# 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:** 22
**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 23, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/421 "2011-09-23T19:53:48Z")
IQ1: Are you credited by some historians with writing a famous letter for your boss that was immortalized in a major motion picture? IQ2: According to Monty Python, did you once drink too much and get “particularly ill”? IQ3: Were you a comedy-show castmember noted for his great Christopher Walken impersonation? ---
**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 23, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/422 "2011-09-23T20:19:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > DQ1: Male? Yes. > [@astorian](#): > > DQ2: American? No. > [@astorian](#): > > DQ3: Born in the 20th century? No. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ1: Are you credited by some historians with writing a famous letter for your boss that was immortalized in a major motion picture? No, I don’t even have a wild guess for this one - take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ2: According to Monty Python, did you once drink too much and get “particularly ill”? No, I’m not John Keats - I’m assuming you’re referring to the parody of ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, with the immortal line ‘as if of Watney’s I had drunk’. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ3: Were you a comedy-show castmember noted for his great Christopher Walken impersonation? No, I’m not John Lovitz. And, of course, if I’m wrong on any of those, take a DQ. **Summary** 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not an American 4. Not born in the 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 23, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/423 "2011-09-23T20:40:51Z")
Did Hercule Poirot regularly tell you who to arrest? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/424 "2011-09-23T20:42:43Z")
Did you replace Ulrich Jon Roth in the Scorpions? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/425 "2011-09-23T20:44:58Z")
Did you and friend Ted (Dr. Seuss) Geisel produce the popular “Gerald McBongBoing” cartoon series? ---
**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 23, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/426 "2011-09-23T21:32:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Did Hercule Poirot regularly tell you who to arrest? No, I am not Inspector Japp. > [@astorian](#): > > Did you replace Ulrich Jon Roth in the Scorpions? No idea - help yourself to a DQ. > [@astorian](#): > > Did you and friend Ted (Dr. Seuss) Geisel produce the popular “Gerald McBongBoing” cartoon series? No, I am not Chuck Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/427 "2011-09-23T21:49:36Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Did you write a book called _The Canfield Decision_? Just to tie up a loose end, this reference was to Spiro Agnew, who apparently didn’t have to draw too much on imagination – the subject of the tome was a Vice President of the United States “destroyed by his own ambition”. For the current game: IQ – Were you a baseball player more known for such “craziness” as running the bases backward on a home run than for actual accomplishments? ---
**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 24, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/428 "2011-09-24T01:14:03Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ – Were you a baseball player more known for such “craziness” as running the bases backward on a home run than for actual accomplishments? No idea - 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 24, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/429 "2011-09-24T03:48:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ1: Are you credited by some historians with writing a famous letter for your boss that was immortalized in a major motion picture? > > IQ2: According to Monty Python, did you once drink too much and get “particularly ill”? > > IQ3: Were you a comedy-show castmember noted for his great Christopher Walken impersonation? IQ1: This was John Hay, one of Lincoln’s two main aides, who is thought by some to have written the famous letter to Mrs. Bixby: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poc9-L\_9DxE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poc9-L_9DxE) IQ2: This was John Stuart Mill: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m\_WRFJwGsbY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_WRFJwGsbY) IQ3: This was SNL’s Jay Mohr: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob37KzlUEPA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob37KzlUEPA) Yes, folks, it’s a YouTube extravaganza! DQs: Were you born after 1700? European? Political/military? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/430 "2011-09-24T04:17:47Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ – Were you a baseball player more known for such “craziness” as running the bases backward on a home run than for actual accomplishments? This was Jimmy Piersall, played by Tony Perkins in the film _Fear Strikes Out_. DQ: Were you noted for artistic accomplishments? IQ: Although you were born in Alabama, was your middle name of “Cleveland” prophetic, as it was eventually the city in which you attended high school before attaining worldwide fame? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/431 "2011-09-24T05:07:23Z")
Matthias Jabs took over lead guitar duties from Uli Jon Roth, in the Scorpions. But you nailed Inspector Japp and Chuck Jones. I’ll ask my DQ after Elendil gets his 3 answers. ---
**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 24, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/432 "2011-09-24T12:25:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs:Were you born after 1700? Yes. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > European? Yes. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Political/military? Yes. > [@Sternvogel](#): > > DQ: Were you noted for artistic accomplishments? No. **Summary** 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not an American 4. Not born in the 20th century 5. Born after 1700 6. European 7. Political/military 8. Not noted for artistic accomplishments. ---
**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 24, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/433 "2011-09-24T12:28:42Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > IQ: Although you were born in Alabama, was your middle name of “Cleveland” prophetic, as it was eventually the city in which you attended high school before attaining worldwide fame? No, I’m not LeBron James (?) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/434 "2011-09-24T13:15:28Z")
DQ: Does your last name start with “J”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/435 "2011-09-24T13:18:09Z")
Did you first come to musical prominence as the boyfriend and guitarist for former Velvet Underground singer Nico? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/436 "2011-09-24T13:24:29Z")
Did your eating habits inspire Fat Bastard to lose hundreds of pounds, in _ **Austin Powers 3: Goldmember** _? ---
**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 24, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/437 "2011-09-24T15:27:58Z")
J, J, J. Hmmm. IQ1: Did Richard Nixon once say, “We are all [your followers] now”? IQ2: Did you give the commencement address when a later-prominent U.S. senator graduated from law school? IQ3: Were the only surviving records of your music made by a staffer of the Library of Congress? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/438 "2011-09-24T20:01:18Z")
IQ: Are you a French military theorist much studied and admired by Robert E. Lee? ---
**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 24, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/439 "2011-09-24T22:09:17Z")
I just got in. IQs up to post # 436 - > [@astorian](#): > > Did you first come to musical prominence as the boyfriend and guitarist for former Velvet Underground singer Nico? No, I’m not John Cale. > [@astorian](#): > > Did your eating habits inspire Fat Bastard to lose hundreds of pounds, in _ **Austin Powers 3: Goldmember** _? No, I’m not ‘Jared’ from the Subway ads. DQs > [@astorian](#): > > DQ: Does your last name start with “J”? No. **Summary** - 1. Real person 2. Male 3. Not an American 4. Not born in the 20th century 5. Born after 1700 6. European 7. Political/military 8. Not noted for artistic accomplishments 9. Last name does not start with a “J”. I’ll get to the most recent of IQs after I have a bit of supper. I did a seven-hour poetry workshop today and my head is spinning. In a good way, mind… ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/440 "2011-09-24T22:30:31Z")
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