# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/301 "2011-09-15T22:48:57Z")
IQ: Other than that, did you enjoy the play? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/302 "2011-09-15T23:38:42Z")
Add to the above–“you sockdologizing old man trap!” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/303 "2011-09-15T23:40:48Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > IQ: Other than that, did you enjoy the play? Yes, I am Laura Keene, who was starring in _Our American Cousin_ at Ford’s Theatre on the night Abraham Lincoln was shot. In case you didn’t know, **Sternvogel** ’s great-grandfather has a similar claim to “fame”, as he was in the band playing at the Temple of Music when William McKinley was assassinated during his visit to the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Your turn, **AppallingGael**! ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/304 "2011-09-16T01:13:29Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > In case you didn’t know, **Sternvogel** ’s great-grandfather has a similar claim to “fame”, as he was in the band playing at the Temple of Music when William McKinley was assassinated during his visit to the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Cool; I had not. Back when “writer” and “painter” were still possibilities, I doubted whether I knew this person, but something in your “yep” said “I expect it to be solved now”. The new letter is S. ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/305 "2011-09-16T01:15:20Z")
Well done, **AppallingGael**!! For those of you desperate for closure, the flautist who was such a strong influence on Ian Anderson was **Rahsaan Roland Kirk**. Kirk was most famous for simultaneously playing three reed instruments (sax, stritch and manzello) in his mouth at once, as well as doubling on flute, nose flute and various noisemakers and percussion. His flute technique involved grunting, humming and singing while blowing to produce an extremely harsh tone to contrast with the normally sweet tone of the flute. ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/306 "2011-09-16T01:55:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you once cover for your boss when he was drunk and unable to take an important phone call? This was Henry Kissinger, for his boss, President Nixon: [Is the Secret Service responsible for keeping the president from getting drunk? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2910/is-the-secret-service-responsible-for-keeping-the-president-from-getting-drunk) Congrats, **AG**! As a Lincoln buff, I wish I’d gotten that one. IQ: Did you once date a future coworker but each marry someone else by the time you and your former date got your high-profile jobs? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/307 "2011-09-16T03:11:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Congrats, **AG**! As a Lincoln buff, I wish I’d gotten that one. > > IQ: Did you once date a future coworker but each marry someone else by the time you and your former date got your high-profile jobs? Thanks. I sense a TV question so I will guess Leslie Stahl is who I am not. If not, then 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:** [September 16, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/308 "2011-09-16T03:23:20Z")
BTW, Al Kaline was correct, as were Alexander Kerensky and Duke Kahanamoku. Congrats to the Gael. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/309 "2011-09-16T03:27:16Z")
Are you a sportscaster and sportswriter whose brother is a celebrity restaurateur & chef? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/310 "2011-09-16T03:29:15Z")
Before becoming one of the biggest stars in television history, did you write a gossip column called “Little Old New York”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/311 "2011-09-16T03:30:41Z")
Did you start out writing incomprehensible lyrics for King Crimson, and end up writing standard pop lyrics for Cher & Celine Dion? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/312 "2011-09-16T04:32:59Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Are you a sportscaster and sportswriter whose brother is a celebrity restaurateur & chef? No, and I can’t come up with a guess that is not embarrassingly hopeless, so take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/313 "2011-09-16T04:34:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Before becoming one of the biggest stars in television history, did you write a gossip column called “Little Old New York”? I will take a shot at this. No, I am not Sid Caesar. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/314 "2011-09-16T04:35:34Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did you start out writing incomprehensible lyrics for King Crimson, and end up writing standard pop lyrics for Cher & Celine Dion? And at this. No, I am not Jim Steinman. ---
**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 16, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/315 "2011-09-16T11:32:58Z")
IQ: Did you write rough and ready poetry about working class people in the 1930s? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/316 "2011-09-16T16:52:18Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you write rough and ready poetry about working class people in the 1930s? No, I am not Carl Sandburg? ---
**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 16, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/317 "2011-09-16T18:05:47Z")
Carl Sandburg is exactly who I had in mind. IQ: Are you an Assyrian monarch? ---
**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 16, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/318 "2011-09-16T18:37:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you once date a future coworker but each marry someone else by the time you and your former date got your high-profile jobs? This was Sandra Day O’Connor, who dated her former Supreme Court colleague William Rehnquist while both were in law school (Stanford, I think). DQ: Male? S, S, S… lessee. IQ: Did you once call your future boss a gorilla and refuse to work with him? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/319 "2011-09-16T19:23:23Z")
IQ: Did you advise people to “avoid fried meats which angry up the blood”? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/320 "2011-09-16T20:13:36Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you an Assyrian monarch? No, I am not Sennacherib. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=17)