest song in the world? No idea who this is- ask a DQ. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/14 "2011-09-05T03:45:20Z")
IQ: Did your then-girlfriend play your doomed wife in a movie? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/15 "2011-09-05T07:51:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Oh no, not jazz musicians! Um, no I’m not Bunny Berrigan? > > (If that’s wrong, take a DQ.) Bix Beiderbecke. DQ: Does your last name begin with B? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/16 "2011-09-05T08:40:20Z")
IQ: Were you a mascot for Capitol Records, created by the same man who signed The Beatles? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/17 "2011-09-05T11:50:12Z")
IQ: Are you the Milkman of Human Kindness; will you leave an extra pint? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/18 "2011-09-05T12:14:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did your then-girlfriend play your doomed wife in a movie? I’m sure I’ll remember this when you tell me, but until then… take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/19 "2011-09-05T12:15:25Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Bix Beiderbecke. > > DQ: Does your last name begin with B? Yes. 1. I’m a real person (though millions of people probably THINK I’m a made-up character) 2. My last name starts with “B” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/20 "2011-09-05T12:17:03Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Were you a mascot for Capitol Records, created by the same man who signed The Beatles? Not Bozo the Clown. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=2)