# 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:** 2
**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, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/21 "2011-09-05T12:18:05Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Are you the Milkman of Human Kindness; will you leave an extra pint? Ummm… is this Benny Hill (aka Ernie, fastest milkman in the West?) If not, ask 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 5, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/22 "2011-09-05T15:00:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** > IQ: Are you the Milkman of Human Kindness; will you leave an extra pint? > [@astorian](#): > > Ummm… is this Benny Hill (aka Ernie, fastest milkman in the West?) > > If not, ask a DQ. No, the ‘Milkman of Human Kindness’ is the opening song on **Billy Bragg** ’s first album ‘Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy’. The chorus goes ‘I love you/I am the milkman of human kindness/I will leave an extra pint.’ DQ: Were you born in the 20th century? ---
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/23 "2011-09-05T18:18:34Z")
IQ: After you unsuccessfully sued your former bandmates to stop them from using the band name when reforming with a different singer, did you dismiss them as “the world’s greediest karaoke band.”? ---
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/24 "2011-09-05T18:30:56Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > No, the ‘Milkman of Human Kindness’ is the opening song on **Billy Bragg** ’s first album ‘Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy’. The chorus goes ‘I love you/I am the milkman of human kindness/I will leave an extra pint.’ > > DQ: Were you born in the 20th century? No. 1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character) 2. Last name starts with “B” 3. Not born in 20th century. ---
**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, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/25 "2011-09-05T18:32:17Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: After you unsuccessfully sued your former bandmates to stop them from using the band name when reforming with a different singer, did you dismiss them as “the world’s greediest karaoke band.”? Sounds like something Roger Waters would have said about Pink Floyd, or that John Fogerty would have said about CCR… but the initials are wrong. So take 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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/26 "2011-09-05T19:28:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did your then-girlfriend play your doomed wife in a movie? Brad Pitt’s sweetie du jour Gwyneth Paltrow appeared with him in _Se7en_. DQ: American? IQ: In your two biggest roles, did you go from cannibalism to the distant reaches of the galaxy? ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/27 "2011-09-05T20:01:49Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: After you unsuccessfully sued your former bandmates to stop them from using the band name when reforming with a different singer, did you dismiss them as “the world’s greediest karaoke band.”? > [@astorian](#): > > Sounds like something Roger Waters would have said about Pink Floyd, or that John Fogerty would have said about CCR… but the initials are wrong. > > So take a DQ. Lots of acrimonious rock breakups. In this case, I was looking for Jello Biafra, formerly of Dead Kennedys. DQ: Male? ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/28 "2011-09-05T21:01:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Brad Pitt’s sweetie du jour Gwyneth Paltrow appeared with him in _Se7en_. > > DQ: American? > > ? An American citizen for most of my life, but born and raised somewhere else 1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character) 2. Last name starts with “B” 3. Not born in 20th century. 4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/29 "2011-09-05T21:02:28Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Lots of acrimonious rock breakups. In this case, I was looking for Jello Biafra, formerly of Dead Kennedys. > > DQ: Male? Yes 1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character) 2. Last name starts with “B” 3. Not born in 20th century. 4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country 5. Male ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/30 "2011-09-05T21:06:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: In your two biggest roles, did you go from cannibalism to the distant reaches of the galaxy? Not Anthony Hopkins… not Chuck Heston (“Soylent Green”)… not Guy Pearce… I can’t think of enough cannibalism movies. Ask 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 5, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/31 "2011-09-05T21:08:09Z")
IQ: Have you played for Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, UK and your own eponymous projects? ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/32 "2011-09-05T21:35:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: In your two biggest roles, did you go from cannibalism to the distant reaches of the galaxy? Robert Beltran’s two career highlights are arguably _Eating Raoul_ and _Star Trek: Voyager._ DQ: Alive before 1899? IQ: Did you fake an assassination attempt to win public office? ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/33 "2011-09-05T22:26:51Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Have you played for Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, UK and your own eponymous projects? Jazz, I know nothing about. Prog-rock, on the other hand, is a field of expertise! Not Bill Bruford. ---
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/34 "2011-09-05T22:27:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Robert Beltran’s two career highlights are arguably _Eating Raoul_ and _Star Trek: Voyager._ > > DQ: Alive before 1899? Yes, just barely. 1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character) 2. Last name starts with “B” 3. Not born in 20th century. 4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country 5. Male 6. Alive before 1899- just barely. ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/35 "2011-09-05T22:28:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Did you fake an assassination attempt to win public office? Don’t know this one- ask 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 6, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/36 "2011-09-06T00:06:14Z")
IQ: Did Sybil Fawlty describe your music as ‘that racket’? ---
**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 6, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/37 "2011-09-06T00:37:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: Did you fake an assassination attempt to win public office? The title character in _Bob Roberts_, seeking a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania. DQ: Did you ever hold public office? IQ: Did a statue of you, a man, appear in a Coen Bros. movie? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/38 "2011-09-06T01:46:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The title character in _Bob Roberts_, seeking a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania. > > DQ: Did you ever hold public office? > > IQ: Did a statue of you, a man, appear in a Coen Bros. movie? No 1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character) 2. Last name starts with “B” 3. Not born in 20th century. 4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country 5. Male 6. Alive before 1899- just barely. 7. I never held a political/public office ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/39 "2011-09-06T01:47:02Z")
And I’m not Paul Bunyan, you betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/40 "2011-09-06T02:29:37Z")
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