# 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:** 8
**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 10, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/141 "2011-09-10T02:48:16Z")
IQ: Were you the first French Canadian Prime Minister of Canada, whose image is on the $5 bill? (Still waiting for an answer on post #128, too.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/142 "2011-09-10T03:03:01Z")
Were you injured in a silversmithing accident, subsequently joining the Sons of Liberty? ---
**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 10, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/143 "2011-09-10T06:55:15Z")
IQ: Is your real name Dolores Haze? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/144 "2011-09-10T16:00:18Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Did you come back from a broken leg to take a bronze medal in rowing in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympics? No idea who this is- 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 10, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/145 "2011-09-10T16:01:40Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you the first Asian-American Playmate of the Month, who went to play bit parts in movies and marry comedian Mort Sahl? I guess I only read the articles that month… 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 10, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/146 "2011-09-10T16:02:46Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Then you are not Lochinvar. > > DQ: Was the literary work in which you debuted published prior to the 20th Century? No 1. Fictional character 2. Male 3. First appeared in a work of literature. 4. First appeared after the 19th century. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/147 "2011-09-10T16:03:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: Do you have a species of owl lice named after you? Not Gary (Far Side) Larson? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/148 "2011-09-10T16:04:55Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Is your real name Dolores Haze? Not Lolita ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/149 "2011-09-10T16:05:57Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ: Were you the first French Canadian Prime Minister of Canada, whose image is on the $5 bill? > > (Still waiting for an answer on post #128, too.) Not Wilfrid Laurier? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/150 "2011-09-10T16:07:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Were you injured in a silversmithing accident, subsequently joining the Sons of Liberty? I thought that would be Johnny Tremaine… but there’s no L. 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 10, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/151 "2011-09-10T16:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Le Ministre de l’au-delà \*\* > IQ: Did you come back from a broken leg to take a bronze medal in rowing in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympics? > [@astorian](#): > > No idea who this is- ask a DQ. \*\* Silken Laumann\*\*. Now a motivational speaker, she broke her leg during a training accident in May of 1992. Team Canada refused to disclose the extent of her injuries; since then, it has been revealed that the doctors told her she would never row again. In 2 - 3 months of intense training and physiotherapy, she came back, competed and took bronze. At the time, her story was all over the Canadian Olympic coverage. DQ: Was the work of literature in which you appeared originally in English? ---
**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 10, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/152 "2011-09-10T16:10:03Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Wilfrid Laurier? Wilfred Laurier it is; well done! ---
**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 10, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/153 "2011-09-10T18:23:50Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ: Are you the first Asian-American Playmate of the Month, who went to play bit parts in movies and marry comedian Mort Sahl? > [@astorian](#): > > I guess I only read the articles that month… ask a DQ. You are not China (rhymes with Tina) Lee, who parlayed her fame into the role of Robot #11 in _Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine._ DQ: Did you appear in a single work? By that I mean you were in one novel/story, not a recurring character in a series. IQ: Was your son given a nearly impossible task with the expectation that he would fail as a punishment for your failure at your assigned task? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/154 "2011-09-10T19:04:16Z")
Are you in a Steinbeck work? (PS my previous query DID refer to Johnny Tremain) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/155 "2011-09-10T22:03:00Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > \*\* > Silken Laumann\*\*. Now a motivational speaker, she broke her leg during a training accident in May of 1992. Team Canada refused to disclose the extent of her injuries; since then, it has been revealed that the doctors told her she would never row again. In 2 - 3 months of intense training and physiotherapy, she came back, competed and took bronze. At the time, her story was all over the Canadian Olympic coverage. > > DQ: Was the work of literature in which you appeared originally in English? Yes 1. Fictional character 2. Male 3. First appeared in a work of literature. 4. First appeared after the 19th century. 5. Work I first appeared in was written in English ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/156 "2011-09-10T22:04:30Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > You are not China (rhymes with Tina) Lee, who parlayed her fame into the role of Robot #11 in _Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine._ > > DQ: Did you appear in a single work? By that I mean you were in one novel/story, not a recurring character in a series. > > IQ: Was your son given a nearly impossible task with the expectation that he would fail as a punishment for your failure at your assigned task? Yes, I appeared in only one work 1. Fictional character 2. Male 3. First appeared in a work of literature. 4. First appeared after the 19th century. 5. The work I first appeared in was written in English 6. I only appeared in one book/story/play/whatever. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/157 "2011-09-10T22:15:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Are you in a Steinbeck work? (PS my previous query DID refer to Johnny Tremain) Oh boy… Now things get difficult. I don’t want to be rude, I really don’t… but from the questions you’ve asked and the way you’ve asked them, I get the feeling you don’t fully understand how this game works (You shouldn’t have asked a question about Johnny Tremaine in a game where we’ve established the subject’s first or last name starts with “L”). However, the answer to your question is “Yes.” That “yes” pretty well gives away the answer. Anyone who thinks he/she knows the answer is free to go for it now. But if ETV78 is the winner, I think he needs a crash course in how to “host” the game. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/158 "2011-09-10T23:57:57Z")
Well, seeing as how I am sort of owed a gimme… IQ: Were your dreams of living off the fat of the land cut suddenly and tragically short? If so, then “A”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/159 "2011-09-11T02:00:44Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Well, seeing as how I am sort of owed a gimme… > > IQ: Were your dreams of living off the fat of the land cut suddenly and tragically short? > > If so, then “A”. Yes… you did sort of get screwed out of a turn. So, congrats- yes, I am Lenny Small, large but dim, sweet but dangerous migrant worker in John Steinbeck’s \*\*\*Of Mice and Men. \*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171/160 "2011-09-11T02:27:39Z")
Thanks…once more with feeling, then, the new letter we are working with is A. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2011/595171.md?page=9)